… because "If you can't take care of your own, how are you going to take care of others?" ___ Associated Press writers Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami, Kristen Wyatt in Denver and Amanda Lee Myers in Phoenix contributed to this report.

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… make it appear he had signed them at various times, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa A. Baroni told U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. She said he also arranged for his wife to have a no-show job at the company, allowing her to receive salary …

… to keep an eye on their neighborhoods, and others met with insurance company representatives. The fire moved so fast that Laura Oldland grabbed damp laundry out of her drier and threw it into a suitcase. But she forgot her grandmother's dishes. The Gigandets …

… company makes them more "bite size" and ripe for being taken private by a third party, according to Needham & Co. analyst Laura Martin. It is unclear if the split will appease the British telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, which is reviewing whether British …