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Don't take heat for shorts at work: Dress them up

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Is it OK to wear shorts to the office on days with record-setting temperatures? Designer runways might have you think so. Short suits were a trend in spring-summer womenswear collections. They're also showing up in fall and resort collections.

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Uncle Sam serves up food history at Archives in DC

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT

One spot in the nation's capital is offering visitors a peek at presidential recipes including Lyndon B. Johnson's chili, John F. Kennedy's chowder and Dwight D. Eisenhower's three-page guide to vegetable soup.

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WA court: Workers can be fired over medical pot

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT

The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that employers can fire their workers for legally using medical marijuana even if it is used outside the workplace.

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AP sources: US planes hit Yemeni militants

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT

U.S. officials say American forces launched an airstrike against al-Qaida targets in southern Yemen last week to keep al-Qaida's Yemeni offshoot from taking advantage of the unrest there.

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Gingrich vows to stay in GOP presidential race

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT

Newt Gingrich says he's staying in the race for the Republican presidential nomination despite an unprecedented mass staff exodus.

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Gingrich's campaign manager, other aides resign

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Newt Gingrich's campaign manager and numerous other key aides have resigned together, a strong blow to his hopes for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Snow pile in Mass. hangs on despite extreme heat

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:50 AM PDT

As temperatures in the Boston area soar into the 90s, a frigid reminder of the region's long winter clings to life in a Framingham parking lot.

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People fleeing flooded Missouri won't be back soon

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:50 AM PDT

Hundreds of people leaving flood-threatened homes on the rising Missouri River may not be able to return before late summer.

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AP sources: Senior aides on Gingrich presidential campaign

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:49 AM PDT

AP sources: Senior aides on Gingrich presidential campaign resign en masse

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Woman puts up $7,200 to aid customers in CA store

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT

A woman with a foul mouth, fat wallet and dislike for men bought $7,200 worth of clothing for more than 50 women at a discount store in Southern California.

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M4.5 quake shakes Calif.-Mexico border area

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Officials say a magnitude-4.5 earthquake in Baja California shook buildings in the U.S. border city of Calexico but no damage or injuries have been reported.

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Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Biden-led budget talks resume on Capitol Hill

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

With an early August deadline looming, lawmakers and the White House are finding out just how difficult it is to come up with $2.5 trillion in budget savings over the next decade. That's the price Republicans are demanding to let the government continue piling on debt.

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Panetta: Iraq will for some US troops to stay

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

The likely next Pentagon chief says he believes Iraq will ask the U.S. to maintain a presence in that country beyond the end of this year, when American troops are currently scheduled to leave.

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Mass. family sues following boy's escalator death

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy who died after falling from a mall escalator has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

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Embattled Rep. Weiner insists he won't resign

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Rep. Anthony Weiner insists he won't resign from Congress and plans to get back to work on behalf of his New York district.

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Helmsley's millionaire dog, Trouble, dies at 12

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Leona Helmsley's millionaire Maltese has died. The Helmsley family trust said Thursday that 12-year-old Trouble died Dec. 13 and was cremated.

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AP Source: Counterterrorism chief resigns

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT

A U.S. official says the head of the top counterterrorism agency is resigning after nearly five years at his post, now that one of the nation's major counterterror goals has been met with the killing of Osama bin Laden last month.

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Moose on loose barges into Swedish retirement home

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Officials say a moose burst through the dining room window of a retirement home in southwestern Sweden, knocking over furniture and flower pots before taking off into the wild again.

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Custody dispute goes viral after judge's decision

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT

A North Carolina child custody dispute involving a mother's breast cancer has sparked outcry, but the story that is spreading is also mixing up the facts.

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