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Amtrak has unveiled the first of 70 new locomotives at a plant in Sacramento, Calif., marking what it hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and more energy efficiency.

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O.J. Simpson has been listening to testimony from his daughter and other witnesses in a Las Vegas courtroom, where he's hoping to get a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison.

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A Colorado judge isn't going to decide right away whether he will allow James Holmes to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in last year's deadly movie theater shootings.

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The New Jersey Senate has passed legislation requiring records on mental health commitments be accessible for instant background checks that are required for gun purchases.

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A bankruptcy court judge in New Jersey has approved Revel's Chapter 11 restructuring plan, which will wipe out most of the Atlantic City casino's debt and provide new money for it to operate.

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Reporters and photographers were evacuated from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from a faulty piece of equipment.

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Two astronauts are taking a hastily planned spacewalk to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.

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New Jersey's attorney general says a campaign worker has lost his bid to stay out of jail after admitting he submitted fraudulent absentee ballots in a 2007 state senate race.

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Whole Foods Market Inc. said Thursday that labels on a chicken salad and those on a vegan version of the salad were reversed at some of its cold food bars in the Northeast.

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President Barack Obama says the American economy is, in his words, "poised for progress."

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