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May revenue declines for all 11 AC casinos

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Newly released figures show Atlantic City's casinos shared the misery last month, with all 11 reporting revenue declines compared with May 2010.

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Clinton promotes US-African commerce in Zambia

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged African nations to tear down continental trade barriers and promote business-friendly policies as she called for an increase in commerce between America and Africa, which is rapidly turning to China as its main trading partner.

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Drilling group offers paid trip to energy hearing

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

A natural gas group is offering an expenses-paid trip to pro-drilling landowners to get them to attend U.S. Energy Department meeting on the controversial practice known as fracking.

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Posted: 10 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

United Airlines to bring 1,300 jobs to Chicago

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

United Airlines announced Friday it was bringing 1,300 more jobs to downtown Chicago, in stark contrast to the owner of two major futures exchanges in the city who suggested they might relocate from Illinois because of the state's business tax.

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Supplies ferried to hundreds stranded by MT floods

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Emergency workers are ferrying supplies to more than 300 people cut off by flooding that is overwhelming Montana towns.

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Alaska officials release emails sent, received by Palin during

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Alaska officials release emails sent, received by Palin during part of her governorship

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Kan. man snags huge catfish with invention

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Steve Green rounded a bend on the Wakarusa River and slowed his boat as he approached a clearing on the bank that had been turned into a makeshift fishing camp.

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Appeals court overturns release of Gitmo detainee

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT

A Yemeni detainee ordered to be freed from Guantanamo Bay has to stay now that an appeals court has overturned his release.

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Las Vegas high schooler wins car for good records

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT

A Las Vegas high school senior has won a new car for having good grades and no unexcused absences.

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Smithsonian recounts balloon flights of Civil War

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT

The National Air and Space Museum will re-create a key moment in the nation's first attempt at an air force during the Civil War 150 years ago -- decades before the first airplane flight.

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Memo contradicts claims in wake of man's suicide

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:50 AM PDT

An internal memo about rescue training funds appears to contradict claims by authorities in Northern California who said department policy prevented them from helping a suicidal man in San Francisco Bay.

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Wis. GOP Sen. Johnson calls on Weiner to resign

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has become the first Republican senator to call on U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (WEE'-ner) to resign.

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Ocean science satellite blasts off from California

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:49 AM PDT

A rocket carrying an Earth-observing satellite launched early Friday on a mission to measure the saltiness of the ocean from space.

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US prosecutor in NC quitting after Edwards charges

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

The Republican federal prosecutor who stayed in his post three years into the Obama Administration to avoid disrupting investigations into former presidential candidate John Edwards and former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley announced his resignation Friday.

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Aggressive fungus strikes Joplin tornado victims

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

A Joplin doctor said Thursday his hospital treated five Joplin tornado victims for a rare, aggressive fungal infection sometimes found in survivors of other natural disasters.

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Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

Woman pleads not guilty to abducting granddaughter

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT

A woman accused of snatching her infant granddaughter from her son's Northern California home and taking a cab 350 miles to her home in Los Angeles County has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and burglary charges.

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Cops called on overeager Casey Anthony watchers

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Police had to break up an early-morning scuffle among spectators vying for limited seating at the Casey Anthony trial.

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Freak temperature hike hits Wichita after midnight

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT

An unusual weather pattern caused temperatures in Wichita, Kan. to soar nearly 20 degrees in 20 minutes even though the sun had long gone down.

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