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State law dictates that child can face charges if he or she could determine right from wrong

SEATTLE (AP) -- A prosecutor is preparing to file charges against a 9-year-old boy who brought a gun to a Washington state elementary school that went off and critically wounded a young classmate.


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Government wants system in place to effectively treat condition by 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's "one of the most feared health conditions" on Wednesday as it issued a draft of a new national strategy to fight the ominous rise in this mind-destroying disease.


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35-year-old alleged of assaulting 12-year-old starting in 2000

BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) -- A Philadelphia-area man already charged with trading a tattoo for sex with an underage girl and sexually assaulting more than a dozen children is now facing additional charges.


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Entrepreneurial team headed up by Magic Johnson has thoughts of return to TV, a stint on Broadway, even a cruise

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Before the death of Don Cornelius stirred pangs of "Soul Train" nostalgia in the American public, a group of black entrepreneurs already had begun working to revive Cornelius' creation and carry it beyond the continued popularity of the show's dances and television reruns.


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Rising Democratic star says he never authorized the surveillance action

Newark, N.J. (AP) -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker and his top police official say the city was misled by the New York Police Department and never would have authorized such wholesale spying on Muslims if they had known about it.


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Sean Combs and Magic Johnson hope to bring fresh representation of Black culture to TV

NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and NBA great Magic Johnson.


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Ailment is a highly contagious bacterial disease that in rare cases can be fatal

ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.


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19th Smithsonian complex will be located between Washington Monument and the National Museum of American History

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as "not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life" as he marked Wednesday's groundbreaking of the long-sought-after museum on the National Mall.


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The NYPD kept tabs on Islam-centered college groups throughout the Northeast

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Yale University and student groups are condemning the monitoring of Muslim college students across the Northeast by the New York Police Department, while Rutgers University and leaders of Muslim groups are calling for investigations.

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Church leaders hope "Great Commission" moniker can provide non-regional option

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.


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