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Negotiators ready to table Planned Parenthood measure?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:54 PM PDT

It appears that negotiators are prepared to put the fight over federal funding of Planned Parenthood aside for the moment, increasing the chances of a deal to avert a government shutdown.

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2 die, 2 missing in Hawaii fireworks explosion

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

At least two people were killed, two are missing and one was critically burned when a fireworks depot inside a World War II-era bunker exploded near Honolulu, officials said.

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Lawmakers ready emergency troop funding bill

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Even if the government shuts down, lawmakers appear ready to pass legislation that would keep paychecks going to members of the military on time.

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GOP, Dem huddles fail to yield progress on budget deal

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:47 AM PDT

After both sides huddled behind closed doors Friday afternoon, the message from both Senate Democrats and House Republicans remained clear. They're still stuck.

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Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:47 AM PDT

NJ: A blow to Boehner, Obama and the nation

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:44 PM PDT

How did it—this incompetence—get this bad? After all, the fight over about $7 billion in differences in this year's budget is about 0.2 percent of the $3.5 trillion federal budget. It's like a family making $100,000 falling apart over $200.

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Stranded Japanese farmer waited weeks for help

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Kunio Shiga, a farmer in Minami Soma, on Friday greets the first people he has seen since the tsunami.The farmhouse sits at the end of a mud-caked, one-lane road strewn with toppled trees, the decaying carcasses of dead pigs and large debris deposited by the March 11 tsunami.




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HBT: Manny Ramirez retires

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:22 PM PDT



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Giffords' staff makes plans for her to see launch

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:55 PM PDT

Aides for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are preparing for her to travel to Florida to watch her husband's space shuttle launch at the end of the month, although doctors have yet to clear her to go, her office said Friday.

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Video: School bus attack sparks Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:56 AM PDT

April 8: Israeli military kills five Palestinians as airstrikes and ground forces launch an attack against Gaza militants in retaliation for Thursday's school bus attack in Israel.  (Other)Israeli military kills five Palestinians as airstrikes and ground forces launch an attack against Gaza militants in retaliation for Thursday's school bus attack in Israel. (TODAY)




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4 die when Hawaii fireworks depot explodes

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

At least four people are dead and one person was critically injured after an explosion at a bunker holding fireworks at the Waikele Business Center, sources told KITV4.

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Red Sox beat Yanks, finally have reason to cheer

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Boston third baseman Kevin Youkilis, left, celebrates with shortstop Marco Scutaro after the Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees  9-6 on Friday.The Red Sox ended their worst losing streak to start a season since World War II as Dustin Pedroia homered and drove in three runs to lift Boston to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees in the 100th home opener at Fenway Park on Friday.




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Video: Theft victim sent flowers from suspect

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:30 AM PDT

April 8: A Rhode Island woman who had her credit card stolen received a bouquet of flowers charged to her account. WHDH's Susan Tran reports. (NBC News Channel)A Rhode Island woman who had her credit card stolen received a bouquet of flowers charged to her account. WHDH's Susan Tran reports. (NBC News)




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Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:30 AM PDT

What if you get sucked out of a plane?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:20 AM PDT

National Transportation Safety Board chair Deborah Hersman points out on a model Southwest Airlines plane the position where the fuselage skin was torn. The hole that ripped through the ceiling of a commercial airplane at cruising altitude last week may, for some, have brought to mind the pilot of the TV show "Lost." In that dramatic episode, an airplane breaks in half, and passengers go flying through a gaping hole in the fuselage.




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Pia had premonition of 'Idol' elimination

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Pia Toscano was eliminated from "Idol" Wednesday night.Toscano told reporters on Friday she had heard all the theories on her elimination, ranging from an "Idol" audience bias toward male singers to her own, sometimes awkward, stage presence.




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PBT: Pistons sold to Michigan-raised billionaire

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:28 AM PDT

PBT: Tom Gores, who used to sell computer equipment in Michigan, has scooped up the Pistons, The Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre.PBT: Tom Gores, who used to sell computer equipment in Michigan, has scooped up the Pistons, The Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre.




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Farmer dies sandbagging, neighbors step in

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Karl Goehring, whose father died trying to save the family farm, watches volunteers prepare sandbags Thursday in Oakport Township, Minnesota.Quentin Goehring died trying to save his farm from the rising Red River. Dozens of volunteers weren't about to let his work go for nothing.




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Microsoft readies 17 software patches

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Get ready for Patch Tuesday, April 12: Microsoft is issuing 17 software fixes, nine of them considered "critical" to the Windows operating system, as well as to Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.

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Sandstorm causes deadly, 80-car pileup in Germany

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

A sandstorm in northern Germany caused a huge highway pileup Friday that killed eight people and injured at least 41 others, police said.

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