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Guest lineup for the Sunday news shows

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Reps. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., Steve Southerland, R-Fla., Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., and Allen West, R-Fla.

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Mom on Facebook sentenced in son's drowning death

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:41 PM PDT

A Colorado woman who was playing games on Facebook while her 13-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Group sues CIA to declassify Bay of Pigs history

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

A research group is demanding that the CIA declassify its five-volume, official history of the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

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Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Rescuers honored for saving Gulf oil rig workers

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Nearly one year after an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill, the Coast Guard honored a supply vessel's crew who helped rescue 115 survivors.

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Gov't: CVS to pay $17.5M over inflated Rx claims

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The Justice Department says CVS Pharmacy Inc. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle allegations it overcharged Medicaid programs in 10 states.

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Ohio man charged in school terror drill threat

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

An Ohio man has been charged with threatening terrorism by leaving an expletive-laden message on an Iowa high school's answering machine.

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Man bites dog -- then sues over police canine's act

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

A 33-year-old man who bit back after he was caught by a Phoenix police dog is suing police.

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Pawlenty raises $160K in early phase of 2012 chase

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Tim Pawlenty's start-up committee for the Republican presidential nomination pulled in $160,000 over its first 10 days.

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NTSB: Tour bus not hit before NYC crash killed 15

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Federal inspectors have found no evidence that a casino tour bus was struck by a tractor-trailer before it crashed in New York City last month, killing 15 people.

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Few blacks attend Civil War anniversary events

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

As cannons thudded around Charleston Harbor this week in commemoration of the start of the war that extinguished slavery, the audiences for the 150th-anniversary events were nearly all-white. Even black scholars lecturing about black Union troops and the roots of slavery gazed out mostly on white faces.

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Protesters disrupt House budget debate

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Protesters have disrupted the final moments of the House debate on next year's budget, singing patriotic and other songs before they were removed from the visitors' gallery overlooking the House floor.

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AP names LoBianco as Indiana government reporter

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Tom LoBianco, a journalist who has covered state government in Maryland and politics on Capitol Hill, has been named Indiana state government and political reporter for The Associated Press.

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NJ mom leads 2nd world try at bubble-blowing mark

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT

For the second straight year, a New Jersey mom has led a worldwide attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people simultaneously blowing bubbles in multiple locations.

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Ore. soldiers treated poorly at military hospital

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Oregon National Guard soldiers returning from Iraq received poor treatment as they were processed through Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a military official said.

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Teen sentenced to 30 years for Ill. torture death

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

A judge has sentenced an 18-year-old man to 30 years in prison for the 2008 torture killing of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother in southwestern Illinois.

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Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Storms bring injuries, damage to Miss. town

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Authorities say a suspected tornado touched down in a Mississippi town, leaving extensive damage and several people hurt.

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Senate calls on UN to revoke report on Israel

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:11 AM PDT

The Senate is calling on the U.N. Human Rights Council to revoke a report that accused Israel of war crimes after the study's author retracted his conclusions.

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AP Interview: Palestinians want Quartet deal

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

The top Palestinian diplomat at the United Nations says the Palestinians still want the Quartet of Mideast mediators to agree on the outlines of a final peace settlement.

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