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More wealthy Chinese buy Seattle-area real estate

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:43 -0400

HUNTS POINT, Washington - Real estate agent Joseph Ho climbed the gilded staircase of a Hunts Point mansion listed for almost $5?million, shooting video on his iPad and narrating in Chinese.

Tangipahoa schools struggle with budget

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:35:44 -0400

AMITE, Louisiana - The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will use rededicated sales tax revenue, cuts to transportation services, elimination of a perfect-attendance salary bonus and a one-time reduction in the board-mandated minimum fund balance to come within $1 million of a balanced budget for 2013-14.

W.Va. resort offering help to drug-convicted women

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:47 -0400

BECKLEY, West Virginia - Women are daughters, each of us. That's how Tammy Jordan, inspirational author, agriculturist and business owner, views it. So much so, she's sharing her bounty with women unaccustomed to walking through doorways to opportunity.

Historic Ala. hardware store closing its doors

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:47:24 -0400

GREENSBORO, Alabama - After almost a century, Sledge Hardware in downtown Greensboro is going out of business.

Free dental exams for service dogs at UW

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:14:04 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Guide dogs and other service canines will get some special attention from University of Wisconsin Veterinary Care specialists.

Hurry up and wait at Nevada Legislature

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:36:00 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session - a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait. There is no logic to "legislative time." Committees scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. may not convene until afternoon. Five-minute recesses can stretch into hours.

Couple keeps building material out of landfill

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:35:29 -0400

OXFORD, Nebraska - Fred Ridpath says he's torn down houses all his life.

Ga. lawyers donate 840,000 pounds of food

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:44 -0400

ATLANTA - Attorney General Sam Olens says Georgia's lawyers have donated the equivalent of more than 840,000 pounds of food to the state's seven regional food banks during a food drive competition.

Camp means community service for many young people

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:37:51 -0400

NEW YORK - At 14, Tyler Cohen had never been out of the country or traveled without his Long Island family when he found himself in Costa Rica on a monthlong service trip for teens.

Pa. woman with brain injury wants to prove herself

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:40 -0400

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - Thirteen years ago on a Manheim Township soccer field, freshman Lyndsi Binford ran into a hard-kicked ball. Thrown off balance, she tumbled and her head struck the ground.

Baton Rouge homes sales jump 28 percent in April

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:13:28 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - The number of homes sold in the Baton Rouge metro area rose 28 percent in April.

Ga. Rep. Brooks of Atlanta indicted for wire fraud

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:56:33 -0400

ATLANTA - Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has been charged in a 30-count federal grand jury indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. District Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday.

William Lyon Homes rises in 1st day on NYSE

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:54:38 -0400

NEW YORK - Shares of homebuilder William Lyon Homes rose 2 percent after the company's stock was sold to the public Thursday.

Phillips County officials delay jail decision

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:35:07 -0400

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Arkansas - The Phillips County Quorum Court has delayed a hearing to discuss the county's closed jail.

Judge: Snookered by service dog claim

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:46 -0400

LEVITTOWN, Pennsylvania - Call it the case of doggie deception.

California home prices hit nearly 5-year high

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:52:12 -0400

SAN DIEGO - California home prices neared a five-year high in April as sales picked up for mid- to high-end properties, a research firm said Wednesday.

Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:24:19 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is growing more popular.

Correction: Folsom Audit story

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:11:36 -0400

FOLSOM, Louisiana - In a story May 13 about a state audit of the financial practices of the village of Folsom in St. Tammany Parish, The Associated Press erroneously identified the mayor in office for the period covered by the audit as Marshell Brumfield. The mayor was Phillip Bickham. Brumfield left office in 2010. A corrected version of the story is below.

APNewsBreak: Va AG hires law firm for gov's office

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:20 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli cited a conflict of interest Wednesday in recusing his office from representing Gov. Bob McDonnell and hiring private lawyers to handle matters arising from a politically explosive criminal case pending against a former chef at Virginia's Executive Mansion.

New high-tech training center opens in SW Indiana

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:16:25 -0400

JASPER, Indiana - A new center for high-tech manufacturing training run by Vincennes University has opened in southwestern Indiana.

Antebellum Ala building to become downtown hotel

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:42:29 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Winter Building at the foot of Dexter Avenue has a unique role in American history, and now it could play a prominent role in the redevelopment of downtown Montgomery.

Nev. Senate Dems bring tax plan, Sandoval opposes

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:56:20 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - Nevada Senate Democrats announced a plan Monday to raise payroll taxes to fund education, drawing swift criticism from Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who pledged to veto any tax increase that comes his way.

Hundreds of bicyclists pour through Dutch museum

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:23:20 -0400

AMSTERDAM - Guards removed the final barriers blocking the way, and a cheer went up from the crowd. Moments later, a small army mounted on bicycles of all shapes and sizes eagerly stormed the path that leads straight through the heart of the Netherlands' newly renovated national museum.

Justices more diverse than lawyers before court

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:22:13 -0400

WASHINGTON - In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes.

2 appointed to La. marriage commission

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:36:21 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Two new members have been appointed to the state-sponsored Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family.