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Dialing back: Calif governor targets cell phones
Feds warn against ex-CIA operative's release
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Democratic Ark. Gov. Beebe sworn in for 2nd term
Investigator: Unclear if teen ran away or abducted
Lebanese leader says no deal on Lebanon
Man denies role in fatal beating caught on video
Congressmen request Arlington burial for Vang Pao
US may drop Sudan from terrorism list by July
Water main break floods Philadelphia streets
Returned AWOL soldier enters treatment program
Ill. Senate begins debating end to death penalty
NTSB urges shoulder belts for small planes
Politics of a shooting prompts search for civility
Thumbnail sketches of those shot in Arizona
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Boehner asks Obama to Jan. 25 State of the Union
F. Lee Bailey: Paper proves OJ Simpson's innocence
Judge denies release of Guantanamo prisoner
Corruption defendants want city to pay legal bills

Dialing back: Calif governor targets cell phones

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST

Gov. Jerry Brown is hanging up his state-issued cell phone, and he's ordering half the state bureaucrats who have the devices to do the same.

Feds warn against ex-CIA operative's release

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST

A disgruntled former CIA operative accused of dishing confidential documents to a New York Times reporter likely could spill more government secrets if not kept locked up pending his trial, the Justice Department warned in a court filing that casts the ex-operative as untrustworthy and dangerous.

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Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST

Democratic Ark. Gov. Beebe sworn in for 2nd term

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:20 PM PST

Mike Beebe (bee-bee) has taken the oath of office for his second and final term as Arkansas governor.

Investigator: Unclear if teen ran away or abducted

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

Authorities in West Texas say they're unsure whether a 13-year-old girl reported missing two weeks ago was abducted or ran away.

Lebanese leader says no deal on Lebanon

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:11 PM PST

Regional powers Syria and Saudi Arabia have failed to reach a deal to ease political tensions in Lebanon over the ongoing international investigation into 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese leaders said Tuesday.

Man denies role in fatal beating caught on video

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:41 PM PST

A young man accused of fatally beating a high school honors student who walked into a Chicago street brawl says he was only defending himself during the videotaped melee.

Congressmen request Arlington burial for Vang Pao

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST

Several lawmakers have asked federal officials to allow a key U.S. ally in the Vietnam War to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

US may drop Sudan from terrorism list by July

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST

The State Department says it could remove Sudan from its list of states that sponsor terrorism as early as July, if the results of this week's referendum on creating an independent Southern Sudan are accepted by the country's north.

Water main break floods Philadelphia streets

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST

Officials from the Philadelphia Water Department say a broken water main poured about 8 million gallons of water into the streets of the city's Kensington neighborhood.

Returned AWOL soldier enters treatment program

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST

The wife of a formerly AWOL Fort Campbell soldier who was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan said her husband has entered a mental health treatment program instead.

Ill. Senate begins debating end to death penalty

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

The state Senate is debating whether to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. Critics say the state's capital punishment system is fundamentally flawed and could wind up killing an innocent person. They say reforms made after a spate of wrongful convictions don't offer enough protection.

NTSB urges shoulder belts for small planes

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

Federal safety officials urged Tuesday that aircraft owners be required to retrofit small planes with shoulder-lap seatbelts, but stopped short of calling for the installation of air bags.

Politics of a shooting prompts search for civility

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

The letter, to three members of Congress, reads like a eulogy to civility in U.S. politics, its message underscored by the nearly complete absence of mourners.

Thumbnail sketches of those shot in Arizona

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:20 AM PST

A look at those killed and injured in Saturday's deadly shooting in Arizona. Six people died; here are some details about their lives:

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Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:20 AM PST

Boehner asks Obama to Jan. 25 State of the Union

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:51 AM PST

House Speaker John Boehner has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 25, the first opportunity for the president to address the full assembly of lawmakers under new divided government.

F. Lee Bailey: Paper proves OJ Simpson's innocence

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:11 AM PST

Evidence of O.J. Simpson's innocence was held back in the 1995 trial in which he was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles, one of his former lawyers says in a new document.