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Cocaine, marijuana busts up at El Paso crossings

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Customs officials say cocaine seizures at the El Paso border crossings have more than doubled over the same period last year, and marijuana busts are up as well.

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Edwards, feds arguing if money was donated or gift

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Former presidential candidate John Edwards and federal prosecutors are arguing over whether money used to cover up his extramarital affair at the height of the 2008 Democratic nominating campaign was a campaign contribution or just a gift from longtime friends.

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Palin, Trump to meet in NYC Tuesday evening

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Sarah Palin has scheduled a meeting with Donald Trump in New York City on Tuesday evening.

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Rwanda genocide suspect convicted of lying to US

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Federal jurors in Kansas have convicted an 84-year-old Rwanda genocide suspect of lying on his U.S. immigration forms but they did not find that the government proved he participated in the mass killings.

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Republicans question healthier eating proposals

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT

House Republicans are pushing back against Obama administration efforts to promote healthier eating in a spending bill that pays for food and farm spending.

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Posted: 31 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT

Predicting 2011 hurricane season could be tough

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

The tough task of guessing what hurricane season will look like could be even more difficult this year for forecasters.

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10 still missing in Joplin; 120 dead identified

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

Less than a dozen people remain unaccounted for after the tornado that hit Joplin last week.

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Megachurch founder Long says Bernice King leaving

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:20 PM PDT

The youngest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is leaving the Atlanta megachurch where the pastor has been embroiled in scandal, months after she turned down a leadership role with the organization her father co-founded.

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Defense wants delay in Ohio trial in 11 slayings

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Defense attorneys for a Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and dumping their bodies around his property say they cannot be ready for trial next week because expert witnesses need time to prepare.

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Tribal Law and Order Act at a glance

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

The Tribal Law and Order Act, signed by President Barack Obama last summer, seeks to give tribes greater authority and additional resources to combat reservation crime. Key provisions:

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Wis. Supreme Court challenger concedes defeat

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT

The challenger for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has conceded defeat to a conservative incumbent justice in an election seen as a referendum on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's divisive union rights bill.

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2 Iraqis charged in Ky. with terrorism plotting

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Two Iraqis have been indicted in Kentucky on federal terrorism charges, including allegations that they provided support to Al-Qaeda in Iraq and conspired to transport Stinger missiles overseas.

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9 days after tornado, rebuilding begins in Joplin

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Residents in Joplin are already starting to rebuild less than two weeks after a massive tornado damaged thousands of homes and businesses.

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Monopoly lost: Atlantic City's rise and fall

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Just four years ago, Atlantic City's casinos were riding a $5 billion wave of prosperity. But then the recession hit just as casinos popped up in states all around it.

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NY man accused of slapping JetBlue attendant

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT

A New York man has been arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport after allegedly slapping a male flight attendant on a JetBlue flight from Florida.

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Sky Express involved in 4 crashes in last 2 years

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

The operator of a bus that overturned and crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia has been involved in several crashes over the last two years and was cited for 46 violations for fatigued driving.

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Severed horse head found in Pa. city alley

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Someone left a severed horse head in a southwestern Pennsylvania city. Officials in Washington, Pa., say the head was found Monday in an alley in a densely populated neighborhood.

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Posted: 31 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

NY attorney general suing feds over gas drilling

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:40 AM PDT

New York's attorney general is suing the federal government to compel a full environmental review of proposed regulations for natural gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin.

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