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- Columbia unites to honor 1923 lynching victim
- New NY schools chief pulled over by NYPD
- Environmental group to sue feds over SoCal frog
- Body found in Calif. apartment kicked, strangled
- RI diocese urges civil unions rejection
- Fashion firms rush to copy the royal gown
- How a stem-cell transplant altered 2 lives
- Police in Columbus say 2 officers, 1 suspect shot
- 1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure
- Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point
- Foster youth's stolen IDs getting more attention
- University of Calif. targets out-of-state students
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- Obama to shift from consoler to comic Saturday
- Judge asks to see Tucson college's Loughner emails
- In twister's path, a struggle for survival
- Pearl Harbor visitors now get Japan and US view
- Calif may let locals opt out of immigration checks
| Los Angeles high school wins US Academic Decathlon Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT A California high school has taken top honors at the 2011 U.S. Academic Decathlon, besting competitors from all over the country and giving the Los Angeles Unified School District a record 12th national title.            |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT  |
| Columbia unites to honor 1923 lynching victim Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT An overflow crowd was gathering in Columbia at a historic black church to honor a University of Missouri janitor killed in the college town's last lynching in 1923.  |
| New NY schools chief pulled over by NYPD Posted: 30 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT Two New York City police officers ran into some unexpected trouble when they pulled over a vehicle carrying one of the city's more powerful officials, schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott.  |
| Environmental group to sue feds over SoCal frog Posted: 30 Apr 2011 12:30 PM PDT An environmental group says it plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on allegations that the agency failed to develop a recovery plan for the endangered Southern California mountain yellow-legged frog.  |
| Body found in Calif. apartment kicked, strangled Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:40 AM PDT Authorities say a 30-year-old Northern California woman whose boyfriend had been living for days with her badly decomposed remains was kicked and strangled.  |
| RI diocese urges civil unions rejection Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:00 AM PDT After playing a key role in defeating a push for gay marriage, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence has urged Rhode Island lawmakers to reject an alternative establishing civil unions for gay couples, calling them a "stepping stone" to gay marriage.  |
| Fashion firms rush to copy the royal gown Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:20 AM PDT Fashion firms want a piece of the fairy tale. Seconds after Kate Middleton emerged from her car outside Westminster Abbey in a ball gown with lace sleeves, designers around the country, glued to their TV sets, were sketching her look, setting in motion a mad rush for mass-produced versions that are expected to be in stores as early as late ...  |
| How a stem-cell transplant altered 2 lives Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:20 AM PDT The meeting between the 7-year-old boy and the 31-year-old man began awkwardly, as meetings of strangers often do. But then young Jacob Kowalik sized up the adult, and began to drop his guard.  |
| Police in Columbus say 2 officers, 1 suspect shot Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:10 AM PDT Police in Ohio say two Columbus officers and a suspect have been hit by gunfire on the city's northeast side.  |
| 1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT Law enforcement agencies say a year after the Times Square bombing attempt that they're still watching for and worrying about the next terror plot against the city.  |
| Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:40 AM PDT Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of "economic liberty" that young Americans face today as a "flash point of history" in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.  |
| Foster youth's stolen IDs getting more attention Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:10 AM PDT Dominic McGee was born to a mother addicted to drugs and taken away from her to live in a series of five foster homes where authorities assumed he'd be safe. Instead, he says he was subjected to physical and sexual abuse and even threatened with castration as a form of discipline.  |
| University of Calif. targets out-of-state students Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:10 AM PDT The University of California is looking for out-of-state solutions to its money problems. Faced with sharp cuts in state funding, the 10-campus system is ramping up its campaign to recruit high-paying students from other states and countries, even as record numbers of California students seek a UC education.  |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:10 AM PDT  |
| Obama to shift from consoler to comic Saturday Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT President Barack Obama is shifting from consoler to comic for his appearance before a mix of politicians, celebrities and journalists at Washington's premier black-tie dinner.  |
| Judge asks to see Tucson college's Loughner emails Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT A judge is asking to review 255 pages of emails that a newspaper has requested from a community college that the Tucson, Ariz., mass shooting suspect attended.  |
| In twister's path, a struggle for survival Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT All morning at work, the boss' wife stared at the storm alerts flashing across the television screen and fretted. By 2:30 p.m., when they closed the restoration shop early and sent employees home, Jonathan Ford paid little mind to the sunshine overhead.  |
| Pearl Harbor visitors now get Japan and US view Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:40 AM PDT Pearl Harbor visitors are getting a broader, more in-depth view of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack at a newly expanded and renovated visitors' center.  |
| Calif may let locals opt out of immigration checks Posted: 30 Apr 2011 07:40 AM PDT California lawmakers are the latest to weigh joining efforts in other states to gain control over a controversial national program that automatically checks the immigration status of arrestees.  |
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