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FILE - In this Thursday, May 23, 2013 file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves city hall in Toronto. Ford denies that he smokes crack cocaine and says he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used the drug. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young, File)

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada's largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack. Ford did not take questions from reporters ...

Wis. gov expects compromise on voucher school plan

Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week. The voucher program subsidizes students' private school tuition. It's currently in effect in Milwaukee and Racine. Walker's budget would expand ...

Private prison company asks to seal lawsuit docs

The nation's largest private prison company is asking a judge to seal a wide spectrum of documents in a lawsuit brought by inmates at a Corrections Corporation of America-managed prison in Idaho. Attorneys for CCA filed the motion for a protective order earlier this month in Boise's U.S. District Court ...

Police kill San Diego armed robbery suspect

San Diego police say officers shot to death an armed robbery suspect after he tried to set a car on fire, shot a person in the foot and then held a woman hostage. Police Lt. Kevin Mayer tells U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/14IVVlp ) that the man, carrying a sawed-off shotgun ...

Former president of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, left, speaks to the press as he is led by police to an aircraft that will fly him to the United States from Guatemala City, Friday, May 24, 2013.  Portillo was extradited to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. (AP Photo)

Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US

Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital where he was recovering from liver surgery and a heart condition and put on a ...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

UK braces for unrest after soldier's slaying while also reviewing whether it missed warnings LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would ...

Friday's AA prep boys track results

Here are Friday's results in the class AA boys state track and field meet: Preliminary Results Long Jump Flight No. 1 — 1, Taylor Rodgers, Rochester, 21-01.75. 2, Donovyn Hammonds, Chatham (Glenwood), 20-04.00. 3, Chris Bednarski, Wauconda, 19-09.00. 4, Lonnie Washington, Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) (Coop), 19-07.25. 5, Zachery Manuel, LaGrange ...

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