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Sex offender nabbed after 33 years on the lam
A sex offender has been arrested after 33 years on the run, according to reports.
NYC: Taxi drivers ripped off passengers
Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says.
Johnny Weir, GLAAD upset with ice tour snub
American figure skater Johnny Wier says he doesn't understand why the only ice skating tour in the United States doesn't want him.
Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks
The social studies changes approved by the Texas Board of Education will have a broad influence because the state is one of the nation's largest buyers of textbooks.
AG: Haim's death linked to drug probe
Corey Haim's death is linked to an "illegal and massive prescription-drug ring," California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.
High school hires female football coach
A high school in Washington, D.C., is set to name a former women's professional football player as its head varsity football coach Friday, a move that a national women's sports advocacy group calls historic.
Affluent California county sues Toyota
Prosecutors in Orange County, Calif., have filed a lawsuit against Toyota because of continuing problems with its vehicles.
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take settlement
Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Medal, reprimand from same battle
A U.S. Army officer, third from right, who was awarded for valor after his Afghan outpost was attacked has also received a letter of reprimand for failing to secure the base before the attack, according to Army officials.
Judge postpones decision on 9/11 settlement
A New York judge may approve a $657 million settlement Friday for workers who became ill after the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
Alaska authorities say woman may have died in wolf...
Authorities in Alaska are investigating whether a wolf attack killed a 32-year-old woman whose body was found in a remote area near a small village.
FAA urges $787,500 in fines for American Airlines
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed $787,500 in fines against American Airlines for maintenance violations.
Doubling of maternal deaths in U.S. called...
Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.
Coroner: Drug overdose not ruled out in Corey...
Although Corey Haim's heart was enlarged and he had fluid in his lungs, the coroner's chief investigator says a drug overdose has not been ruled out as the cause of the actor's death.
FBI, nuclear agency investigate terrorism suspect
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the FBI to determine whether a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member had access to any sensitive areas of the nuclear plants where he once worked, a commission spokeswoman said Friday.

Softball: NDSU sweeps a pair of games at Aggie Invite
Maryssa McKenzie hit a game-winning double to lift North Dakota State over Wright State 1-0 in the first game of the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational on Friday.

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