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Senate Dems reject attacks on EPA climate efforts

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Senate Democrats have defeated a Republican effort to ban the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling the gases blamed for global warming.

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Omaha, Neb., hospital locked down amid shooting

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

Police were investigating a shooting Wednesday inside Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Officers converged on the hospital just after 3:30 p.m., and the building was locked down.

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Man fails to win restitution by poker, gets prison

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

A New Mexico man has been sentenced to prison after he asked to repay his investment scam victims through poker tournament winnings, but failed to find luck at the card table.

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Ga. woman cleans purse, finds winning ticket

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

A Georgia woman's decision to clean out her purse paid off in a big way when she found an old lottery ticket worth $189,302.

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Omaha, Neb., hospital locked down amid shooting

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Omaha police are investigating a shooting inside Creighton University Medical Center. The building has been locked down.

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Text of Gadhafi letter to Obama

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

The following is the text of a letter sent to President Barack Obama on Wednesday by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The misspellings and grammatical errors are in the original letter.

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Tax caps creating new hurdles for towns, schools

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

First, the state of Indiana put a limit on how much money Mark Burkhart and his colleagues in the state's school districts could raise with local taxes. Then the state informed them all they'd be getting a smaller check from the state.

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Mainer born without hands honored for penmanship

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

A 10-year-old boy who earned a spot in a national penmanship contest despite being born without hands is in a league of his own, contest organizers say.

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Police arrest 2 suspects in Arizona teen's death

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Two 18-year-olds face murder charges in the dragging death of a 16-year-old girl. Glendale police identify the suspects as Lino Chavez and Jose Solis Apodaca. The pair was arrested for the March 30th death of Anita Munoz (MOON'-yohz), a student at a suburban Phoenix high school.

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Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

GOP presidential debate slated Oct. 18 in Vegas

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

A Republican organization is scheduling a debate for GOP presidential candidates Oct. 18 in Las Vegas.

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Indian law and order panel has first meeting in NM

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Members of the Indian Law and Order Commission are convening in New Mexico for their first in-person meeting.

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Gadhafi, in letter, asks Obama to end air strikes

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called "an unjust war," and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.

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Pentagon notes Gadhafi's changing tactics

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

The Pentagon says NATO will have to adjust the way it operates in Libya to keep up with changing tactics by forces of Moammar Gadhafi.

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Haiti's leader criticizes UN military focus

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Haiti's president is criticizing the U.N. Security Council for being too slow in switching its peacekeeping mission from military operations to development and peacebuilding.

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Ex-billionaire hit with forced bankruptcy petition

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Taxing authorities from three states have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against former billionaire Tim Blixseth, who rejected the action Wednesday as a "bogus" attempt to derail his legal battle against creditors.

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Yuma, Ariz., woman, 81, recovering from bee attack

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT

An 81-year-old Arizona woman is recovering after being attacked by hundreds of bees. A spokesman for the Yuma Fire Department says when paramedics arrived Monday, they found the woman sitting on a sidewalk covered in the insects. The department says she was stung multiple times on her face and body.

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High wind forecasts worry New Mexico fire managers

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

Crews worked to strengthen fire lines Wednesday in advance of expected high winds around the southern New Mexico resort of Ruidoso Downs, where a fire has charred more than 16 square miles.

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Obama administration: Shutdown would hurt economy

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

Warning of economic repercussions, the Obama administration said Wednesday that a government shutdown would halt the processing of tax returns and limit small business loans and government-guaranteed mortgages during peak home buying season.

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Wrongful death suit filed vs. Philly archdiocese

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT

The family of a Pennsylvania man who killed himself after his allegation of sexual abuse by a priest was dismissed has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

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