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About 200 homes evacuated due to Colo. wildfire

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:31 PM PST

About 200 homes have been evacuated in the foothills north of Boulder, Colo., because of a 20-acre wildfire.

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Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:31 PM PST

US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PST

Army Spc. Joshua R. Campbell The youngest of four brothers, 22-year-old Joshua Campbell grew up to enjoy working on cars and trucks, and fishing.

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Last suspect takes plea offer in NJ child sex case

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PST

Prosecutors in Trenton, N.J., have agreed to drop all sex charges against the last of six defendants charged in what police initially said was the gang-rape of a 7-year-old girl pimped out by her 15-year-old stepsister.

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Alaska House urges TSA to reconsider pat-downs

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PST

The Alaska House of Representatives has passed a resolution urging the Transportation Security Administration to reconsider its use of full-body pat-downs and calling on Congress to exercise greater oversight over the agency.

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US troops who have died in Iraq and Kuwait

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 01:12 PM PST

Army Sgt. Lashawn D. Evans Shawn Evans' first shot at high school, at Richland Northeast, was a bit rough, one of his school counselors said. He could have fallen through the cracks and never received a diploma. But he switched schools and kept pushing.

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US says Japan earthquake left billions in damage

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PST

A massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday was the strongest quake in the area in nearly 1,200 years.

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Appeals court tosses Alaska lawmaker's conviction

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:31 AM PST

A federal appeals court has tossed out the conviction and ordered a new trial for former Alaska lawmaker Victor Kohring, finding that prosecutors had withheld information that could have been favorable to him.

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CA prosecutor resigns over warrant for his arrest

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:31 AM PST

A prosecutor for a central California county has resigned after his superiors discovered he had been working despite a nearly-year-old warrant for his arrest.

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Judge rules against Kan. parents in education suit

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:31 AM PST

A federal judge has ruled that parents in a suburban Kansas City school district cannot seek a local tax increase that would circumvent Kansas limits on school funding.

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US extends sanctions on Gadhafi clan, advisers

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 11:31 AM PST

The Obama administration has extended sanctions to more Gadhafi family members and the chief of Libya's military intelligence.

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Obama says US is tightening noose on Libyan leader

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 10:02 AM PST

President Barack Obama says the United States and its allies are tightening the noose around Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

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Heating oil use falls as prices, irritation rise

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 10:02 AM PST

Home heating oil prices have been rising fast, but heating oil consumption has been going the other way in recent years.

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US judge denies convicted Somali pirates' appeals

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PST

A federal judge has denied the appeals of five Somali men convicted of piracy for attacking a U.S. Navy ship off Africa.

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Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PST

Obama prepared to tap petroleum reserve if needed

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PST

President Barack Obama says he's prepared to tap the country's emergency oil reserve should the situation demand it.

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Father of 3 missing boys arraigned on new charges

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 09:41 AM PST

A southern Michigan man whose three young sons have been missing since Thanksgiving has been arraigned on additional charges in their disappearance.

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3-week bill likely to buy time for spending talks

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PST

Congressional officials in both parties say the House and Senate are on track to pass a three-week stopgap measure to buy more time for negotiations between the Obama administration and Capitol Hill Republicans on a longer-term budget bill.

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House GOP wants to end emergency mortgage aid

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PST

Republicans and Democrats are battling over the latest GOP push to kill federal aid to struggling homeowners.

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EU: Military action would need EU, Arab support

Posted: 11 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PST

The European Union says it is keeping the military option open to protect the population in Libya but any action would need the backing of the United Nations and the Arab League.

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