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Group wants Smithsonian chief's ouster over video

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:01 PM PST

A liberal group is calling for Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough to step down, and the board of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum is complaining that Clough bowed to political pressure in removing a video from an exhibit.

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Utah firm says accepted nuke waste violated rules

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST

A Utah company is promising to tighten nuclear materials handling rules after discovering it took in waste with radioactivity levels higher than allowed.

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Graphic video released in Detroit precinct attack

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

Detroit police have released a graphic 68-second video of a precinct station shooting that left four officers wounded and the gunman dead.

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Candy maker recalls Nuclear Sludge chew bars

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

The U.S. government says candy imported from Pakistan called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge is not safe to eat. Who would have guessed?

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USDA chief: Conservation program may need changes

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he hopes landowners will commit 4 million acres of land this year to a federal program that pays farmers not to farm fragile acres.

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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:51 PM PST

Bison in grazing program returned to Yellowstone

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST

Livestock officials in Montana say they have captured and returned 13 wild bison that had been allowed to roam outside Yellowstone National Park for the first time in decades.

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Arizona lawmakers: Candidates must prove US birth

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST

A chamber of the Arizona Legislature has reintroduced legislation aimed at making President Barack Obama prove his US nationality by birth.

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Clinton to meet Preval in Haiti

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will press for a resolution of Haiti's political crisis when she meets President Rene Preval Sunday.

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Car of kidnap suspect found in Calif. canal

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST

Authorities searching in a Central California canal say they've located the vehicle belonging to the suspect in the abduction of a 4-year-old boy.

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Hospital director's adopted son calls dad monster

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:51 AM PST

The adopted son of a state hospital director on trial for child molestation said Friday in emotional testimony that his father is a monster who abused him for more than a decade and destroyed his life.

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TV show leads to charge against Alaska woman

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST

An Anchorage woman is charged with child abuse because of a "Dr.Phil" TV show appearance in which the audience saw video of her disciplining a 7-year-old son by putting hot sauce in his mouth and forcing him into a cold shower.

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Next week at White House is innovation week

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST

The White House says President Barack Obama will focus next week on his goal of boosting American innovation, including a Wednesday visit to Penn State University and the launch of an effort to help new businesses get off the ground.

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Police at Texas clinic after reports of gunman

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST

Police have surrounded a Texas clinic after receiving reports of a man with a gun walking around inside the complex.

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TV show leads to charge against Alaska woman

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:01 AM PST

An Anchorage woman is charged with child abuse because of a "Dr.Phil" TV show appearance in which the audience saw video of her disciplining a 7-year-old son by putting hot sauce in his mouth and forcing him into a cold shower.

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Egypt: Obama convenes aides as protests spread

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:41 AM PST

President Barack Obama has convened his national security team on the growing protests in Egypt as aides voice concern about violent clashes between demonstrators and police.

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Gates says nuclear forces have fixed slips

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the nation's nuclear forces have been restored to their "proper place of honor" after a string of embarrassing episodes involving mishandling the weapons meant to deter nuclear attack on the U.S.

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GOP senator favors cutting US aid to Israel

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST

Freshman Republican Sen. Rand Paul is calling for deep cuts in foreign aid, including eliminating U.S. money for Israel, a plan that has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans.

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Posted: 28 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST

NY woman sentenced for baby's death in hot camper

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:51 AM PST

A central New York woman has been sentenced to prison for the death of her 9-month-old daughter, who was left inside a camper during 90-degree weather last summer.

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