SOMERVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey man imprisoned for nearly two decades for a murder he insisted he didn’t commit moved a step closer to freedom Monday when a judge overturned his conviction and ordered him released on bail, prompting ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Consumers waiting for Microsoft’s revamped version of its latest Windows operating system will be able to get the software beginning Oct. 17. The release date for Windows 8.1 is nearly a year after the debut of Windows ...

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NEW YORK — Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik has been released from a federal prison. A bureau of prisons spokesman says Kerik left the Cumberland facility in western Maryland on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to false statement ...

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NEW YORK — Apple Inc. on Tuesday invited reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected. The email invitation shows a big “12,” for ...

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NEW YORK — Apple is expected to reveal a new iPad model on Wednesday, with a sharper screen and perhaps an option for faster wireless broadband. The upgrades are relatively minor, but the iPad is secure in its position as ...

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WASHINGTON — The accelerated public disclosure of tens of thousands of previously unreleased State Department cables by the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy organization has raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential U.S. embassy sources and is proving a source of fresh ...

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A Maryland analysis has found that developed lands in the state increased 8.4 percent between 2002 and 2010. The latest version of the state’s Land Use/Land Cover map was released on Thursday. The analysis found that the rate of development ...

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A federal judge says he will allow a presidential historian charged in an alleged plot to steal valuable documents to return to his New York apartment, but the release is on hold while prosecutors appeal the decision. Prosecutor James Warwick ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of passing thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks says he has asked the government to release his client from a Marine Corps brig due to what he says are needlessly ...

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