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Ala. churches forge bonds after deadly tornadoes

Posted: 07 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT

It's difficult these days to discern what biblical image once decorated the blown-out stained glass windows at the First Assembly of God church. The building lies in crumpled heaps of bricks, twisted steel and wooden planks, obliterated by the tornadoes that roared across Alabama last week.

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Police: Iowa teen killed in crash after gas theft

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Police say a 16-year-old Iowa boy has died in a crash after another teen fueled up the car they were in and fled without paying.

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Volunteers flood tornado-tossed Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:40 PM PDT

Thousands of volunteers flooded the hard-hit home of the University of Alabama with chainsaws, wrecking bars and food Saturday, offering help and hugs to tornado victims and causing traffic tie-ups reminiscent of a fall football weekend.

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Ala. churches forge bonds after deadly tornadoes

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

In the aftermath of Alabama's tornadoes, pastors and worshippers of different denominations are reaching out to each other to offer prayers, places to worship and supplies as they try to rebuild.

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Mass. advocates join 'Slutwalk' crusade with march

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Chanting "We love sluts!" and holding signs like "Jesus loves sluts," approximately 2,000 protesters marched Saturday around the Boston Common as the city officially became the latest to join an international series of protests known as "SlutWalks."

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2 whales stranded off Florida Keys set for release

Posted: 07 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

Two pilot whales found stranded in the Florida Keys will be released. Twenty pilot whales beached themselves Thursday in shallow water off Cudjoe Key. Seven survived and were confined in a makeshift pen to be treated for dehydration.

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Miss. gov grew up with flood history in his family

Posted: 07 May 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has a calm but urgent tone when he tells people in low-lying areas to prepare for possible flooding from the Mississippi River.

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Journalist James McCartney dies at 85 in Florida

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Longtime Washington correspondent and columnist James McCartney has died in Florida at the age of 85.

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NH man killed after dayslong standoff with police

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

New Hampshire's attorney general says a man holed up in his apartment with a child during a dayslong standoff with police has been killed.

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Posted: 07 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Defense: Federal agent coerced teen to violence

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Defense lawyers for a Somali-American teen accused of trying to detonate a bomb at an Oregon holiday tree-lighting say a federal agent tried to coerce him into violence.

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LA police move to stem violence in Venice Beach

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Police in Southern California are gearing up for long days even before summer's unofficial Memorial Day start after one of the city's top tourist destinations, Venice Beach, became the scene of a recent shooting and a stabbing.

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50 years later, students retrace 1961 Freedom Ride

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to him: retracing the original 1961 Freedom Ride and paying tribute to those who helped win the civil rights that his generation enjoys.

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Wisconsin Republicans rush agenda before recalls

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP leaders are making a new push to pass a long list of conservative proposals this spring before recall elections threaten to end the party's control of the Legislature.

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Woman awaits freedom after 17 years behind bars

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Debra Brown has dreamed of bicycling out of a Utah prison after being locked up the past 17 years for the 1993 shooting death of her longtime friend and employer.

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Michelle Obama lauds US forces in bin Laden raid

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

First lady Michelle Obama said Saturday that the U.S. military specialists who killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden showed "the very essence" of public service.

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Videos show bin Laden watching himself on TV

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Home movies taken from Osama bin Laden's hideout show the terrorist leader watching news coverage of himself on television.

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After Bin Laden: What might come next

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:30 AM PDT

After an extraordinary week of events in the United States and abroad, one thing is clear: Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of American forces has the potential to ripple out into global affairs in many ways -- political and military, diplomatic and cultural, and of course U.S. national security.

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Videos show bin Laden watching himself on TV

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Home movies taken from Osama bin Laden's hideout show the terrorist leader watching news coverage of himself on television.

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Warship built in Maine bears name of Navy SEAL

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:20 AM PDT

The mother of a Navy SEAL from Maine killed in Afghanistan said "Happy birthday, baby" before smashing a bottle of Champagne against a ship that bears her son's name.

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