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• Survey: US gas prices jump 1.49 cents per gallon
• Deputies: Fla. man stabbed because he was Muslim
• Arkansas cow gives birth to rare set of triplets
• National defense rocket launches from Calif. coast
• Obama struggling to find path in Egypt crisis
• Year later, CA family's disappearance is a mystery
• Former Pa. judge to go on trial in kickbacks case
• AP Exclusive: Fearful Russian lawmaker flees to US
• As Somali gangs evolve, so does enforcement
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• Police: 1 dead, 11 shot at Ohio fraternity house
• Agencies getting tough with ship ballast dumping
• ND team exposed to raccoon pulled from tournament
• Obama's budget director: 'Tough choices' in store
• New York rail system suffers through brutal winter
• 1972 murder of blind homemaker heads to trial
• Scuffle over dog biscuit leads to arrest in Mont.
• Josh Duhamel gives hint on Fergie's halftime show
• Chilly weather greets celebrities in Dallas
• Obama's business outreach takes him to the Chamber

Survey: US gas prices jump 1.49 cents per gallon Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:30 AM PST A new survey says the average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 1.49 cents per gallon in the last two weeks.

Deputies: Fla. man stabbed because he was Muslim Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST Authorities say a Florida man is accused of stabbing another man in the neck after learning he was Muslim during a discussion about religion.

Arkansas cow gives birth to rare set of triplets Posted: 06 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST Guess it runs in the family: A descendant of an Arkansas cow famed for giving birth to triplets multiple times has birthed her own set of triplets.

National defense rocket launches from Calif. coast Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST A rocket carrying a national security payload has been successfully launched from California's central coast.

Obama struggling to find path in Egypt crisis Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST Nearly two weeks into the Egyptian crisis, the Obama administration is still struggling to find a path forward that protects U.S. security interests without abandoning the pro-democracy protesters.

Year later, CA family's disappearance is a mystery Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST Detective Troy DuGal has fielded hundreds of leads since entering the home of Joseph and Summer McStay a year ago to find rotten eggs on the kitchen counter and two cereal bowls full of popcorn on the living room futon. He believes the McStays went to Mexico with their two young boys, but the evidence that fills four large binders ...

Former Pa. judge to go on trial in kickbacks case Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST Kids in Luzerne County had a powerful incentive to stay out of the courtroom of Mark Ciavarella, a fearsome, zero-tolerance judge who tossed youths into juvenile detention even when their crimes didn't warrant it.

AP Exclusive: Fearful Russian lawmaker flees to US Posted: 06 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST A wealthy Russian lawmaker has fled with his family to the United States, where he says he fears assassination over accusations that some of Russia's richest and most influential people swindled him in a real estate deal. Back home, he's been charged with financial crimes.

As Somali gangs evolve, so does enforcement Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST The girl was 12 when the gangsters told her the rule: They would sell her for sex to men outside the gang, but members of the Somali Outlaws or the Somali Mafia would use her for free.

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Police: 1 dead, 11 shot at Ohio fraternity house Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST Authorities in northeast Ohio say a shooting at a fraternity house just north of the Youngstown State University campus killed one student and injured 11 people, including six students.

Agencies getting tough with ship ballast dumping Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST After decades of delay, government officials are beginning to crack down on cargo ships that allow foreign invasive species to hitchhike to U.S. waters, where they have turned ecosystems upside down and caused billions of dollars in economic losses.

ND team exposed to raccoon pulled from tournament Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:50 AM PST A raccoon has ended a North Dakota team's bid for a fourth consecutive regional championship in high school wrestling.

Obama's budget director: 'Tough choices' in store Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:30 AM PST President Barack Obama's budget director says the White House is making "tough choices" in preparing its new budget plan.

New York rail system suffers through brutal winter Posted: 06 Feb 2011 07:01 AM PST New York's passenger rail system -- the largest in the nation -- has suffered through a brutal winter.

1972 murder of blind homemaker heads to trial Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST It's been 38 years since a blind woman was bludgeoned to death in her Rochester, N.Y., home.

Scuffle over dog biscuit leads to arrest in Mont. Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:41 AM PST A Montana man who took exception to someone else giving his dog a biscuit faces a misdemeanor assault charge.

Josh Duhamel gives hint on Fergie's halftime show Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:11 AM PST Actor Josh Duhamel is taking a cue from his wife Fergie and staying mostly quiet about any details of the Black Eyed Peas' Super Bowl halftime show. But he did let out one hint Saturday: She's a little nervous.

Chilly weather greets celebrities in Dallas Posted: 06 Feb 2011 06:00 AM PST New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning expects all the talk about Dallas' chilly weather to be old news come Super Bowl Sunday.

Obama's business outreach takes him to the Chamber Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:21 AM PST When President Barack Obama named Gene Sperling as his chief economic adviser, two of Sperling's early calls went to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue.

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