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Texas could lead way in gas drilling disclosure
White House: No more photo re-enactments
Woman to plead guilty in Fla. school lockdown case
Obama thanks police officers for 'keeping us safe'
Man pleads guilty in Houston-area officer murder
Callimachi named AP bureau chief for West Africa
Panel says US must act now to curb global warming
Stinky souvenirs! Prague Zoo sells elephant dung
Listeria recall for chives from upstate NY company
NGL Energy Partners shares flat in debut trading
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Gates was afraid bin Laden photo would be altered
Police report: No racism before Conn. shootings
McCain says torture did not lead to bin Laden
Libyan opposition to meet at White House Friday
Man who took gun into Pa. school gets prison term
Bus hits Texas highway light pole; 1 dead, 21 hurt
Democratic Party chief: Romney lacks convictions
Car stolen from NJ in 1975 recovered in Calif.
Officials: 2 men arrested in NYC terror probe

Texas could lead way in gas drilling disclosure

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Texas is poised to become the first state to require natural gas drillers to disclose the chemicals they use in the hydraulic fracturing process that helps release minerals from tight rock formations.

White House: No more photo re-enactments

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

The White House said it is ending its long-running practice of having presidents re-enact televised speeches for news photographers following major addresses to the country, a little-known arrangement that fed suggestions of fakery when Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

Woman to plead guilty in Fla. school lockdown case

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

A Florida woman charged with making threats that led to the lockdown of one of the nation's largest school districts is scheduled to plead guilty.

Obama thanks police officers for 'keeping us safe'

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama delivered a simple message to the nation's top police officers: "Thank you."

Man pleads guilty in Houston-area officer murder

Posted: 12 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT

A 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a Houston-area police officer has reached a plea deal with prosecutors that will send him to prison for 40 years.

Callimachi named AP bureau chief for West Africa

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Rukmini Callimachi, a prize-winning correspondent for The Associated Press, has been named chief of bureau for the news cooperative for West Africa.

Panel says US must act now to curb global warming

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

An expert panel asked by Congress to recommend ways to deal with global warming says action needs to be taken "as soon as possible" to reduce the pollution responsible.

Stinky souvenirs! Prague Zoo sells elephant dung

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Prague Zoo has started selling what look like ice cream containers but are actually full of elephant dung.

Listeria recall for chives from upstate NY company

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Federal food safety authorities say chives distributed in nine states by an upstate New York company are being recalled because of possible Listeria contamination.

NGL Energy Partners shares flat in debut trading

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Shares of NGL Energy Partners LP were flat on their first day of trading while the broader markets were mixed.

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Posted: 12 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Gates was afraid bin Laden photo would be altered

Posted: 12 May 2011 08:11 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says one of the reasons he opposed releasing photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse was that they might be altered in ways that could provoke a backlash.

Police report: No racism before Conn. shootings

Posted: 12 May 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Police in Connecticut say their investigation of last year's shooting in which a man killed eight co-workers found no evidence to support his claims of that he was a victim of racism.

McCain says torture did not lead to bin Laden

Posted: 12 May 2011 08:00 AM PDT

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committees is insisting that enhanced interrogation techniques were not a factor in the discovery of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts and he rejected any form of torture.

Libyan opposition to meet at White House Friday

Posted: 12 May 2011 08:00 AM PDT

The Obama administration is inviting representatives of Libya's opposition group to the White House Friday.

Man who took gun into Pa. school gets prison term

Posted: 12 May 2011 07:50 AM PDT

A man who entered a Pittsburgh high school with a gun last year and injured a security guard when both men tumbled through a glass door will spend up to 11 1/2 years in prison.

Bus hits Texas highway light pole; 1 dead, 21 hurt

Posted: 12 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Authorities say a bus was sideswiped by another vehicle and careened into a light pole along a southeastern Texas highway, killing one passenger and injuring 21 other people on board.

Democratic Party chief: Romney lacks convictions

Posted: 12 May 2011 04:40 AM PDT

The head of the Democratic Party is accusing Republican Mitt Romney of having "no convictions" because he backs repealing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though it's very similar to the one Romney implemented in Massachusetts.