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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is remembering former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a leader who dedicated his life to Israel.

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Alex Rodriguez's drug suspension was cut to 162 games from 211 by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, a decision the New York Yankees third baseman vowed to fight in federal court.

Rodriguez also would be sidelined for any postseason games this year under the decision announced Saturday.

"The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the de

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SAUGERTIES, N.Y. (AP) — A Hudson Valley police station was evacuated and a bomb squad summoned after a man brought in a live Korean War-era mortar shell he had found while cleaning out a closet.

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NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Police are investigating the first homicide of 2014 in the Hudson Valley city of Newburgh.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to deliver an election-year State of the State address touting tax breaks and economic successes.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to add New York to the 20 states allowing medical marijuana use.

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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado sheriff's office dispatcher confirms that one person died and two people were injured when a plane crashed at the Aspen airport.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Celebrities, businesses and even the State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from techies who run offshore "click farms," where they tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to artificially inflate social media numbers.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A 17-member class of mostly wounded veterans has taken up a new fight: putting away child predators.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Administration officials familiar with the proposal say Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce measures this week to benefit some of New York's more than 900,000 military veterans, targeting businesses owned by disabled vets for some state contracts.

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