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Album with Lincoln, Grant autographs collected during Civil War being auctioned in New York

NEW YORK – An album containing the autographs of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and other prominent Civil War-era figures is being put up for sale by a New York City auction house. Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan says the album was compiled from 1861-1864 by the wife of Egbert …

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Gas line in destroyed building may have been 'inappropriately' accessed, mayor says

NEW YORK – Someone may have improperly tapped a gas line before an explosion that leveled three apartment buildings and injured nearly two dozen people, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday as firefighters soaked the still-smoldering buildings and police searched for at least two missing people. “There is a possibility …

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Police: Videos show 1-year-old putting handgun in mouth as mother looks on, encourages play

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – An Indiana couple faces charges after investigators say they found cellphone videos showing the woman’s 12-month-old daughter putting a handgun in her mouth. Evansville police discovered the videos after a 19-year-old man was arrested for trying to sell a handgun to an undercover officer. Police say the …

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