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Mexican poet brings peace march to the US

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:20 PM PDT

A well-known Mexican poet whose son was killed by drug gang members has brought his call for peace to the U.S.

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Brennan says Somali action setback for al-Qaida

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT

President Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism says the death of an al-Qaida operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania is a huge setback for the terrorist organization and its allies.

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IMF targeted in cyberattack, extent not disclosed

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 12:34 PM PDT

The International Monetary Fund, already reeling from last month's arrest of its former leader, is investigating an attack on its computer system.

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Mayor race shifts as Weiner all but certainly out

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:30 AM PDT

There are many things that Rep. Anthony Weiner was never shy about, and one was telling people he hoped to become New York City's mayor.

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Correction: Blagojevich Trial-Deliberations

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 11:30 AM PDT

In a story June 10 about the corruption retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, The Associated Press erroneously reported that jury deliberations will resume Tuesday. Deliberations resume Monday.

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Proposed Medicaid cuts put NJ in national debate

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

As states across the country look for ways to trim billions off their spending on Medicaid, New Jersey is garnering particular attention for a proposal that opponents characterize as an unprecedented and draconian attempt to balance the state's precarious budget on the backs of society's most vulnerable populations.

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Small Okla. town suffers one tragedy after another

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

People in this small town once considered their community immune from the violence and misfortune of larger cities. Far from urban troubles, they enjoyed a seemingly safe landscape of green dotted with church steeples and laced with miles of back-country roads.

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Obama faces more voter anxiety, less excitement

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:09 AM PDT

If President Barack Obama wants North Carolina in his win column again next year, he might have to count on Elliott Johnson's quiet, even grudging, acceptance rather than the riotous enthusiasm that propelled him to the White House in 2008.

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Insect expert testifies in Anthony murder trial

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:30 AM PDT

An insect expert says he found flies related to decomposition in the trunk of a car that belonged to Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter.

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Montana man builds 30 years of quadriplegic gaming

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT

For Ruben Rios to throw a touchdown, it takes a flick of his tongue. To break away from a tackle, he puffs into a tube.

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Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Adrian downgraded to tropical storm in Pacific

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:20 AM PDT

Forecasters say Hurricane Adrian has been downgraded to a tropical storm off the Pacific coast of Mexico and it continues weakening rapidly.

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4 people found shot to death along NC highway

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:20 AM PDT

Four people have been found shot to death along a highway in a North Carolina business research park, authorities said Saturday.

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NSA case unlikely to deter Obama's take on leakers

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Criminal defendants of all stripes in national security cases, including Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the Iran-Contra affair and al-Qaida terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, have long sought to work government secrets into their defense.

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Fatal Va. bus crash shines light on driver fatigue

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Energy drinks, coffee and even talking on his cell phone weren't enough to keep bus driver Kin Yiu Cheung awake after a night on the road.

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Obama: Economic recovery is 'going to take time'

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Saturday sought the public's patience with a slowing economy and said training workers for manufacturing jobs despite declines in that sector will help put the economy on a path toward growth. He said the recession didn't happen overnight and won't end that way, either.

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Obama: Economic recovery is 'going to take time'

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT

President Barack Obama says people need to be patient about the economic recovery and that training workers for manufacturing jobs will help with the turnaround.

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Clinton warns Africa of 'new colonialism'

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned of a creeping "new colonialism" in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves.

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Man charged with beating child over bike

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:30 AM PDT

A 32-year-old man accused of delivering a knockout punch to a 7-year-old girl when she refused to give up her bike has been arraigned on assault and robbery charges.

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NY court says strip club's lap dances are taxable

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT

Getting a lap dance isn't the same as taking in a ballet, so an alcohol-free strip club will have to pay the tax man, a New York state court has ruled.

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