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Lawsuit alleges Apple violated consumer fraud laws

Phone owners from several states sued Apple Inc. for not disclosing sooner that it issued software updates deliberately slowing older-model phones so aging batteries lasted longer, saying Apple’s silence led them to wrongly conclude that their only option was to buy newer, pricier iPhones.

49 former Miss Americas call on pageant leaders to step down

Dozens of former Miss Americas called on leaders of the pageant organization to step down in the wake of an email scandal in which the CEO and other officials used crass and vulgar terms to refer to past winners.

 
Elderly couple says 60 pounds of pot was intended for Christmas gifts

The elderly couple caught driving through rural Nebraska with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana in their vehicle? They were simply spreading holiday cheer, they told authorities.

 
FBI arrests man suspected of planning San Francisco Christmas attack

The FBI says it found a “martyrdom letter” and several guns in the home of a Modesto tow truck driver who may have planned a Christmas attack on a popular San Francisco tourist destination.

California wildfire within 500 acres of breaking record

The huge wildfire that burned hundreds of homes northwest of Los Angeles this month is within 500 acres (202 hectares) of becoming the largest on record in California.

New camera gear developed to probe Fukushima nuclear reactor

Toshiba Corp.’s energy systems unit on Friday unveiled a long telescopic pipe carrying a pan-tilt camera designed to gather crucial information about the situation inside the reactor chambers at Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

2 trains collide near Vienna, injuring 17

Austrian media are reporting that two trains have collided near Vienna and several people are injured.

Data shows 298 deaths in rail crashes could have been prevented

Nearly 300 people have died in train crashes that could have been prevented if railroads across the U.S. implemented critical speed-control technology that federal safety investigators have been pushing for close to five decades, according to rail crash data obtained by The Associated Press.