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- Judge denies immunity to former Somali leader
- Asked about WikiLeaks, Breyer gives away little
- Why is NYSE selling? It's a matter of pennies
- Sen. Brown reveals he was sexually abused as child
- Madoff victims' trustee disputes report of meeting
- Ohio ready to execute Cleveland campus killer of 3
- AP Source: Facebook founder to meet with Obama
- GOP bill would cancel rural air service subsidies
- WH: Obama wants civil discussion over spending
- Political fight over Guantanamo won't die
- Mass. man accused of misleading cops in 2 deaths
- Giffords' friends in Congress to hold fundraiser
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- Are companies excluding jobless from applying?
- Gates: Egypt a case for diplomats, not US forces
- Someone swipes giant cactus statue from NM library
- Clinton: Civic leaders must seize historic moment
- Republicans: Report on financial crisis was biased
- Jury convicts NJ man in slain British tourist case
| Judge denies immunity to former Somali leader Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:41 PM PST A judge has denied legal immunity to a former Somali prime minister now living in northern Virginia who is accused in a federal lawsuit of torture and war crimes.           |
| Asked about WikiLeaks, Breyer gives away little Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer tantalized a Florida audience with his comments about the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but gave away little about his legal stance.  |
| Why is NYSE selling? It's a matter of pennies Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST While executives were finishing a deal to sell the New York Stock Exchange to a German rival, the NYSE was locked in a separate, smaller battle with three dozen competitors. The prize was the right to deliver shares of Coca-Cola stock to an investor who wanted 400 of them.  |
| Sen. Brown reveals he was sexually abused as child Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST Sen. Scott Brown has revealed he was sexually abused as a child several times by a camp counselor and has detailed physical abuse by a stepfather.  |
| Madoff victims' trustee disputes report of meeting Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST The trustee seeking to recover money for victims of Bernard Madoff's vast Ponzi scheme disputes a report in which the disgraced financier claims the two met.  |
| Ohio ready to execute Cleveland campus killer of 3 Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST The state prepared to execute a condemned killer Thursday, a Nazi sympathizer who shot to death two men and a teen more than a quarter century ago on the campus of Cleveland State University in a shooting spree over several months that evolved from "hunting parties" that targeted blacks.  |
| AP Source: Facebook founder to meet with Obama Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among a group of technology business leaders that President Barack Obama plans to meet with Thursday in San Francisco.  |
| GOP bill would cancel rural air service subsidies Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST A House committee has approved eliminating a program that subsidizes air service to small airports, often in remote communities.  |
| WH: Obama wants civil discussion over spending Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST The White House says President Barack Obama wants a civil and reasonable discussion with Republicans as he negotiates reductions in Social Security and Medicare spending.  |
| Political fight over Guantanamo won't die Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST The latest round in the political fight that has blocked the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees into the United States is playing out in the new federal budget.  |
| Mass. man accused of misleading cops in 2 deaths Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST A man who lives in the same Massachusetts apartment building as a woman and toddler whose bodies were discovered in a trash bin has been arrested on a charge of misleading police.  |
| Giffords' friends in Congress to hold fundraiser Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST Congressional friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Tucson congresswoman shot in January, are holding a campaign fundraiser next month for her 2012 election.  |
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| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST The following recalls have been announced: --About 500,000 bassinets made by Burlington Basket Co. recalled over concerns that they could collapse if not assembled properly. All bassinets were made by the Iowa-based company before June of last year. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the bassinets can collapse if the support rails that hold the basket are not fully locked ...  |
| Are companies excluding jobless from applying? Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:22 AM PST Federal officials say they're concerned about reports that some companies are trying to exclude the unemployed from applying for job openings.  |
| Gates: Egypt a case for diplomats, not US forces Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling a congressional panel that he cannot imagine sending U.S. ground forces as a response to civil unrest in Egypt or elsewhere in the Mideast.  |
| Someone swipes giant cactus statue from NM library Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST Police in Albuquerque, N.M., are investigating a thorny theft case of gigantic proportions. KOB-TV reports someone stole a giant fiberglass cactus Monday night from behind a public library.  |
| Clinton: Civic leaders must seize historic moment Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:31 AM PST Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging civic leaders in the Middle East and beyond to seize the "historic moment" for democratic change sparked by popular uprisings that toppled autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.  |
| Republicans: Report on financial crisis was biased Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST House Republicans say a government report concluding the near financial meltdown of 2008 was avoidable was an ideological exercise by Democrats, not an objective study.  |
| Jury convicts NJ man in slain British tourist case Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST A New Jersey man who admitted killing one of Britain's most eligible bachelors was convicted Wednesday of reckless manslaughter and weapons offenses stemming from the August 2007 slaying.  |
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