CUDAHY, Wis. (AP) — Police say a massive fire that gutted part of a southeastern Wisconsin meatpacking plant started when a military flare landed on the roof. Cudahy (CUH’-duh-hay) police said Tuesday there’s no indication the military fired the flare. Authorities aren’t elaborating on the nature …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her own …

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Posted: Jul. 14 6:24 p.m. Updated: 11 minutes ago PENSACOLA, Florida — An ex-convict who taught self-defense to children. A day laborer who served prison time for killing a man in a fight. An Air Force staff sergeant attached to an elite special operations unit. Somehow, authorities say, they …

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MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Autopsy results indicate a 5-year-old girl whose body was found buried near a Michigan river suffocated after inhaling dirt. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday that Nevaeh Buchanan either was buried alive or had her face forcibly pressed into dirt by another …

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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor retreated from her praise of the “wise Latina,” endorsed a privacy right to abortion in the Constitution and insisted she was not opposed to gun ownership during a day of questioning on a string of hot-button issues before the Senate Judiciary Committee on …

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ST. LOUIS Tim Lincecum planned for a nice, quiet Monday night. “Try to load up on a bunch of liquids, stay hydrated,” Lincecum said. “And I’m going to have (teammate Matt) Cain put a leash around my neck and keep me in my room. “Other than that, that’s all I have planned.” Anything to get to the …

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Barack Obama was true to his word: He didn’t bounce it. Obama’s ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star game barely reached the plate Tuesday night. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols helped the president, moving up on the plate and reaching out to scoop the low toss …

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ST. LOUIS (AP) - President Barack Obama was true to his word: He didn’t bounce it. Obama’s ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game barely reached the plate Tuesday night. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols helped the president, moving up on the plate and reaching out to scoop the toss. Obama …

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WASHINGTON (July 14) - Sonia Sotomayor pushed back vigorously Tuesday against Republican charges that she would bring bias and a liberal agenda to her seat as the first Hispanic woman on the Supreme Court, insisting repeatedly she would be impartial as GOP senators tried to undercut her with her own …

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The exact cause of Michael Jackson’s death could be known within days when toxicology reports are released. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the results of some tests to determine what substances Jackson had in his body when he died are already in. The remaining results are expected at the end …

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