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Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
(AP)
AP - The bulk of a man's childhood comic book collection that included many of the most prized issues ever published sold at auction Wednesday for about $3.5 million.
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Congressional offices receive mailed threats
(AP)
AP - Some congressional offices and media organizations have received threatening letters containing a suspicious powdery substance that was tested and proved to be harmless, the FBI and the Senate's top law enforcement officer said Wednesday.
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Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley
(AP)
AP - The Obama administration's top immigration official said Wednesday he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their creativity to immigration itself.
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DC police official in celeb escort flap to sue
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AP - A former District of Columbia police commander whose division provided a police escort to actor Charlie Sheen has given notice that he intends to file a whistleblower lawsuit against the city.
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Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party
(AP)
AP - Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Medford, Ore., where police say the big sister of one of her friends was throwing a party with booze and marijuana.
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Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
(AP)
AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
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High court torn over law banning lies about medals
(AP)
AP - Free speech cases before the Supreme Court often lead justices to consider far-fetched scenarios, and Wednesday's argument over a law making it a crime to lie about having received top military honors was no exception.
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Obama seeks corporate tax rate cut, loophole limit
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AP - President Barack Obama rolled out a corporate tax overhaul plan Wednesday that lowers rates but also eliminates loopholes and subsidies cherished by the business world. A long-shot for action in an election year, the plan nevertheless stamps Obama's imprint on one of the most high-profile issues of the presidential campaign.
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Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception
(Reuters)
Reuters - A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Washington state cannot require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives if to do so violates their religious beliefs.
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Texas man gets life in prison in torture case
(AP)
AP - A Texas man who tortured his former neighbor while holding her captive nearly two weeks was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
