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Oakland A's Play Hardball To Win Distraught Young Fan's Allegiance

6:29pm January 08, 2015

It's always tough to see your favorite player leave your favorite team. One young Toronto Blue Jays fan took it especially hard when the team traded infielder Brett Lawrie.

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There's been a sharp decline in the number of arrests and tickets and summonses issued in New York City. Police sometimes use work slowdowns to show dissatisfaction with policies, workloads or contract disputes.

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When Morale Dips, Some Cops Walk The Beat — But Do The Minimum

6:29pm January 08, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Arrests and ticketing are way down in New York City. Many believe it's a way for officers to show frustration with the mayor. If so, it wouldn't be the first time cops have protested by slowing down.

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Jackie Fortin's daughter, Cassandra, last summer.

Can Connecticut Force A Teenage Girl To Undergo Chemotherapy?

5:58pm January 08, 2015

by Lucy Nalpathanchil

A 17-year-old says she doesn't want to undergo treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, but her doctors and the state say she will die without it. The Connecticut Supreme Court is hearing the case.

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By measuring activity in different parts of the brain, neuroscientsts can get a sense of how some people will respond to treatments.

Brain Scans May Help Predict Future Problems, And Solutions

5:55pm January 08, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

Brain imaging can help researchers tell if people are more likely to be able to quit smoking or have trouble with reading. But those tests aren't yet ready for the doctor's office or classroom.

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An F-35 fighter taxis at Edwards Air Force base, in 2012. The cutbacks in U.K. will be offset by new forces needed for the aircrafts' deployment to RAF Lakenhealth.

Pentagon's Money-Saver: U.S. Troops To Leave 15 European Sites

5:35pm January 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Department of Defense says it will pull out of bases in the U.K., Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Portugal.

A foie gras dish is prepared at Hot's Kitchen during a "Farewell Fois Gras" event in June 2012 in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The restaurant was one of three plaintiffs that filed suit after the ban went into effect, and it has been serving free foie gras to gu

Out Of the Shadows And Onto Menus: Foie Gras Is Back In California

5:07pm January 08, 2015

by Lindsey Hoshaw

Chefs across California are celebrating a judge's decision to end the state's ban on the sale of foie gras. Many had continued to serve the delicacy, made from fatty duck or goose liver, illegally.

Investigation Finds No Evidence NFL Received Ray Rice Elevator Video

3:29pm January 08, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

But the inquiry by former FBI Director Robert Mueller also says the league should have more thoroughly investigated the assault by the Baltimore Ravens star of his then-fiancee.

Using Tor, or The Onion Router, enables users to hide their online activities. Advocates say the network protects the privacy of activists. But prosecutors say it's used extensively by criminals — and is making it harder for law enforcement to do its jo

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Prosecutors Say Tools For Hiding Online Hinder Cybercrime Crackdowns

3:20pm January 08, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Advocates say tools that cloak online identities are needed to protect activists. Prosecutors say they hinder efforts to police all kinds of crime, from child pornography to illegal gun sales.

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To protect against fraud, U.S. banks will be issuing credit cards with small computer chips. But some experts say using a PIN to complete a transaction is more secure than a signature.

U.S. Credit Cards Tackle Fraud With Embedded Chips, But No PINs

3:01pm January 08, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The nation's biggest banks are leaning toward a new credit card security system that will rely on embedded chips and signatures rather than PINs. But critics say the PIN-and-chip system is superior.

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A screen shot taken from a video demonstrating how Iowa's digital driver's license would look on a smartphone.

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A Plan To Put Your Driver's License On Your Phone

2:20pm January 08, 2015

by Joyce Russell

Smartphone and registration, please. Iowa is developing an app that would allow drivers to access a digitally encoded license instead of a conventional plastic ID card.

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