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Governor and other supporters now must win over skeptical lawmakers

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Backers of California's ambitious high-speed rail project will begin their hard sell with lawmakers and the public on Monday with the release of their final business plan, which details the costs, financing and construction.


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The winners will earn $213 million before taxes. Three other ticket holders became millionaires

RED BUD, Ill. (AP) -- The Mega Millions winners - at least three of them - stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth.


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150 officers were deployed on the streets at one point to quell \"a very dangerous situation with the fires and the violence" that dragged on for hours

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Riot police used pepper spray in small amounts for crowd control as thousands of rowdy fans swarmed into the streets near the University of Kentucky campus, overturning cars and lighting couches ablaze after a victory over cross-state rival Louisville in a Final Four matchup.


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One mandate affects just about everybody: Workers must pay a tax to finance Medicare, which collects about $200 billion a year

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The individual insurance requirement that the Supreme Court is reviewing isn't the first federal mandate involving health care.


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Scientist panel says that in coastal areas of the US, property damage from hurricanes and rising seas could increase by 20 percent by 2030

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists said in a new report issued Wednesday.


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Ohio, Texas and New York reported the biggest job gains

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unemployment rates fell last month in most U.S. states, including in some hit hardest during the recession.


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On one of his 911 calls, George Zimmerman muttered something some listeners say sounds like a racial slur

MIAMI (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias and not simply a fight that spiraled out of control, legal experts and former prosecutors say.


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Because so many Americans need auto to work, they're willing to fall behind on credit cards and mortgage first

NEW YORK (AP) -- The recession and its hangover may have turned bill-paying habits upside down. Cash-strapped Americans are paying off their car loans before they pay credit card bills and make mortgage payments, a study finds.


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Man who prepared Florida teen's body says he saw no indicating marks on hands, face or elsewhere

MIAMI (AP) -- The funeral director who oversaw slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's burial says he saw no signs of a fight on the body.


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Stamps cannot be used to by booze at Montgomery venue, however

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A nightclub in Alabama's capital city has come up with a unique theme night involving food support for needy families.


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