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- Lawsuit seeks to block SF vote on circumcision ban
- Americans warned against sailing in Gaza flotilla
- Group promotes sportsmen's agenda in Washington
- US House takes up major overhaul of patent system
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- Stolen phone had mom's only photos of dead child
- Post office suspends retirement contributions
- Jet halts takeoff in close call at NYC airport
- Dude! NY man's tossed pot lands on police cruiser
- Norwegian cruise in midnight sun sets TV record
- Hot dog maker gets steamed at competitor, sues him
- Huntsman visiting SC day after launching 2012 bid
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- Gore faults Obama on global warming
- Scientists to begin rotation of Confederate sub
- Obama to set course for drawing down Afghan war
- Trial opens for La. cops charged in shootings
- Mich. Boy driving car to father's house hit 50 mph
- Vandenberg AFB plans Minuteman 3 test Wednesday
- Extremists finding fertile ground in Northwest US
| Lawsuit seeks to block SF vote on circumcision ban Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT Jewish and Muslim organizations are joining in an effort to block a San Francisco ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children.            |
| Americans warned against sailing in Gaza flotilla Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT The State Department is warning Americans against participating in an international flotilla aimed at breaking Israel's sea blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip.  |
| Group promotes sportsmen's agenda in Washington Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT A fledgling outdoorsmen's group released a broad agenda Wednesday aimed at giving conservation-minded sportsmen's groups a united voice before federal policy makers.  |
| US House takes up major overhaul of patent system Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT The House is taking up a major overhaul of the patent system that lawmakers say would make it easier for inventors to get their products to market and would help create jobs.  |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Barack Obama and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from June 16-20. It is based on landline and cellphone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 700 respondents on landline telephones and 301 on cellular phones.  |
| Stolen phone had mom's only photos of dead child Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT A Massachusetts woman says the cellphone stolen from her car as she visited her infant daughter's grave contains the only pictures she has of the little girl.  |
| Post office suspends retirement contributions Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT The financially troubled Postal Service is suspending its employer contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System.  |
| Jet halts takeoff in close call at NYC airport Posted: 22 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT A jet carrying 286 passengers slammed on its brakes and aborted a takeoff this week at Kennedy Airport after another plane began taxiing toward the runway it was using, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.  |
| Dude! NY man's tossed pot lands on police cruiser Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT State police say a man's effort to ditch some drugs from a moving car in western New York didn't exactly go as planned.  |
| Norwegian cruise in midnight sun sets TV record Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:20 AM PDT Live televised coverage of a midsummer cruise along Norway's picturesque coast of fjords and islands has become the most watched TV show in the Nordic country.  |
| Hot dog maker gets steamed at competitor, sues him Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT A famous Chicago hot dog maker is steamed at a competitor. Vienna Beef is suing the owner of a rival company called Red Hot Chicago, accusing him of either stealing Vienna's 118-year-old recipe or lying to customers by claiming that he's using it.  |
| Huntsman visiting SC day after launching 2012 bid Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is visiting early-voting South Carolina one day after formally launching his presidential bid.  |
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| Gore faults Obama on global warming Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:40 AM PDT Former Vice President Al Gore is going where few environmentalists -- and fellow Democrats -- have gone before: criticizing President Barack Obama's record on global warming.  |
| Scientists to begin rotation of Confederate sub Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:50 AM PDT Scientists in South Carolina are starting the delicate chore of righting the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.  |
| Obama to set course for drawing down Afghan war Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT President Barack Obama will set the course for drawing down the U.S. war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, when he is expected to announce plans to bring roughly 10,000 American troops home in less than a year.  |
| Trial opens for La. cops charged in shootings Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:40 AM PDT Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in a trial of five current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath.  |
| Mich. Boy driving car to father's house hit 50 mph Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT A 7-year-old Michigan boy barefoot and in pajamas drove a car for 20 miles, sometimes hitting speeds of 50 mph, before finally slowing down and stopping with the help of authorities.  |
| Vandenberg AFB plans Minuteman 3 test Wednesday Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for an early morning test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  |
| Extremists finding fertile ground in Northwest US Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:11 AM PDT With its jagged peaks, glistening lakes and lush valleys, the Inland Northwest -- stretching from eastern Washington to Montana's Glacier National Park -- is a stunningly beautiful and remote part of the country.  |
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