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Conn. man accuses officer of swiping sex videos

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:20 PM PST

A Connecticut man arrested by police is accusing an officer of confiscating his phone and forwarding sexually explicit personal photos to himself and at least one other person.

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GOP Rep. Kirk sworn in as Illinois' newest senator

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:20 PM PST

Illinois Republican Mark Kirk is the newest member of the Senate. A five-term congressman from the Chicago suburbs, Kirk was sworn in Monday by Vice President Joe Biden on the floor of the Senate.

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Defense in NSA leaks case won't name experts

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PST

Lawyers for a former National Security Agency employee accused of mishandling classified information won't have to share the names of their expert consultants with the government.

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US says leaks are a crime, threatens prosecution

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:43 PM PST

Striking back, the Obama administration branded the leak of more than a quarter-million sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecution against the online site WikiLeaks. The Pentagon detailed new security safeguards, including restraints on small computer flash drives, to make it harder for any one person to copy and reveal so ...

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Customer shoves 100-year-old Wis. Walmart greeter

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:43 PM PST

A 100-year-old greeter at a Milwaukee Walmart was shoved by a customer after the centenarian tried to stop the woman to determine if she'd paid for items that were in the lower part of her shopping cart, police said Monday.

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Cops: Ohioan raped woman put in closet for 10 days

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:50 PM PST

Police say a southwest Ohio man held a bound woman in a closet for 10 days and raped her 18 times before she freed herself.

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Swastika case another race issue for NM town

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:41 PM PST

Three friends had just finished their shifts at a McDonald's when prosecutors say they carried out a gruesome attack on a customer: They allegedly shaped a coat hanger into a swastika, placed it on a heated stove and branded the symbol on the arm of the mentally disabled Navajo man.

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Dem state lawmakers defecting to GOP post-election

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:41 PM PST

Staggering Election Day losses are not the Democratic Party's final indignity this year. At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures. And that number could grow as next year's legislative sessions draw near.

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2 of 3 judges in Prop 8 case appointed by Dems

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:33 PM PST

A liberal jurist is among three judges randomly selected by a federal appeals court to decide if a lower court improperly struck down California's same-sex marriage ban.

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Obama and GOP, room for deals and confrontations

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:33 PM PST

In the first test of Washington's new political alignment, President Barack Obama will meet with Republican leaders Tuesday with the nation's tax rates and a nuclear arms treaty in doubt.

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Fruit is free under updated Weight Watchers plan

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

Fruit is free under the latest Weight Watchers plan. The weight-loss giant is replacing its Points plan with a new system called PointsPlus.

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Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

Princeton students vote on alternate hummus brands

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

Princeton University students voted Monday in a referendum by a pro-Palestine student group on whether to expand the school's hummus offerings.

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A compilation of reactions to the WikiLeaks cables

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:51 AM PST

The release of confidential classified State Department documents by the group WikiLeaks has aroused sharp reaction around the globe. Here is a sampling of what some world leaders were saying Monday.

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Congress puts off cuts to doctor Medicare payments

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:51 AM PST

Congress agreed Monday to a one-month delay in Medicare payment cuts to doctors, giving a short-term reprieve to a looming crisis over treatment of the nation's elderly.

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Congress puts off cuts to doctor Medicare payments

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:51 AM PST

Congress has agreed to a one-month delay in Medicare payment cuts to doctors, giving a short-term reprieve to a looming crisis over treatment of the nation's elderly.

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UN studying NKorea sanctions

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:34 AM PST

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice says the U.N. Security Council is studying how to respond to revelations about a new uranium enrichment plant in North Korea and the country's shelling of a populated island in neighboring South Korea.

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Citing deficit, Obama freezing federal worker pay

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:01 AM PST

President Barack Obama announced a pay freeze for 2 million federal employees Monday and warned the American public that the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to slash the nation's mounting deficits.

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Clinton calls leaked documents attack on world

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the leak of hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic documents is an attack not only on the United States but also the international community.

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Berlusconi: No wild parties, just elegant soirees

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:41 AM PST

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi insisted Monday he only throws elegant, dignified soirees at his villas and not wild parties as reportedly described by a Rome-based U.S. diplomat in a cable contained in the Wikileaks trove.

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