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| Census: Number of poor may be millions higher Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:10 PM PST The number of poor people in the U.S. is millions higher than previously known, with 1 in 6 Americans -- many of them 65 and older -- struggling in poverty due to rising medical care and other costs, according to preliminary census figures released Wednesday.            |
| Recall news: Avalung backpacks Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST The following recall has been announced: --About 3,500 Avalung backpacks imported by Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. of Salt Lake City, Utah. The air intake tubing can crack under cold temperatures, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. When that happens, it can cause the unit not to function as it should, posing a suffocation hazard. No injuries have been reported, ...  |
| Police: 2 adults wounded in Omaha school shooting Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST Two adults were wounded when a gunman opened fire Wednesday at a high school in Omaha, police said.  |
| Wounded Arizona deputy fired over press statements Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST An Arizona sheriff's deputy shot during a confrontation with marijuana smugglers in April has been fired because of statements he made to a weekly newspaper.  |
| Judge: Alaska homeless camp raids unconstitutional Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST An Alaska judge has ruled that the municipality of Anchorage's policy of raiding homeless camps is unconstitutional.  |
| Houston Ship Channel closed after animal fat spill Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST Workers with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office are using pitchforks to pierce chunks of animal fat that spilled into the Houston Ship Channel, shutting down a section of the waterway.  |
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| Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST 2011 Honda Accord SE Special Edition sedan BASE PRICE: $21,180 for base LX sedan with manual transmission; $2l,980 for LX automatic; $22,980 for LX-P; $23,730 for SE with Special edition package.  |
| Northeast had a broiler of a year in 2010 Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST As the Northeast hunkers down for winter, hot-weather worshippers can take heart: New Hampshire, Rhode Island and a handful of New England cities from Hartford and Boston to Caribou, Maine, are coming off their warmest year on record.  |
| Honda Accord sedan still a winner Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST Even in troubled economic times, the long-running Honda Accord remains the second best-selling car in the United States. And no wonder it stays popular.  |
| Ex-airport director pleads guilty in Katrina case Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST The former aviation director at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport has pleaded guilty in a Hurricane Katrina insurance fraud case.  |
| Carrier captain loses post over raunchy videos Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:38 PM PST The Navy brusquely fired the captain of the USS Enterprise yesterday, more than three years after he made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public.  |
| Pentagon lagged on pursuing porn cases Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST The Pentagon's investigation of defense and intelligence employees who downloaded child pornography is being criticized in Congress after the Department of Defense acknowledged that its investigators failed to check thoroughly whether its employees were on a list of suspected porn viewers.  |
| Political revival complete, Boehner faces a tough task Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:43 PM PST Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio is set to complete a remarkable political revival today when he becomes the 61st speaker of the House, placing him at the crossroads between the desires of conservative activists to reshape Washington and the reality of delivering in a divided capital.  |
| Archdiocese in Wis. seeks bankruptcy protection Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:04 PM PST The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said yesterday that it would file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual-abuse lawsuits could leave it with debts it couldn't afford. A lawyer who filed many of those lawsuits, however, said he thought the archdiocese was using bankruptcy as a delay tactic to avoid opening its records to public scrutiny.  |
| Boy, 10, held in killing of mother Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:02 PM PST A 10-year-old boy suspected in his mother's shooting death argued with her beforehand about whether to carry firewood into their home, his uncle said yesterday.  |
| Top Biden aide heads to private sector Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:59 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden says his chief of staff, Ron Klain, is leaving the post later this month.  |
| Cheney is back, less fierce but vigorous Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:48 PM PST A few days before Christmas, Dick Cheney, the former vice president, emerged from several months of a self-imposed political sabbatical to headline a fund-raiser for Maria Cino, a party operative and Bush administration official who is running to replace Michael Steele as head of the Republican National Committee.  |
| Much defibrillator use unneeded, study says Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:45 PM PST One in five heart defibrillators may be implanted for questionable reasons without solid evidence that the device will help, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis.  |
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