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Navy not dismissing sailor found in another's bunk

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT

The Navy has dropped dismissal proceedings against a South Carolina-based sailor who was charged with unprofessional conduct after he was found in the same bed with another male sailor.

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Vt. towns settling 248-year-old boundary dispute

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT

Two Vermont towns that were never quite certain of their dividing line are a step closer to settling the 248-year-old dispute.

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House votes to repeal regs on Internet access

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:02 PM PDT

House Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or setting different prices for some uses of their networks.

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Maine artist hoped labor mural would educate

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Artist Judy Taylor said she wanted her mural depicting Maine's labor history to be seen and to be used to educate the public. Thanks to the furor over its removal by Gov. Paul LePage, the 36-foot mural has been seen by more people and has spurred more discussion than she could've envisioned.

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Toyota to suspend N. American plants several days

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Toyota Motor Corp. says it will temporarily suspend production at its North American plants for several days this month as a result of parts shortages caused by the earthquake that hit Japan.

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Giffords staff planning for space shuttle launch

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is preparing for her to watch her husband's space shuttle launch in Florida at the end of the month, although doctors have yet to clear her.

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Possible GOP candidate Jon Huntsman to speak in SC

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Expected GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman is giving a University of South Carolina commencement speech in May.

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Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Fed board questions Gulf fail-safe device's design

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

A senior official for the maker of the blowout preventer that failed to stop last year's Gulf oil spill says the device hadn't been tested to see if it could cut through a bent drill pipe.

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Leak case against ex-CIA man may not go to trial

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

A federal prosecutor says the case against an ex-CIA officer charged with leaking classified documents to a reporter may not make it to trial because of potential problems with a witness.

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Man threatens road crew at California landslide

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Road crews clearing a landslide that had cut off a Northern California community for several days hit an unexpected snag -- and it wasn't weather-related.

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Boehner says he'd return salary during a shutdown

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner says he will return his pay to the Treasury if there's a government shutdown and is telling other lawmakers how they can follow his example.

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Ohio voters to get ponchos to cover school gear

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT

Voters in one Ohio county who show their school pride at the polls next month will be asked to cover up with a poncho.

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US extends sanctions to 5 more Libyan officials

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT

The Obama administration is imposing economic sanctions on five additional Libyan officials, including the prime minister and the ministers of oil and finance. The chief of staff to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi (MOO'-ah-mahr gah-DAH'-fee) and a security director are included.

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SC teen killed on highway named in father's memory

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

A South Carolina teenager was killed in a wreck on a stretch of highway named in memory of his father, a soldier slain in Afghanistan.

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Groundbreaking held on Kennedy Institute in Boston

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Kennedy family members have joined federal officials and others in breaking ground in Boston on the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

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Envoy blames hostility toward his words of faith

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:01 AM PDT

A key Catholic supporter of President Barack Obama is rejecting a government audit that criticized his work as the U.S. ambassador to Malta, saying some officials in the State Department are hostile to expressions of his faith.

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Connecticut town sticking by swingset zoning rules

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:42 AM PDT

The children of Westport, Conn., can keep swinging but only as long as their play sets aren't too close to their neighbors' property.

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Bankrupt Mont. rancher buys back 60 to 70 horses

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:21 AM PDT

A bankrupt Montana rancher whose starving horses were fed donated hay over the winter bought back dozens of the animals at an auction.

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Police to question relatives of slain Wash. family

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Investigators in Washington are preparing to question relatives of a slain Spanaway family but say they might never know who suffocated a 5-year-old boy or what prompted his father to kill his wife and himself.

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