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UC Davis Students Sue Over Occupy Wall Street Pepper-Spray Incident
Posted 2:21 PM 2/22/2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California university where campus police pepper-sprayed peaceful student demonstrators last year is facing a federal lawsuit.
Nineteen students and alumni at the University of California, Davis filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on Tuesday.
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Mardi Gras Revelry, Parades Take Over New Orleans
Posted 9:04 AM 2/21/2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Revelers hit the streets Tuesday to celebrate Mardi Gras, lured to the French Quarter and stately oak-lined avenues by the chance to snag beads and baubles from seemingly endless parades in the final unfettered party before the somber season of Lent. The French (More)
Earthquake Rattles Southeast Missouri
2/20/2012
For Boomers, It's A New Era Of 'Work Til You Drop'
Posted 7:35 AM 2/21/2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine.
Symons, fresh out of college, entered this brave new world (More)
2/17/2012
Former Boston College Basketball Star Battles Breast Cancer
Posted 1:10 PM 2/17/2012
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Clare Droesch was fearless on the basketball court as a player at Boston College. Now she's taking that same approach to the challenge of fighting cancer.
It's been nearly two months since the 29-year-old Droesch was diagnosed with breast cancer and she's doing (More)
2/15/2012
FCC Adopts New Rules Against "Robocalls"
Posted 2:49 PM 2/15/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government is cracking down on "robocalls," those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers.
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that it will now require telemarketers to obtain written (More)
