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Romney announces WH exploratory committee

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney on Monday took the first steps toward a second presidential bid, telling supporters in an economy-focused announcement that he had formed an exploratory committee to begin a White House run.

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AP sources: Intel chiefs aim to rebuild trust

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

U.S. officials say the CIA is considering greater coordination and information sharing with Pakistan's intelligence agency.

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NY man admits stalking Caroline Kennedy's daughter

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

A wannabe New York taxi driver has admitted stalking Caroline Kennedy's daughter by sending her unwanted flowers, chocolates and romantic emails.

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Texas comptroller mistakenly posts public records

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:02 PM PDT

The Texas comptroller says the Social Security numbers, some birthdates and other personal information of about 3.5 million residents have been accidentally posted on computer servers.

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Bachmann: Health care funding ruined budget deal

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Minnesota congresswoman and potential GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she'll vote against the federal budget bill because it doesn't remove funding for the president's health care overhaul.

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Clinton to visit Germany, Japan, SKorea this week

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Germany and Japan this week for talks on Libya and other crises with NATO allies in Berlin and to show support for the earthquake- and tsunami-stricken Japanese people. She also will visit South Korea.

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Defense case begins in NYC insider trading trial

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

A wealthy hedge fund manager accused in a massive insider trading case that shook Wall Street was in command and above board while overseeing $6 billion in investments, one of his former lieutenants testified Monday.

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CA gov attends opening of largest US Sikh temple

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

The nation's largest Sikh temple is now open in San Jose following a $20 million expansion.

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Padilla appeals decision over alleged torture

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

A man convicted of plotting terrorism has appealed a judge's decision to throw out his lawsuit, which claimed he was tortured at a Navy brig in South Carolina.

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Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Maine couple to rebuild after plane hits home

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

A Maine couple whose home was destroyed when a plane crashed into it plans to rebuild on the same site.

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Dead woman named in Vegas cosmetic surgery case

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Authorities say a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman has died after a botched buttocks enhancement surgery in a back room of a floor tile business.

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Court won't lift stay on Ariz. immigration law

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

A federal appeals court is refusing to lift a stay blocking major parts of a tough Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants from taking effect.

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Maine AG says mural removal is 'government speech'

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Maine's attorney general says the LePage administration was exercising its right to "government speech" when it removed a labor history mural from the Labor Department headquarters.

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UN ex-weapons inspector faces Pa. sex-sting trial

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

A longtime U.N. weapons inspector who became a fierce critic of the Iraq war is scheduled to stand trial in northeastern Pennsylvania in an online sex-sting case.

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Mexican opera composer Catan dies in Texas

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:12 AM PDT

The University of Texas says Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin.

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Clinton: Gbagbo arrest sends message to dictators

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the arrest of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo sends a strong signal to dictators and tyrants about the consequences of ignoring the people's will.

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Jury gets case of Mass. mom who withheld medicine

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:51 AM PDT

A Massachusetts jury has begun deliberating the case of a woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son.

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Ohio moves inmate to death house for execution

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT

A man who beat to death a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate has been moved from death row in Youngstown to the southern Ohio prison that houses the state's execution chamber in preparation for his lethal injection.

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Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT