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Assistant testified in investigation that eventually brought down longtime coach Joe Paterno

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary will miss Saturday's game against Nebraska after the school said he received "multiple threats."


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Item found Thursday night about five blocks from car where Sky Metalwala was last seen

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Police searching for a missing 2-year-old Bellevue, Wash., boy are testing a shoe and driving the car the mother said ran out of gas before she left him inside.


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\"A Fire in My Belly" was pulled from a DC gallery last year after it angered lawmakers, Catholic League

NEW YORK (AP) -- A major exhibition that includes a film of ants crawling on a crucifix opens next week at the Brooklyn Museum, an institution known for presenting edgy and bold artworks that in the past included a painting of the Virgin Mary that incorporated elephant dung.


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Until now, nation's first Black president has carefully avoided putting any emphasis on race

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a shift in White House tactics on the cusp of an election year, President Barack Obama isn't shying away these days from saying that many of his policies were designed with African-Americans in mind.


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Demonstrators set up encampments despite being told they couldn't use tents

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Dozens of people were arrested during Occupy demonstrations at the University of California, Berkeley campus, as authorities twice clashed with protesters trying to set up encampments.


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Offer will start next summer, part of FCC push to get more Americans connected

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cable companies said Wednesday that they will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.


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Rights groups say the update is weak on accountability; conservatives think federal government should get out of way

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a divided Washington, there's widespread agreement that the sweeping No Child Left Behind education law needs fixing. But finding a fix hasn't been easy.


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Dozens of items, including the bed where singer died, to be auctioned off next month

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, the gated mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive where the pop star lived with his three children while preparing for his comeback concerts became part media camp, part Jackson tribute ground.


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Supreme Court set to consider rulings on president's signature legislation late this week

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law's requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance.


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Three dozen investigations of possibly racially motivated crimes remain open but as time goes by convictions become unlikely

Every time we think we've seen the last of the trials for civil rights-era atrocities, it seems, prosecutors will parade some stooped, white-haired defendant before the cameras in shackles.


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