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DETROIT (AP) — A big recall of air bags is getting even bigger. Air bag maker Takata Corp. has agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defective, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks affected in the U.S. so far. Many of Takata's air bags can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into the passenger compartment. The air bags are blamed for six deaths worldwide.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It's a penalty the New England Patriots won't be contesting. Owner Robert Kraft says his team will not appeal a $1 million fine and loss of two draft choices levied by the NFL for the Patriots' role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game. Kraft says he's putting the league before his franchise.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing the State Department to hurry the release of emails from her days as secretary of state. The Democratic presidential candidate repeated her push to get the emails out shortly after a federal judge rejected the State Department's proposal to disseminate portions by next January. The judge said the agency must instead conduct a "rolling production" of the records.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A California prostitute charged with killing a Google executive with an overdose of heroin aboard his yacht has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs. A judge sentenced defendant Alix Tichelman to six years in prison in the death of Forrest Timothy Hayes. She will be credited for nearly a year already served.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A reunited family of ducks waddled away soon after a city sewer worker rescued 10 ducklings from a storm drain in Dubuque, Iowa. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald says several people called 911 to report seeing a distressed duck. A police officer sent to the scene determined that the ducklings had fallen into the drain. So the sewer workers were called in, and they got the ducklings out.
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