Posts Tagged ‘years’

‘Barefoot Bandit’ sentenced to 6 1/2 years (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Colton Harris-Moore, also known as the 'Barefoot Bandit,' glances at the courtroom gallery as he walks to the defense table, in Island County Superior Court, in Coupeville, Wash. Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in a U.S. federal court for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP – After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous “Barefoot Bandit” — says he’s lucky to be alive.


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‘Mad’ Maks gets 200 years for rampage slays

MAD MAKS got hit with the max Wednesday after a raucous court hearing where he insulted the judge, trashed his victims — and insisted, “I’m not the bad guy here.”

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Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years (AP)

AP – Tensions between the rich and poor are increasing and at their most intense level in nearly a quarter-century, a new survey shows. Americans now see more social conflict over wealth inequality than over the hot-button topics of immigration, race relations and age.

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Selig back for 2 more years

Bud Selig is putting academia on hold and re-upping for two years as commissioner of Major League Baseball, confirming a report in Sunday’s Daily News.

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New year’s resolutions failed? Try these 5 mobile apps 

Falling behind on keeping up with your new year’s resolutions? There’s an app for that.

Whether your resolution was to be on time more, diet or cut back on the money flying out of your wallet, desktop and mobile apps can help keep resolution-makers on track — and get those who are already slipping up back to where they want to be.

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Education law’s promise falls short after 10 years (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2002, file photo President George W. Bush, seated, signs into law a sweeping federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. Cast as a symbol of possibility, the law offered the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on the books, Bush’s most hyped domestic accomplishment has become a symbol to many of federal overreach and Congress’ inability to fix something that’s clearly flawed. In the image from left are Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Education Secretary Rod Paige, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, woman at right unidentified. Children with Bush are Tez Taylor, left, and Cecilia Pallcio, right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP – The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.


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Japan plans to scrap nuclear plants after 40 years (AP)

CORRECTS DATE WHEN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TO JAN. 6, 2012 - FILE - This Nov. 12, 2011 photo shows a view of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Japan. Japan said Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. Concern about aging reactors has been growing because the three units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that went into meltdown following the tsunami were built starting in 1967. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)AP – Japan says it will soon require atomic reactors to be shut down after 40 years of use to improve safety following the nuclear crisis set off by last year’s tsunami.


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