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- A look inside America's poorest county
- No bond for Ga. father accused of killing 2 sons
- MIT grad's invention turns brewery waste to fuel
- Founder of 2 natural food grocery chains resigns
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- LA County probes Playboy Mansion illness reports
- Foes seek to de-fund, discredit Planned Parenthood
- Victims of Flight 3407 remembered in NY
- Beckham takes fashion risks -- and sees payoff
- Group wants to link US fliers to Mexican airport
- Boehner says facts show Obama a Christian citizen
- Pipe 'imperfection' found after fatal blast in Pa.
- Short on men, retirement home hires dance partners
- Top US military official visits Jordan's leader
- Mental health a frequent theme in threats cases
| Correction: Gulf Boating Deaths story Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST In a story Feb. 12 about a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico that left four people dead, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on incorrect information from authorities, that Wayne Dowsey was the father of the man who survived and that Randy Dowsey was the uncle of the man who survived. Authorities now say Wayne Dowsey was the ...           |
| That brief time out from heated discourse? No more Posted: 13 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST President Barack Obama? Weak, a socialist and a liar. Liberals? Monsters and a cancer. Former Vice President Dick Cheney? Called a war criminal, "murdering scum" and a draft dodger -- by people in his own party.  |
| Police chief: NC hostage-taker did not use a gun Posted: 13 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST Authorities say a North Carolina teenager who held several people hostage inside a bank did not have a gun.  |
| A look inside America's poorest county Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST In the barren grasslands of Ziebach County, there's almost nothing harder to find in winter than a job. This is America's poorest county, where more than 60 percent of people live at or below the poverty line.  |
| No bond for Ga. father accused of killing 2 sons Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST A Georgia father accused of fatally stabbing two of his sons and injuring a third has been ordered held in jail without bond.  |
| MIT grad's invention turns brewery waste to fuel Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST Before he started "saving the earth, one beer at a time," all inventor Eric Fitch knew about home brewing was that it could make quite a mess.  |
| Founder of 2 natural food grocery chains resigns Posted: 13 Feb 2011 10:01 AM PST The founder of two chains of natural foods grocery stores has resigned after he was arrested in a child prostitution sting in Phoenix.  |
| Mob arrests raise issues of crime, port security Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST Law enforcement officials have called the stretch between Port Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport the most dangerous two miles in America.  |
| Speaker's NY death highlights assisted-suicide law Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST The motivational speaker's death looked like a sinister tale of a suburbanite who strayed into a rough city neighborhood. He was found stabbed in the chest in his station wagon in East Harlem, his hands tied behind his back, hours after telling his wife he'd gotten a flat tire.  |
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| LA County probes Playboy Mansion illness reports Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST Health officials on Saturday were investigating complaints of respiratory illnesses that a media report said affected dozens of people after a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles that was part of a larger conference.  |
| Foes seek to de-fund, discredit Planned Parenthood Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST From its defiant origins in 1916, Planned Parenthood has not shied away from controversy -- fighting to legalize birth control, offering candid sex education to adolescents, evolving into America's largest provider of abortion.  |
| Victims of Flight 3407 remembered in NY Posted: 13 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST Friends and relatives of the 50 people who died in a Continental Connection plane crash outside Buffalo gathered at the scene of the disaster Saturday night to mark the second anniversary of the disaster.  |
| Beckham takes fashion risks -- and sees payoff Posted: 13 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST Victoria Beckham says, five seasons into her fashion brand, she's a more confident designer and a more confident person, and that allows her to take risks beyond the structured cocktail dresses that gave her cred with a famously finicky industry.  |
| Group wants to link US fliers to Mexican airport Posted: 13 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST The Flores family's frequent trips to visit family in Mexico begin with a two-hour drive from their suburban Los Angeles home to San Diego, followed by a jaunt across the border to the Tijuana airport for the flight to Guadalajara.  |
| Boehner says facts show Obama a Christian citizen Posted: 13 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST House Speaker John Boehner says Americans have a right to think what they want to think, even when they are wrong about President Barack Obama's citizenship and his religion.  |
| Pipe 'imperfection' found after fatal blast in Pa. Posted: 13 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST Investigators looking into the cause of a gas explosion that killed five people in Allentown, Pa., last week are focusing on an "imperfection" in a pipe near the blast site.  |
| Short on men, retirement home hires dance partners Posted: 13 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST Hewitt Bruce extends his hand to a waiting lady pining for a dance -- and someone with whom to share it. He twirls and waltzes and makes exacting steps; she has become the woman to envy. And as one song fades to another, he is off again, never far from making his next sweetheart a little less lonely.  |
| Top US military official visits Jordan's leader Posted: 13 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST Jordan's state news agency says King Abdullah II has met with a top American military official visiting to reassure the U.S.-allied leader as the uprising in Egypt reverberates around the Middle East.  |
| Mental health a frequent theme in threats cases Posted: 13 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST One man posted a message to the White House Web site threatening to kill the president. "This is not a joke," he warned, and typed in his name.  |
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