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Silicon Valley tank collection heading east
The family of a Silicon Valley engineer who amassed one of the nation’s most extensive historic military vehicle collections is giving the tanks, missile launchers and armored vehicles to a Massachusetts-based museum that will preserve and display some of them.
US bishops shouldn’t preach ideology: pope’s rep
The Vatican ambassador to the U.S., addressing American bishops at their first national meeting since Pope Francis was elected, said Monday they should not “follow a particular ideology” and should make Roman Catholics feel more welcome in church.
NY knish factory fire leads to nationwide shortage
A fire at a factory billed as the world’s biggest maker of knishes has created nationwide shock and oy for those who can’t seem to find the Jewish treats anywhere. Gabila’s Knishes promises an end to the knish crunch by Thanksgiving, which coincides with the start of Hanukkah.
Woman killed in wildcat attack at Oregon animal sanctuary
PORTLAND, Ore. — An employee killed Saturday by a wildcat at an Oregon animal sanctuary was described as an experienced worker who was comfortable with the animals she cared for. She is thought to have been alone with an animal in the enclosure. Renee Radziwon, 36, of Portland, died in the Saturday night attack, Deputy Mark Nikolai of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Sunday. KGW News reported that she was killed by a cougar.
NYPD: Teen in custody in ice rink shooting
New York City police say a 16-year-old is in custody after a shooting at a popular Manhattan skating rink that left two people wounded and the ice splattered with blood.
2 dead, dozens injured at teen’s birthday party in Texas
A burst of gunfire at an 18-year-old girl’s birthday party Saturday night left two dead, another two critically injured and dozens hurt in a chaotic scene where people jumped from second-floor windows to escape the shooting at a suburban Houston home.
Malcolm X heirs seek to block diary publication
Heirs of Malcolm X have gone to court to stop a Chicago company from publishing a diary of the activist leader’s last year. They say in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that Third World Press does not have the right to publish “The Diary of Malcolm X.”
Goodwill investigates sale of personal documents
Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana has hired an outside law firm to review how it sorts and handles donated items after an Indianapolis television station discovered medical records, tax returns and other documents containing personal information being sold at its outlet stores.
Legal blog seeks recognition from high court
One of the most influential news outlets covering the Supreme Court sets up shop on big decision days not in the pressroom with other reporters, but in the court’s cafeteria. This curious situation is attributable almost entirely to the unusual, if not unique, circumstances that surround SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein.
WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast
Thousands of visitors streamed to the national Air Force museum Saturda in Dayton, Ohio, to pay a Veterans Day weekend tribute to the few surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, airmen whose daring raid on Japan helped boost American morale during World War II, as they planned to make their ceremonial final toast together.
Ex-Illinois judge pleads guilty to heroin, gun counts
A former judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal in Illinois that included another judge’s cocaine death pleaded guilty Friday to federal heroin and gun charges as part of a deal calling for him serving a year and a half in prison.
Regulation gives parity for mental health coverage
A new Obama administration rule requires insurers to cover treatment for mental health and substance abuse no differently than they do for physical illnesses.
4 couples sue Idaho over same-sex marriage ban
Four Idaho couples are suing the state in federal court to challenge laws banning same-sex marriage and denying recognition to same-sex couples who married in other states.
Obama nudges US to stop thwarting jobs growth
Dwarfed by towering cranes and cargo containers, President Barack Obama came to a port in conservative-leaning Louisiana on Friday to nudge both parties to stop throwing up roadblocks to jobs and economic progress.
Lakes, concrete: Where old poker chips go to die
Mike Spinetti has the largest collection of poker chips in Las Vegas and maybe the world. The poker player and poker chip expert keeps more than $15 million of rare chips in a secret warehouse vault.
Prosecutor gives closing in Utah doctor’s trial
A prosecutor told jurors Friday in the trial of a Utah doctor that there’s a mountain of circumstantial evidence showing he pestered his wife to get a face lift, and then drugged and drowned her in a bathtub to start a new life with a mistress.
