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Witness: I punched defendant in UK tourist slaying
House panel wants details of information requests
Officials: US better at finding cyber attackers
Snow, shovel, repeat: East Coast digs out again
Harry Reid is unbowed in taking on GOP, Obama
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Groups seek protection for Klamath Chinook salmon
States rebuff federal threat over union laws
Pentagon chief says Mideast must adopt reforms
Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass.
Mom of teen beating victim sues Fla. school board
Unmarked graves found at veteran cemetery in Miss.
Century knocked off man's terror-support sentence
Gates faults Congress for `crisis on my doorstep'
Bulgarian man to be sentenced in ID theft case
Police: US missionary possibly killed for truck
Michelle Obama honors military families on Oprah
Dallas man freed 25 years after rape conviction
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Official: Calif. killer charged in 2 NY deaths

Witness: I punched defendant in UK tourist slaying

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:11 PM PST

A Mexican national has admitted he punched a New Jersey man, setting off a chase that resulted in the stabbing death of one of Britain's most eligible bachelors.

House panel wants details of information requests

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:11 PM PST

The new Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is demanding details of every request for federal records made by citizens, journalists, companies and others during the last five years under the Freedom of Information Act.

Officials: US better at finding cyber attackers

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:11 PM PST

U.S. military and law enforcement officials say the government has made significant strides in figuring out who is responsible for complex cyber attacks.

Snow, shovel, repeat: East Coast digs out again

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

Enough already. People across the Northeast wearily shoveled their sidewalks and dug out their cars -- again -- after getting clobbered by the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of snowstorms, this one an overachieving mess that packed more punch than anyone expected.

Harry Reid is unbowed in taking on GOP, Obama

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

If anyone thought Sen. Harry Reid's near-death political experience last fall would chasten the Senate majority leader, think again. The Nevada Democrat is back in his familiar perch, directing the Senate's actions and firing shoot-from-the-lip zingers at powerful politicians, including President Barack Obama.

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Posted: 27 Jan 2011 01:01 PM PST

Groups seek protection for Klamath Chinook salmon

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST

Conservation groups are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for chinook salmon in the Klamath River running from Southern Oregon across Northern California.

States rebuff federal threat over union laws

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST

Four states are vowing to fight the federal government in a bid to preserve state measures that guarantee workers the right to secret ballots in union elections.

Pentagon chief says Mideast must adopt reforms

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging what he calls "across-the-board" reforms in Arab countries rocked by waves of civil unrest.

Santorum to headline Catholic group event in Mass.

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

Possible Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is headlining a benefit for a Massachusetts Catholic group.

Mom of teen beating victim sues Fla. school board

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

The mother of a 16-year-old girl who authorities say was savagely attacked by another student is suing a South Florida school board.

Unmarked graves found at veteran cemetery in Miss.

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST

Authorities have found at least two unmarked and unidentified graves in the Vicksburg National Cemetery's section for World War II and Korean War veterans, and officials fear there could be dozens more.

Century knocked off man's terror-support sentence

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:31 AM PST

A judge has shaved more than 100 years off the sentence of the first man convicted under a key terror-fighting legal strategy.

Gates faults Congress for `crisis on my doorstep'

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is accusing Congress of dumping what he calls a "crisis on my doorstep" by holding the Pentagon to last year's spending levels.

Bulgarian man to be sentenced in ID theft case

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

A Bulgarian man who lived for 14 years as an American citizen is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court for stealing the identity of an Ohio boy who was kidnapped and killed in 1982 at age 3.

Police: US missionary possibly killed for truck

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:02 AM PST

Texas authorities say a U.S. missionary fatally shot in the head in Mexico and driven to the border by her husband may have been targeted because of the couple's expensive pickup truck.

Michelle Obama honors military families on Oprah

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:21 AM PST

Michelle Obama made a stop on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to salute America's military families.

Dallas man freed 25 years after rape conviction

Posted: 27 Jan 2011 08:21 AM PST

A judge has ordered the release of a Dallas man after declaring that DNA evidence showed he should not have been convicted of sexual assault 25 years ago.