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The contents of computer server at the center of a lawsuit brought against Georgia election officials was erased within days of voters suing the state, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

A federal appeals court threw out the lengthy sentences for three Blackwater Worldwide security contractors and ordered a new trial for a fourth man involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad.

A DJT v. CNN mix using one of the best Bugs Bunny gags ever.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage suggested Thursday that his relationship with the media has deteriorated to the point that he devises ways to mislead reporters....LePage used three words to the Maine press — “vile,” “useless” and “inaccurate.” He went on to say that society will be much better off when the printed press goes away. Apparently, his regard for reporters is low enough that he goes out of his way to fabricate stories that he knows the press will chase. “I just love to sit in my office and make up ways so they’ll write these stupid stories. I mean, they...

...The Portsmouth Naval Prison opened in 1908, after the Navy had kept prisoners from the Spanish-American War on the island in a Revolution-era fortification formerly known as Fort Sullivan....

...the bill supported by Gov. Christie would permit New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance to “examine the size of Horizon’s surplus” and take “any amount deemed excessive” from the company, depositing it into the state’s own health and wellness fund.

Email from Pepsico explaining the statements made by the CEO about DT.

Ive got a Samsung Galaxy SM-T550 Tab A and I cannot find out how to disable the secure boot so I can root it. Can someone help me out? Thanks.

Quick question for any Android geeks here: Has anyone rooted a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (SM-T550) running Marshmello? What software did you use? Lot's of options out there and I'm hoping a FReeper can provide some solid insight. Thanks.

A 12-year-old girl was arrested and booked into juvenile detention after she allegedly pinched a boy’s butt in school during what she described as a popular game at her Florida school.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A shipyard worker who set fire to rags aboard a nuclear submarine because he wanted to go home was sentenced to a little more than 17 years in federal prison Friday for the blaze that transformed the vessel into a fiery furnace, injured seven people and caused about $450 million in damage.

Lockheed Martin Corp's agreement with the Pentagon for 32 additional F-35 fighter jets is valued at around $3.8 billion, although the two sides are still finalizing details...

A crew of rogue Teamsters shook down major Hub convention organizers, assaulted rivals and rigged union votes in a lucrative “pay-to-play” reign — including once strong-arming the state Democratic Party by threatening to obstruct a fundraiser by Gov. Deval Patrick where President Obama spoke, officials said.

The chemist at the center of a scandal that shut down a state crime lab was involved in testing more than 50,000 drug samples, raising the possibility of an enormous number of legal challenges from people convicted or awaiting trial.

It’s a watershed moment for Concord residents as single-serve plastic water bottles will be officially banned in the town, effective Jan. 1....state Attorney General Martha Coakley ruled that the controversial bylaw...does not violate state or constitutional law in any way.

Fed-up community leaders and frightened Dorchester residents called on cops and prosecutors yesterday to protect those who may be called to testify after a Suffolk Superior Court judge postponed a murder trial after potential witnesses were stabbed in a bloody melee near the courthouse....Giles sent potential jurors home and delayed the trial until Sept. 12, citing the stabbing of four people outside the courthouse Wednesday, including one witness.

A gaping loophole in state insurance rules that lets freeloaders pick up coverage to pay for expensive surgeries — and then dump it once they’re treated — has cost taxpayers as much as $37 million a year, according to a study that warns the same wrinkle in Obamacare could add a staggering $2 billion a year to the deficit-wracked federal budget[Emphasis mine]. Exploiting a state provision that forces insurers to cover patients with pre-existing medical conditions, thousands of so-called “jumpers and dumpers” are buying plans just before major operations and procedures, and then chucking their coverage and passing those costs...

Darned if I can remember how to do this [or even remember how to use the formula] so I ask: 21 monthly payments of $47 @ apy of 1% is worth how much now?The total amt is $997, but I want to make an offer to pay it off now.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A woman on a surfboard and two people aboard a kayak were nearly engulfed by a humpback whale that charged out of the water, its mouth agape, just a few feet away

The Steven J. Baum firm processes so many foreclosures that it's nicknamed "the foreclosure factory." Pictures that recently surfaced from last year's Halloween party show the firm's staffers dressed up as homeless people...When contacted by the New York Times, the firm called the photos "another attempt by the New York Times to attack our firm and our work." It did however apologize for the pictures.