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Guns N' Roses Proposal Prompts Police Probe

Las Vegas police are investigating whether employees went too far for reportedly helping the guitarist of Guns N' Roses execute a grand romantic gesture.

Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba posted a photo on Instagram Saturday of himself and his girlfriend, Colombian actress and model Nathalia Henao, wearing helicopter headgear. He thanked the Las Vegas police department for "the most amazing" private helicopter tour over the city, saying it ended in a field at police headquarters, where he proposed amid roses and "a bottle of the bubble stuff."

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Tech in Multi-State Hepatitis Outbreak to Plead

A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C through tainted needles told investigators he had been stealing drugs for more than a decade and was "killing a lot of people," according to a plea agreement filed Monday that would send him to prison for 30 to 40 years.

David Kwiatkowski, who has been jailed since his arrest in July 2012, is accused of stealing painkiller syringes from Exeter Hospital's cardiac catheterization lab and replacing them with saline tainted with his blood. He has agreed to plead guilty to the 14 federal drug theft and tampering charges he faced in exchange for a lighter sentence. Had he been convicted at trial, he could have been sentenced to up to 98 years behind bars.

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Study: Inducing Labor May be Tied to Autism

The biggest study of its kind suggests autism might be linked with inducing and speeding up labor, preliminary findings that need investigating since labor is induced in increasing numbers of U.S. women, the authors and other autism experts say.

It's possible that labor-inducing drugs might increase the risk — or that the problems that lead doctors to start labor explain the results. These include mothers' diabetes and fetal complications, which have previously been linked with autism.

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Safety Fears Spur Regulations for Trampoline Gyms

Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing.

At one point, Merrill leaped from a platform into a pit full of foam blocks, and he shot right through them and landed on his head. He broke a vertebra in his neck, and was left paralyzed from the neck down.

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Andy Murray Gearing up for New Challenges

Olympic gold medal? Check. Win a major? Check. Finally win Wimbledon? Check.

Andy Murray has a new "To Do" list. Instead of trying to win majors, he's now defending them.

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Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce Wins Gold in 100 Meters

So far, the U.S.-Jamaican sprint rivalry is turning into a rout at the world championships.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce rubbed it in Monday with a winning margin of Bolt-esque proportions in the women's 100 meters.

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Oliver Leads 1-2 for U.S. in Men's 110 Hurdles

Over 10 hurdles, David Oliver had no trouble.

Stepping past a tiny steel beam jutting out of the floor inside Luzhniki Stadium soon after winning a gold medal? Now that proved more difficult.

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Crystal Palace Signs Chamakh from Arsenal

Crystal Palace has signed Morocco striker Marouane Chamakh from Arsenal on a one-year deal.

The Premier League newcomer announced the arrival of the 29-year-old Chamakh on Monday.

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Disney Prepares a Toy Offensive with 'Infinity'

With cartoony posters plastering the walls and toy figures standing at attention on nearly every flat surface, a once ordinary conference room on Disney's Glendale campus has been transformed into the colorful war room for "Disney Infinity," the ambitious project from the company's interactive division that combines real-life toy figures with virtual worlds.

"This is like being in my bedroom," says "Infinity" executive producer John Vignocchi while bouncing around the space, gleefully showing off concept art, prototypes and a mock-up of a store display. "This is really the most comfortable place where you could talk to me. It's where every massive fight and every major decision concerning 'Infinity' has gone down."

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Jennifer Lawrence: 'I Always Knew I'd Be Famous'

Jennifer Lawrence says growing up in Kentucky she always knew she would be famous.

The Best Actress Oscar-winner for "Silver Linings Playbook" tells the September issue of Vogue magazine that she used to "lie in bed and wonder" about what would make her well-known.

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