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Ex-top Catholic official in Philly placed on leave

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST

A former top Roman Catholic church official in Philadelphia has been placed on administrative leave following charges of endangering children in connection with sexual abuse by priests.

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NYPD helicopter heroics rescue stranded cadets

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

A daring New York Police Department helicopter rescue in darkness and dangerous winds has safely delivered two West Point cadets from an 18-inch-wide ledge where they were stranded on a cliff 500 feet above the ground.

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Anniversary of deadly fire to be marked

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

About 200 people have gathered at the site of one of the nation's worst nightclub fires to mark its eighth anniversary.

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5 Ga. teens wounded in 'sweet 16' party shooting

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

Police say five teenagers were wounded in a shooting at a "sweet 16" birthday party in an Atlanta suburb.

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Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:20 PM PST

Police: Wounded gunman kills wife, NY officer

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:00 PM PST

A police officer was killed by a wounded, bleeding gunman who first shot his wife and then himself in a parked car, authorities said Sunday. The couple's 3-year-old daughter, who also was in the car, was physically unharmed.

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Report: Journalist died due to deputies' mistakes

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:40 AM PST

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies didn't target a Los Angeles Times journalist who was shot in the head with a tear gas missile 41 years ago, but made mistakes that led to his death, according to a draft report by a civilian watchdog agency.

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US warns citizens traveling to Libya

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:40 AM PST

The United States is urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Libya because of the continuing clashes between protesters and security forces, which so far have led to at least 200 deaths.

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Tenn. mom suspended for taking Marine son's call

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:40 AM PST

A Tennessee woman was suspended from her job for three days when she answered her cell phone on the job -- to take a call from her son, a Marine stationed in Afghanistan.

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Maine has record lobster harvest

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:30 AM PST

Preliminary figures show Maine fishermen caught a record 93.4 million pounds of lobster in 2010 valued at more than $308 million.

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Money for Ohio advanced energy grants runs out

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

An increase in demand for grants to fund solar panels and advanced energy projects in Ohio prompted the state to stop taking requests and has left many applicants without thousands of dollars they hoped or expected to get.

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Winter storm cancels hundreds of flights in Minn.

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:00 AM PST

Hundreds of flights at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have been canceled as a major winter storm blows into the state.

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Accused Mass. terror suspect renews bid for bail

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

A Massachusetts man accused in a terror plot to kill Americans is asking a judge to release him on bail as he awaits trial.

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Maine lawmakers wade into lobster trap dock flap

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

A Maine seaside dock without a pile of lobster traps is like chowder without clams. But as down-home as a Down East scene can be, the state wanted to kick the traps off one lobsterman's dock.

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Mass. banker to match immigrants' college savings

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:30 AM PST

It started with an immigration raid four years ago. From his Melrose home, Bob Hildreth watched the aftermath of federal immigration agents storming a New Bedford, Mass., leather factory and netting 350 suspected illegal immigrant workers from Guatemala and El Salvador. The event drew national attention when news reports showed the small children of some the detainees being cared for ...

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Anniversary of deadly fire to be marked

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:41 AM PST

Survivors of one of the nation's worst nightclub fires and relatives of those killed are set to mark the eighth anniversary of the tragedy.

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Wicked clever: New Englanders market their word

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:41 AM PST

New Englanders like to talk sports, weather -- and "wicked." Super Bowl or no, the Patriots are wicked awesome. It's been wicked cold out. And people are feeling wicked good or bad, depending on the day.

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Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:41 AM PST

Too high to drive? Colo. considers pot DUI law

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:41 AM PST

Colorado is considering setting a blood-test standard for what constitutes driving under the influence of marijuana.

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In Md., felt boots blamed for invasive 'rock snot'

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

As an algae with a gross nickname invades pristine trout streams across the U.S., Maryland is about to become the first state to enforce a ban on a type of footgear the organism uses to hitchhike from stream to stream: felt-soled fishing boots.

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