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Hearse in Miami bomb scare had fake weapons

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Police in the Miami area say the hearse in the bomb scare that snarled traffic for hours Friday evening had fake weapons inside.

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NORAD intercepts small plane near Camp David

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Two F-15 fighter jets have intercepted a small aircraft near Camp David in Maryland, where President Barack Obama is spending part of the weekend.

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9/11 memorial to begin taking ticket reservations

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

People who want to visit the National Sept. 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site when it opens in two months will be able to start reserving tickets over the Internet, starting on Monday.

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Northern Calif man celebrates 'Odd Day'

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Ron Gordon would like you to take a moment or three to think about what an odd day Saturday is.

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Experts expect more Missouri River levee failures

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Experts say more Missouri River levees are likely to fail throughout the summer because months of high water will put tremendous pressure on the system.

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Miami Gardens police search for man in bomb scare

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

The man Miami Gardens police wanted to question in connection with a bomb scare is in custody.

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Agency denies Rep. Hastings sexually harassed aide

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

An independent U.S. agency is denying claims that a former co-chairman, Rep. Alcee Hastings, made sexual advances toward a staff member and sought to retaliate when she refused.

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Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Ohio man helps rescue son, 3, who fell into well

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Fire officials in northeast Ohio say a man climbed down the stone walls of a 40-foot well to help rescue his 3-year-old son after the boy fell into it.

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Fort Hood suspect's defense has few options

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

More than two dozen soldiers have testified about the day they were gunned down at Fort Hood. This week, the post's commander ordered the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan, to face trial on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 shootings.

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Bishops, nuns and rabbis debate gas fracking

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Bishops, nuns and rabbis have joined the environmental and social debate over natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region.

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Some fear chilling effect on women reporting rapes

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:10 AM PDT

When Kristen Bakalar was pulled into a wooded area by a stranger and raped, three weeks after beginning college, she didn't think twice about reporting it.

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The nation's weather

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

More active weather is expected across the nation Saturday. A low pressure system moves into central Canada and pushes a strong trough into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.

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Homeless as boy, Maine gov targets domestic abuse

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Abused by his father as a boy, Maine Gov. Paul LePage is adding his voice to those expressing "zero tolerance" for domestic abuse following a pair of highly publicized killings.

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Limits weighed to keep small fishing boats afloat

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

Rulemakers who protect New England's fish stocks are considering ways to make sure the small boat fishermen who chase them don't vanish in the meantime.

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UConn president: Let's push endowment past $1B

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:50 AM PDT

The University of Connecticut's new president says it needs to push its endowment fund past $1 billion.

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Fishermen recount surviving Sea of Cortez sinking

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:30 AM PDT

By Friday, most of the survivors of a Sea of Cortez fishing trip that turned deadly had straggled home to Northern California, carrying harrowing tales of being lost at sea for hours.

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Scars deep as NC nursing home shooting trial nears

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT

For two years, Wanda Luck has been trying to keep busy with two jobs, her children and her church to try to forget the day her husband barged into a North Carolina nursing home and killed seven elderly patients and a nurse.

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Ex-Mayor Nagin paints himself as hero in memoir

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin writes in a new memoir that he was the only one to understand how to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and that he endured plots against him and incompetence around him as he set his plan in motion.

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Tropical Storm Calvin weakens quickly in Pacific

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Calvin is weakening rapidly as it moves farther into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico.

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