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Court won't look at tuition for illegal immigrants

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a California policy that gives tuition breaks to illegal immigrants to attend public colleges and universities.

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Police: Man beat girl who refused to give up bike

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Police say a 7-year-old girl who refused to give up her bicycle was severely beaten by an Anchorage man who had tried to steal it.

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CA Chinese-language class foes drop recall effort

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Residents of a California city have abandoned efforts to recall four members of their five-person school board over their support for a language program funded by the Chinese government.

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La man admits selling forged folk artist paintings

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

A federal prosecutor says a 79-year-old Baton Rouge, La., man has admitted forging paintings and selling them as work by the famous folk artist Clementine Hunter.

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Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Former manager at ACU pleads guilty to embezzling

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

The former administrative director at one of the nation's most prominent conservative organizations has pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the group.

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Recall news

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

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Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up abortion billboard

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT

A New Mexico man's decision to lash out with a billboard ad saying his ex-girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes has touched off a court battle over free speech and privacy rights.

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NYC witness: Getting stock secrets was easy

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:40 PM PDT

A government witness has testified at a New York City insider trading trial that it wasn't difficult to get contacts to divulge illegal secrets.

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Police resuming search in NY serial killer probe

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Police in New York say they will resume a search for bodies in the ongoing investigation into a possible serial killer on Long Island.

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White House: We must answer Libya questions

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The White House says Congress has the right to ask questions about the U.S. objective in Libya and administration officials have an obligation to answer them.

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Fla. couple threatens bank with foreclosure

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:30 AM PDT

A Florida couple is finally getting reimbursed for court costs months after Bank of America wrongly foreclosed on a Naples home they had already paid for.

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Obama wraps meeting with advisers on Afghan war

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

President Barack Obama has finished a monthly Afghanistan war review as he nears a decision on how many troops to withdraw in July.

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Woman linked to Utah immigrant list pleads guilty

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT

A Utah woman accused of inappropriately accessing the personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants has pleaded guilty.

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Microsoft: Live television coming to Xbox 360

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Live television is landing on the Xbox 360. Microsoft Corp. announced plans to bring live TV and YouTube to the video game console at a press conference kicking off the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the gaming industry's annual convention.

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US citizen stuck in Kuwait can now leave country

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

A naturalized U.S. citizen stuck in Kuwait for months said Monday that he will finally be able to leave the country after the U.S. Embassy reversed course and returned his confiscated passport.

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Warren Buffett lunch auction starts with big bids

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Two bidders have already driven up the price of a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett to over $1.5 million, and the online charity auction runs all week.

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Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Fla. sued over ban of doctors asking about guns

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is suing to overturn Florida's new law that bans doctors from asking patients about gun ownership.

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Hundreds marching 5 days to save W.Va. mountain

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT

On this steep-sided mountain in West Virginia's southern coalfields, hundreds will retrace the steps of miners who waged the largest armed uprising since the Civil War, hoping 90 years later to protect the site of that bloody battle.

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