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Sex CD found by Ohio toddler leads to man's arrest

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Police say a CD found by an Ohio toddler showing another child being sexually abused in Palm Springs, Calif., about six years ago has led to an Ohio man's arrest.

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Calif. court: Merchants can't ask patrons for ZIPs

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

The California Supreme Court says merchants in the state can no longer ask credit card customers for their ZIP codes.

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Judge to decide Miss San Antonio amid dispute

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:06 PM PST

A Texas judge will decide who will wear the Miss San Antonio crown after pageant officials tried to boot the winner over alleged violations, including packing on a few pounds.

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Ex-Hershey official claims charity wrongdoing

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:06 PM PST

A former official involved with the multibillion-dollar charity behind Hershey's chocolate is claiming in a court filing that there were widespread financial irregularities there.

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Trump says he'll decide by June

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:02 PM PST

Donald Trump may want you to hire him. The real estate magnate and "The Apprentice" host made a last-minute appearance at an annual gathering of conservatives and said he would decide by June whether to run for president.

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Energized conservatives hear from 2012 contenders

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:45 AM PST

Thousands of conservatives, roused by GOP election gains they engineered, descended on the nation's capital Thursday, eager to help a Republican challenger deny President Barack Obama a second term.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:45 AM PST

Galleon insider trading trial delayed in NY

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

A federal judge in New York has signed off on a short delay in the trial of a hedge fund manager accused of insider trading.

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Ala. university recovering a year after shootings

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

It's been a year since a Harvard-educated professor opened fire during a faculty meeting in a conference room at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, killing three colleagues and wounding three others. Ever since, those staff meetings have been held elsewhere.

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Judge orders trial for alleged priest attacker

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

A California man has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly beating up a Catholic priest he claims molested him more than three decades ago.

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1 WTC courting Chinese interest for office leases

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST

The quest for tenants to fill the floors at 1 World Trade Center has gone global -- all the way to China.

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Semen in yogurt linked to NM grocery store worker

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

Police have matched DNA taken from a 31-year-old man to semen found in a yogurt sample that was offered at an Albuquerque grocery store.

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Expert: Pakistan building fourth plutonium reactor

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST

An independent expert says Pakistan has begun building what appears to be a fourth plutonium reactor, increasing concerns that the volatile nation is creating more nuclear material than it can safeguard.

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Mini-skirted Russians urge better snow removal

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:21 AM PST

Too much snow and not enough beaus -- so says a squad of mini-skirted, high-heeled young women wielding snow shovels in Russia's second city.

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Gingrich urges scrapping EPA

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:05 AM PST

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is criticizing President Barack Obama's policies as a "war on American energy."

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5th deal accepted in alleged NJ child rape case

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:01 AM PST

A fifth person has taken a plea deal that dropped all sex charges in what police said was the gang-rape of a 7-year-old New Jersey girl pimped out by her 15-year-old stepsister.

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Snow helps and hampers maple syrup producers

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST

The mountains of snow that have buried the Northeast this winter will have a sweet -- and just slightly bitter -- taste for the region's maple syrup producers.

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Govt defends union rights for airport screeners

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

The head of the Transportation Security Administration says he'd be willing to fire any federal airport screeners who strike or otherwise violate the agency's new collective bargaining procedures.

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Source: US Sen. Jon Kyl won't seek re-election

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl has decided to step down after his term ends in 2012.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST