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- Report: 27.5 million uprooted by violence
- Court: No gay marriages in CA during appeal
- Boston lawyer charged in scheme to hide drug money
- 2nd woman charged in Indiana toddler's death
- Baker joins AP bureau in Olympia, Wash.
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- NYC money man who faked royal role gets prison
- Ammonia leak at Ky. meat plant spurs evacuation
- Former Qwest CEO sues ex-attorneys for negligence
- Court weighs if age should figure into questioning
- Family: Freeze assets of Philadelphia abortion doc
- Fact sheet: 2011 BMW 750i ActiveHybrid
- Big BMW sedan adds hybrid
- NJ jury to hear triple-slay defendant's statement
- Welfare workers charged in gaunt NY girl's death
- MLK parade bomb case suspect due Wash. court
- Correction: Vermont Yankee-License
- Gates to urge Egypt's peaceful move to democracy
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- Defiant Ring faces third trial in Abramoff scandal
| Report: 27.5 million uprooted by violence Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:02 PM PDT The number of people around the world uprooted by conflict or violence and displaced within their country has increased to 27.5 million, the highest figure in the last decade, according to a new report released Wednesday.           |
| Court: No gay marriages in CA during appeal Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to allow gay marriages to take place in California while it considers the constitutionality of the state's ban.  |
| Boston lawyer charged in scheme to hide drug money Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT A prominent Boston defense attorney is denying charges that he laundered more than $225,000 in drug money.  |
| 2nd woman charged in Indiana toddler's death Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT An Indiana woman who told police she held the legs of a 2-year-old Fort Wayne boy while his mother forced him to drink a concoction of olive oil and vinegar because they thought it would exorcise demons from him has been charged in his death.  |
| Baker joins AP bureau in Olympia, Wash. Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT Investigative reporter Mike Baker is joining the Olympia bureau of The Associated Press. Baker currently works in the AP's bureau in Raleigh, N.C., where he has covered such high-profile stories as the scandals surrounding politician John Edwards and the military contracting firm Blackwater. He was part of award-winning AP teams that covered the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood and 2010 ...  |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PDT  |
| NYC money man who faked royal role gets prison Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT A money manager who pretended to oversee a Belgian royal family's American investments is headed to a New York prison for a $7 million scam.  |
| Ammonia leak at Ky. meat plant spurs evacuation Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT A Louisville, Ky., meat-packing plant has been evacuated and residents nearby were advised to stay indoors after anhydrous ammonia vapor leaked from the facility.  |
| Former Qwest CEO sues ex-attorneys for negligence Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:32 AM PDT Former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio is suing the lawyers who represented him in his insider trading case, claiming they were negligent and "grossly overbilled" him.  |
| Court weighs if age should figure into questioning Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:22 AM PDT The Supreme Court seems ready to force courts to take age into consideration when examining whether a child is in custody and must be given Miranda rights.  |
| Family: Freeze assets of Philadelphia abortion doc Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:22 AM PDT The family of a woman who died in a botched abortion wants a Philadelphia court to freeze the jailed doctor's assets.  |
| Fact sheet: 2011 BMW 750i ActiveHybrid Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT 2011 BMW 750i ActiveHybrid BASE PRICE: $102,300.  |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT Gasoline-electric hybrid versions of BMW's big, 2011 BMW 7-Series sedans come with the federal government's lowest fuel economy rating of all regular-production hybrids.  |
| NJ jury to hear triple-slay defendant's statement Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT Testimony has resumed in the trial of one of six men charged with killing three college-bound friends in Newark.  |
| Welfare workers charged in gaunt NY girl's death Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PDT A special investigative grand jury will be convened to look at evidence of what a prosecutor calls "systemic failure" at New York City's child welfare agency after the death of an emaciated 4-year-old girl.  |
| MLK parade bomb case suspect due Wash. court Posted: 23 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PDT A Washington man indicted on charges of placing a bomb along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane will be arraigned in federal court.  |
| Correction: Vermont Yankee-License Posted: 23 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PDT In a March 21 story on the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant being granted a 20-year license extension by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Associated Press erroneously reported the expiration year of the plant's state permit. It expires in 2012; it did not expire in 2010.  |
| Gates to urge Egypt's peaceful move to democracy Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:51 AM PDT Defense Secretary Robert Gates is taking stock of Egypt's early steps toward democracy, and urging military leaders to remain committed to a calm transition as well as the Middle East peace process.  |
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| Defiant Ring faces third trial in Abramoff scandal Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PDT The Justice Department is putting a former junior associate at Jack Abramoff's firm on trial for a third time, making the recalcitrant and little-known lobbyist the most prosecuted figure in the influence-peddling scandal.  |
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