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• Officials: Up to 73,000 more Afghan forces needed
• Officials: Up to 73,000 more Afghan forces needed
• Pa. teens get curfew, monitoring in taped bullying
• White House aims to revamp education law by summer
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• Man wants to change plea in Ohio airplane pot case
• War troops to undergo 'don't ask' repeal classes
• Source: Attackers in Mexico ran US agents off road
• ICE auditing 1,000 more companies' hiring records
• Mich. gov. to take $1 salary in 'shared sacrifice'
• High court asked to end non-unanimous convictions
• Jury acquits Pa. man who uses wiry hair defense
• Gates: Prospect very low that Guantanamo closes
• Boehner: Read my lips, we're going to cut spending
• Lawsuit alleges sex abuse by former Boston doctor
• Fed may reconsider plan to limit debit card fees
• 6 LA firefighters hurt in Hollywood Hills blaze
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• Ball field named for young shooting victim
• Jury resumes deliberations in Pa. judge trial

Officials: Up to 73,000 more Afghan forces needed Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST The Obama administration is debating proposals that would increase Afghan security forces by up to 73,000, as officials wonder how much Afghanistan can absorb and what the U.S. can afford.

Officials: Up to 73,000 more Afghan forces needed Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST The Obama administration is debating proposals that would increase Afghan security forces by up to 73,000, as officials wonder how much Afghanistan can absorb and what the U.S. can afford.

Pa. teens get curfew, monitoring in taped bullying Posted: 17 Feb 2011 12:01 PM PST A judge has ordered five juveniles who admitted taking part in the videotaped bullying of a 13-year-old Philadelphia-area boy to abide by a curfew and 45 days of home monitoring.

White House aims to revamp education law by summer Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST The Obama administration set a goal Thursday of revamping the federal No Child Left Behind education law before students start the next school year in the fall, a timeframe likely to clash with the priorities of congressional Republicans.

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Man wants to change plea in Ohio airplane pot case Posted: 17 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST A federal court document indicates that a California man wants to change his not-guilty pleas in what the government says was a scheme to fly thousands of pounds of marijuana to Ohio in suitcases.

War troops to undergo 'don't ask' repeal classes Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST A U.S. general in Afghanistan says Marines under his command will undergo training to prepare for the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay troops before they return home.

Source: Attackers in Mexico ran US agents off road Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST A U.S. law enforcement official says the two federal agents shot on a northern Mexico highway were forced off the road by armed men in at least two vehicles.

ICE auditing 1,000 more companies' hiring records Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:33 AM PST More U.S. businesses are about to feel the sting of the Obama administration's immigration enforcement strategy.

Mich. gov. to take $1 salary in 'shared sacrifice' Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:22 AM PST Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a millionaire former businessman, says he will accept just a $1 salary this year as part of his call for a "shared sacrifice" among state residents to help erase a massive budget shortfall.

High court asked to end non-unanimous convictions Posted: 17 Feb 2011 10:22 AM PST Almost anywhere in the United States, two holdouts among 12 jurors would prevent a conviction.

Jury acquits Pa. man who uses wiry hair defense Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST A Philadelphia man's wiry hair has helped him beat a robbery rap. The evidence against Timothy Corbett included surveillance footage and an eyewitness account, but his defense was that his stiff hair didn't match the tousled appearance of the man in the video. The Bucks County jury agreed Wednesday, finding him not guilty of charges including robbery and terroristic threats.

Gates: Prospect very low that Guantanamo closes Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the prospects of closing Guantanamo Bay are very low, and it's become harder to release detainees because he has to certify they will not be a danger.

Boehner: Read my lips, we're going to cut spending Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says read his lips: the freewheeling House debate over cutting federal spending won't derail actual reductions his Republican party promised on the campaign trail.

Lawsuit alleges sex abuse by former Boston doctor Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:41 AM PST A former pediatrician is accused a lawsuit filed Thursday of giving medically unnecessary genital exams to dozens of boys over nearly two decades.

Fed may reconsider plan to limit debit card fees Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:11 AM PST The Federal Reserve told Congress on Thursday that it may reconsider its proposal to limit the fee that banks charge merchants for debit card transactions to 12 cents per swipe, the latest twist in a battle over billions of dollars.

6 LA firefighters hurt in Hollywood Hills blaze Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:41 AM PST One of six Los Angeles firefighters hurt when a ceiling collapsed on them at a Hollywood Hills home is fighting for his life.

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Ball field named for young shooting victim Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST The youngest victim of the Tucson shootings is being honored with a Little League baseball field named in her honor.

Jury resumes deliberations in Pa. judge trial Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:21 AM PST A federal jury is deliberating in the corruption trial of a former northeastern Pennsylvania judge charged in a $2.8 million scheme involving two privately owned juvenile detention centers.

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