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• Golden Nugget gets full license in Atlantic City February 15, 2012
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Since it changed hands in May, signs at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City have urged customers to "watch the transformation" from the former Trump Marina Hotel Casino into something newer and shinier. New Jersey casino regulators have been watching, too, and on Wednesday they liked what they saw, granting the casino a perma […]
• Utility stops talks on fund for pipeline blast February 15, 2012
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Bruno says Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has broken off settlement talks with the city about a compensation fund for a deadly gas pipeline explosion. San Bruno officials are urging the utility to make good on its promise to pay the city restitution for the September 2010 blast, which killed eight people, destroyed 38 hom […]
• Ohio justice rejects death penalty law he wrote February 15, 2012
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As a young state senator 30 years ago, Paul Pfeifer helped write Ohio's death penalty law.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood rejects US pressure February 15, 2012
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is throwing its weight behind the country's military-backed government in an escalating dispute with the U.S. over pro-democracy groups Egypt accuses of seeking to foment protests against the country's military rulers. The group praised in a statement Wednesday what it called the government's " […]
• Cold snap in Eastern Europe kills more than 600 February 15, 2012
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — More than 600 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow. Since the end of January, the region has been pummeled by the deep freeze, which has brought the heaviest blizzards in recent memory.Read […]
• Last Katrina FEMA trailer leaves New Orleans February 15, 2012
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to flood. On Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the last trailer was removed Sunday.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Obama tracking court exploits of NBA's Jeremy Lin February 15, 2012
  WASHINGTON (AP) — "Linsanity" has descended on the White House. White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama is tracking the exploits of Jeremy Lin, the sudden star of the New York Knicks. The point guard from Harvard has come out of nowhere to lead the team on a winning streak and he's captured widespread public attention. Car […]
• Gaza Strip fuel shortage forces power shutdown February 15, 2012
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian energy officials say fuel shortages have forced them to shutter the Gaza Strip's lone power plant, causing blackouts in the impoverished territory. Gaza's energy authority has until recently relied on fuel smuggled from Egypt to circumvent an Israeli blockade.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• More than 300 killed in Honduras prison fire February 15, 2012
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in the world's deadliest prison fire in at least a century, authorities said Wednesday. Some 475 people escaped from the prison in the town of Comayagua and 356 are missing and presumed dead, said Hector Ivan Mej […]
• Mexico judge orders US producer to stand trial February 15, 2012
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a U.S. reality television producer to stand trial in the killing of his wife at a Cancun resort in 2010, and a defense lawyer said his client fainted when he heard the ruling. Quintana Roo state prosecutor Ludwin Vivas Arjona said the judge ruled there is enough evidence to try former "Survivor […]