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• US takes two medals in 100 hurdles
• Minister stands trial in international lesbian kidnap case
• 4 convicted in $6 million theft from Columbia University
• Mom asks to reopen case in son's mansion death
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• US takes two medals in 100 hurdles
• Influential film critic Judith Crist dies at 90
• Loughner pleads guilty to Tucson shootings that killed 6
• Lighthouses still a beacon for coastal visitors
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• School's policy requires girls to take pregnancy tests
• Consumer Reports trash talks Toyota, Honda
• Hurricane Ernesto heads for Yucatan landfall
• Are nuns getting ready to spurn the Vatican?
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• UK 'rogue bank' faces off with angry N.Y. regulator
• Mountain lion trapped by LA freeway turns to inbreeding
• Girl, 6, found alive clinging to corpse in middle of lake
• Syria's Assad appears on TV for 1st time in 2 weeks
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US takes two medals in 100 hurdles Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT Dawn Harper gave the United States a silver in the women's 100-meter hurdles on Tuesday, while teammate Kellie Wells took the bronze. Lolo Jones of the U.S. took fourth.

Minister stands trial in international lesbian kidnap case Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT The trial of an Amish-Mennonite minister accused of helping an American woman spirit the child she had with her former same-sex partner out of the country just before she lost custody is getting under way this week.

4 convicted in $6 million theft from Columbia University Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT Four men were convicted Tuesday in what authorities described as a computer-savvy scheme to steal almost $6 million from Columbia University by tampering with its bill-payment system.

Mom asks to reopen case in son's mansion death Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT The mother of a 6-year-old boy who died last summer after falling down the stairs his father's Coronado, Calif., mansion is asking authorities to reopen the case.

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US takes two medals in 100 hurdles Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT Dawn Harper gave the United States a silver in the women's 100-meter hurdles on Tuesday, while teammate Kellie Wells took the bronze. Lolo Jones of the U.S. took fourth.

Influential film critic Judith Crist dies at 90 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT During a career that spanned six decades, Crist wrote for a wide variety of publications such as The New York Herald Tribune, TV Guide, New York magazine and as the television critic for TODAY.

Loughner pleads guilty to Tucson shootings that killed 6 Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT Jared Lee Loughner on Tuesday agreed to plead guilty to killing six people and wounding former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and a dozen others in a January 2011 mass shooting.

Lighthouses still a beacon for coastal visitors Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:52 AM PDT Aug. 7 is National Lighthouse Day. To commemorate the occasion, many lighthouses are holding open houses, offering reduced or free admission and showcasing new exhibits.

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School's policy requires girls to take pregnancy tests Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT A publicly funded charter school in Louisiana is under fire for a policy that requires girls suspected of being pregnant to take a pregnancy test; if they refuse or test positive they must leave the school or study at home. Following an ACLU complaint, the school is reviewing the policy.

Consumer Reports trash talks Toyota, Honda Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:48 AM PDT Over the years, Consumer Reports has taken some criticism for being too import friendly. But in its latest issue, the publication takes the Toyota Prius C and Honda Civic to task as two of "Five Popular Cars to Avoid."

Hurricane Ernesto heads for Yucatan landfall Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:25 PM PDT Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane as it doused Honduras and Belize, and forecasters expected it to hit the southern Yucatan peninsula Tuesday night.

Are nuns getting ready to spurn the Vatican? Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT American nuns are gathering in St. Louis, Mo., this week for their organization's yearly national assembly, where they are expected to discuss the future of their relationship with the Vatican following scathing criticism of the nuns' alleged lack of fidelity to Catholic teachings.

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UK 'rogue bank' faces off with angry N.Y. regulator Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT For UK-based Standard Chartered, the loss of its N.Y. banking license could be the least of its worries. If a state regulator can make his case that the bank laundered money for Iranian bank clients, criminal charges could soon follow, and bank executives could go to jail.

Mountain lion trapped by LA freeway turns to inbreeding Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:10 AM PDT DNA testing has shown that two mountain lion cubs found at a federal park northwest of Los Angeles were the result of inbreeding -- a sign of just how threatened the population is.

Girl, 6, found alive clinging to corpse in middle of lake Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT A 6-year-old girl found clinging to the corpse of a woman was rescued Monday from Lake Gleneida in New York by a group of people in a rowboat, police said.

Syria's Assad appears on TV for 1st time in 2 weeks Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:12 AM PDT As Syrian President Bashar Assad appeared on television for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the  defection of the Syrian prime minister increased the urgency of planning for the ouster of Assad's regime.

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