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AP, Reuters protest Fox photo limits on GOP debate

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:34 PM PDT

News agencies, including The Associated Press, are protesting limits placed on media coverage of a Republican presidential debate by its organizers.

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Pittsburgh to reinstate 3 officers in beating case

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Pittsburgh officials say a city investigation has cleared three white police officers who were found not to have committed crimes in their interactions with a black teenager who claims he was wrongly beaten.

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Levee blast means lost year for Missouri farmers

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Blasting open a levee and submerging more than 200 square miles of Missouri farmland has likely gouged away fertile topsoil, deposited mountains of debris to clear and may even hamper farming in some places for years, experts say.

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Video shows Phoenix officer slam teen into wall

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT

A Phoenix police officer has been placed on leave while his department investigates a YouTube video of him slamming an unarmed 15-year-old girl into a wall while on duty and her slumping to the ground.

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NC jury finds man guilty in wife's 2008 death

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

A North Carolina jury has found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 strangulation of his wife, who he said disappeared while out for a jog.

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Laura Bush to raise funds to restore National Mall

Posted: 05 May 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Laura Bush is headlining an effort to raise hundreds of million dollars from corporations and individual donors to restore the National Mall in Washington.

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Lawsuits challenge new wolf rules in N. Rockies

Posted: 05 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Four environmental groups are going to court to put gray wolves back on the endangered species list.

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NYC firefighter tells of fatal fire at ground zero

Posted: 05 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT

A New York City firefighter has given a wrenching account of trying to save two fellow firefighters who died in a blaze at a toxic, condemned skyscraper at the ground zero site.

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Posted: 05 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Mass. Gov. to testify at ex-speaker's trial

Posted: 05 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is being called to testify in the federal public corruption trial of former state House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi.

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Calif. board hears arguments in Octomom doc case

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:50 AM PDT

The Medical Board of California has heard final arguments about whether "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor should have his license revoked for allegedly providing substandard care to her and two other patients.

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GOP seeks common ground with Obama on Medicare

Posted: 05 May 2011 08:21 AM PDT

The top House Republican responsible for Medicare says he's open to other approaches besides privatization to curb the program's costs.

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Mass. town official pulls fake gun at meeting

Posted: 05 May 2011 08:21 AM PDT

A Massachusetts town official is drawing criticism for pulling a fake handgun at a candidates' forum this week, even though he warned people that it was a toy.

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AP, Reuters protest Fox photo limits on GOP debate

Posted: 05 May 2011 08:19 AM PDT

News agencies, including The Associated Press, are protesting limits placed on media coverage of a Republican presidential debate by its organizers.

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Defense wants leniency in 9 Ohio arson deaths

Posted: 05 May 2011 07:50 AM PDT

The defense wants leniency for a man convicted in the arson deaths of eight children and a woman at a birthday sleepover, but prosecutors who lost a death penalty bid say the crime deserves life in prison.

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NYer thinks cops want him, jumps into Hudson River

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Authorities in New York say a 21-year-old man who jumped into the Hudson River to escape police got all wet for nothing.

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Nevada Supreme Court hosting Law Day Live program

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:50 AM PDT

The Nevada Supreme Court is hosting an interactive Law Day Live forum linking courtrooms in Las Vegas, Carson City, and Winnemucca around an American Bar Association theme honoring the legacy of the nation's second president, John Adams.

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Top 20 baby names for 2010

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:40 AM PDT

The most popular baby names for girls in 2010 1.Isabella

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Former GM exec appointed to head Detroit schools

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Michigan's governor has appointed a former General Motors Corp. executive as the new emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools.

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Elvis exits as Jacob, Isabella top baby-name list

Posted: 05 May 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Elvis has left the list. Ending a run that started in 1955, Elvis did not make the list of 1,000 most popular baby names compiled by the Social Security Administration. The name never topped the charts, peaking at No. 312 in 1957 and making a slight comeback after Elvis Presley died in 1977. But The King's first name was in ...

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