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Govs use speeches to preach austerity, unity

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:41 PM PST

Words like "unity" and "shared sacrifice" are in. Dire predictions are leavened with a sense of optimism. And residents are called to live up to the legacy of their states' heroes -- like Connecticut's Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin; the astronauts who blasted into space from Florida; and the pioneers who settled California.

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Man admits shooting 2 in Times Square spring melee

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:31 PM PST

A man has admitted shooting two women during a night of mayhem near New York City's Times Square last spring.

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Dad of boy killed by Uzi gun speaks at Mass. trial

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

The father of an 8-year-old boy has described for a jury the moments after his son accidentally shot himself to death with an Uzi submachine gun at a 2008 gun fair in Massachusetts.

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Initial data show Marine suicides declined in 2010

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Preliminary data show the number of Marine suicides dropped dramatically in 2010 after reaching record levels the previous year.

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Gates wants Dempsey as new army chief of staff

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST

The general now heading army training is Defense Secretary Robert Gates' choice to be the next army chief of staff.

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US, Cuba set new round of immigration talks

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

Senior U.S. and Cuban officials are to meet next week in a new round of immigration talks, even as the Obama administration continues to press Cuban authorities to release a detained American aid contractor.

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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

Police: Drunken burglar gets stuck inside house

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:40 AM PST

Police in Delaware say a man broke into a house, got drunk and couldn't make his way back outside -- so he called 911 for help.

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Shouts about Obama interrupt Constitution reading

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST

House Republicans' reading of the Constitution was interrupted Thursday by a woman who shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility to be president.

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Clinton to visit Gulf states

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST

The Obama administration is moving to shore up ties with its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf as fears about Iran's nuclear program mount and is sending Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a three-nation trip to the region beginning this weekend.

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Boehner: Spending cuts must accompany debt limit

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner says any increase in the nation's debt limit must include steps to cut federal spending.

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AP sources: Obama chooses Daley as chief of staff

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

Ushering in change at the top of his team, President Barack Obama has chosen William Daley to be his new chief of staff, choosing a veteran political manager with Wall Street ties to direct an operation now steaming toward re-election mode.

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AP sources: Obama chooses Daley as chief of staff

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

Two administration officials tell The Associated Press that William Daley will be the next White House chief of staff.

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Don Tyson, who led poultry maker Tyson Foods, dies

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

Former Tyson Foods Inc. chief executive Donald J. Tyson, who led the poultry company to dominance in the industry, has died. He was 80.

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Parents find phone message from slain Ohio deputy

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

The parents of an Ohio sheriff's deputy say that after learning she'd been shot to death in a standoff, they discovered a cheery recorded phone message from her.

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Police in Phoenix looking for '$60 Bill Bandit'

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

Police in the Phoenix area are looking for a bank robbery suspect they've dubbed the "$60 Bill Bandit" because he once asked a teller for $40 and $60 bills -- denominations that aren't printed.

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FBI in Houston investigates death on cargo ship

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:21 AM PST

The FBI in Houston is investigating a death on a cargo ship. KPRC-TV in Houston reports that the man who died aboard The Alexia was a Ukrainian citizen. The Alexia docked Wednesday night at the Port of Houston.

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Man dies in fire sparked by police flash grenade

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

Police in California say a man was killed after officers threw a flash grenade into a house during a raid while looking for another man who was suspected in a shooting.

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Mass. man sentenced to life in strip club shooting

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:20 AM PST

A Massachusetts man who went on a shooting rampage inside a strip club, killing one person and injuring four others, has pleaded to second-degree murder.

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Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:20 AM PST