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NJ man accused in officer's crash death detained

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST

Federal immigration authorities say a New Jersey man charged with drunken driving and vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty police officer must remain jailed even though he has posted bail.

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Calif. bomb house site declared safe after burn

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST

Two days after an explosives-laden house was destroyed in a carefully orchestrated burn that played out on television screens across the country, the site of the so-called "bomb factory" was declared safe Saturday by California authorities.

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Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST

With Dream Act shelved, immigrants look to 2012

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:30 AM PST

The illegal immigrants who more than a decade ago were just teens hoping to forge a legal path to citizenship are vowing to make the Dream Act a campaign issue come 2012, even though they'll likely be too old to benefit if the law ever passes.

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Obama to discuss job creation Wednesday with CEOs

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

The White House says President Barack Obama will discuss ideas for creating jobs and making the U.S. more competitive when he hosts about 20 CEOs on Wednesday.

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Wounded war vet reunites with Vt. GI who saved him

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

A GI who lost his legs in Afghanistan says he's grateful for the quick action of a fellow soldier who helped save his life after a roadside bombing.

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Feds: Ky. man, fearing world's end, built bombs

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:50 AM PST

A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to making bombs, claiming he feared the end of the world after watching the movie "2012."

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Auditor who missed Bell scandals to undergo review

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:40 AM PST

An auditing firm will undergo an outside review over its failure to flag fraud and mismanagement in the Southern California city of Bell.

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Lead smelter's pending exodus tugs at Mo. town

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:20 AM PST

The sprawling green space across from the Catholic church might be Herculaneum's prettiest asset, the kind of inviting place where people could flock to picnic or sling a Frisbee -- if potential danger didn't lurk in the grass and ground.

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Atty: Designer was OK when boyfriend left NY hotel

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:00 AM PST

A defense lawyer for a songwriter's son accused of choking his swimsuit designer girlfriend says the woman was "absolutely fine" when the boyfriend last saw her at a posh Manhattan hotel. She was later found dead in a bathtub there.

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Stanford law students appeal three-strike cases

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:11 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO -- Students at Stanford Law School's novel Three Strikes Project have successfully overturned 14 life prison terms handed down for non-violent crimes under California's unforgiving sentencing law.

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Alaska Natives see 'heartbreak' in suicide rate

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST

Natasha Singh says she's just a regular Alaska Native, trying to be cool, even when she's not.

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Police: Remains found believed to be missing girl

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST

Searchers found human remains Saturday in the woods off a rural Alabama road believed to be the daughter of a man already charged with murdering the girl and her younger brother, police said.

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Envoy Holbrooke in critical condition post-surgery

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:01 AM PST

The State Department says Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.

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Envoy Holbrooke in critical condition post-surgery

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:01 AM PST

The State Department says Richard Holbrooke, the president's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.

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Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:01 AM PST

1 small NY town's battle for tolerance

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:20 AM PST

The cemetery lies beneath a grove of maples on a hill overlooking the farm. On a crisp November day in 2009, it received its first guest -- a 28-year old stonemason killed in a car accident two days earlier.

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How AP-Stanford education poll was conducted

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST

The Associated Press-Stanford University Education Poll was conducted by Abt SRBI, Inc. from Sept. 23-30, 2010. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults.

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Tax cut deal moves McConnell beyond Sen. 'No'

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:20 AM PST

Nearly 200 cartoons hang on Sen. Mitch McConnell's office wall, each lampooning him for backing big money politics, vexing his foes and getting slammed through a basketball hoop by an airborne President Barack Obama.

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Official: Madoff son found dead in NYC apartment

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:20 AM PST

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a son of Bernard Madoff has been found dead in New York City of an apparent suicide.

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