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US: Gadhafi's denials of violence are 'delusional'
US: Libya fires anti-Gadhafi ambassador to US
With vet's passing, WWI is another kind of history
Parents on hard high school homework: Carpe diem!
Tenn. hobbyist's venomous snakes may lead to jail
Dayton pulls back income surtax as deficit shrinks
Request to move Conn. home invasion trial rejected
UN humanitarian chief worried over Libya access
Kids left alone before deadly Texas day care fire
Center aims to boost lives of young Indians
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Taco Bell unveils new ads in beef image campaign
Pa. woman gets life plus 30 in collar bomb death
Trial begins in Utah oil-gas lease auction case
Mo. man accused of stabbing dean ruled incompetent
Obama offers states health care leeway
US citizen recalls 'humiliating' post-9/11 arrest
Correction: Space shuttle story
Pilot killed in small plane crash in Utah
Mich. man accused of online child sex exploitation

US: Gadhafi's denials of violence are 'delusional'

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 01:01 PM PST

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's assertion that his regime is not using force against its own people is "delusional"

US: Libya fires anti-Gadhafi ambassador to US

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

The State Department says the Libyan government has fired its ambassador to the United States and replaced him with a loyalist of leader Moammar Gadhafi.

With vet's passing, WWI is another kind of history

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

What was it like? What was it like in the trenches? What was it like in all those places whose names have faded in the dusty recesses of memory, places like Ypres and Gallipoli, Verdun and the Marne? What was it like to fight the war that was supposed to make the world safe for democracy?

Parents on hard high school homework: Carpe diem!

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

Parents who help with homework think they have it bad with wacky new math in the lower grades. Try the ablative case in the second declension for high school Latin.

Tenn. hobbyist's venomous snakes may lead to jail

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

Chuck Hurd says he has been "hooked on venom" for years, a love for snakes that began as a boy when he collected them on his family farm and evolved into a profitable hobby. It never led him to trouble with the law until an acquaintance died from a copperhead bite.

Dayton pulls back income surtax as deficit shrinks

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is withdrawing his call for a 3 percent surtax on top incomes and reducing proposed cuts to nursing homes in light of a smaller projected state deficit.

Request to move Conn. home invasion trial rejected

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST

A judge has ruled that the trial of a Connecticut man charged with killing a mother and her two daughters during a notorious home invasion should not be moved out of New Haven.

UN humanitarian chief worried over Libya access

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST

U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos says she's worried that fighting in and around the Libyan capital of Tripoli is preventing international aid agencies from assessing the medical, food and other needs there.

Kids left alone before deadly Texas day care fire

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:51 AM PST

Investigators say a Houston day care operator left the children she was caring for alone, while a stove top burner was on, before a fire at the home that killed four children.

Center aims to boost lives of young Indians

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST

Young Native Americans commit suicide at a rate more than three times the national average. Now a private program has been created to focus on improving the lives of young Indians.

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Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:40 AM PST

Taco Bell unveils new ads in beef image campaign

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST

Taco Bell is taking its campaign to battle damage to its image from a lawsuit questioning its taco filling to television.

Pa. woman gets life plus 30 in collar bomb death

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:11 AM PST

A Pennsylvania woman convicted in a bizarre bank robbery plot involving the death of a pizza delivery driver killed by a bomb strapped to his neck will spend the rest of her life in prison even though the victim's family doesn't believe she was involved.

Trial begins in Utah oil-gas lease auction case

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:01 AM PST

About 400 environmental activists marched to the federal courthouse Monday to support a man facing trial this week on charges that he thwarted a 2008 oil-and-gas lease auction to bring attention to climate change.

Mo. man accused of stabbing dean ruled incompetent

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

A Missouri man accused of stabbing a community college dean believing him to be Gov. Jay Nixon has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Obama offers states health care leeway

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST

President Barack Obama is offering to let states unhappy with his health care overhaul design their own plans as long as they fulfill the goals of his landmark law.

US citizen recalls 'humiliating' post-9/11 arrest

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:22 AM PST

Handcuffed and marched through Washington's Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing, the man with the long, dark beard could only imagine what people were thinking.

Correction: Space shuttle story

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:22 AM PST

In a story Feb. 24 about Discovery's final launch, The Associated Press reversed the order of the space shuttles on the last two missions. The next scheduled flight is by Endeavour in April, followed by Atlantis in June.