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Police: Drinking preceded Russian roulette death

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST

Police say two Alaska-based soldiers were drinking heavily when they took up a deadly game of Russian roulette.

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Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST

Autopsies released for victims in Giffords attack

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:31 PM PST

Autopsy reports have been released for the six people killed in the January shooting rampage in Arizona that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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Burial for West Point grad killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

Family members have said goodbye to a 24-year-old Army officer during a ceremony at West Point, where he, his father and an older brother trained to become Army officers.

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Autopsies released for victims in Giffords attack

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

Autopsy reports have been released for the six people killed in the January shooting rampage in Arizona that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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RI judge holdup sends 2 dozen cases to NH, Mass.

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

Rhode Island's top federal judge says a four-year judicial vacancy left open amid partisan bickering in the U.S. Senate has led her court to take the unusual step of reassigning more than two dozen civil cases to judges in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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Paul leads off busy day in Iowa caucus politics

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:45 PM PST

Texas Rep. Ron Paul is leading off a busy day in Iowa for Republicans mulling presidential campaigns.

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NY judge orders DWI retrial amid crime lab woes

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:21 PM PST

A New York judge has ordered a retrial in a drunken driving case because of questions over the accuracy of results from the crime lab in Nassau County on Long Island.

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Man accused of assaulting passenger, air marshal

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:21 PM PST

A man on a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been charged in federal court with assaulting a passenger and a federal law enforcement officer.

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Teen to be tried as adult in officer's shooting

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PST

The 16-year-old accused of fatally shooting a police officer in Florida will be tried as an adult after being indicted on a first-degree murder charge.

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Correction: Kidnapped Girl Found

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PST

In a March 5 story about the possibility of a plea deal in the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping case, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the first name of a Golden Gate University criminal law professor. She is Susan Rutberg, not Nancy Rutberg.

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Report says too many whites, men leading military

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:21 AM PST

A new report says the U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies, including its ban on women in combat.

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USS Monterey deploys for European missile defense

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PST

A warship capable of detecting and shooting down ballistic missiles headed for the Mediterranean Sea on Monday as the U.S. started implementing its plan to protect Europe from a potential Iranian nuclear threat.

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Southwest joins other US airlines in raising fares

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PST

Southwest Airlines Co. has joined a sweeping increase of $10 in the price of many domestic round-trip airfares, citing the need to offset high fuel prices.

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Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PST

Obama officials push for S. Korea trade pact

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PST

The Obama administration is urging Congress not to delay an important trade deal with South Korea.

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NATO boosts Libya surveillance flights to 24/7

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PST

A senior U.S. official says NATO has decided to boost flights of surveillance planes over Libya as the alliance debates the utility of imposing a "no-fly zone" over the country.

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Pa.: No red flags over radioactivity in 7 rivers

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PST

Tests of water in Pennsylvania downriver from sewage treatment plants that handle wastewater from natural gas drilling raised no red flags for radioactivity, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Monday.

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Move to boost Hispanics' awareness of Alzheimer's

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PST

William Gonzalez's world collapsed when his wife of more than 50 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease four years ago. The 78-year-old Cuban immigrant knew little about the scourge that was gradually robbing his wife of a lifetime of memories.

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Raven knocks out power in downtown Anchorage

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PST

A raven to blame for an hour-long power outage Sunday afternoon in much of downtown Anchorage won't ever darken Alaska's largest city again.

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