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- Blacks, women, now gays: Military to adjust again
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- White House: Obama won't give up on 'DREAM Act'
- White House rejects new talks with North Korea
- Appeals court: Judge was wrong in Texas arson case
- Group threatens lawsuit to restore wolf ranges
- Texas gains 4 congressional seats in census
- White House downplays political impact from census
- Author of pedophilia guide on his way to Fla. jail
- APNewsBreak: Rule would promote union rights
- Attorney general worries about home-grown terror
- Soon the government check won't be in the mail
- Police: Flier wrongly accuses Philly man in deaths
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| Blacks, women, now gays: Military to adjust again Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST Two decades after integration of the U.S. military, race riots flared on Navy warships in the Vietnam era. Long after servicewomen were officially placed on an equal footing with men, sexual harassment is still pervasive.            |
| Southern Utah flood closes national park Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST Authorities have closed Zion National Park in southern Utah because of rising river levels and the risk of flooding. Raging waters also wiped out one of two bridges to the town of Gunlock.  |
| Specter farewell speech slams GOP 'cannibalism' Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST Departing Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday said conservative Republicans who backed tea party challengers against establishment candidates in the recent elections engaged in political cannibalism.  |
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| State of Alaska to sue over polar bears Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST The state of Alaska says it intends to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over protections recently put in place to help polar bears faced with the effects of climate change.  |
| White House: Obama won't give up on 'DREAM Act' Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST The White House says President Barack Obama is not giving up on legislation that would offer a path to legal status to young illegal immigrants.  |
| White House rejects new talks with North Korea Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:40 AM PST The White House is rejecting the idea of new multinational talks with North Korea, saying it needs to change its "belligerent" behavior first.  |
| Appeals court: Judge was wrong in Texas arson case Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST A Texas appeals court has halted an inquiry into whether a man convicted of arson was wrongly executed, saying a judge acted improperly.  |
| Group threatens lawsuit to restore wolf ranges Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST An environmental group has filed notice that it will sue the federal government to force it to adopt a plan for the recovery of gray wolves across the lower 48 states.  |
| Texas gains 4 congressional seats in census Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:11 AM PST Texas gained four House seats and Florida picked up two, while New York and Ohio each lost two seats in the new census count.  |
| White House downplays political impact from census Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST President Barack Obama's spokesman says he doesn't expect the results of the new census to have a "huge practical impact" on national politics.  |
| Author of pedophilia guide on his way to Fla. jail Posted: 21 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST A Colorado man who wrote a how-to guide for pedophiles is on his way to a jail in central Florida.  |
| APNewsBreak: Rule would promote union rights Posted: 21 Dec 2010 06:10 AM PST Most private employers would have to display posters informing workers about their right to form a union under a proposed federal rule that is bound to please unions and draw the ire of companies trying to resist labor organizers.  |
| Attorney general worries about home-grown terror Posted: 21 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST Attorney General Eric Holder says he's worried about terrorist attacks on the U.S. by Americans. And high on his list of concerns is the threat posed by anti-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen believed to be hiding in Yemen.  |
| Soon the government check won't be in the mail Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:51 AM PST Before too long, the government check will no longer be in the mail. Officials have settled on the dates when millions of people will no longer be able to get their Social Security and other benefit checks by mail.  |
| Police: Flier wrongly accuses Philly man in deaths Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:50 AM PST A Philadelphia man fearing vigilantes had to call police for help after someone posted his picture on fliers falsely naming him as the suspect in a string of strangling deaths.  |
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| Toyota to pay $32.4 million in extra fines Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:40 AM PST Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the heart of its safety crisis.  |
| Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:10 AM PST The West was forecast to remain wet and snowy while snow showers move into the Midwest and light snow would persist in the extreme Northeast on Tuesday.  |
| US executions drop by 12 percent in 2010 Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:11 AM PST The number of executions in the United States dropped 12 percent in 2010, and the number of people sentenced to die is nearing historic lows, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says.  |
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