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- Sheriff: No injuries in Okla. refinery explosion
- Citing police abuse, Hispanics leaving Conn. town
- Dead Chicagoans don't vote, but living have tricks
- Bighorn sheep start new year in new Texas home
- 3 Wyo. ski crash victims weren't wearing helmets
- Deadly Afghan year takes toll on 101st Airborne
- Kennedy's exit from Congress leaves a family void
- NY, other states scrimp on Civil War anniversary
- The nation's weather
- Republican senator offers dire view of economy
- Gibbs: No big changes in Cabinet expected
- Homeland Security chief defends airport security
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- Retailers roll out after-Christmas sales
- AP Exclusive: Jackson Jr says 'everyone has erred'
- WAfricans threaten force in Ivory Coast; 14K flee
- Lost time: Capsule eludes Wis. village officials
- Mid-Atlantic, Northeast brace for monster storm
- Police kill shotgun-toting man near Mormon temple
- From the Pentagon to the private sector
| Sheriff: No injuries in Okla. refinery explosion Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST Oklahoma authorities say a small explosion at an oil refinery has shaken the city of Wynnewood but no one was injured.            |
| Citing police abuse, Hispanics leaving Conn. town Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST Santiago Malave has worked law enforcement jobs in Connecticut for more than four decades, but as a Puerto Rican, he says he cannot drive through his own town without worrying about police harassing him.  |
| Dead Chicagoans don't vote, but living have tricks Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST It's not on a par with how Chicagoans used to keep voting after they died. Or with the curious case of the man in the 1980s whose signature wound up on a local ballot application -- twice-- even though he had no fingers or thumbs.  |
| Bighorn sheep start new year in new Texas home Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST Dozens of majestic bighorn sheep have moved into a Texas state park as part of wildlife restoration efforts aimed at returning the sheep to their historic range.  |
| 3 Wyo. ski crash victims weren't wearing helmets Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST The manager for Hogadon (HO'-guh-dun) Ski Area says none of the three people involved in a Christmas Eve skiing collision that killed two of them was wearing a helmet.  |
| Deadly Afghan year takes toll on 101st Airborne Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST The 101st Airborne Division, a force in America's major conflicts since World War II, is seeing its worst casualties in a decade as the U.S. surge in Afghanistan turns into the deadliest year in that war for the NATO coalition.  |
| Kennedy's exit from Congress leaves a family void Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST The Kennedys have held congressional seats, the presidency and the public's imagination for more than 60 years. That era ends when Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island vacates his U.S. House seat next month, leaving a city council post in California as Camelot's sole remaining political holding.  |
| NY, other states scrimp on Civil War anniversary Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:00 AM PST With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War just months away, New York's government has failed to scrounge up a single Yankee dollar to commemorate a conflict it played a major role in winning.  |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST Both U.S. coasts are confronting storm systems Sunday. Out West, the Pacific front that pushed ashore Christmas Day was continuing an eastward trek as it unleashed rain and mountain snow from the coast to the Rockies.  |
| Republican senator offers dire view of economy Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST Republican Sen. Tom Coburn says confidence in the country's economy and currency will be "undermined significantly" in the next several years if the government doesn't find a way to cut federal spending.  |
| Gibbs: No big changes in Cabinet expected Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:20 AM PST Don't look for any big changes in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as the new year gets under way.  |
| Homeland Security chief defends airport security Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:11 AM PST The use of full-body scanners and invasive pat-downs at airports around the country will not change for the "foreseeable future," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in an interview broadcast Sunday.  |
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| Retailers roll out after-Christmas sales Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST The shopping marathon continues: Americans are hitting the malls to spend gift cards on whatever items Santa may have missed and pick up items on clearance.  |
| AP Exclusive: Jackson Jr says 'everyone has erred' Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:41 AM PST U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has largely avoided the public eye of late, said in a rare interview Saturday that he is a public servant, not a perfect one, and didn't rule out a future run at higher office.  |
| WAfricans threaten force in Ivory Coast; 14K flee Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:50 AM PST The man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency faced new threats to his grasp on power after regional leaders threatened to remove him by force if necessary.  |
| Lost time: Capsule eludes Wis. village officials Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:50 AM PST Officials in the Wisconsin village of Kimberly want to commemorate the community's 100th anniversary by digging up a time capsule that was buried 25 years ago. There's just one problem: No one knows where it is.  |
| Mid-Atlantic, Northeast brace for monster storm Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:20 AM PST A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads.  |
| Police kill shotgun-toting man near Mormon temple Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:11 AM PST Police shot and killed a man after he refused to drop his shotgun and headed toward a group of people on a Christmas Day stroll outside a Utah Mormon Temple, authorities said.  |
| From the Pentagon to the private sector Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST An hour after the official ceremony marking the end of his 35-year career in the Air Force, General Gregory "Speedy'' Martin returned to his quarters to swap his dress uniform for golf attire. He was ready for his first tee time as a retired four-star general.  |
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