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Judge sets $100K bond for Ala. man in dive death

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST

A judge has set a $100,000 bond for an Alabama man facing a capital murder charge in the drowning of his new bride on a honeymoon scuba dive in Australia seven years ago.

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Group: Ohio mosque received anti-Muslim e-mail

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

A Muslim civil liberties group says a threatening e-mail has been sent to a Cincinnati mosque that was bombed five years ago.

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Family wants to know how teen snuck onto plane

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:11 PM PST

Family and friends of a North Carolina teen who fell from the sky after stowing away in an airplane's wheel well say they are haunted by the boy's death and wondering why security didn't stop him from climbing onto the aircraft.

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Not exactly a treat: Candy co. staff meet in ND

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 01:01 PM PST

There is an old saying in the sales business: Always be closing. Here is a new one: Always be freezing, if you do not sell enough.

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Grand jury indicts 18 alleged FARC members

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 12:51 PM PST

A federal grand jury has indicted 18 people on terrorism and weapons charges for allegedly engaging in the hostage-taking of three American citizens in Colombia.

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Earmarkers feast on pork one last time before diet

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:40 AM PST

The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to muscling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good old days of pork-barrel politics.

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WH: Afghan review will support July drawdown

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:31 AM PST

The White House says a yearlong review of the Afghanistan war will show that the U.S. can begin withdrawing troops in July.

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US officials see progress, problems in Afghan war

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:31 AM PST

President Barack Obama's Afghanistan war review is expected to cement his stand that the United States can begin withdrawing its troops next summer and complete a handover of security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014, senior U.S. officials say.

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Source: Robber's gun matches Ill.-Ind. shootings

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:21 AM PST

A law enforcement officer says a gun used in a foiled robbery at a suburban Chicago tanning salon that left the attacker dead matches the gun used in a shooting spree in October along the Illinois-Indiana border.

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Army: Soldier can't present photo of dead civilian

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:01 AM PST

Army prosecutors say a soldier charged with murdering an Afghan civilian this year has no right to present grisly photographs of the dead man during a preliminary hearing in his case.

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Posted: 14 Dec 2010 11:01 AM PST

Environmentalists sue ExxonMobil over air laws

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:11 AM PST

The largest U.S. oil refinery released 8 million pounds of illegal pollution in the last five years, violating federal air pollution laws thousands of times, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by environmental groups.

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Baby born in car during blizzard in Michigan

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

A Michigan family has celebrated a pair of birthdays this week -- one more eventful than the other.

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Woman arrested for wearing hijab sues Georgia city

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

A Muslim woman who was arrested after she refused to remove her headscarf in a west Georgia courthouse has sued the city and the officers who arrested her.

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New showdown: House plans vote on military gay ban

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:32 AM PST

In a new showdown on a volatile issue, the House this week will take up a bill that would overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, Democratic leader Steny Hoyer revealed Tuesday.

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Chrysler recalling 76K Dodge Ram trucks

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 08:11 AM PST

Chrysler is recalling about 76,000 Dodge Ram pickup trucks to fix a power steering issue that could lead to brake pedals that are slow to return after the driver applies them.

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10 injured, 1 seriously, in NY school bus accident

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 06:11 AM PST

Officials say an adult was seriously hurt and nine children suffered lesser injuries when a yellow school bus jumped a curb and crashed into the front of a New York City bank.

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Missing boys' dad could be sent back to Michigan

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:20 AM PST

The father of three boys missing since Thanksgiving could be returned to Michigan to face parental kidnapping charges.

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Missing girl found in Calif. returns home to Va.

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST

A missing 12-year-old Virginia girl who was found unharmed in San Francisco has come home.

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Missing girl found in Calif. returns home to Va.

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST

A missing 12-year-old Virginia girl who was found unharmed in San Francisco has come home.

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