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Town, experts baffled by shooting of Colo. couple

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PST

Ultimately, experts say, the stunned citizens of the farm town on Colorado's far eastern plains will be offered a probable explanation for the slayings of a churchgoing couple, allegedly by their 12-year-old son.

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Fort Hood survivor hospitalized after new injury

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:51 PM PST

A soldier severely wounded in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage has made a remarkable recovery in the past 16 months but is hospitalized again after an unexpected injury.

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Ill. Prof. apologizes for sex-toy demonstration

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PST

A Northwestern University professor apologized Saturday for letting a couple demonstrate the use of a sex toy after one of his classes, but he said he still sees "absolutely no harm" in what happened.

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Democrats, GOP stall on talks over Wis. union bill

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:10 PM PST

Negotiations have stalled in Wisconsin over Republican-backed efforts to strip most public workers from their collective bargaining rights, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday as pro-union demonstrators neared their third straight week of protests at the state Capitol.

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Student in Brown rape suit seeks judge's recusal

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:01 PM PST

A federal judge is set to decide whether to recuse himself from a lawsuit brought by a former Brown University student who says he was falsely accused of rape.

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Mother of girl in anti-abortion ad wants apology

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PST

A New Jersey mother who was shocked to learn that her 6-year-old daughter's face was on a provocative anti-abortion billboard in New York says she's angry she hasn't received an apology from the group responsible for the advertisement.

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Ala. man wants charge dismissed in bride's death

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PST

An Alabama man accused of killing his wife during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia has asked a judge to dismiss murder charges.

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Judges weigh appeal in sensational NY murder trial

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:53 AM PST

The doctor was murdered in the middle of a bustling park on a sunny October day in front of his 4-year-old daughter, shot in the back by a man cloaked in black. His estranged wife, Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova, was there, trying to help as he lay bleeding.

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AP Enterprise: US push not halting guns to Mexico

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:51 AM PST

Federal agents are barely able to slow the river of American guns flowing into Mexico.

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Rescuers: 2 dogs shot in the head at SC landfill

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:41 AM PST

Animal rescuers in South Carolina say they have found two dogs shot in the head and buried at a landfill, and they suspect there may be many more.

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21 airlines fined for fixing passenger, cargo fees

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PST

When the airline industry took a nose dive a decade ago, executives at global carriers scrambled to find a quick fix to avoid financial ruin.

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In union strongholds, residents wrestle with cuts

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PST

There once was a time when Harry and Nancy Harrington -- their teenage children in tow -- walked the picket line outside the nursing home where she was a medical aide, protesting the lack of a pension plan for the unionized work force.

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Trial ordered 35 years after fatal Pa. brawl

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 06:51 AM PST

A Philadelphia man has been ordered to stand trial on a homicide charge in the 2009 death of a man injured in a suburban shooting more than three and one-half decades ago.

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Anti-abortion plans pose dilemma for Republicans

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST

Restrict abortion or cut spending? The Republicans' "Pledge for America" says the new majority will do both. But negotiations over the federal budget threaten to force the GOP, including its 87 House freshmen, to choose between them.

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Obama calls for common ground on budget

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:11 AM PST

President Barack Obama is urging lawmakers to find common ground on a budget deal to avert a government shutdown and says he's willing to agree to steeper cuts to get there.

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Utah Legislature passes immigration reform package

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:41 AM PST

Utah lawmakers have approved an immigration package that includes an enforcement law reminiscent of Arizona's but tempered with a guest worker program for illegal immigrants.

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The nation's weather

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PST

Much of the eastern third of the U.S. will see precipitation Saturday as a major storm strengthens as it moves from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast. As the storm treks eastward, it will pick up abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and spread ample rain east of the Mississippi Valley and across the Appalachian Mountains. Thunderstorms will shadow ...

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Tucson suspect charged with murders of judge, aide

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:11 AM PST

The suspect in the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was hit with dozens of new charges as federal prosecutors formally accused him of killing six people and wounding 13 others during a Tucson shooting rampage.

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Rescue ends for man seen alive in abandoned mine

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:51 AM PST

A priest has given last rites to a man who fell into a Nevada mine shaft so deep and treacherous that rescuers have abandoned efforts to reach him, officials say.

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