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- Do pets pose another threat to safe driving?
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- LA judge OKs deal to limit teacher layoffs
- For-profit college group sues over regulations
- US company stops making key death penalty drug
- Giffords arrives in Houston for rehab from gunshot
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- UN urges halt to Israeli-Palestinian rhetoric
- US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa
- Teen pleads guilty in death of Chicago student
- Brewer signs Ariz. bill on Medicaid waiver request
- Ex-gov. 'flabbergasted' by lax abortion oversight
- Okla. Judge: Ex-Marine to stand trial in 4 deaths
- Correction: Abortion Clinic-Debate story
- Democrat urges Obama to target minority hardships
- Family sues transit agency in New Year's killing
- Shirts found with Wash. MLK parade bomb are local
- EPA approves more ethanol in fuel for cars
- House Budget Committee head Ryan to speak for GOP
| Do pets pose another threat to safe driving? Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST Man's best friend is not a driver's best friend. While lawmakers have been banning drivers from texting or using cell phones, many motorists are riding around with another dangerous risk -- their dogs.            |
| Robert Kennedy's tenure as AG recalled by ex-aides Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST Family members and a host of former top aides from Robert F. Kennedy's years as attorney general paid tribute to the Kennedy brother's key role in the battle for civil rights half a century ago.  |
| LA judge OKs deal to limit teacher layoffs Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:41 PM PST A Los Angeles judge has approved a settlement that shields 40 schools in the nation's second-largest district from the long-standing policy of laying off teachers by a last-hired, first-fired seniority policy.  |
| For-profit college group sues over regulations Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:41 PM PST A group representing for-profit colleges and trade schools filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block new regulations of the sector.  |
| US company stops making key death penalty drug Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:21 PM PST The sole U.S. manufacturer of a key lethal injection drug said Friday it is ending production because of death-penalty opposition overseas -- a move that could delay executions across the United States.  |
| Giffords arrives in Houston for rehab from gunshot Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has arrived in Houston as she is taken to the rehabilitation center where her family hopes for a full recovery from a gunshot to the head.  |
| Teen charged with killing NJ cop faces new charges Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST Police are crediting tips from the public for helping them charge a suspected cop killer in a second homicide.  |
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| UN urges halt to Israeli-Palestinian rhetoric Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for a halt to "irresponsible rhetoric" that questions a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and incites hatred and violence.  |
| US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann will bring her tea party-tinged message and possible presidential ambitions to Iowa on Friday night, speaking before an influential anti-tax group that shares many of the Republican's views.  |
| Teen pleads guilty in death of Chicago student Posted: 21 Jan 2011 11:22 AM PST A judge in Chicago has handed down a 26-year sentence for a teen who pleaded guilty to participating in the beating death of a high school honor student that was caught on video.  |
| Brewer signs Ariz. bill on Medicaid waiver request Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer has signed an emergency bill allowing the cash-short state to seek a federal waiver to temporarily remove nearly 300,000 people from its Medicaid rolls in the first such request by a state.  |
| Ex-gov. 'flabbergasted' by lax abortion oversight Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST Former Gov. Ed Rendell says he is "flabbergasted" by regulators' inadequate inspections of a Philadelphia abortion clinic where a doctor has been accused of killing viable babies.  |
| Okla. Judge: Ex-Marine to stand trial in 4 deaths Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST A former Marine and mixed martial arts fighter was ordered Friday to stand trial in the shooting deaths of a former reality star and three others in 2009.  |
| Correction: Abortion Clinic-Debate story Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:10 AM PST In a Jan. 20 story about issues arising from a murder investigation at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, The Associated Press erroneously quoted a physician as saying no doctors in North Carolina offered abortions after the first trimester of pregnancy. Dr. David Grimes said he was in fact referring to South Carolina.  |
| Democrat urges Obama to target minority hardships Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST The top-ranking African-American in Congress called on President Barack Obama Friday to sharpen his focus on hard-hit minority communities in his plans for bolstering the economy.  |
| Family sues transit agency in New Year's killing Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST The family of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a downtown Atlanta train station after ringing in the new year at the city's Peach Drop celebration claims an officer ignored his pleas for help.  |
| Shirts found with Wash. MLK parade bomb are local Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:41 AM PST The two T-shirts that were found with a bomb placed along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., apparently came from nearby.  |
| EPA approves more ethanol in fuel for cars Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST Nearly two thirds of drivers could have more corn-based ethanol in their fuel tanks under an Environmental Protection Agency decision Friday.  |
| House Budget Committee head Ryan to speak for GOP Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:10 AM PST Republicans have selected House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan to deliver the party's speech after President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night.  |
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