Articles by Associated Press
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Box Office Top 20: ‘Avengers’ sequel soars to $191.3 million
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmA jam-packed sports weekend didn’t stop moviegoers from trekking to theaters in droves to see the Avengers sequel, which posted a massive $191.3 million North American opening, Disney said Monday.
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Singer Chris Brown accused of battery in Las Vegas
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmSinger Chris Brown faces another battery accusation just days after he performed at an after-party to the weekend’s much hyped boxing match, which was also billed as the kickoff to his residency at the Drai’s nightclub.
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Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmSince at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
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Obama on protests: ‘There are consequences to indifference’
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmIn a deeply personal response to outbreaks of racially motivated protests, President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police for fueling a sense of “unfairness and powerlessness.”
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Nuclear weapons lab worker seriously burned in accident
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmA Los Alamos National Laboratory employee was in critical condition Monday after being burned in an accident that also sent eight other workers at the nuclear weapons research facility to the hospital.
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Police: 3 killed Canadian tourist after Kentucky Derby
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmA Canadian tourist in town for the Kentucky Derby was shot to death while fighting off three people who robbed him at random during a crime spree amid the festivities of the famed horse race, police said Monday.
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Riviera casino closes doors after 60 years on Vegas Strip
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmIf the ghosts of Frank Sinatra and Liberace were still hanging around the Riviera Hotel and Casino on Monday morning, they wouldn’t have found a seat at the bar.
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Study: Trace amount of drilling fluid found in water well
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pma rock formation more than a mile underground — after fracking, Brantley said. The fluid did not contain a high level of salt, a signature of fracking wastewater.
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Starboard Value says it bought 4M shares of Brink’s
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmActivist investment firm Starboard Value says it bought an 8.2 percent stake in armored car company Brink’s, and it called the stock undervalued.
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Clinton agrees to testify on Benghazi, emails this month
Associated Press | May 4, 2015 10:05 pmHillary Rodham Clinton is willing to testify once on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and her email practices during her tenure as secretary of state, her attorney told lawmakers in a letter Monday.
