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APNewsBreak: New imam named for NYC Islamic center

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST

The organization planning to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center said the imam who has been the public face of the project, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, will be playing a reduced role in the facility.

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Attorney argues for GI's release in Wikileaks case

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST

The lawyer for a U.S. Army private suspected of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks says he is being held in harsh conditions and should be released.

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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST

Spud-only eater gets Potato Man of Year award

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:51 AM PST

Sticking to an all-potato diet for 60 days has earned Chris Voigt the National Potato Council's Potato Man of the Year honor.

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Mom's boyfriend prays for missing teen's return

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

A man named as a person of interest in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl from West Texas said Friday that he is not responsible for her disappearance.

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Conn. prep school, ex-student settle bullying suit

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:11 AM PST

Attorneys say a former student at an elite Connecticut prep school is dropping her lawsuit over alleged bullying by a clique of cruel girls.

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Computer could make 2 'Jeopardy!' champs deep blue

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:00 AM PST

The clue: It's the size of 10 refrigerators, has access to the equivalent of 200 million pages of information and knows how to answer in the form of a question.

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Consumer price index jumps on costlier gas

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST

Consumer prices rose last month as the cost of gas increased by the largest amount since June 2009. But outside of energy costs, there was little sign of widespread inflation.

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Cell phone leads Fla. cops to suspected burglar

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:00 AM PST

Police in central Florida say they arrested a man after finding his dropped cell phone at the scene of a burglary.

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Sex offender registry awaits NFL's Lawrence Taylor

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:41 AM PST

Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor admitted in court to paying a 16-year-old runaway for sex as he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute.

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Hariri returns to Beirut after government collapse

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:41 AM PST

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister returned home Friday, two days after a Hezbollah-led coalition toppled his Western-backed government.

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Tenn. chief: Aldermen should practice taking cover

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:31 AM PST

In light of recent attacks on public officials, a Memphis-area police chief tells city officials they should practice diving for cover.

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Obama to see Pakistani president, attend memorial

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:10 AM PST

President Barack Obama will meet with Pakistan's president, who has come to Washington to attend a memorial service for Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

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Students OK after confusing rat poison for candy

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:00 AM PST

Authorities say seven San Francisco middle school students have been taken to hospitals after apparently mistaking rat poison for candy.

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Poll: Americans say they will honor King holiday

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:41 AM PST

Americans are no more convinced than before Barack Obama was elected as the first black president that the country is closer to achieving Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality, a poll shows.

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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:41 AM PST

The nation's weather

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:10 AM PST

Multiple systems will continue bringing wet weather to the Pacific Northwest on Friday. Another trough of low pressure moves over Oregon and Washington, while the previous wave of low pressure will push eastward. Temperatures will remain on the warmer side, bringing mainly rain showers to the region. Snow showers will be contained to the highest mountain passes, due to warm ...

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Old pics of sister-in-law lead to child porn case

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:30 AM PST

In retrospect, Gary Peel's first mistake on the road to his conviction on child pornography charges was the affair he began in 1974 with his sister-in-law. She was 16 at the time.

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GOP chief Michael Steele fights for second term

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:51 AM PST

GOP Chairman Michael Steele is fighting for survival atop the Republican National Committee. He's trying to hold off four challengers accusing him of financial mismanagement and poor stewardship during his rocky two-year tenure.

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List of possible Hutchison successors takes shape

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:21 AM PST

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspiring candidates plenty of time to prepare.

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