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- UN extends Cyprus peacekeeping force
- Military spending fight hits foreign oil, biofuel
- Ex-Maine shipyard CEO, Reagan Navy boss dies at 99
- Funding cut imperils undersea lab off Fla. Keys
- US urges nations to watch Iranian shipping vessels
- Pentagon sending new aid to Yemen
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- Congress OKs American Samoa minimum wage freeze
- South Carolina boy killed by rare brain infection
- Texas club owner indicted in alleged murder plot
- Miss Oregon gives up crown over residency dispute
- No FAA decision yet on Northeast air center locale
- Tulsa police make arrest in store shootings
- Feds OK with equipment change at Calif. nuke plant
- House pushes to complete $608B defense bill
- Obama punching bag causes stir at Indiana fair
- Former Kennedy Space Center director dies
- Strauss-Kahn lawyers: Law in NYC maid's suit vague
- Mayors group wants more infrastructure investment
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| UN extends Cyprus peacekeeping force Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:10 PM PDT The U.N. Security Council has extended the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus through January 2013, and again urged the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot leaders to speed up talks aimed at reunifying the divided Mediterranean island nation.           |
| Military spending fight hits foreign oil, biofuel Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:10 PM PDT The U.S. Navy says a fleet of jets and ships running on biofuels during exercises in the Pacific Ocean hold a key to making the military safer and more nimble.  |
| Ex-Maine shipyard CEO, Reagan Navy boss dies at 99 Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:10 PM PDT A former president of Maine shipyard Bath Iron Works and under secretary of the U.S. Navy under President Ronald Reagan has died. James Franklin Goodrich was 99.  |
| Funding cut imperils undersea lab off Fla. Keys Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT Ocean explorer Sylvia Earle sported one Rolex dive watch on each wrist as she slipped beneath the balmy waters of the Florida Keys for a weeklong stay at an undersea research lab where marine biologists have kept constant watch on a coral reef.  |
| US urges nations to watch Iranian shipping vessels Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT The Obama administration is urging global port authorities to be on the watch for Iranian shipping vessels flying false flags or sailing under fraudulent registrations. Both practices violate international maritime law and sanctions.  |
| Pentagon sending new aid to Yemen Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT The Pentagon is pouring new funding into Yemen for weapons and aircraft to help bolster the embattled country's counterterrorism forces, amid growing concerns about Iranian spying and meddling there.  |
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| Congress OKs American Samoa minimum wage freeze Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:40 PM PDT Congress has passed a bill to freeze American Samoa's minimum wage, responding to employer concerns and a government report that increases were harming the U.S. territory's economy.  |
| South Carolina boy killed by rare brain infection Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT A South Carolina boy has died from a rare brain infection caused by an organism that lives in warm, fresh water, according to state health officials.  |
| Texas club owner indicted in alleged murder plot Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:20 PM PDT A federal grand jury has indicted a topless club owner accused of organizing a failed plot to kill a Texas mayor and city attorney, prosecutors announced Thursday.  |
| Miss Oregon gives up crown over residency dispute Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT Miss Oregon has given up her crown following questions about her residency. KGW reports ( http://bit.ly/MMhzKi ) Rachel Berry will not be able to compete in the Miss America pageant next year. She was selected as Miss Oregon last month.  |
| No FAA decision yet on Northeast air center locale Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT A report from the U.S. Department of Transportation says no decision has yet been made on where to build a new air traffic control center that will serve the busy New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia metro areas.  |
| Tulsa police make arrest in store shootings Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT Tulsa police on Thursday arrested a man accused of gunning down a rival outside an electronics store and mistakenly killing an innocent bystander who was shopping with his daughter.  |
| Feds OK with equipment change at Calif. nuke plant Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT Federal regulators Thursday concluded that the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California did not mislead the government about extensive modifications to its troubled steam generators, where damage has been found on scores of tubes that carry radioactive water.  |
| House pushes to complete $608B defense bill Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT The House pressed ahead Thursday to complete a $608 billion defense spending bill for next year that adds billions to President Barack Obama's request and breaks a budget deal that Congress backed last year.  |
| Obama punching bag causes stir at Indiana fair Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT A punching bag depicting President Barack Obama as a boxer with a black eye has been removed from the Republican Party tent at an Indiana fair after some fairgoers complained.  |
| Former Kennedy Space Center director dies Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Forrest McCartney, a former director of Kennedy Space Center who was crucial in getting NASA's shuttles flying again after the Challenger tragedy, has died. He was 81  |
| Strauss-Kahn lawyers: Law in NYC maid's suit vague Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT The hotel maid suing Dominique Strauss-Kahn is invoking a gender-based violence law that's too ambiguous, his lawyers said in asking a judge to throw out part of her sexual assault claim.  |
| Mayors group wants more infrastructure investment Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT The economies of the nation's cities are starting to bounce back from the recession and grow again, but the state and federal governments need to increase their spending on infrastructure to help that growth continue, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which released an economic report Thursday.  |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT  |
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