By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A federal judge ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to a federal dogfighting charge _ and the resulting impact [...]

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By BEN NEARY Associated Press Writer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Thursday reversed a 2006 lower court ruling that dismissed a [...]

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By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) _ R. Kelly arrived at a Cook County courthouse Friday to face child pornography charges filed after a videotape allegedly showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13.
Jury selection was scheduled to start in the Grammy-winning R&B singer’s trial, which has been delayed for six [...]

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BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) _ Police say they had no trouble tracking down a robbery suspect, because the victims had taken his picture while chatting with him at a bar a short time before the theft.
The suspect, Andre Smith, struck up a conversation with a group of women at a bachelorette party at the Bensalem Township [...]

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By TOM HAYS and DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press Writers
NEW YORK (AP) _ Hundreds of demonstrators led by the Rev. Al Sharpton clogged intersections and snarled traffic across the city to protest the acquittal of three officers involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.
Protesters said Wednesday’s ”pray-in,” which [...]

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By ALLISON HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
The probe _ prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member _ led to [...]

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.
A spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter says the mayor stands behind the police department but his first glance of the video does appear to show the officers overstepping [...]

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By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI Associated Press Writer
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ A former congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance after a car crash two years ago was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for violating his bail conditions.
A prosecutor said he asked that bail be revoked after Gary Dodds’ wife reported to police that the two had [...]

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By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A judge plans to allow three of six Chinese crew members who have been held in the United States since their ship spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay to return home in the next few weeks.
The captain, however, and two other crew members [...]

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By MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) _ Less than two hours after prosecutors rested their case Monday in political fundraiser Antoin ”Tony” Rezko’s marathon fraud trial, defense attorneys did the same without calling a single witness.
It is not unusual for the defense portion of a major criminal trial to be fairly short, though attorneys [...]

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