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Fla. boy doused in chemicals in better condition

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:41 PM PST

A Florida boy who was critically injured when he was doused in chemicals, allegedly by his father, is improving in condition, a state official said Saturday.

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Dozens of fires burning in mid-Atlantic region

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Strong winds, mild temperatures and extremely dry air are contributing to dozens of wildfires across the mid-Atlantic region.

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Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Ex-US officials call for lifting of terror label

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:11 PM PST

Former top-ranking U.S. officials on Saturday urged the Obama administration to take an Iranian dissident group off its list of terrorist organizations, saying the move would raise pressure on Tehran at a time when authoritarian regimes are tottering across the Middle East.

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Search on for missing Ohio couple, murder suspect

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:00 PM PST

A relative of an elderly Ohio couple missing since Wednesday says their family believes they're with a man suspected of murdering a woman found dead this week in the town where the couple lives.

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160 safely evacuated from stopped Maine ski lift

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

About 160 people have been evacuated from a chair lift at Maine's Sunday River ski resort. No one was injured.

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NYC stabbing spree fits no mold; suspect indicted

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 11:30 AM PST

A Ukraine-born man accused in a bloody stabbing rampage across New York City that left four dead and four wounded has been indicted on murder charges.

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Strong winds topple National Christmas Tree

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 11:10 AM PST

Strong winds have toppled the National Christmas Tree. The Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS department reports that the tree fell over Saturday morning. There were no injuries or other damage.

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Alleged shooter's reclusive father retreats more

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 10:00 AM PST

Randy Loughner was always reclusive. But since his son's alleged shooting rampage last month, the father has shut himself behind what one neighbor calls "an elaborate cage."

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State budget fights fire up union; Obama involved

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST

Organized labor is trying to re-energize and take advantage of the growing backlash from the wave of anti-union sentiment in Wisconsin and more than a dozen other states.

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The elite serve the homeless at Harvard shelter

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST

The privileged mingle with those on the fringes of society at what's believed to be the only entirely student-run homeless shelter in the country.

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Conn. governor's approach to budget mess is unique

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST

While other governors are waging tense battles with state employees, proposing deep spending cuts and taking no-tax-increase pledges to cover their budget shortfalls, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy -- whose wealthy state faces the largest per capita deficit in the nation -- is taking a different tack.

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Brown not interest in pursuing alleged attacker

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:50 AM PST

Sen. Scott Brown has told a prosecutor he doesn't want to seek criminal charges against the former summer camp counselor he says sexually assaulted him 40 years ago on Cape Cod.

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NJ gov. cuts more than the budget: his poundage

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:50 AM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has cut more than the state budget in his first year in office.

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Pa. priest defends self on radio in abuse case

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

A suspended Philadelphia priest is calling allegations of child sex abuse "completely and totally a lie."

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Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:30 AM PST

Obama coaches Sasha's team, but without Sasha

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

President Barack Obama stepped in to help coach his younger daughter's basketball team even when she wasn't there.

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Big names eye real estate in blighted SF downtown

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:21 AM PST

Josette Melchor spends much of her time devising ways to lure art lovers into the contemporary exhibition space she runs in downtown San Francisco, halfway between the city's Civic Center and bustling Union Square.

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State budget fights fire up union; Obama involved

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

Organized labor is trying to re-energize and take advantage of the growing backlash from the wave of anti-union sentiment in Wisconsin and more than a dozen other states.

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A horse-drawn trek toward a 'do-over' in life

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 07:41 AM PST

Bridles jingle and heavy hooves tap a metronomic clip-clop as the ungainly wagon claims yet another mile.

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