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Official: 100 foreign agencies test US networks

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

A top Pentagon official says more than 100 foreign intelligence agencies have tried to breach U.S. defense networks, largely to steal military plans and weapons systems designs.

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Senate: Punish misusers of body scanner images

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST

Misusing body scanner images would become a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Senate, an attempt by lawmakers to address concerns raised by some travelers.

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Mom, toddler found in Mass. trash bin were killed

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

A medical examiner says a woman and her 2-year-old son found dead inside a trash bin near their Massachusetts home were assaulted and died of blunt-force trauma to their heads and brains.

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Wis. woman says she was held in NYC as sex slave

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

Police in New York City say a Wisconsin woman told them she answered an apartment ad she saw on Craigslist and wound up being held captive as a sex slave for more than a week.

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Man, 84, survives desert ordeal over 5 days

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

An 84-year-old man is telling a story of survival after being stranded five days in the Arizona high desert.

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NORAD to conduct training flights over DC area

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST

People in the Washington, D.C., region shouldn't be alarmed if they hear the sound of fighter jets and helicopters overnight.

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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST

Rescued cow, 'Molly B,' arrives at new Mont. home

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:01 AM PST

A cow that avoided slaughter five years ago by famously jumping a slaughterhouse gate and leading officials on a chase finally has a new home in Montana.

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Analysis: Will Palin's unconventional style work?

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:50 AM PST

She says what she wants, does what she wants and makes no apologies. And love her or hate her, you can't really argue with this: Politics as usual has never been Sarah Palin's style.

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Hasbro wins lawsuit over Play-Doh trademark

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

A British court says Play-Doh by any other name is a trademark infringement, -- even if it's spelled differently.

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Correction: Iowa Budget-Preschool

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

In a Feb. 14 story about Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's plan to replace the state's subsidized preschool system with one that would grant scholarships to families on the basis of need, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Marci Young, the project director for the Pre-K Now campaign, was critical that Branstad's plan would allow scholarship money to be used to ...

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Obama calls for peaceful response in Middle East

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST

President Barack Obama says governments throughout the Middle East should recognize their populations' hunger for change and provide a peaceful pathway to greater opportunity.

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Obama: Medicare, Social Security demand compromise

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:23 AM PST

President Barack Obama said Tuesday the nation's major entitlement programs -- Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security -- must be adjusted by Democrats and Republicans acting together rather than by dictates from the White House.

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NY, VT, Conn. suing NRC over nuclear waste storage

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:23 AM PST

Three northeastern states are suing federal regulators for allowing the storage of radioactive waste for up to 60 years at the nation's nuclear power plants.

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Obama to host small business forum in Cleveland

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST

President Barack Obama will host a forum on small business in Cleveland next week as he looks to promote his plans to boost U.S. competitiveness.

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Defense wants judge disqualified in Conn. case

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST

A Connecticut man charged with a deadly home invasion are asking to disqualify the trial judge.

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Ex-judge takes stand in courthouse kickback case

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:01 AM PST

The former northeastern Pennsylvania judge accused of taking kickbacks in a $2.8 million bribery case involving privately-owned juvenile detention facilities is testifying in his own defense.

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E-mails: Ariz. college was on alert for Loughner

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:41 AM PST

The Arizona college that Jared Loughner attended was on alert and concerned he would return to the Tucson campus a week before a Jan. 8 shooting spree that killed six and wounded 13, including a congresswoman, according to e-mail messages.

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Vt. woman crowned nation's top grocery bagger

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:41 AM PST

A Vermont woman has been crowned the nation's top grocery bagger. Twenty-four-year-old Krystal Smith of Burlington won the award and the $10,000 prize at the 2011 U.S. Best Bagger National Championship in Las Vegas.

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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:41 AM PST