NEW YORK — Jason Clark and Greg Monroe scored 16 points each, and No. 22 Georgetown built a big first-half lead before handling everything South Florida star Dominique Jones could offer in a 69-49 victory Wednesday in the Big East tournament. Chris Wright also had 15 points for the eighth-seeded …

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(AP) BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil’s president is coming under criticism for his deference to the Cuban government regarding the island’s political prisoners and hunger strikes over human rights. A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political prisoners accused …

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The Emmy-award winning CBS producer who pleaded guilty to attempting to extort David Letterman was “delighted” to take a plea deal and avoid a trial that could have landed him in jail for 15 years, according to a close friend. Robert Halderman takes plea deal, avoiding potential 15-year prison term …

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America’s commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed. After an Oval Office meeting, Obama stood beside Preval in the White House …

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MIAMI - A flight bound for the Dominican Republic has returned to an airport gate in Miami because of an unruly passenger. Miami International Airport spokesman Greg Chin says American Airlines flight 683, bound for Santiago, made its way to the runway at about 11:50 a.m. Wednesday. But after …

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Washington (CNN) — President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti. The two leaders pledged to continue working for a more coordinated, sustained global relief effort to help Haiti recover from a massive 7.0-magnitude …

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(AP) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Four workers are safe after getting stuck on a drawbridge that went up unexpectedly in Florida Pompano Beach city spokeswoman Sandra King says hydraulics failed on a bridge under reconstruction Wednesday morning, causing it to rise while Department of Transportation …

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Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6. A Sheriff’s Department statement says the woman was armed with a semi-automatic pistol when she went to La Chicanita Market in the town of Thermal on Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Herlinda …

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Colleen R. LaRose agreed to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary, the indictment filed yesterday said. LaRose, who called herself JihadJane online, is “one of only a few such cases nationwide in which females have been charged with …

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EL CAJON, Calif. - Before he called emergency dispatchers, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the “stuck” accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn’t move. “My car can’t slow down,” he began when a California Highway Patrol …

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