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Legacy of Bay of Pigs weighs on Alabama families

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

The painful legacy of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion is very real for some families in Alabama.

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Work begins on new SC school featured by Obama

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Construction is starting on a new school in South Carolina more than two years after a student wrote Congress about the decrepit conditions at her school.

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Pentagon inquiry clears McChrystal of wrongdoing

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

A Pentagon inquiry into a Rolling Stone magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to his dismissal as the top US commander in Afghanistan has cleared him of wrongdoing.

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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Duke lacrosse accuser indicted on murder charge

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:51 PM PDT

The woman who falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her was charged Monday with murder in the death of her boyfriend.

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LA Times wins Pulitzer for exposing big salaries

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 12:21 PM PDT

The Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for a series revealing that politicians in the struggling, working-class city of Bell, Calif., were paying themselves enormous, six-figure salaries.

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Court turns away new appeal from Uighurs at Gitmo

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

The five remaining Chinese Muslims who are being held at Guantanamo Bay lost their latest bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to hear their case.

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S&P lowers outlook on US debt to negative

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

Standard & Poor's Ratings Service has lowered its long-term outlook for the United States' sovereign debt to "Negative" from "Stable" due to risks from the country's growing deficit.

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International judge rules against lawyers' wigs

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Hair today, gone tomorrow. A judge has asked lawyers to shed their wigs next time they appear before her at the International Criminal Court.

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Pet pig returned to Pa. couple by town officials

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT

A wayward pet pig whose residency was challenged by Pennsylvania township officials has been returned to his owners.

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College student from Seattle dies in Boston fall

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 06:51 AM PDT

The family of a college student who died in a fall in Boston while filming a school project says his funeral will be held back home in Seattle.

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LaHood vows to stop air traffic controller napping

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:31 AM PDT

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says that while the government won't pay air traffic controllers to take naps while on duty, federal officials are open to other options to ensure aviation safety.

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Ohio psych board asked to pursue Gitmo abuse claim

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:21 AM PDT

Critics of a retired Army psychologist accused of observing abusive interrogations of military detainees in Guantanamo and doing nothing to stop them want a court to force an investigation.

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FD: Girl survives fall from Golden Gate Bridge

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Officials say a 16-year-old girl has survived a fall from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

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Police: Remains likely those of missing NY student

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Authorities say they've recovered human remains they believe to be those of a New York college student from Maryland who's been missing for more than a month.

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Man denies charges in W.Va. sniper-style slaying

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 03:51 AM PDT

A man charged in the 2003 sniper-style slaying of a West Virginia woman says he's innocent.

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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 03:51 AM PDT

Obama to award trophy to AF Academy football team

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:11 AM PDT

President Barack Obama meets with some of the troops Monday, but not the usual kind or for the usual reasons.

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The nation's weather

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:51 AM PDT

More wet, spring-like weather is expected in the West on Monday as a Pacific disturbance extends from the northern California coast through the Great Basin.

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Rescuers getting closer to trapped Idaho miner

Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:41 AM PDT

Rescuers are getting closer to the area in a collapsed tunnel deep inside an Idaho silver mine where a miner is trapped.

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