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Michigan grandmother bags 5-point buck at age 76

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PST

Bea Leach has no idea why she enjoys deer hunting, but at 76 years old the Macomb County grandmother always is ready for firearms season.

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White House identifies player who injured Obama

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:10 PM PST

The White House has identified the person whose elbow injured President Barack Obama during a pickup game of basketball on Friday. His name is Rey Decerega and he works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

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Big New York insider trading probe spawns another

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST

An insider trading case last year that federal authorities said was the biggest ever is providing a recipe for another case that may be even bigger.

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Mother, 2 kids stabbed to death in Ohio; beau hurt

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:50 PM PST

Police say a mother and her two children were found fatally stabbed in their Ohio apartment after family reported that she hadn't shown up for Thanksgiving or work.

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US: Wikileaks release will put lives in danger

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:40 PM PST

The Obama administration on Friday condemned as "irresponsible" the expected release of classified diplomatic cables by the Wikileaks website and warned it will endanger "lives and interests."

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Co-founder of Libertarian Party dies in Arizona

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:10 PM PST

The Libertarian Party says co-founder David F. Nolan has died. He was 66. The party says Nolan died unexpectedly Sunday in Tucson. The cause of death is unclear.

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Obama suffers basketball injury; Gets 12 stitches

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

The White House says President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pick up basketball game.

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Debt turmoil, contagion fears sweep Europe

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

Europe struggled mightily Friday to keep the debt crisis from engulfing country after country. Portugal passed austerity measures to fend off the speculative trades pushing it toward a bailout and Ireland rushed to negotiate its own imminent rescue.

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Irish banks cut over rumored raid on bondholders

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

Ireland's banks suffered a string of credit downgrades Friday -- one reduced to junk-bond status -- as speculation mounted that an EU-IMF bailout of Ireland could require senior bondholders to share the massive bill.

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DeLay's conviction starts lengthy appeals process

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:40 AM PST

The conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay doesn't mean the case against him is ending.

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5 petitions challenge Emanuel's Chicago mayor run

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PST

Five Chicago residents have filed petitions seeking to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot by challenging his status as a city resident.

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Lesbian cadet who quit seeks return to West Point

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST

Katherine Miller got pretty good at hiding her sexuality in high school, brushing off questions about her weekend plans and referring to her girlfriend, Kristin, as "Kris."

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Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PST

The nation's weather

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PST

Cold air hovered over the Central U.S., a front triggered rain and snow over the East Coast and wet conditions returned to the West on Friday.

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Fla congresswoman to head House Foreign Affairs

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PST

She hung up on the next president, Barack Obama. Twice. She thought it was a prank.

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Judge: Conn. home invasion death sentence is fair

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PST

A Connecticut judge has decided that a jury was fair in deciding that Steven Hayes should be executed for a home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters dead.

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Police: Suspect spotted in station using telephone

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:50 AM PST

Police didn't have to go far to find a bank robbery suspect in Oregon. They say 23-year-old Nathan Alan Bramlage was spotted after walking into the Eugene police station Wednesday to use a public phone in the lobby.

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Wisconsin man gets 25 years for drowning wife

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:50 AM PST

A northern Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for drowning his wife in a toilet in 1999.

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DISREGARD US-Dr Laura

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:50 AM PST

EDITORS: Disregard BC-US--Dr Laura. Story was not intended for publication on Friday.

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Steele on thin ice at helm of Republican Party

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:44 AM PST

A significant bloc of Republican National Committee members wants embattled chairman Michael Steele to step aside, but the rank and file have failed to settle on a clear alternative, according to Associated Press interviews with committee members.

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