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- US report says Iraq 'rebuilders' died by hundreds
- Fla. Lt. Gov. apologizes for remark about lesbians
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| Suspected tornado touches down in Elmira, NY Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:10 AM PDT Power lines and trees were toppled and hospitals were placed on disaster alert but there were no reports of injuries after a possible tornado hit the city of Elmira Thursday afternoon, Chemung County Office of Fire and Emergency Management spokeswoman Karen Miner said.           |
| Colo. shooting: Police pleaded for ambulances Posted: 27 Jul 2012 01:19 AM PDT As the horror unfolded for police first on the scene of the Colorado theater massacre, the officers repeatedly sent out urgent pleas for more ambulances even as a two-man crew and their rig were idling just a few miles away.  |
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| Turf painting spreads as drought ravages lawns Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT When this summer's drought turned her prized lawn brown, Terri LoPrimo fought back, but not with sprinklers: She had it painted green, making her suddenly lush-appearing yard the envy of her neighborhood.  |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2012 12:10 AM PDT "I think that the effort to continue to look for some law to somehow make violence go away is missing the point. The real point has to relate to individuals that are deranged and distressed, and to find them and help them and to keep them from carrying out terrible acts." -- Mitt Romney in an interview as both he ...  |
| Posted: 26 Jul 2012 06:46 PM PDT The deadly shooting in Colorado has thrust the debate about gun control into the Massachusetts Senate race between Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren, exposing areas of deep division and some surprising agreement between the Republican and Democratic candidates.  |
| Incumbent’s NRA split brings boost wins big fan Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:24 PM PDT Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor of New York, waded into one of the nation's fiercest Senate races and threw his financial and rhetorical support behind Senator Scott Brown on Thursday, praising Brown's defiance of the National Rifle Association on its top legislative priority.Bloomberg's endorsement, which comes with an August fund-raiser for Brown at the mayor's Upper East Side townhouse, will help the senator tap wealthy New York donors and build his case that he is an independent voice.  |
| US report says Iraq 'rebuilders' died by hundreds Posted: 26 Jul 2012 10:09 PM PDT In the first tally of its kind, a federal investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003.  |
| Few think sluggish US economy will strengthen soon Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:39 PM PDT A U.S. economy that plodded along in the first three months of the year likely grew even less in the April-June quarter. And most economists no longer think growth will strengthen much in the second half of 2012.  |
| US report says Iraq 'rebuilders' died by hundreds Posted: 26 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT In the first tally of its kind, a federal investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003.  |
| Fla. Lt. Gov. apologizes for remark about lesbians Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:09 PM PDT Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll apologized Thursday for offending lesbians when she said black women who engage in those relationships don't look like her.  |
| Hiker dies after being swept into Alaska river Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:59 PM PDT The U.S. Coast Guard says one hiker has died and another rescued from Atigun Gorge in northern Alaska.  |
| 5 charged with intimidation at Pa. Jewish camp Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:29 PM PDT Five people have been charged with terrorizing campers at a Jewish summer camp in northeastern Pennsylvania.  |
| Fake doctor charged in buttocks injection death Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:49 PM PDT A South Florida woman posing as a doctor was arrested Thursday and charged in the death of a woman who died after authorities said her body was pumped with unknown toxic substances during a buttocks-enhancement surgery.  |
| More under investigation in Air Force sex scandal Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:49 PM PDT The number of instructors at a Texas Air Force base under investigation in a widening sex scandal has increased from 12 to 15 and the number of alleged victims has also gone up by seven to 38, officials said Thursday.  |
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| Congress pushes for terrorist label for Haqqani Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:29 PM PDT Congress ratcheted up the pressure on the Obama administration to slap the terrorist label on the Haqqani network, the militant group responsible for plotting and launching attacks from Pakistan against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.  |
| Arkansas man convicted in police officer's murder Posted: 26 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT An Arkansas man was convicted of capital murder Thursday for killing a police officer who begged him not to shoot.  |
| US weighs options to drive al-Qaida from Mali Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:49 PM PDT The U.S. is likely to weigh options ranging from military assistance to direct strikes to drive a growing al-Qaida presence out of the coup-wracked African nation of Mali, a Pentagon official said Thursday.  |
| Capital One to pay $12M in case on servicemen Posted: 26 Jul 2012 03:49 PM PDT Capital One has agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations the bank violated special consumer protections in federal law for members of the military, the Justice Department announced Thursday.  |
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