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- Lesbian students enter to cheers at Minn. school
- GOP lawmakers paying price for tough-on-crime laws
- 4 injured in helicopter crash near Tucson
- US sends special envoy to Egypt
- Plane lands on I-80 in NJ; no injuries reported
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- Napolitano touts US border safety
- Police: 7 Pa. H.S. students arrested for bullying
- South Africa's ANC deplores ... sushi on models?
- Veterans, families of KIA torn over flag proposal
- AP Exclusive: Intel warns of Iran nuke disaster
- Library of Congress to show 1st US map after sale
- Pie-makers aim for pizza Super Bowl action
- Canadian who ran child sex ring gets 25 yrs prison
- Oregon rancher killed by cow at cattle auction
- Gov't upgrades investigation into Passat fires
- Report: Immigration law not enforced consistently
- Cleanup continues at derelict barge in Columbia
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- Former aloha wear designer Gretchen Clarke dies
| Lesbian students enter to cheers at Minn. school Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST Two lesbian students who fought for the right to walk together at a Minnesota high school pep rally have made their entrance to cheers.            |
| GOP lawmakers paying price for tough-on-crime laws Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST Lawmakers who have embraced a tough-on-crime philosophy for years are looking for ways to let inmates out of prison as budget problems multiply.  |
| 4 injured in helicopter crash near Tucson Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:51 PM PST Four people have been injured in a crash of a sheriff's department helicopter on a mountain northwest of Tucson.  |
| US sends special envoy to Egypt Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:31 PM PST The Obama administration has sent a retired senior diplomat to Egypt to press the U.S. case for democratic reforms to top Egyptian officials amid spiraling anti-government protests that aim to topple the country's authoritarian president.  |
| Plane lands on I-80 in NJ; no injuries reported Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:31 PM PST Authorities in northern New Jersey say a small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 80 near Hackensack.  |
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| Napolitano touts US border safety Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:42 AM PST Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN'-oh) says U.S. communities on the border with Mexico are safer than most Americans believe.  |
| Police: 7 Pa. H.S. students arrested for bullying Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:42 AM PST Police in a Philadelphia suburb say seven teenagers have been arrested in connection with an assault in which a 14-year-old student was kidnapped and hung from a fence post, but not seriously hurt.  |
| South Africa's ANC deplores ... sushi on models? Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:01 AM PST South Africa's governing party has pronounced: eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is politically incorrect.  |
| Veterans, families of KIA torn over flag proposal Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST The simple banner is designed to honor those who served and died in the military. But a national campaign to add the red-and-white "Honor and Remember" flag to official U.S. flag displays on military holidays is creating painful divisions among veterans and the relatives of loved ones killed in action.  |
| AP Exclusive: Intel warns of Iran nuke disaster Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:23 AM PST A foreign intelligence report says that the control systems of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant have been penetrated by a computer worm unleashed last year -- and is warning of a possible Chernobyl-like disaster once the site becomes fully operational.  |
| Library of Congress to show 1st US map after sale Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:14 AM PST A Washington businessman is loaning the first U.S. map printed in North America to the Library of Congress after buying it for $1.8 million.  |
| Pie-makers aim for pizza Super Bowl action Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:52 AM PST Ready, start, dough! Super Bowl Sunday is coming and pie-makers across the country are bracing for a pizza reaction.  |
| Canadian who ran child sex ring gets 25 yrs prison Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:40 AM PST A Canadian man who admitted running a brothel for pedophiles in Thailand has been sentenced in New Jersey to 25 years in prison.  |
| Oregon rancher killed by cow at cattle auction Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:40 AM PST An Oregon rancher has died after some loose cows at a cattle auction threw him in the air and sent him tumbling head-first onto the pavement of a parking lot.  |
| Gov't upgrades investigation into Passat fires Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:02 AM PST The government has upgraded a safety investigation into nearly 500,000 Volkswagen Passats amid reports of engine fires.  |
| Report: Immigration law not enforced consistently Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:51 AM PST A new report says illegal immigrants who commit even minor offenses are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation by local law enforcement. However, other agencies are focused on deporting more violent criminals.  |
| Cleanup continues at derelict barge in Columbia Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:01 AM PST The Coast Guard says workers are trying to stabilize a derelict vessel leaking oil in the Columbia River near Camas in southwest Washington, so divers can remove all remaining oil.  |
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| Former aloha wear designer Gretchen Clarke dies Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:41 AM PST Clothing designer Gretchen Clarke has died in California at age 78. She ran Waltah Clarke's Hawaiian Shops in Hawaii and on the mainland with her husband in what was once the nation's largest retailer of aloha wear.  |
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