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German city avoids disruption over suspected bomb, identifies old pipe

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2012

BERLIN (AP) - German authorities have scrapped plans to cordon off part of the city of Stuttgart and shut its main station after discovering a suspected World War II bomb was actually an old water pipe. Officials...

LSU Dairy Store selling quarts of milk again after 20-year absence

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2012

(AP) - After more than 20 years, Louisiana State University students can once again buy the most basic dairy product at the LSU AgCenter Dairy Store. The store has been selling campus-made cheese and ice...

Public banned for first time from Greek Independence Day parade

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2012

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Thousands of police cordoned off streets across central Athens on Sunday as a military parade to mark Independence Day was held under unprecedented security measures for fear of anti-austerity...

Wounded man in car apparently would-be robber, shot by target

By The Associated Press
March 24, 2012

(AP) - Baton Rouge Police say a man found in his car after a shooting was apparently a would-be robber. Cpl. Tommy Stubbs says 22-year-old Charles "Wayne" Alexander of Baton Rouge died at a hospital after...

Activists sign petition to protect bullfighting in Spain, overturn ban

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

MADRID (AP) - Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa are among 590,000 people who have signed a petition to Parliament urging bullfighting to be protected nationally...

Executives leave Komen after Planned Parenthood controversy

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

DALLAS (AP) - At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organization's decision to eliminate its funding for...

Palace releases details of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

LONDON (AP) - Glittering carriages. Gun salutes. Naval escorts. Buckingham Palace and the military have released details on the pomp and pageantry on the central weekend celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's...

Teacher dismissed after students allegedly had oral sex in class

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

TALLULAH, La. (AP) - Officials say a Tallulah Elementary School teacher has been fired after she was in the classroom while two third-graders allegedly had oral sex under a table. Madison Parish School...

Locator chips in school uniforms keep track of students in Brazil

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

SAO PAULO (AP) - Grade-school students in a northeastern Brazilian city are using uniforms embedded with locator chips that help alert parents if they're cutting classes, the city's education secretary...

Explosion, fire spews gasoline, hazardous materials at plant

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

GEISMAR (AP) - An explosion and fire at a chemical plant Thursday in southeastern Louisiana spewed three chemicals, including hazardous vinyl chloride, into the air, authorities said. No one was injured...

Kitten hitches hair-raising ride in van across Golden Gate bridge

By The Associated Press
March 22, 2012

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - A stowaway kitten is safe despite taking an 85-mile ride in a van's engine compartment that included a trip across California's Golden Gate Bridge. A Santa Cruz County Animal...

French hunt for gunman suspected of fatally shooting seven people

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

TOULOUSE, France (AP) - Police searched southern France on Tuesday for an expert gunman suspected of fatally shooting seven people in the head at close range in attacks that may have been motivated by...