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Agent who protects Nancy Reagan shoots self in hip

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

A Secret Service agent assigned to protect Nancy Reagan is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the hip at a sheriff's department shooting range.

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Cheney to recall Reagan years to mark centennial

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to speak in California to commemorate the centennial of President Ronald Reagan's birth.

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Ky. girl found dead after she was reported missing

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old western Kentucky girl whose body was found a few hours after she was reported missing.

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NY dog dies in fire a month after river rescue

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

A German shepherd who was pulled from the frigid waters of New York's Hudson River last month after falling off her owner's yacht has died in a fire.

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CA lowrider funeral procession honors Impala owner

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST

Car clubs from across Southern California and from as far away as Las Vegas paid tribute to the owner of "Gypsy Rose," a 1964 Chevy Impala adorned with roses and upholstered in plush pink, with a funeral procession across East Los Angeles.

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Chicago residents call "dibs" on dug-out parking

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:30 AM PST

The blizzard that buried Chicago in snow has revived a longstanding tradition of calling "dibs" on parking spaces -- and the controversy that goes with it.

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Oregon considers statewide ban on plastic bags

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

Oregon lawmakers will consider whether the state should become the first to pass a ban on plastic bags, a measure recycling advocates believe would trigger a domino effect among other states.

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Child porn prosecutions soaring

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

FBI agent Stacie Lane sat at her computer at the FBI headquarters in Maryland one June morning in 2007, launched the notorious file-sharing software LimeWire, typed the search query "10yo" and went hunting for child pornography.

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3 skinned dogs left beside eastern Ky. road

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST

The game warden of an eastern Kentucky county is on the search for whoever left a bloody sight along a local road: three skinned dogs.

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US welcomes Gamal Mubarak's resignation

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

The Obama administration is welcoming word that President Hosni Mubarak's son has quit his role in Egypt's ruling party.

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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

Spending more time -- say, forever -- with your pet

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

More Americans seem to be deciding to be buried with their favorite animals -- in pet cemeteries.

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Taxi crash decks Pike Place Market piggy bank

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:41 AM PST

A popular piggy bank at Seattle's Pike Place Market took one on the snout. KING-TV reports that a taxi driver hit the gas when he was rear-ended early Saturday and plowed into Rachel the Pig, a 550-pound, bronze piggy bank that has stood outside the market's famous fish-throwing stand since 1986.

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Snow, cold make Dallas feel more like Green Bay

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

Football fans whose flights had been canceled struggled Saturday to get to Dallas for Sunday's big game, while those already in town for the Super Bowl were contending with temperatures and snow typical of Pittsburgh and Green Bay but unusual in Texas.

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New York police officer killed in highway wreck

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

A Nassau County police officer died Saturday after his cruiser was hit by a flatbed truck during a traffic stop on the Long Island Expressway in New York.

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Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus are among 10 Catholic church leaders in Ohio who have signed a statement urging the state to stop using the death penalty.

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Wal-Mart, humbled king of retail, plots rebound

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:41 AM PST

The battle for shoppers is playing out in this New York suburb: Wal-Mart versus everyone else.

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AP IMPACT: Explosion highlights lax pipeline rules

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:01 AM PST

First, the pipeline exploded. Then the flames, like a blowtorch, set the neighborhood overlooking San Francisco Bay ablaze.

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Mubarak's men key to US reform hopes in Egypt

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:30 AM PST

Seeking reform in Egypt, the U.S. increasingly is counting on a small cadre of President Hosni Mubarak's closest advisers to guide a hoped-for transition from autocracy to democracy.

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House Republicans slash agencies, nick themselves

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST

Even as they take a cleaver to many domestic agencies, Republicans now running the House are barely touching Congress' generous own budget.

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