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- Appeals court allows no-fly challenge to proceed
- Oregon student expelled over threat seeks return
- Dad: Colorado shooting victim had 'heart of gold'
- Hill leaders may punt spending bills to next year
- US concerned over South China Sea garrison plan
- Defense cuts could hit civilian workforce
- Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk
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- Humanities endowment gives $1M for digital library
- House leaders: Drought bill may come up next week
- Obama to House: 'Do the right thing' on tax cut
- Colo judge bans release of suspect's univ. docs
- Defense chief Leon Panetta to visit Middle East
- JC Penney tweaks pricing strategy again
- Nev. tourism panel approves air race sponsorship
- Gov't stepping up fight against health care fraud
- Google to offer KC ultra-fast Internet for $70/mo.
- NYC councilman guilty of some corruption counts
- Elephants' move has to wait for cooler weather
- Some NYC utility workers work as storm approaches
| Appeals court allows no-fly challenge to proceed Posted: 26 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a lawsuit over the government's no-fly list can go forward in a lower court in Oregon.           |
| Oregon student expelled over threat seeks return Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT A Portland State University graduate student expelled after allegedly threatening violence against a faculty member wants to return to the university.  |
| Dad: Colorado shooting victim had 'heart of gold' Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:40 PM PDT An Arizona man who was among the Colorado movie theater shooting victims was cremated this week, as his father remembered him as having a gift for defusing tense situations and a "heart of gold."  |
| Hill leaders may punt spending bills to next year Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:31 PM PDT With the agenda for a postelection lame duck session of Congress already stacked high, congressional leaders are considering lightening the load by punting much of the remaining budget work of Congress to next year.  |
| US concerned over South China Sea garrison plan Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT The U.S. is criticizing Chinese plans for a military garrison on an island in the contested South China Sea  |
| Defense cuts could hit civilian workforce Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT A Pentagon official says civilian employees in the Defense Department could receive notices of potential layoffs four days before the election if automatic military cuts aren't averted.  |
| Hot, dry weather heightens West Nile virus risk Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT Hot, dry weather in the Midwest has created the perfect conditions for mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus.  |
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| Humanities endowment gives $1M for digital library Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT A nonprofit effort to digitize the nation's libraries and create a Digital Public Library of America won a $1 million federal grant Thursday from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  |
| House leaders: Drought bill may come up next week Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT House Republican leaders said Thursday they expected to take up legislation next week to help farmers and ranchers, particularly livestock producers, hit by the drought that has parched much of the nation.  |
| Obama to House: 'Do the right thing' on tax cut Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT Now that the Senate has voted to extend middle-class tax cuts, President Barack Obama is appealing to the GOP-run House to "do the right thing."  |
| Colo judge bans release of suspect's univ. docs Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:00 PM PDT Tightening the secrecy over the year James Holmes spent studying neuroscience, a judge has barred the University of Colorado Denver from releasing any records about the former graduate student's time there.  |
| Defense chief Leon Panetta to visit Middle East Posted: 26 Jul 2012 11:11 AM PDT Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will head to the Middle East next week and is expected to speak with Israeli and Jordanian officials about the conflict in Syria and worries about Iran.  |
| JC Penney tweaks pricing strategy again Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:30 AM PDT J.C. Penney is changing its pricing -- again. Just six months after the mid-priced department store chain got rid of the hundreds of sales it offered each year in favor of everyday lower pricing, it is reversing course.  |
| Nev. tourism panel approves air race sponsorship Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:10 AM PDT Nevada's state tourism commission has agreed to a $600,000 sponsorship of the National Championship Air Races to make sure the 49th annual competition goes forward in Reno in September.  |
| Gov't stepping up fight against health care fraud Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:59 AM PDT The Obama administration is upping the ante in the fight against health care fraud, joining forces with private insurers and state investigators on a scale not previously seen in an attempt to stanch tens of billions of dollars in losses.  |
| Google to offer KC ultra-fast Internet for $70/mo. Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:59 AM PDT Google says its long-awaited ultra-fast Internet service in Kansas City, intended as a showcase for the future, will cost $70 per month.  |
| NYC councilman guilty of some corruption counts Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:59 AM PDT A veteran New York City politician was convicted Thursday on nine of 12 counts in a corruption case in which prosecutors said he put hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant for community projects in the pockets of his girlfriend and family.  |
| Elephants' move has to wait for cooler weather Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:59 AM PDT A trip to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary in Northern California has been delayed because of extreme heat expected in Canada in early August.  |
| Some NYC utility workers work as storm approaches Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:50 AM PDT New York's main electric utility says locked-out workers will be back on the job to prepare for a coming storm after Gov. Andrew Cuomo intervened in a labor dispute.  |
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