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- 180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
- 1 officer wounded, others shot at in rural Va.
- Philly man gets 2 to 7 years in puppy burning case
- Nations close in on Guatemalan massacre suspects
- NYC plans $3B transformation of waterfront
- Mourners pay respects to last WWI veteran
- Man swept out to sea sought a new beginning
- 4 shot following fight on Hollywood party bus
- Pilots lock down cockpit over praying passengers
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- Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet
- Clinton spokesman resigns after WikiLeaks flap
- Case of mayor's money puts NY party in costly spot
- NYPD: Suspect pushed officer to death over railing
- Dems hope to taint Romney with health law praise
- Ky. restaurant gone adrift to head back to shore
| 180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:01 PM PDT Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion Sunday at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and up to 160 may have been exposed to radiation.           |
| 1 officer wounded, others shot at in rural Va. Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT Emergency dispatchers say a man in the mountains has shot at police officers in the southwestern Virginia community of Grundy and at least one deputy has been wounded.  |
| Philly man gets 2 to 7 years in puppy burning case Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT A Philadelphia man accused of pouring rubbing alcohol on his family's puppy and setting it on fire in front of his children has been sentenced to two to seven years in prison.  |
| Nations close in on Guatemalan massacre suspects Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT Nearly 30 years after an elite Guatemalan military force raped and slaughtered residents of a tiny village, U.S. and Canadian authorities are closing in on some of the alleged perpetrators.  |
| NYC plans $3B transformation of waterfront Posted: 13 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PDT New York City's first waterfront plan in two decades envisions a metropolis where residents relax by fishing or biking in parks, kayak in the Hudson River, commute by ferry, and buy items that were brought to their neighborhood via barge.  |
| Mourners pay respects to last WWI veteran Posted: 13 Mar 2011 01:22 PM PDT Friends, fellow veterans and complete strangers are paying their respects to the last American veteran of World War I.  |
| Man swept out to sea sought a new beginning Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:50 PM PDT Leaving his teenage drug abuse behind in Oregon, Dustin Weber was seeking a new beginning along California's rugged far northern coast, happy to be in the land of his mother's heritage, the Yurok Tribe.  |
| 4 shot following fight on Hollywood party bus Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT Los Angeles police are searching for a suspect who shot and wounded four people following a fight on a bus filled with revelers on a night out in Hollywood.  |
| Pilots lock down cockpit over praying passengers Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities after three passengers conducted an elaborate orthodox Jewish prayer ritual during their Los Angeles-bound flight.  |
| No harmful levels of radioactivity expected in US Posted: 13 Mar 2011 12:40 PM PDT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says harmful levels of radioactivity are not expected in the United States due to damaged nuclear reactors in Japan.  |
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| Openness in state gov't? AP survey shows obstacles Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT More openness in government. Lawmakers across the country, including the Republicans who took control in many states this year, say they want it. But a survey of all 50 states by The Associated Press has found that efforts to boost openness often are being thwarted by old patterns of secrecy.  |
| How people can help Japanese earthquake recovery Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:30 AM PDT The U.S. government and other nations were sending personnel to assist Japan in its response to the earthquakes and tsunami that have devastated the country. U.S. aid groups were accepting private donations for relief efforts.  |
| Boy, 4, who fell off escalator at Mass. mall dies Posted: 13 Mar 2011 11:00 AM PDT A 4-year-old boy who fell off an escalator and onto a first-floor display case at a Massachusetts mall has died.  |
| Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:51 AM PDT Redwoods and sequoias towering majestically over California's northern coast. Oaks up to 1,000 years old nestled in a secluded corner of Ireland. The legendary cedars of Lebanon.  |
| Clinton spokesman resigns after WikiLeaks flap Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:40 AM PDT Chief State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley quit on Sunday after causing a stir by describing the Army's treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "ridiculous" and "stupid," pointed words that forced President Barack Obama to defend the detention as appropriate.  |
| Case of mayor's money puts NY party in costly spot Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:52 AM PDT New York state's Independence Party bills itself as blasting a straightforward new path through two-party politics, a route for free thinkers more interested in problem-solving than political intrigue. But now the state's third-largest party is increasingly embroiled in high-stakes intrigue of its own.  |
| NYPD: Suspect pushed officer to death over railing Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT Police say a New York City officer responding to a domestic violence call was preparing to take a suspect into custody when the man shoved him over a railing and he fell 9 feet down a cement stairwell to his death.  |
| Dems hope to taint Romney with health law praise Posted: 13 Mar 2011 09:12 AM PDT President Barack Obama and other top Democrats have been quick to lavish praise on former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney for signing the sweeping health care law in 2006 that laid the groundwork for Obama's national health care overhaul.  |
| Ky. restaurant gone adrift to head back to shore Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT Crews are working to move a floating restaurant back to shore after it partially tore loose from its moorings and stranded more than 80 people on board for hours.  |
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