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Obama wields scalpel to budget, avoiding much pain

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST

President Barack Obama's budget submission on Monday will take a surgical approach to a deficit problem that his Republican rivals say warrants a meat ax.

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Obama welcomes commitments from Egypt's army

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama welcomed Saturday's commitments from Egypt's new military rulers to hand power eventually to an elected civilian government and abide by a peace treaty with Israel.

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US condemns Syria for young blogger's `spy' trial

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

The U.S. is condemning Syria for the secret trial of a young blogger on "spurious" spy charges and is appealing for her immediate release.

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Emanuel says he's not easing up in mayor's race

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

Rahm Emanuel says he's headed into the final days before the Feb. 22 Chicago mayoral election with an increasingly busy schedule.

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Marines define future role amid budget cuts

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:10 PM PST

A faster, high-tech seafaring tank for U.S. Marines has hit countless setbacks and cost overruns during the past two decades, and now it is one of the pricier items on the Defense Department's budget-cutting list.

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Can 2012 GOP hopefuls deliver on big promises?

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST

Republicans who want to be the one to make Barack Obama a one-term president are promising big changes should the GOP win the White House in 2012.

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Young Egyptians in US hopeful about future

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:21 AM PST

Young Egyptians who gathered Saturday to celebrate the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak expressed hope about the future, even as a leading human rights group and others said major reforms are still needed in the Middle Eastern nation.

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Father charged in Atlanta-area slaying of 2 boys

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:10 AM PST

Police have charged a father with the stabbing deaths of his two young children in an attack at their suburban Atlanta home.

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Palin hires chief of staff for PAC

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

Sarah Palin has hired longtime political strategist Michael Glassner as chief of staff of her political action committee.

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Posted: 12 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

US-Pakistan spat heats up, Washington meeting off

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

The standoff between the U.S. and Pakistan over a jailed American embassy worker has escalated.

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Prosecutors: more charges linked to Ohio shooting

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

Prosecutors say two more people are facing felony charges in connection with an Ohio shooting that killed one person and injured 11 at a fraternity house party near the Youngstown State University campus.

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Conn. MBA grads start social site "shizzlr.com"

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

Two University of Connecticut business school graduates have received support from the state's venture capital fund to begin an online social network.

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DC lobbyist's death in car fire ruled accidental

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

The D.C. Medical Examiner's office says the death of a lobbyist in a car fire last month was accidental.

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Pa. teen admits trying to hire hit man on Facebook

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

A Chester County teenager faces 11 to 22 years in prison after agreeing to a plea agreement on charges he used Facebook to try to hire a hit man to kill a woman who had accused him of rape.

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Taxi plows into crowd in San Diego

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

Police say a taxi cab driver plowed slowly into a crowd on a sidewalk in San Diego's Gaslamp District, injuring several people.

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Authorities: 'Twilight' fan lied about bite marks

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

Authorities say a Florida teen has told police that bite marks on her body came from "Twilight"-inspired vampire role playing -- not from someone who attacked her while she was out jogging.

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Feds release SF tiger attack documents

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:11 AM PST

A federal investigator says in documents obtained by The Associated Press that a tiger killed by police in 2007 after fatally mauling a teen at the San Francisco Zoo was likely provoked into leaping and clawing out of its enclosure.

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Barbour: Obama paying lip service to job creation

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is accusing President Barack Obama of paying lip service to job creation.

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'Granddad Bandit' duped others with heroic image

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST

Michael Francis Mara is so mild mannered, authorities say, that even as he was robbing a bank, the teller recalled he "looked like he was somebody's granddaddy" -- and yet he has admitted to being a "monster."

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