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APNewsBreak: Delph gets note citing Ariz. shooting

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:41 PM PST

Indiana State Sen. Mike Delph has received an e-mail saying the man suspected of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords should have instead targeted someone like him. The Indiana Senate has asked state police to investigate.

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Obama urges follow-through on reforms in Yemen

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:41 PM PST

The White House says President Barack Obama has called Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to urge him to follow through on his pledge to reform his government.

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Consumer agency warns of SafetyCraft crib dangers

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST

A federal consumer agency is warning that SafetyCraft brand full-size and portable drop-side cribs manufactured or distributed by Generation 2 Worldwide contain drop-side hardware that may be dangerous to toddlers and infants.

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Ex-SC deputy convicted in beating of cuffed inmate

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

A former sheriff's deputy in South Carolina has been convicted of violating the civil rights of an inmate by beating him severely while the inmate was in handcuffs.

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Clinton condemns attacks on reporters, protesters

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has issued a sharp criticism of attacks on journalists, peaceful demonstrators, human rights activists and diplomats in Egypt.

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Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

5 Americans: How health care law affects them

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

A couple on Medicare got a rebate check to help with prescription drug costs. A Chicago man with diabetes got health insurance through a new government program. And a Philadelphia businessman is hoping his company will qualify for a tax credit.

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Ohio killer facing new execution drug wants mercy

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

A death row inmate who could become the first U.S. prisoner to die from a single dose of a newly adopted barbiturate should be spared execution because his victim's family never wanted a death sentence, his attorneys told the Ohio Parole Board on Thursday.

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AP names Skoloff as Salt Lake City correspondent

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

Brian Skoloff, an AP reporter covering the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has been named Salt Lake City administrative correspondent for The Associated Press.

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WikiLeaks suspect considers himself US citizen

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

The lawyer for an Army private suspected of giving classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks says his client considers himself a U.S. citizen and not a British one.

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Shell: No Beaufort Sea drilling in Arctic for 2011

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST

Shell Alaska has dropped plans to drill at least one exploratory well in the Arctic waters of the Beaufort Sea this year.

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Daley says Chicago, overall, handled blizzard well

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says, overall, the city responded well to this week's blizzard and defended the decision to close the Lake Shore Drive.

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7 marriages for stepmother of dismembered NC girl

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:31 AM PST

Here's a look at the seven marriages for Elisa Baker, who has been charged with obstructing the investigation into the disappearance last fall of her disabled stepdaughter, 10-year-old Zahra Baker. The Associated Press found that at one point, she was married to three men at the same time.

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Dismembered NC girl's stepmom led a troubled life

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:23 AM PST

People who know the stepmother of a dismembered North Carolina girl say the woman has abused and manipulated her husbands and others throughout her life.

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APNewsBreak: Ohio won't pursue Gitmo abuse claim

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:23 AM PST

An Ohio regulatory board has declined to pursue disciplinary action against a retired Army psychologist accused of observing abusive interrogations of military detainees in Guantanamo and doing nothing to stop them.

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Pittsburgh police shooting trial delayed again

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:01 AM PST

The trial of a Pittsburgh man charged with shooting three city police officers to death during a standoff has been postponed until June because a defense expert witness was injured.

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Police: Pa. man robs bank a day after jail release

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:24 AM PST

Police say a western Pennsylvania man stole a Jeep and robbed a bank a day after a judge let him out of jail where he had been awaiting trial on charges of assaulting his girlfriend.

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Valentine flower imports checked for bugs, drugs

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:12 AM PST

Amid the peak Valentine's Day flower season, U.S. agents in Miami are working overtime to make sure pretty love bouquets are not used as transportation by exotic South American pests or cocaine traffickers.

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Man tied to slain ND family held by immigration

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

A Somali man who had a child with a North Dakota woman found dead last week has been interviewed as a "person of interest" in her death and the deaths of three others and is being held by U.S. immigration officials, officials said Thursday.

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Court asked to stop Yellowstone bison slaughter

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST

Wildlife advocates are asking a federal judge in Montana to stop the impending slaughter of many of the hundreds of bison captured this week as they attempted to migrate out of Yellowstone National Park.

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