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Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

Officers guard the area leading to the house, background right, where a Hofstra University student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight break-in, next to the campus, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y.

The college student was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder with a loaded gun to her head, police said. Then the gunman took aim at an officer. 24 minutes ago

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Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks

A national atheist group says it will place its literature in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles in them.

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Feds again delay San Onofre nuke restart decision

Federal regulators have indefinitely delayed a decision on the proposed restart of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, raising new questions Monday about whether the twin reactors will produce electricity again.

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Los Angeles jeweler pleads guilty in KPMG case

The owner of a Los Angeles jewelry store pleaded guilty Monday for his role in an insider-trading case involving a former senior partner at accounting firm KPMG.

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Correction: Boston Marathon-Injured Officer story

In a story May 19 about a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer shot in a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the officer's last name. He is Officer Richard Donohue, not Donahue.
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Retailer LL Bean keeping it in the family

L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman after more than a half-century as chairman or CEO of the outdoors retailer, but the privately held company is keeping the position in the family.

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Report says poor are moving to nation's suburbs

More poor people live in the nation's suburbs than in urban cities because of affordable housing, service-sector jobs and the increased use of housing vouchers, according to a study released Monday.

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Commutes long, slow after Conn. train derailment

Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
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Angry mob pelts man thought to be sex attacker

Residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face in Colorado.

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Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.
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Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role

Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion.