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Calif. city's ID card would double as debit card

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 02:10 PM PST

A Northern California city is moving forward with plans for a municipal identification card that is being touted as the first in the nation that would double as a full-fledged debit card.

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How Congress' tax-cut decision may affect economy

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 01:30 PM PST

On this, economists agree: Extending tax cuts passed under President George W. Bush for low- and middle-income people would strengthen the weak economy. The question is what to do about the highest-paid 3 percent of taxpayers. Should Congress let their tax cuts expire at year's end as scheduled? Extend them for only a while? Or make them permanent? It isn't ...

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Search scaled back for Utah ranger shooter suspect

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:20 PM PST

Authorities say they're further pulling back on the search for the man suspected of shooting and critically wounding a Utah park ranger.

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Body found in NY thought to be missing student's

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:10 PM PST

Seachers combing through woods for any sign of a 20-year-old dance major who vanished last week found the body of a woman believed to be the missing student covered in debris behind a storage shed, the district attorney said Saturday.

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Troops buck historical trend by saying gays OK

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST

When a majority of troops told the Pentagon this summer they didn't care if gays were allowed to serve openly in the military, it was in sharp contrast to the time when America's fighting forces voiced bitter opposition to accepting racial minorities and women in the services.

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Boston mayor out of hospital after elbow infection

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been released from the hospital, where he was treated for a bacterial infection in his elbow.

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Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

Sweet success: Fannie May back after bankruptcy

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

A half-dozen years ago iconic chocolatier Fannie May, loved by Chicago candy devotees who passed down their affections for mint meltaways, caramels and vanilla buttercreams from generation to generation, was all but finished.

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Affidavit: Woman sent $800 to Somali terror group

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:10 AM PST

A woman charged in San Diego with aiding a Somali terrorist group is accused of sending $800 to two fighters in the organization.

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Who ya gonna call after party? Hangover Helpers

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 09:40 AM PST

Your head aches, you're hungry and your house is littered with sticky plastic cups. Who ya gonna call? Hangover Helpers.

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Official: FBI tipped off to investigate teenager

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST

The teenager accused of attempting to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., was acting on his own initiative and not at the direction of any foreign terrorist organization, a law enforcement official said Saturday.

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Ky. 'King of Pot' on lam 2 years after giant raid

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 08:10 AM PST

A prolific pot grower from central Kentucky has been on the run for two years, with law enforcement saying that tracking down John Robert Boone is like trying to catch a ghost.

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Elderly man accused of whacking deputy with cane

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PST

Authorities say an irate 84-year-old man hit a deputy in the stomach with his cane when the officer warned him to leave a clinic where he had been cursing at an office manager.

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Through the past, darkly: The '60s at 50, blurred

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:10 AM PST

His overalls are weathered. His white beard is grown out to aging-hippie perfection. The tattoos on his arms tell the story of a moment from the summer of 1969 that has passed into legend -- three days of peace and music that became a doorway to defining an era.

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Through the past, darkly: The '60s at 50, blurred

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PST

His overalls are weathered. His white beard is grown out to aging-hippie perfection. The tattoos on his arms tell the story of a moment from the summer of 1969 that has passed into legend -- three days of peace and music that became a doorway to defining an era.

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Ohio man charged with murdering girlfriend, 2 kids

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:50 AM PST

A man was charged with murder Saturday in the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her two children after she didn't show up for Thanksgiving dinner or work the following day, police and relatives said.

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Troops buck historical trend by saying gays OK

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:40 AM PST

When a majority of troops told Pentagon interviewers this summer they didn't care if gays were allowed to serve openly in the military, it represented a sharp break from the past when America's fighting forces voiced bitter opposition to accepting racial minorities and women in the services.

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San Diego drug tunnel had railcar, tons of pot

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:50 AM PST

Investigators suspect a major drug cartel was the driving force behind two long, sophisticated tunnels connecting Mexico with the U.S. that were discovered this month along with more than 40 tons of marijuana.

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Paris conservation meeting protects sharks

Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:10 AM PST

Environmental groups say delegates at an Atlantic conservation conference in Paris have taken measures to protect sea turtles and several types of sharks.

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Posted: 27 Nov 2010 03:10 AM PST