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- ACLU sues school system over long-hair suspension
- Tax refunds average $3,000, add $300B to economy
- Fake massage parlor inspector demands rubdown
- Mo. to drop extended benefits for unemployed
- Wis. judge halts governor's union law plans
- Goodbye to federal funding for 2012 candidates
- 175 tons of dead sardines scooped from CA marina
- Mass. DA to release file in '08 Craigslist killing
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- Envoy says high-rank Libyans trying to defect
- No NM charges in case of body parts sent to Kansas
- Calif. teacher pension fund will need more cash
- Dog that ran into Ky. cave rescued after 10 days
- NY Legislature passes rare on-time budget
- Texas rep says drug cartels threatening US agents
- Obama health idea could mean better care, savings
- Official: Kids gave 'flu shot' with found needle
- UK: No immunity for Libyan minister
- Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week
- Showdown in Congress over US gov't transparency
| ACLU sues school system over long-hair suspension Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Louisiana school system that suspended a 13-year-old Native American student for having long hair, which violates the dress code.           |
| Tax refunds average $3,000, add $300B to economy Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT Here's a potential boost for the economy: The Internal Revenue Service expects to issue up to $300 billion in tax refunds this year.  |
| Fake massage parlor inspector demands rubdown Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT A California man is charged with demanding a rubdown and $200 while pretending to be a massage parlor inspector.  |
| Mo. to drop extended benefits for unemployed Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT Thousands of people in Missouri who have been unemployed for more than a year soon will lose their jobless benefits. When they do, it will mark a significant new victory for fiscal hawks, who have seized upon government spending for the unemployed to make a symbolic stand against the federal deficit.  |
| Wis. judge halts governor's union law plans Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PDT A Wisconsin judge on Thursday did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn't, halting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plans -- at least temporarily -- to cut most public workers' pay and strip them of most of their union rights.  |
| Goodbye to federal funding for 2012 candidates Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PDT A cornerstone of U.S. politics since the 1970s, public funding of presidential campaigns may soon go the way of other relics of the era like long sideburns and lava lamps. Neither President Barack Obama nor any of the leading 2012 Republican contenders is expected to accept federal matching funds and the limits they impose.  |
| 175 tons of dead sardines scooped from CA marina Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PDT Three weeks after a huge fish die-off in Southern California, officials have a body count but still can't say what drove 175 tons of sardines into a marina.  |
| Mass. DA to release file in '08 Craigslist killing Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:41 AM PDT Massachusetts prosecutors say they will release files associated with the case of a man accused of killing a woman he met through Craigslist.  |
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| Envoy says high-rank Libyans trying to defect Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PDT A top Libyan diplomat now supporting the opposition says most high-rank Libyan officials are trying to defect but are under tight security and having difficulty leaving the country.  |
| No NM charges in case of body parts sent to Kansas Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT New Mexico authorities won't file criminal charges in a grisly case that began a year ago when seven heads, a torso and several limbs were discovered at a Kansas medical waste facility, a county prosecutor said Thursday.  |
| Calif. teacher pension fund will need more cash Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PDT The pension fund for California's teachers is facing a $56 billion shortfall, even as its investments are doing better than expected.  |
| Dog that ran into Ky. cave rescued after 10 days Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:02 AM PDT A dog that chased a raccoon into a Kentucky cave has been rescued after 10 days underground.  |
| NY Legislature passes rare on-time budget Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT After a year of scandal, gridlock and the designation as the most dysfunctional state governing body in the nation, New York's Legislature hopes the rare on-time budget it approved early Thursday turns the page on a nasty chapter for the two-century-old body.  |
| Texas rep says drug cartels threatening US agents Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT A Texas congressman says Mexican drug cartel members threatened to kill U.S. agents working on the American side of the border this month.  |
| Obama health idea could mean better care, savings Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT The Obama administration has come out with a new approach to medical care that it says could mean higher quality care for patients, while also saving money for taxpayers and employers.  |
| Official: Kids gave 'flu shot' with found needle Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT School officials in Massachusetts say two elementary school children were given medical attention after they played doctor with a hypodermic needle that one of them found on the street on his way to school.  |
| UK: No immunity for Libyan minister Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:52 AM PDT Britain refused Thursday to offer Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa immunity from prosecution after his apparent defection, but said his departure would hearten rebels fighting to topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime.  |
| Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PDT Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring.  |
| Showdown in Congress over US gov't transparency Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:41 AM PDT Republicans in Congress are set to air results from one of their first formal investigations of the Obama administration, an inquiry into secretive reviews by political advisers at the Homeland Security Department of hundreds of requests for government files under the Freedom of Information Act.  |
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