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Suspected prostitution ring busted in North Texas

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:10:24 -0400

PLANO, Texas - Several women have been arrested on organized crime charges after law officers broke up an alleged prostitution ring in North Texas.

School board in allows dodgeball, similar games

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:34:03 -0400

WINDHAM, New Hampshire - Dodgeball is back in physical education classes in a New Hampshire school district.

Start of Zion Narrows trail protected by easement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:25 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - An environmental group paid $1.4 million for a conservation easement at the start of one of Zion National Park's most popular trails.

DNR says Iowa boaters need to follow new laws

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:06:10 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa boaters will need to follow new laws designed to protect the state's lakes and rivers from non-native aquatic species.

Best May ever for Smokies visits

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:14 -0400

GATLINBURG, Tennessee - The mountains were a popular destination last month.

Picturesque Ohio village on endangered places list

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:31 -0400

CINCINNATI - A national preservation group on Wednesday named a picturesque Ohio village as one of the nation's most endangered historic places and is calling on state authorities to scrap a plan that village leaders and preservations say could permanently scar the area.

New $8.2B RI budget plan pays 38 Studios debt

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:08:08 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Rhode Island lawmakers will soon vote on a state budget proposal to increase education funding and set aside money to pay for its failed investment in 38 Studios following a key legislative endorsement Tuesday night.

Pittsburgh group wins OK to 'yarn bomb' bridge

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:37 -0400

PITTSBURGH - The biggest "yarn bomb" ever attempted in the United States could soon swaddle a Pittsburgh bridge.

Woman dies after Tooele Valley skydiving accident

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:16:19 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - A skydiver died after trying to avoid an obstacle and taking a hard landing at Tooele Valley Airport, officials said Tuesday.

Jindal signs bill allowing donations of fish, game

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:02:16 -0400

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana - There shouldn't be any hang-ups if hunters and fishermen want to donate their catch to nonprofits that feed the hungry.

Ore. adviser celebrates retirement with a marathon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:55:59 -0400

SALEM, Oregon - Some people go on a cruise. Others move to Palm Springs.

NY GOP: Bar welfare cash for alcohol, strip clubs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:43 -0400

ALBANY, New York - New York is moving to prohibit the use of cash welfare benefits to pay for cigarettes, beer and liquor, state lottery tickets, casino games, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Casino games beginning at RI's Twin River

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:01:59 -0400

LINCOLN, Rhode Island - Rhode Island's bet on expanded gambling starts Wednesday as Twin River Casino begins offering blackjack, roulette and craps in a move to get a head start on neighboring Massachusetts.

New video, $65K reward in '08 Times Square bombing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:35 -0400

NEW YORK - New video footage of a suspected bomber riding a blue bicycle was offered Tuesday along with a $65,000 award in an effort to generate leads in the 2008 blast at the military recruitment station in Times Square.

UT man wins World Series of Poker seniors' event

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:04 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A 68-year-old Utah retiree is taking home more nearly $635,000 after winning the seniors' championship at the World Series of Poker.

Bill would honor Buffalo Soldiers' role in parks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:10 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them some of the United States' first park rangers.

Wild boars killed on central Missouri trail

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:43:25 -0400

ROCHEPORT, Missouri - A pair of wild boars that were menacing hikers on the Katy Trail in central Missouri have been shot and killed.

Tacoma zoo's leopard cub now on public exhibit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:31:42 -0400

TACOMA, Washington - A clouded leopard cub born May 1 at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma is now on public exhibit.

Vt. landlord denies allowing prostitution

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:23 -0400

WILLISTON, Vermont - The owner of a spa in Williston, Vermont, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of allowing prostitution at the business.

Climbing guide latest to be rescued at Grand Teton

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:56:19 -0400

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming - A climbing guide is the latest person to be rescued at Grand Teton National Park after a busy weekend for rangers.

NC group offers reward for stolen Venus flytraps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:10 -0400

WILMINGTON, North Carolina - A North Carolina environmental group is offering a $1,500 reward to find the thief who stole more than 1,000 Venus flytraps from a city garden in Wilmington.

Ala man making upscale toy tractors for collectors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:10:22 -0400

HOKE BLUFF, Alabama - Many people collect toys that remind them of their youth as they age, and pedal tractors are a popular choice for some folks born in the 1950s in the Midwest and Plains states.

Exam IDs body in Clinton River as missing kayaker

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:44:39 -0400

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Southeastern Michigan authorities have confirmed that a body found in a debris-clogged portion of the fast-flowing Clinton River is that of a 47-year-old man who disappeared while kayaking.

Ohio theme parks rank in top 15 in US attendance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:09 -0400

MASON, Ohio - Ohio's Cedar Point and Kings Island were the most visited theme parks in the nation last year outside of the usual hot spots in Florida and California, according to a new report from an industry trade group.

Teen boater on fishing trip dies in Saginaw Bay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:12 -0400

BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Authorities say a teenage boy has died and his father and another family member have been hospitalized in Bay City after their fishing boat capsized in storms on Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay.