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Sinatra's first license fetches $15K at auction 06/27/2014 07:40pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Frank Sinatra's first New Jersey driver's license has sold for $15,757 at auction.The yellowed, text-only 1934 license was issued, typo and all, to Francis Sintra, 841 Garden Street, Hoboken, New Jersey.The license was signed by the then-19-year-old a year before Sinatra got hi Former TV reporter sentenced for child sex assault 06/27/2014 06:00pm • HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) -- A former New York City television reporter has been sentenced to 26 years in prison after being found guilty on charges, including the sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl at his home in New Jersey.At his sentencing Friday, former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf seemed to have ag Bolivia rebels at rightist timepieces, flips clock 06/27/2014 07:54am • CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivia's leftist government is turning back the clock. Or, more precisely, turning it backward.The government this week flipped the clock atop the Congress building so that while it's accurate, the hands now turn to the left, a direction known Britain's Cameron isolated in EU leader search 06/26/2014 11:22pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Many political battles are ugly -- but toss in 28 nations, high unemployment, angry voters and a skeptical Britain and the fight over who will be the European Union's next chief executive may have profound consequences.Britain's Prime Minister David Ca USDA gives initial approval to pig virus vaccine 06/26/2014 07:08pm • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The federal government has given conditional approval to the first vaccine licensed to fight a deadly pig virus, and warmer weather appears to be slowing the spread of the disease that has been blamed in part for making bacon more expensive.Porcine epi Chicago lawyer gets 15 years in big tax fraud case 06/26/2014 05:20am • LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A Chicago-area lawyer and accountant labeled by the government as history's most prolific and unrepentant tax cheat was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison, and the judge bemoaned the "incredible greed" of some of America's wealthiest people f A man, a plan, a log, a chainsaw: bear sculptures 06/26/2014 02:54am • MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SALISBURY, N.Y. (AP) -- Rembrandt worked in oils. Michelangelo carved marble. Mark Tyoe chainsaws big tree trunks.At his home just south of New York's Adirondack Mountains, Tyoe carves soaring eagles, grizzled mountain men and wolves from white pine. But he mostly carve UN help sought to restore Detroit water service 06/26/2014 01:36am • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Several groups concerned about Detroit residents who had their water shut off for nonpayment have taken the unusual step of appealing to the United Nations for support in an effort to force the restoration of service.The organizations sent a letter las Amid turmoil, Libya holds parliament elections 06/26/2014 01:18am • MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- With turnout low amid violence and frustration, Libyans voted Wednesday for a new parliament they hope can bring some stability after three years of dizzying chaos in the North African nation, which has hardly had a functioning government and has been pl Rangel holds off challenge to win primary in NY 06/25/2014 08:52pm • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, the face of Harlem politics for generations, held off a strong Democratic primary challenge and moved one step closer to what he says will be his 23rd and final term in the House.Rangel, 84, defeated state Sen. Adriano Espai NBC: Jillian Michaels exiting 'Biggest Loser' 06/25/2014 05:44pm • LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jillian Michaels is exiting "The Biggest Loser," NBC and the producer of the weight-loss competition series said Wednesday.In a statement, the network and production company Shine America said they and trainer Michaels have decided to part ways, an Fact sheet: 2014 Mazda CX-9 06/25/2014 01:01pm • The Associated Press 2014 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring AWDBASE PRICE: $29,985 for Sport FWD; $31,575 for Sport AWD; $32,480 for Touring FWD; $34,070 for Touring AWD; $35,035 for Grand Touring FWD; $36,625 for Grand Touring AWD.PRICE AS TESTED: $40,040.TYPE: Front-engine, all-wheel drive, seven-passenge Nigeria family forces atheist son into mental ward 06/25/2014 12:50pm • MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A staunchly Muslim family in northern Nigeria has forced their son into a mental hospital for declaring himself an atheist, according to a lawyer and supporters who have started an online campaign to #FreeMubarak.Chemical engineer Mubarak Bala, 2 Ex-baseball player Curtis denies sex allegations 06/25/2014 12:44pm • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- Imprisoned ex-Major League Baseball player Chad Curtis says he's innocent of sexual assault allegations made by three teenagers in a lawsuit.The $4 million suit filed in federal court in Grand Rapids accuses Curtis of battery and intentional infliction of emotional distre Cavaliers mull over options with No. 1 draft pick 06/24/2014 04:54pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cavaliers have had plenty of practice picking first in the NBA draft.That doesn't mean they've gotten better at it.For the second straight year, third time in four years and fourth time since 2003 -- when they selected a high school phenom named LeB