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Seattle woman who tried to sell handbag sues Coach

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

A Seattle woman is suing handbag maker Coach Inc. , saying the company wrongly accused her of selling counterfeit purses online.

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APNewsBreak: Investigations done in Tucson attack

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Office have finished their investigations into the mass shooting in Tucson that killed six people and wounded 13, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

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Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

US: Aristide shouldn't return to Haiti before vote

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST

The United States doesn't want Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return to the country ahead of a presidential vote next month.

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Conservatives' clout flummoxes House GOP leaders

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:20 PM PST

The clout of tea party advocates and other hard-line conservatives in Congress has caught top Republicans by surprise, raising questions about whether GOP leaders can impose enough discipline in their House majority to pass tough measures, such as raising the debt ceiling.

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Berkeley considers inviting Guantanamo detainees

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST

Berkeley officials are considering inviting Guantanamo detainees to live in the city. The City Council is scheduled to vote next week on a resolution that would extend a formal invitation to any detainees at the U.S. naval base who have been cleared of wrongdoing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the city is eyeing two detainees -- Djamel Ameziane, an ...

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Chicago mayor, airlines discuss airport expansion

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is giving no hint he's close to a deal with airlines on securing funding for the rest of a $15 billion expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

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Obama evokes 1961 tower collapse victims in letter

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

President Obama has written a letter honoring the 28 men who died when a massive radar tower collapsed in the North Atlantic 50 years ago.

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Suits progress as NY plane crash anniversary nears

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

Days before the second anniversary of the deadly crash of a plane into a New York home, lawyers for victims' families have been in court discussing the lawsuits pending against the flight's operators.

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NJ governor takes credit for new tunnel proposal

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking credit for a new proposal to build a second commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River after he killed a similar project already under way.

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Obama evokes 1951 tower collapse victims in letter

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

President Barack Obama has written a letter honoring the 28 men who died when a massive radar tower collapsed in the North Atlantic 50 years ago.

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Labor board flexes muscle, to chagrin of business

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

The agency that enforces the nation's labor laws has emerged as a key player in the clash between business and organized labor over union rights.

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Teen shackled, abused in Calif. home files claim

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

A lawyer for a teenager who was held captive and abused inside a California home for a year has filed a claim against Sacramento County, alleging it failed to protect him.

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Republicans: Halt taxpayer aid for Fannie, Freddie

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

House Republicans say it is time to end a costly federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that has already cost taxpayers $150 billion.

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VA outlines plan to help caregivers of wounded

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

A long-awaited plan to give caregivers of severely wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans some extra help was unveiled Wednesday by the Veterans Affairs Department with few specifics about when it would be fully implemented and how many families would benefit.

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Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

Buffalo denounces fracking as EPA releases draft

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST

City leaders in Buffalo have voted to ban the natural gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."

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White House says no to emergency AK-47 regulation

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

The White House has rejected a request from the U.S. agency that monitors weapons sales to give them emergency authority requiring firearms dealers near the Mexican border to report multiple purchases of high-powered rifles.

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Congress names courthouse after slain jurist

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

Congress has voted to name a courthouse in Yuma, Ariz., after John M. Roll, Arizona's chief federal judge who along with five others was killed in the Jan. 8 shooting attack that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded.

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After Obama lunch GOP leaders promise cooperation

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

The top three Republican leaders in the House have emerged from a lunch with President Barack Obama at the White House pledging to find common ground on issues ranging from trade to cutting spending.

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