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- US envoy to visit NKorea on food aid mission
- Escorts: Utah law makes acting sexy illegal
- Obama thanks intelligence workers at CIA
- Analysis: Obama jolt unlikely to spark peace talks
- US extends 2-year visas to Iranian students
- Fake Boston transit pass suspects plead not guilty
- APNewsBreak: Ga. to use different execution drug
- Protesters disrupt Aetna meeting in Philadelphia
- Key lawmaker backs off his FAA amendment
- Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private
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- Court sides with families of beheaded contractors
- Slain from famous shootout getting new epitaphs
- California jobless rate dips below 12 percent
- White House expects support for North Africa aid
- Prosecutor: Calif. carjack suspect ran out of gas
- APNewsBreak: Aide: Pawlenty running for president
- APNewsBreak: Aide: Pawlenty running for president
- Pa. woman to stand trial for pot-laced margarine
- Government statements, before and after a rewrite
| US envoy to visit NKorea on food aid mission Posted: 20 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT A U.S. human rights envoy will visit North Korea next week to assess the impoverished country's need for food aid.            |
| Escorts: Utah law makes acting sexy illegal Posted: 20 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT Two escort services have filed a federal lawsuit to halt a Utah solicitation law, saying that it's too broad and could lead to the arrest of escorts and strippers.  |
| Obama thanks intelligence workers at CIA Posted: 20 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT President Barack Obama has visited CIA headquarters to congratulate the country's intelligence workers for the years of effort that led to the discovery and killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden.  |
| Analysis: Obama jolt unlikely to spark peace talks Posted: 20 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT President Barack Obama is trying to shock the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process to life, but there is little chance the patient can be resuscitated anytime soon.  |
| US extends 2-year visas to Iranian students Posted: 20 May 2011 01:10 PM PDT The Obama administration is making Iranian students eligible to enter the U.S. for up to two years in an effort to improve relations between Americans and Iranians.  |
| Fake Boston transit pass suspects plead not guilty Posted: 20 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT Two Massachusetts residents pleaded not guilty in a case that authorities call the biggest fare-evasion scheme in the history of Boston's transit agency.  |
| APNewsBreak: Ga. to use different execution drug Posted: 20 May 2011 11:10 AM PDT Georgia is changing one of the drugs it uses to execute prisoners after the state surrendered its stockpile of a sedative used in the three-drug combination for lethal injections to federal regulators.  |
| Protesters disrupt Aetna meeting in Philadelphia Posted: 20 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT A group of protesters briefly delayed Aetna's annual shareholders meeting in Philadelphia, but police say there were no arrests.  |
| Key lawmaker backs off his FAA amendment Posted: 20 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT A Republican lawmaker is backing off an amendment he authored that critics say would make it harder for the Federal Aviation Administration to write new safety rules. Rep. Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania says he's withdrawing his support from the plan to require extensive economic studies for new FAA regulations.  |
| Ill. lawmakers say gun-permit holder names private Posted: 20 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT Illinois lawmakers have overwhelmingly OK'd prohibiting public disclosure of the names of people who hold firearm owner identification cards.  |
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| Court sides with families of beheaded contractors Posted: 20 May 2011 09:20 AM PDT A federal appeals court has ruled against Syria's effort to throw out a judgment of more than $400 million to the families of two American contractors whose beheadings in Iraq were posted on the Internet.  |
| Slain from famous shootout getting new epitaphs Posted: 20 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT Past Boothill Graveyard and around the bend where Arizona 80 becomes Fremont Street, a larger-than-life statue of a man rises from a low sandstone pedestal. Clad in a duster and broad-brimmed hat, a sawed-off shotgun over one shoulder, Wyatt Earp stands guard at the entrance to this dusty town that calls itself "too tough to die."  |
| California jobless rate dips below 12 percent Posted: 20 May 2011 09:01 AM PDT California's unemployment rate has dropped below 12 percent for the first time since August 2009 -- another positive sign for the nation's economy.  |
| White House expects support for North Africa aid Posted: 20 May 2011 08:40 AM PDT The White House expects world leaders to back President Barack Obama's call for financial assistance for Tunisia and Egypt during next week's G-8 meetings, but said it's unlikely the summit will produce a deal on an aid package.  |
| Prosecutor: Calif. carjack suspect ran out of gas Posted: 20 May 2011 08:30 AM PDT California prosecutors say a man who carjacked a vehicle in Belmont was arrested while he was sitting in the car after it ran out of gas about eight miles away.  |
| APNewsBreak: Aide: Pawlenty running for president Posted: 20 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a laid-back Midwestern Republican who governed a Democratic-leaning state, is running for president and will declare his candidacy on Monday in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa, an adviser told The Associated Press.  |
| APNewsBreak: Aide: Pawlenty running for president Posted: 20 May 2011 07:34 AM PDT Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a laid-back Midwestern Republican who governed a Democratic-leaning state, is running for president and will declare his candidacy on Monday in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa, an adviser told The Associated Press.  |
| Pa. woman to stand trial for pot-laced margarine Posted: 20 May 2011 07:30 AM PDT A Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she fed marijuana-laced margarine to a 12-year-old girl she was baby-sitting, as well as two other children at her home.  |
| Government statements, before and after a rewrite Posted: 20 May 2011 07:20 AM PDT Some before and after samples of the government's writing, many used in training employees to communicate more clearly:  |
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