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Abortion opponents rally in Washington

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

Abortion opponents have rallied on the National Mall and marched to the Supreme Court to mark the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

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Feds and California to propose new fuel rules

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

The federal government and California say they will coordinate on new proposals to increase vehicle fuel efficiency for future cars and trucks by Sept. 1.

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White House lawyer picked to be solicitor general

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

A White House official says that a deputy counsel to the president, Donald Verrilli Jr., is to be nominated Monday as the next U.S. solicitor general.

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Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

Omaha mayor blames politics for recall effort

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

As one of few powerful Democrats in a deep-red state, Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle contends Republicans wanted to oust him from the moment he took the oath, long before he enraged conservatives by hiking taxes to combat an unexpected budget collapse.

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GOP turns to budget guru to respond to Obama

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:41 PM PST

Paul Ryan, the congressman giving the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, is a rising star in GOP ranks, a "young gun" who has become the party spokesman on budgetary issues because of his expertise and relentless pursuit of spending cuts.

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Treasury announces Citigroup warrant auction

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:11 AM PST

The government says it will sell 465.1 million warrants it holds from Citigroup Inc. in an auction on Tuesday. It is the latest effort to recoup costs from the $700 billion financial bailout.

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Air Force chief pleads guilty to sexual misconduct

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:01 AM PST

A chief master sergeant who was the top-ranking enlisted man at an Ohio Air Force base has pleaded guilty to military charges of adultery and sexual misconduct.

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Archives: historian tampered with Lincoln pardon

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

The National Archives says a longtime Abraham Lincoln researcher has confessed to tampering with a presidential pardon so he could claim credit for finding a document of historical significance.

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Serial killer theory returns in beach corpses case

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:41 AM PST

All four bodies found near a desolate stretch of barrier island have been identified as prostitutes who advertised online, and county officials have returned to their theory that the deaths were the work of a serial killer.

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Ill. court throws Emanuel off Chicago ballot

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST

An Illinois appellate court on Monday threw former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city in the year before the election.

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Obama condemns Russia airport blast as terrorism

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:31 AM PST

President Barack Obama is condemning an explosion that killed at least 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport, calling it "an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people."

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Tree-covered wildlife crossing proposed near Vail

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

A New York firm has won an international contest to design a highway wildlife crossing near Vail.

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Judge allows NY beheading suspect to be own lawyer

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST

A former New York television executive accused of beheading his estranged wife has been granted permission to act as his own lawyer for the remainder of his murder trial.

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Feds recover $2.5 billion in health care fraud

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

Federal officials say they recovered a record $2.5 billion in health care fraud judgments last year, and they're planning new security measures to crack down further on Medicare scams.

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Court: Chase could increase interest rates

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

The Supreme Court says a credit card company legally increased the interest rate on a man's card without telling him.

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Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

Vt. woman facing charges for overdue library items

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:01 AM PST

A Vermont woman is facing charges that she failed to return hundreds of dollars' worth of books and videos from the library.

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Court: Chase could increase interest rates

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:51 AM PST

The Supreme Court says a credit card company legally increased the interest rate on a man's card without telling him.

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IG says weak planning puts Afghan projects at risk

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:51 AM PST

The U.S. official charged with overseeing the rebuilding of Afghanistan says poor planning and weak management are undermining the effort to build up the Afghan army and police while putting billions of U.S tax dollars at risk.

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