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For Strauss-Kahn accuser, suing could be an avenue

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:01 PM PDT

The lawyer for the hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her has said she wants her day in court.

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States weigh 'Caylee's Law' in verdict aftermath

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Lawmakers across the nation are proposing the so-called Caylee's laws that would make it a felony for parents who do not promptly report a missing child.

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Kate and William heading for Los Angeles

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:44 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were headed to Tinseltown on Friday, though the quick trip was hardly going to be a honeymoon for the newlyweds.

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Anthony refuses jail visit request from mother

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Casey Anthony is refusing a visit in jail from her mother just days after she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

IMF agrees to give Greece $4.2 billion

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

The International Monetary Fund has approved providing Greece just over 3 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in the latest installment of a rescue package aimed at helping the country pull back from an impending debt default.

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Survivors remember Arizona shooting 6 months later

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Survivors of the Tucson shooting rampage are remembering the attack six months ago by thanking the first responders who helped save their lives and remembering those who didn't survive.

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Calif. oddity's creator ordered jailed by judge

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT

The eccentric California creator of a Mojave Desert compound of whimsical buildings known as Phonehenge West was jailed Friday for failing to obey an order to tear down the illegal structures.

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South African gets 3.5 years for Kandahar stabbing

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT

An Army contractor from South Africa has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stabbing a British man last year at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.

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Court revives Indonesians' claims vs. Exxon Mobil

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT

A federal appeals court has revived claims that Exxon Mobil Corp. should be held accountable in U.S. courts for human rights abuses allegedly committed by Indonesian troops guarding an Exxon natural gas facility.

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APNewsBreak: BP wants to end future loss claims

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

BP is arguing that most victims of last year's Gulf oil spill should not get any more payouts for future losses because the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing.

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Groups sue to block Ala. illegal immigration law

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Civil rights groups sued Friday in federal court to block Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, which supporters and opponents have called the strictest measure of its kind in the nation.

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NASA's last space shuttle blasts into history

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:41 AM PDT

Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch. The historic liftoff occurred Friday morning, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight.

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Boat runs aground in Wash.; 2 flown to hospital

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

The Coast Guard says two people were flown to a hospital with injuries after a crab boat carrying seven ran aground near Shaw Island in the San Juan Islands, about 70 miles northwest of Seattle.

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US, Britain hit Iran with more travel restrictions

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

The Obama administration has imposed travel bans on more than 50 senior Iranian officials accused of participating in human rights abuses and political repression.

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Obama: Uncertainty over debt limit impacts hiring

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT

Facing a dismal jobs report, President Barack Obama called on Congress Friday to end uncertainty over their debt standoff and pass a litany of administration-backed proposals, including a payroll tax cut extension and three free trade agreements. Obama's top economist said implementing those policies would reduce the jobless rate a full point by the time Obama faces re-election in the ...

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GOP says weak job report means no tax hikes

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Top congressional Republicans say a report that few new jobs were created last month shows this is not the time for the government to be raising taxes.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT

UK hospital sues to force someone to claim body

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:50 AM PDT

The University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force one of two county coroners to take possession of a body that has been unclaimed in the morgue for more than three months.

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This Week in the Civil War

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT

------ This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, July 10: Views on Independence.

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