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Fire at DC Vietnam kiosk; group vows to rebuild

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PST

Rolling Thunder won't let a fire stop its longtime mission of educating visitors to the nation's capital about soldiers still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.

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Ex-Va. finance chief gets 10 years for wire fraud

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PST

Virginia's former secretary of finance has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud.

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Conviction in Chandra Levy case overcame long odds

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PST

Attorneys prosecuting the man ultimately convicted of murdering Chandra Levy didn't have much to work with.

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Arkansas man sues over new TSA full-body scans

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 02:01 PM PST

An Arkansas man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration, claiming that the agency's new screening rules are detrimental to his "emotional, psychological and mental well-being."

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Russian agent says charity tied to terrorism

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 01:51 PM PST

A former Russian counterterrorism agent testified Tuesday that an Islamic charity that once had its U.S. headquarters in Oregon was financing Islamic fighters battling the Russian Army in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

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Court halts sea lion killing at Columbia River dam

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

A federal appeals court has halted the killing of sea lions who make fast food of endangered salmon and steelhead at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.

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Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

US Airways flight searched in Colo., 2 men removed

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

Passengers on a US Airways flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Denver were briefly held on the plane upon arrival while the aircraft was searched. Two male passengers were taken off the plane by uniformed officers.

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Police search for bank robber inside NJ school

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:41 AM PST

Police went classroom-to-classroom inside an elementary school looking for a bank robber who was reportedly seen nearby.

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Passenger discovers ammunition clip on flight

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:21 AM PST

A passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines flight found a fully loaded ammunition clip from a law enforcement officer's service weapon during a flight Tuesday from Burbank, Calif., to Phoenix, an airline spokesman said.

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Elderly Calif. man charged with murdering ill wife

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:20 AM PST

An 88-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting of his ill wife at a Southern California nursing home.

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Chief: Suspicious fire at Ohio home where 3 slain

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PST

Authorities are investigating what they call a suspicious fire that broke out at a central Ohio home where two women and an 11-year-old boy were stabbed to death before their remains were placed in a tree.

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Logan's cargo area evacuated after package found

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PST

A suspicious package has forced the evacuation of the cargo area of Boston's Logan International Airport.

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New charge filed in Mich. serial stabbings probe

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:11 AM PST

Authorities in Michigan have added a new charge of attempted murder against a man accused in a serial stabbing spree.

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Boston mayor hospitalized with elbow infection

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:11 AM PST

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been hospitalized after developing an infection in his elbow. The mayor's office says Menino was admitted on Tuesday morning to the orthopedic center at Brigham and Women's Hospital with septic bursitis and cellulitis in his left elbow.

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California man pleads not guilty to bomb-making

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:50 AM PST

An unemployed software consultant pleaded not guilty to running a bomb factory at his home, where prosecutors said they found the largest amount of certain homemade explosives in one location in U.S. history.

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Former NC Gov. Easley guilty of 1 finance charge

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST

Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley agreed to pay a $1,000 fine Tuesday for a single campaign finance violation, ending investigations by state and federal prosecutors who spent more than a year combing through his professional and personal life.

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Mass. serial killer pleads guilty in eighth case

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST

The first in a series of Massachusetts slayings blamed on a serial killer has been resolved with a guilty plea.

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Poll: Voters oppose NYC mayor's choice for schools

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST

Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn't convinced New Yorkers that magazine executive Cathie Black is the right person to lead the city's public school system.

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Posted: 23 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PST