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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's anti-corruption commission says the refusal of lawmakers to provide outside employment information, including the names of private law firm clients, is "ethically repugnant."

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BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi official says an explosion has struck inside a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people in the latest outburst of violence to hit the country.

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SCHUYLER, N.Y. (AP) — State police say a 59-year-old man has died after falling from a roof he was working on in Herkimer County.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer will appear in court to face a voluntary manslaughter charge in the shooting death of an unarmed man.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The gap in employment rates between America's highest and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials began tracking the data a decade ago.

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The new Miss America will start the first day of her reign the same way most of her predecessors did — with a frolic in the Atlantic City surf.

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FONDA, N.Y. (AP) — CSX Corp. says the derailment of two of its freight trains in the Mohawk Valley earlier this summer was caused by operator error.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — State police have charged a northern New York man with animal cruelty after he left his dog in a hot car for more than four hours while he attended the State Fair, resulting in the dog's death.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State police are reminding those who'd like to join their ranks that this is the final week to sign up for the entrance exam.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Another strong earthquake has rattled a remote and sparsely populated Aleutian Island region off Alaska.

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