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US planes attack as US cuts back Libya mission
Vegas Mayor Goodman hopes wife will succeed him
Democrats press foggy savings in budget talks
Man who killed Oakland editor describes shooting
US deeply concerned over rising China detentions
US condemns Yemen violence, urges restraint
LA police officer shot on domestic violence call
Italy rejects Gadhafi regime's diplomatic push
Safety of Vt. nuclear plant cables questioned
Feds: Ga. man had recruit sell fake movie posters
Obama to talk energy at Indianapolis plant
Friend: Men who fell from bus 'goofing around'
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3 Pa. girls charged with fight posted on Facebook
US Labor Dept. steps into Maine mural dispute
AP source: 9/11 suspects to face military tribunal
Court refuses to hear Nader challenge
Germany's Merkel to visit with Obama June 7

Ga. police: Bloody knife left behind by detectives

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Police in Georgia say that detectives left a bloody knife at a home where three people were stabbed to death -- a knife that a newspaper says was later uncovered by a reporter.

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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT

US planes attack as US cuts back Libya mission

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT

U.S. Air Force and Marine attack planes struck targets in Libya on a stretch of Mediterranean coastline near the cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday, the final day of planned U.S. combat missions in the North African nation, U.S. officials said.

Vegas Mayor Goodman hopes wife will succeed him

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:01 PM PDT

For 12 years, Mayor Oscar Goodman has been a flamboyant constant in a city where aging headliners and iconic casinos are routinely replaced to make way for the next big thing. But Las Vegas voters will find his name missing from Tuesday's primary election ballot.

Democrats press foggy savings in budget talks

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:01 PM PDT

The White House is pressing to use a few billion dollars in phantom budget savings from transportation and health programs to pay for easing cuts to education and housing as budget talks continue in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown this weekend.

Man who killed Oakland editor describes shooting

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:01 PM PDT

A man who admitted killing a California journalist says he shot him three times to carry out a hit ordered by the leader of a once-influential community group.

US deeply concerned over rising China detentions

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:42 PM PDT

The United States says it is "deeply concerned" about the rising trend of disappearances and detentions of human rights activists in China.

US condemns Yemen violence, urges restraint

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

The Obama administration is condemning the latest violence against anti-government protesters in Yemen and urging authorities there to act with restraint as demonstrations against the country's long-serving leader escalate.

LA police officer shot on domestic violence call

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Police blasted tear gas into a home and traded gunfire Monday with a man believed to have shot and critically wounded an officer during a nightlong standoff.

Italy rejects Gadhafi regime's diplomatic push

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

A diplomatic push by Moammar Gadhafi's regime ran into trouble Monday as opponents at home and abroad rejected any solution to the Libyan conflict that would involve one of his sons taking power.

Safety of Vt. nuclear plant cables questioned

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Federal regulators knew when they renewed the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant's license last month that electrical cables serving key plant safety systems had been submerged in water for extended periods of time, Nuclear Regulatory Commission documents show.

Feds: Ga. man had recruit sell fake movie posters

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Federal prosecutors say a Georgia man accused of making more than $1 million from the sale of fake vintage horror movie posters has found another way to continue his scheme.

Obama to talk energy at Indianapolis plant

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:42 AM PDT

President Barack Obama plans to visit an Indianapolis transmission plant that produces systems for hybrid vehicles as part of his push for reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Friend: Men who fell from bus 'goofing around'

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

A woman who was on a bus returning from a New Hampshire brew pub tour over the weekend said Monday that two men who fell out of the bus's bathroom window had been "goofing around." One was killed and the other was injured.

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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

3 Pa. girls charged with fight posted on Facebook

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Three teenage girls in western Pennsylvania have been charged with aggravated assault and other crimes in a fight that was recorded and posted on Facebook.

US Labor Dept. steps into Maine mural dispute

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

If Maine Gov. Paul LePage doesn't wish to display a mural depicting the state's labor history, then the U.S. Department of Labor wants back the federal money used to create it.

AP source: 9/11 suspects to face military tribunal

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators are being referred to the system of military commissions for trial, a federal law enforcement official said Monday.