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- Utility crews before Calif. blast: 'We're screwed'
- Obama, Cameron discuss responses on Libya
- Iran asks US for new info on missing FBI agent
- FBI's new fingerprint system is faster
- State earlier probed safety of kids found in canal
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- New info on NJ soldier killed in Russian Roulette
- Millions of fish found dead in California marina
- US warns Zimbabwe over Iran nuke cooperation
- US 'heartland' near historic shift from Midwest
- Got $14K to spare? Pa. seller has the gown for you
- Exxon Mobil wins ruling in Alaska oil spill case
- Libby victims, state considering $43M settlement
- Rubenstein gives 2nd $10M to Kennedy Center
- Suit threatened on US syphilis tests in Guatemala
- Court upholds $311K award against debt collector
- Mom charged after tot walks into NY road with pot
- 59-year-old gets 5 years for Calif. bank heists
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- 11 to be enshrined in Women's Hall of Fame in NY
| Utility crews before Calif. blast: 'We're screwed' Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PST New call logs from a California pipeline explosion that killed eight people show that utility crews were scrambling to stop gas pressure surges and feared they would cause a "major, major problem."           |
| Obama, Cameron discuss responses on Libya Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:21 PM PST President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to plan for the "full spectrum of possible responses" on Libya including an arms embargo and a no-fly zone.  |
| Iran asks US for new info on missing FBI agent Posted: 08 Mar 2011 12:11 PM PST Iran urged the U.S. on Tuesday to provide new information about a retired FBI agent who disappeared inside the country, and says it will keep trying to discover his fate. "On a humanitarian basis, we will continue our efforts," to find Robert Levinson, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said at a weekly briefing.  |
| FBI's new fingerprint system is faster Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PST The FBI conducts 165,000 fingerprint checks a day and the job just got easier. The bureau has begun using a new computer system that takes just seven minutes to search a database of 70 million sets of fingerprints for a possible match with the fingerprints of a suspect. That's down from the old average search time of 17 minutes.  |
| State earlier probed safety of kids found in canal Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PST State officials say they probed the safety years ago of two children recently found dead in luggage in a South Florida canal, but no investigations were open at the time of their killings.  |
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| New info on NJ soldier killed in Russian Roulette Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST The Army says an Alaska soldier who killed himself in a drunken game of Russian roulette had completed two tours of duty in Iraq.  |
| Millions of fish found dead in California marina Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST Millions of fish have died in a Southern California marina and a spokeswoman says they apparently suffocated.  |
| US warns Zimbabwe over Iran nuke cooperation Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST The Obama administration is warning Zimbabwe that it could face penalties if it cooperates with Iran's nuclear program in violation of U.N. resolutions.  |
| US 'heartland' near historic shift from Midwest Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST America's population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures. The historic shift is changing the nation's politics and even the traditional notion of the country's heartland -- long the symbol of mainstream American beliefs and culture.  |
| Got $14K to spare? Pa. seller has the gown for you Posted: 08 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PST If diamonds are a girl's best friend, a made-to-order $14,000 prom dress is going to become a blingy BFF for a few free-spending fashionistas.  |
| Exxon Mobil wins ruling in Alaska oil spill case Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PST Exxon Mobil Corp. has won the latest round in a dispute with environmentalists who want more money to clean up oil left on the shoreline of Prince William Sound from the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill.  |
| Libby victims, state considering $43M settlement Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PST Legal papers show victims of asbestos contamination in the small town of Libby, Mont., are nearing a $43 million settlement over claims that state health officials failed to warn miners about the hazards of a deadly vermiculite mine.  |
| Rubenstein gives 2nd $10M to Kennedy Center Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PST Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein on Tuesday announced a second $10 million gift in less than six months to the Kennedy Center to help reach younger and more economically diverse audiences.  |
| Suit threatened on US syphilis tests in Guatemala Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PST Attorneys representing potentially thousands of Guatemalans affected by U.S. syphilis experiments decades ago say they will sue top federal health officials unless their claims are settled.  |
| Court upholds $311K award against debt collector Posted: 08 Mar 2011 09:21 AM PST A North Dakota law firm accused of trying to collect a debt after the statute of limitations expired is now the one that owes a lot of money.  |
| Mom charged after tot walks into NY road with pot Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PST Authorities have charged a 30-year-old New York woman with endangering the welfare of a child after police say her toddler wandered into an upstate road clutching a bag of marijuana.  |
| 59-year-old gets 5 years for Calif. bank heists Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PST A federal judge has sentenced Southern California's "Golden Years Bandit" to five years in prison.  |
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| 11 to be enshrined in Women's Hall of Fame in NY Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:11 AM PST Singer Billie Holiday, educator Donna Shalala and civil rights champion Coretta Scott King will be enshrined with eight others in the National Women's Hall of Fame.  |
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