GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy says he is canceling plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sternly admonished a Florida pastor Thursday and appealed to him to call off plans to torch the Quran, saying Saturday's planned protest on the anniversary of the Sept.
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TYLER, Texas — A 43-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Call her the Fresh Princess.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's 9-year-old daughter, Willow Smith, is making her debut as a recording artist.
She has signed a deal with Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation.
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Authorities have identified the body of a woman found dead in the trunk of a car last month at a Baton Rouge apartment complex. Officials say the woman is 55-year-old Kathleen Downey.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama came Wednesday to the French Quarter, not for fine dining or jazz but to play football with the NFL.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Saints' first Super Bowl title was so big in New Orleans that Mardi Gras, a revered local institution dating back well more than a century, became popularly known as, "Lombardi Gras."
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution.
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