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- New start in America turns into 8-year legal mess
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- Retail sector adding jobs, but not always careers
- White House rebuffs GOP long-term budget plan
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- US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,417
- How the poll was conducted
- Cell carriers to roll out payment program in Utah
- Southwest flight returns to Oakland after warning
- It's a gasoline world: Fuel connections everywhere
- Vt. collegian recounts detention in Syrian jail
- APNewsBreak: AC casinos to keep some slot jackpots
- Caterpillar CEO, Ill. gov. meet over tax complaint
- RI lawmakers consider alternatives to gay marriage
- Next big Giffords decision: When can she go home?
| A long wait, mother looks to court for reunion Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT Olga Guzman knew there was no way she'd be able to crawl in the chilly waters of the Rio Grande. Not with a bulging belly and a child due in weeks.           |
| Control of polygamous sect appears headed to court Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT Utah state officials are blocking any further attempts by rival church leaders to seize control of Warren Jeffs' polygamous sect, which likely means a judge will decide.  |
| New start in America turns into 8-year legal mess Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT Mercy Victor had a blueprint for starting over. Shortly after her husband was killed in a motorcycle accident in India, she arrived in Chicago. It was early 2003 and she'd left her nearly 4-year-old son home for what she thought would be a short separation until she launched her nursing career.  |
| Immigration court: Troubled system, long waits Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT Every morning, they don their black robes, take their seats and listen to the pleas of a long line of immigrants desperate to stay in America. The pace is fast, the pressure intense, the stories sometimes haunting. The work, these judges say, is exhausting:  |
| How the House GOP budget affects health care Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT The House Republican budget unveiled Tuesday by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in its entirety. But the proposed changes don't end there. The plan, which would slash federal deficits by about $5 trillion over 10 years, also calls for rethinking Medicare and Medicaid. Here's an overview:  |
| Retail sector adding jobs, but not always careers Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT Erin Abell left a job in finance to volunteer for John McCain's presidential campaign in early 2008. She had hoped to return to the industry after the election, but by then Wall Street was on life support, and Abell had to live off credit cards until joining a friend's startup.  |
| White House rebuffs GOP long-term budget plan Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT The White House is rejecting a Republican plan to cut trillions of dollars in government spending over the next decade, saying it would spare the rich and burden seniors, the poor and workers who lose their health care.  |
| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,442 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:32 PM PDT As of Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at least 4,442 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.  |
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| Budget impasse could hit troops' paychecks Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT A Pentagon spokesman says the Defense Department has not decided yet whether U.S. troops at war will be paid if the government shuts down this weekend due to the budget impasse.  |
| US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,417 Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT As of Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at least 1,417 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.  |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:02 AM PDT The Associated Press-GfK Poll on gas prices was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Mar. 24-28. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 701 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.  |
| Cell carriers to roll out payment program in Utah Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT A joint venture between three of the four largest wireless cell phone carriers will soon bring a mobile payment program to Utah's public transportation system.  |
| Southwest flight returns to Oakland after warning Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, Calif., to Denver returned shortly after takeoff when a wing slat warning light made the pilot decide it was safer to turn around.  |
| It's a gasoline world: Fuel connections everywhere Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT Quick: What do these things have in common? Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Wall Street volatility. A cranky, even angry American populace.  |
| Vt. collegian recounts detention in Syrian jail Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT A Vermont college student who spent two weeks in a Syrian jail after being detained at a demonstration tells the Associated Press he was packed so tightly into a 10-foot-by-12-foot cell that he had to sleep sideways on the floor.  |
| APNewsBreak: AC casinos to keep some slot jackpots Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:32 AM PDT A new rule that took effect Tuesday lets Atlantic City's casinos terminate some multi-machine slot jackpots and keep money that would have been used to pay the jackpots.  |
| Caterpillar CEO, Ill. gov. meet over tax complaint Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:32 AM PDT The head of heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. says the company intends to stay in Illinois while working with the governor to improve the state's business climate.  |
| RI lawmakers consider alternatives to gay marriage Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT Rhode Island lawmakers will consider a proposal to allow gay couples and others who can't legally marry, such as siblings, to enter into an agreement providing many of the benefits of marriage.  |
| Next big Giffords decision: When can she go home? Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spends her days relearning how to speak, walk and care for herself, her therapists are carefully tracking every moment and often posing one critical question: When can she go home?  |
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