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• Imprisoned NH farmer: I felt threatened by woman
• TSA tests new body scanning system in Las Vegas
• Senate Republicans seek vote to repeal health law
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• AP source: Obama envoy tells Mubarak time is up
• Senators propose rigid spending cap
• Minneapolis woman charged in puppy-mailing attempt
• Fla. teen charged in pregnant girlfriend beating
• Small-town paper links ex-Klansman to 1964 killing
• Senate report says Iraq is at critical juncture
• 114-year-old believed to be world's oldest person
• 'Biggest Loser' competitor sells 1.5 lb. burger
• New video seeks to discredit Planned Parenthood
• Lawmakers want more security on northern border
• First megaload of equipment moving out of Idaho
• Number of illegal immigrants in US steady at 11.2M
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• Dems choose Charlotte for 2012 convention
• Mich. mosque attack plot suspect told not to drink
• NY juvenile worker gets prison for molesting girls

Imprisoned NH farmer: I felt threatened by woman Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:42 PM PST A New Hampshire farmer serving a three-year prison sentence for brandishing a gun at a trespasser on his property says he felt emotionally threatened by her presence.

TSA tests new body scanning system in Las Vegas Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:42 PM PST Federal aviation officials are giving it another try. This time, they won't be looking as closely under traveler's clothes.

Senate Republicans seek vote to repeal health law Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:42 PM PST Republicans are proposing to repeal the year-old health care law, and a vote in the Senate is likely on the issue in the next day or so.

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AP source: Obama envoy tells Mubarak time is up Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST A senior American official says that the special envoy dispatched to Egypt by President Barak Obama told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the U.S. saw his presidency at an end and urged him to prepare for an orderly transition to real democracy with elections.

Senators propose rigid spending cap Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST Social Security, Medicare and virtually every other federal program would face the budget ax under legislation unveiled in the Senate that seeks to force Congress to cut spending dramatically over the coming decade.

Minneapolis woman charged in puppy-mailing attempt Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST A Minneapolis woman has been charged with animal cruelty after postal workers say she tried to mail a puppy to Atlanta in a sealed box with no air holes.

Fla. teen charged in pregnant girlfriend beating Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST A Gulf Coast-area teenager is in jail accused of hiring someone to beat up his pregnant girlfriend in order to make her miscarry.

Small-town paper links ex-Klansman to 1964 killing Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST Arthur Leonard Spencer says sure, he made some mistakes back when he was a "snot-nose kid," like joining the Ku Klux Klan. But murder?

Senate report says Iraq is at critical juncture Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST American diplomats and other mission employees may not be safe in Iraq if the U.S. military withdraws its remaining 50,000 troops and leaves the volatile country at the end of the year as planned, according to a new Senate report released Tuesday.

114-year-old believed to be world's oldest person Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST A Georgia woman born when Grover Cleveland was president is now believed to be the oldest person in the world.

'Biggest Loser' competitor sells 1.5 lb. burger Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST A former Olympic wrestler is serving a 1.5-pound hamburger at his Wyoming restaurant while competing on TV to be "The Biggest Loser."

New video seeks to discredit Planned Parenthood Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST An anti-abortion group has released undercover video taken in its latest attempt to discredit Planned Parenthood, showing its operatives posing as a pimp and a prostitute seeking health services at a New Jersey clinic.

Lawmakers want more security on northern border Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:31 AM PST A new government report says that less than 1 percent of the 4,000-mile U.S.-Canada border is considered under the operational control of U.S. border officials.

First megaload of equipment moving out of Idaho Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:14 AM PST After a long legal fight, the first of those giant megaloads of oil refinery equipment is finally scheduled to head out onto scenic U.S. Highway 12.

Number of illegal immigrants in US steady at 11.2M Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:14 AM PST After a dropoff during the recession, illegal immigrants seeking to sneak across the U.S. border may be ready to move again.

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Dems choose Charlotte for 2012 convention Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST Democrats plan to hold their 2012 nominating convention in Charlotte, N.C., selecting to fete President Barack Obama in a newly competitive presidential battleground in the conservative-leaning South.

Mich. mosque attack plot suspect told not to drink Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST A California man accused of planning to attack a Michigan mosque was released from a prison medical center in 2005 on the condition that he refrain from drinking alcohol and continue his psychiatric treatment.

NY juvenile worker gets prison for molesting girls Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST A former juvenile justice worker convicted of molesting teenagers inside a New York City courthouse has been sentenced to four years in prison.

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