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- Electric rates not falling along with fuel costs
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- Report: Arcing power lines caused Utah wildfire
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- Pelosi expects Jackson to explain medical absence
- Mitsubishi's electric car sells for under $30,000
- USDA announces steps to help farmers with drought
- APNewsBreak: No politicians at 9/11 anniversary
- MediaNews co-founder Richard Scudder dead at 99
- Suit says Hyundai inflated gas mileage claim
| Court: Grandma should have NJ visitation hearing Posted: 11 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT An appellate court has ruled the Brazilian grandmother of a New Jersey boy who was in an international custody battle should get a chance to fight in court for visitation with him.           |
| Former Ky. lawmaker dies year after head injury Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:50 PM PDT A former Kentucky state representative has died more than a year after suffering a head injury while trying to break up a fight among students at the high school where he taught math.  |
| UN envoy says Syria president discusses transition Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:19 PM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad has discussed the possibility of forming a transitional government for his country as proposed by an international conference in Geneva last month, envoy Kofi Annan said Wednesday.  |
| Gov't auditors doubt legality of Medicare bonuses Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT Government auditors are questioning the legality of a costly Medicare bonus program that effectively restored some cuts made by President Barack Obama's health care law to popular private insurance plans.  |
| Electric rates not falling along with fuel costs Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT A plunge in the price of natural gas has made it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity. But the savings aren't translating to lower rates for customers. Instead, U.S. electricity prices are going up.  |
| Neb. man jailed for bomb threat on job application Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT A central Nebraska man landed in jail for writing a bomb threat on the back of a restaurant job application.  |
| Report: Arcing power lines caused Utah wildfire Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT A Utah wildfire that destroyed 52 homes and left one man dead was caused by arcing between power transmission lines that were built too closely together and sent a surge to the ground that ignited dry grass, a fire investigator said Wednesday.  |
| Reputed gang member convicted of 4 slayings in NJ Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT A reputed New Jersey gang member has been convicted in the slayings of a woman and three teenage girls at an Irvington home nearly four years ago.  |
| Ky. woman fights porn companies' anti-piracy suits Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT It's a common tactic for pornography producers trying to protect their product from online piracy: They sue unknown "John Does" who illegally download movies, then go to Internet providers to learn their true identities and collect.  |
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| Healthy eating is matter of survival for this chef Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:59 AM PDT Looks can be deceiving. Take Seamus Mullen. In his signature work shirt and with his youthful demeanor, the 38-year-old chef looks the picture of ruddy health -- like he'd just hopped off a tractor at the Vermont farm he grew up on -- as he leads a visitor around Tertulia, his year-old, red-hot Spanish eatery in Greenwich Village.  |
| Oklahoma obtains 20 more doses of execution drug Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:59 AM PDT Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says the state has secured 20 new doses of the execution drug pentobarbital, one month before the state is scheduled to put an inmate to death.  |
| West seeks sanctions on Syria if no cease-fire Posted: 11 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT Western powers say they will introduce a U.N. resolution that would threaten sanctions mainly against the Syrian government if it does not immediately implement a cease-fire and withdraw heavy weapons from cities.  |
| By the numbers: 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV SE BASE PRICE: $29,125 for ES; $31,125 for SE.  |
| Pelosi expects Jackson to explain medical absence Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she expects Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to explain his weeks-long leave of absence after he has had an evaluation of his medical condition.  |
| Mitsubishi's electric car sells for under $30,000 Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:50 AM PDT At just under $30,000 base retail price, the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV is the most affordable all-electric car in the U.S. market.  |
| USDA announces steps to help farmers with drought Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT The U.S. Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process for farmers to apply for government disaster help as crops in many states burn up in the widest drought in nearly 25 years.  |
| APNewsBreak: No politicians at 9/11 anniversary Posted: 11 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Politicians will be excluded from speaking at this year's Sept. 11 anniversary ceremony at ground zero, following a year in which families have expressed concern that political struggles are hindering progress on a 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center site.  |
| MediaNews co-founder Richard Scudder dead at 99 Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:30 AM PDT Richard B. Scudder, co-founder and former chairman of MediaNews Group Inc. who also helped invent a process allowing newsprint to be recycled, died Wednesday at his home in New Jersey. He was 99.  |
| Suit says Hyundai inflated gas mileage claim Posted: 11 Jul 2012 09:39 AM PDT A California lawsuit says Hyundai's Elantra vehicle doesn't get the advertised 40 miles per gallon.  |
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