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NASCAR faces tough calls on issuing penalties 10/14/2014 01:38am • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR Chairman Brian France has always been very clear about the action he wants to see in races.He loved the 2011 season finale when Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards waged a white-knuckle battle for both the race win and the championship, and Lawsuit: Ala teen used as bait in school sex sting 10/12/2014 12:30pm • JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Some facts of the case aren't in dispute: A teacher's aide asked a 14-year-old girl to go into a middle school bathroom as bait so a 16-year-old eight-grader with a history of sexual harassment could be caught trying to have sex with her and disci Woman exonerated, freed after 17 years in prison 10/11/2014 05:14am • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- A woman who spent 17 years in prison for the death of a homeless man hugged her grandchild for the first time and did a dance of happiness after she was judged innocent of murder and freed."I always knew that one day God would bring the China urges corruption fugitives abroad to return 10/11/2014 04:00am • BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities are urging officials who have fled abroad to avoid corruption charges to turn themselves in before Dec. 1 in exchange for leniency or face stiffer punishment.Corruption is rampant in China, and a large number of government officials and executives of state-owned c Woman exonerated, freed after 17 years in prison 10/10/2014 11:30pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) -- A woman who spent 17 years in prison for the death of a homeless man hugged her grandchild for the first time and did a dance of happiness on Friday after she was judged innocent of murder and freed."I always knew that one day God would 6 UN police wounded in Central African Republic 10/10/2014 07:50pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- An armed group fired at a U.N. police patrol monitoring a protest near the airport in the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday, wounding six constables, a U.N. peacekeeping official said.The shootings followed an attack on a U.N. More questions swirl around NYC mayor's top aide 10/10/2014 04:16pm • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to take questions Friday about the latest revelations surrounding an embattled top aide who has become a flashpoint in his strained relationship with the rank-and-file in the New York Police Department.De Blasio didn't br New charges filed against Russian in hacking case 10/09/2014 08:30pm • MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Calling him "a leader in the marketplace for stolen credit card numbers," federal prosecutors added 11 new charges against a Russian man they say hacked into U.S. businesses to steal information that he allegedly sold on Internet "carding" sites.The n Malaysia warns of action after deadly bomb blast 10/09/2014 06:36am • EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's prime minister said lawlessness won't be tolerated after a grenade was tossed outside a night club at a popular tourist belt in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, killing one man and wounding 12 others, including foreigners.A senior police Drug agency sued over its fake Facebook account 10/08/2014 03:20pm • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into re Afghanistan executes 5 men in gang rape case 10/08/2014 09:08am • RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan authorities executed five men who were convicted of armed robbery and gang rape, the Kabul police chief said, following a case that galvanized the nation in recent weeks.Gen. Mohammad Zahir Zahir says the men were hanged on Wednesday in Police: 4-year-old took heroin to day care 10/07/2014 03:15pm • SELBYVILLE, Del. (AP) -- A 4-year-old girl mistakenly took hundreds of packets of heroin to her day care center and began passing it out to classmates, thinking it was candy, Delaware State Police said Tuesday.Several children who received the packets Monday morning went to the hospital as a precaut Abu-Jamal's speech leads to victims' rights bill 10/06/2014 10:50pm • MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday he supports a bill designed to prevent offenders from causing their victims "mental anguish," a proposal launched after a Vermont college chose as its commencement speaker a man convicted of killing a poli Correction: College Commencement-Mumia story 10/06/2014 05:50pm • PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) -- In a story Oct. 5 about a man convicted of murdering a police officer giving a commencement speech at Vermont's Goddard College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mumia Abu-Jamal gave his speech by video. Abu-Jamal's address was a pre-recorded telephone conversat High court begins term with case on police actions 10/06/2014 05:10pm • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday pondering whether a police officer's misunderstanding of the law can justify a traffic stop that led to the seizure of illegal drugs.Several of the justices questioned whether it was reasonable for the North