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March trial date in ground zero tower fire case

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

A criminal case surrounding the deaths of two firefighters in a condemned ground zero skyscraper is headed toward a trial this spring.

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Obama: Mubarak must listen to Egyptian people

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

President Barack Obama says Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (HAHS'-nee moo-BAH'-rahk) needs to listen to the Egyptian people and make a judgment about the best way forward.

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Suspect in Detroit serial rapes heading to trial

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

A man on parole for attempted murder was ordered to trial Friday in five rapes in Detroit that were part of a string of attacks that began on New Year's Day and terrorized the city.

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Artwork with Confederate flag removed in Ga.

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

A college president in Georgia says she ordered an instructor's painting that featured a Confederate flag removed from a faculty art exhibit.

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Obama: 'World is watching' Egypt

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

President Barack Obama is renewing his demand for a political transition to begin in Egypt now.

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Gibbs: US helping targeted journalists leave Egypt

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

The White House says it's working with the U.S. embassy in Cairo on getting American journalists who've been beaten or detained out of Egypt.

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Sen. Hatch: Kagan should sit out health care case

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, an opponent of the recently enacted health care overhaul, says Justice Elena Kagan should not take part in the widely expected Supreme Court consideration of the new law.

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Man masquerading as vet accused of mutilating dogs

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

Authorities are searching for a Salinas man accused of mutilating dogs while masquerading as a licensed veterinarian.

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President Obama to pitch online access in Michigan

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

The White House says President Barack Obama will visit Marquette, Mich., on Thursday to talk about expanding Internet access.

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Feds to let airport screeners gain union rights

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:12 AM PST

The government will grant collective bargaining rights to the nation's 40,000 airport screeners, the head of the largest federal workers union said Friday.

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Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:12 AM PST

Roofers busy in snowy Northeast with leaky roofs

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST

Leaky roof? You've got company this winter if you live in the Northeast.

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2nd imam is out at Islamic center near WTC site

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST

A Muslim scholar recently named as the new senior imam at the Islamic center being built near the World Trade Center has parted ways with the project.

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Jared Loughner to be tried first in federal court

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

State and federal prosecutors agreed that the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others will be tried first in federal court before any prosecution begins on state charges.

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Anti-abortion group releases more Va. videos

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:23 AM PST

An anti-abortion group has released more secretly recorded videotapes of a man posing as a pimp seeking Planned Parenthood services in Virginia for underage sex workers.

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Conn. man asks cops about growing pot, is arrested

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:23 AM PST

Police say a Connecticut man called 911 to ask a dispatcher how much trouble he could get into by growing one marijuana plant, then was arrested.

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Trial order in 1 of 5 rapes linked to Detroit man

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

A man charged with five rapes in Detroit has been ordered to trial in one of them as a judge hears evidence in a series of attacks that began on New Year's Day.

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Miss. man charged with felony over $1.28 sausage

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

A Mississippi man is charged with felony shoplifting over a can of Vienna sausage after authorities say it was his third offense.

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Al-Jazeera's offices torched amid Egypt unrest

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST

Al-Jazeera's offices in Cairo were stormed and torched and its Website hacked Friday, says the Pan-Arab broadcaster, while the top U.N. human rights official complained that media covering Egyptian pro-democracy protests are being arrested "in a blatant attempt to stifle news."

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Syracuse U. gets more of Safire's books, papers

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST

The family of the late New York Times columnist William Safire has loaned more of his personal papers to Syracuse University, where archivists will use an $86,000 grant to organize the materials.

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