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Miss. gov. juggles White House hopes, state's past

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST

Haley Barbour's folksy style, savvy leadership in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and success as a GOP strategist have made the two-term Mississippi governor a serious contender early in the wide-open contest for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Obama reiterates call for restraint in Egypt

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST

President Barack Obama is calling for restraint in Egypt and renewing his support for universal rights and concrete steps that lead to political reform.

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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST

Va. man's abuse story moves legislators to act

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Wayne Dorough didn't come to Virginia's Capitol planning to get involved. But 15 minutes into the debate on whether Virginia should extend the time alleged sex abuse victims have to file lawsuits against their attackers from two years to 25, prospects for the bill weren't looking good. Even the proposal's sponsor was ready to settle for 10 years -- still ...

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Stimulus funds help wire rural homes for Internet

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Up in rural northern Vermont, it took until the 1960s to run power lines to some towns -- decades after the rest of America got turned on.

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Table, wine turn up on now-famous Miami sandbar

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:50 AM PST

First, a baby grand piano mysteriously showed up on a Miami sandbar. A day after it was removed, a small table with two chairs, place settings, a bottle of wine and a chef statue appeared on the now-famous strip of sand.

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Group tries to bring Greek warship to New York

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:40 AM PST

A group of history buffs wants to bring a full-size replica of an ancient Greek warship to the United States and row it in New York Harbor.

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Protesters denounce Egyptian leader at DC embassy

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST

Protesters have filled the street in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington, demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak step down.

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For 4, life of prostitution and death by 1 killer

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 10:51 AM PST

The four women were prostitutes in their 20s, advertising their services online, living on the margins of society and not likely to be immediately missed. They appeared to share similar middle-class childhoods, but it is the way they lived their adult lives that has authorities chasing a serial killer.

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Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST

A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress.

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San Fran considers parking permits for nannies

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST

Finding a parking space in San Francisco can be a needle-in-a-haystack endeavor, and those who overstay the time limit face some of the country's stiffest fines.

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An uncertain future after jobless benefits expire

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST

The portraits of his dead father are among the few mementoes Bud Meyers is certain he will take with him when he is forced from his home of five years next month because he cannot pay the rent.

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AP Interview: Pilot recalls Nazi leader's capture

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:11 AM PST

Capt. Bo Foster had an extraordinary mission: Fly captured Nazi leader Hermann Goering to the 7th Army's headquarters for interrogation.

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Beheading suspect: Wife had my unconditional love

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST

A man accused of beheading his wife after she demanded a divorce told a jury in upstate New York that he had given her "unconditional love" during their marriage.

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A final judgment in notorious police abuse scandal

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST

The anonymous letters to attorney G. Flint Taylor arrived in police department envelopes, and so the mysterious author was dubbed "Deep Badge."

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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST

A final judgment in notorious police abuse scandal

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 08:10 AM PST

The anonymous letters to attorney G. Flint Taylor arrived in police department envelopes, and so the mysterious author was dubbed "Deep Badge."

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In Obama's reorganization plan, is Commerce first?

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST

It was a big laugh line in President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech: "The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when they're in saltwater. I hear it gets even more complicated once they're smoked."

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Conn. agency questioned identity of kidnapped girl

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST

Years before a widely publicized reunion between a girl who was snatched from a New York hospital and her birth mother, Connecticut's child protection agency had doubts about the true identity of the girl, who was raised under a false name in Bridgeport, a department spokesman said Saturday.

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Ex-Blackwater president denies excessive force

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:10 AM PST

The former president of the security firm Blackwater has denied in sworn testimony that the company's contractors regularly used excessive force or that officials falsified travel documents.

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