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- Chicago mayoral candidates want a new police chief
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- Records: Boy shot dead may have seen dad's killing
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- Fireworks likely cause of Arkansas bird deaths
- US lets some halted deep-water drilling resume
- Texas man cleared after 30 years in prison
- Ex-official’s body in Delaware landfill
- Delayed by storm, NYC picks up trash
- Obama considers JPMorgan executive
- Missing hiker found dead in Utah park
- Ex-priest rips church leaders on romance
- Brown sees tough choices for Calif.
| Chicago mayoral candidates want a new police chief Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST No matter which of the four top candidates running for mayor in Chicago is elected, it's all but certain the city will soon have a new police superintendent.            |
| Mikulski to be longest-serving US female senator Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:50 AM PST Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski will become the longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.  |
| Records: Boy shot dead may have seen dad's killing Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST Newly released court records show a 6-year-old Phoenix boy found dead in an alley was fatally shot because he may have witnessed his father's killing.  |
| US calls Iran's offer of nuke tour a PR stunt Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:30 AM PST The State Department is belittling Iran's offer to let some countries -- but not the U.S. -- visit its nuclear facilities, calling the offer a "magical mystery tour."  |
| Appeals court seeks guidance in gay marriage case Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:30 AM PST A federal appeals court says it can't decide if California's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in on whether Proposition 8's sponsors have the authority to defend the ban.  |
| Lewd videos raise questions about Navy culture Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:15 PM PST Raunchy comedy videos made by a high-ranking Navy commander and shown to the crew of an aircraft carrier three or four years ago have suddenly proved an embarrassment to the Pentagon that could blight the officer's career.  |
| Growing deficits have states looking to curb labor unions’ power Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:13 PM PST Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing government workers, in collective bargaining and politics.  |
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| Fireworks likely cause of Arkansas bird deaths Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:11 PM PST Fireworks probably startled thousands of blackbirds that fell from the skies in this small Arkansas town shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, researchers said yesterday.  |
| US lets some halted deep-water drilling resume Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:08 PM PST The Obama administration said yesterday that it will allow 13 companies to resume deep-water drilling without any additional environmental scrutiny, just months after saying it would require strict reviews for new drilling in the aftermath of the BP oil spill.  |
| Texas man cleared after 30 years in prison Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST A Texas man who spent more time in prison than any other inmate cleared by DNA evidence in the state is expected to have a court overturn his conviction at an exoneration hearing today.  |
| Ex-official’s body in Delaware landfill Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:55 PM PST Police in Delaware searched for clues yesterday in the death of John Wheeler III, a veteran of Republican administrations who also helped lead efforts to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington.  |
| Delayed by storm, NYC picks up trash Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:17 PM PST New York began picking up garbage yesterday for the first time since the blizzard a week ago, while on the West Coast a winter storm turned the main highway between Southern and Central California into a snowy, icy parking lot.  |
| Obama considers JPMorgan executive Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:16 PM PST President Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former US Commerce secretary, to a high-level White House post, possibly as his chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said.  |
| Missing hiker found dead in Utah park Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:12 PM PST Searchers in southern Utah found the body of a hiker yesterday who they said fell to his death from a cliff ledge in Snow Canyon State Park.  |
| Ex-priest rips church leaders on romance Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:11 PM PST A former Catholic priest from Miami who left the church after photos surfaced of him kissing his then-girlfriend is criticizing church leaders in a new book and calling their stance on priests' romantic relationships hypocritical.  |
| Brown sees tough choices for Calif. Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:10 PM PST Democrat Jerry Brown was sworn in yesterday as California's 39th governor, returning to the office he left 28 years ago but inheriting a much more troubled state than the one he led then.  |
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