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Cruz looks for support from Governor Pence

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ted Cruz is looking to Indiana's governor to help stop Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination. Cruz said Friday that he'd "enthusiastically welcome" Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's support before the state's primary Tuesday. Cruz needs a victory after getting swept by GOP front-runner Donald Trump in five Northeastern states earlier…
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2 behind Planned Parenthood videos rejecting plea deals

HOUSTON (AP) - Two anti-abortion activists arrested in connection with making undercover Planned Parenthood videos are rejecting plea deals offering them probation. Sandra Merritt's attorneys said Friday she won't settle the case through pretrial diversion, a form of probation that would keep her out of prison and ultimately have the charges dismissed. Attorneys for fellow…
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FAA: Smoke in jet cabin, cockpit leads to emergency landing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal safety investigators say a regional jet made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after smoke was reported in the cabin and the cockpit. Airline officials say one passenger aboard Friday morning's Piedmont Airlines flight from Richmond, Virginia, requested a medical evaluation but did not need to be hospitalized. Investigators initially reported slides…
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Investigators look at overdose in Prince death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A law enforcement official says investigators are looking into whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before he was found dead. The official told The Associated Press on Thursday that among the things investigators are looking at is whether a doctor was…
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Boehner calls Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former House Speaker John Boehner is unloading on Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, calling him "Lucifer in the flesh." "I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life," Boehner tells students at Stanford University according to The Stanford Daily. The…
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