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Attorneys say DNA evidence hard to overcome in fatal Michigan stabbing case
5/1/12 2:24 PM
Defense lawyers for the man accused in several fatal stabbings in Flint, Michigan say the DNA evidence against their client will be hard to overcome. Elias Abuelazam is also suspected, but not charged, in attacks in Leesburg, Va.
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VOTE: Is posting your organ donation status on Facebook too public?
5/1/12 10:05 AM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site. Tell us: Do you think your organ donation status is too private an issue to be made public?
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Bob Woodward suddenly in the headlines all over again
5/1/12 5:06 AM
POLITICO has a great, well-researched piece about the legendary Washington Post reporter who is battling back about questions regarding Watergate.
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EPA official apologizes, resigns after comments
4/30/12 2:30 PM
The Obama administration's top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years ago when he used the word "crucify" to describe how he would go after companies violating environmental laws.
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A needed gift to a man who served our nation
4/30/12 12:51 PM
Air Force Airman Aaron Becker and his wife are expecting a new baby this summer. That's one of the reasons a new car from Operation Homefront was so welcomed.
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Woman denied dancing on bar platform allegedly because of weight
4/30/12 7:56 AM
A University of Iowa student says she has twice been discriminated against at an Iowa City bar because of her weight.
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One year later, al-Qaida down but not out
4/29/12 12:07 PM
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil.
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New York boy banned from playing field hockey with girls' team
4/29/12 10:11 AM
Keeling Pilaro, a Long Island 8th grader by way of Ireland, has a set of skills that he wants to put on display. And, for a while, he was able to do just that. That was until the school system said he was too good to continue playing.
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Chaperones among new secret service conduct rules
4/28/12 8:44 AM
Embarrassed by a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service will assign chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that make clear that excessive drinking, entertaining foreigners in their hotel rooms and cavorting in disreputable establishments are no longer tolerated.
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Five arrested in plot to blow up Ohio bridge
5/1/12 1:33 PM
The Justice Department says five men, who are self-described anarchists, have been arrested in a plot to bomb a bridge outside Cleveland, and a NATO summit in Chicago may have been their next target.
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LISTEN: Hudson's sister's 911 call: "I see blood coming from her head"
5/1/12 7:56 AM
Moments after finding her mother's body, the sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson sobs as she pleads for help in a disturbing 911 recording released to the news media Monday.
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Oklahoma court halts 'personhood' rights for embryos
4/30/12 7:41 PM
The state's highest court ruled unanimously that a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that would define a fertilized human egg as a person violates a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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7 dead as van plunges off overpass into Bronx Zoo grounds
4/30/12 1:05 PM
An out-of-control van careered across several lanes of traffic, then plunged more than 50 feet into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children
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VOTE: Fear of reprisals on bin Laden anniversary?
4/30/12 11:53 AM
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that terrorists may try to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. Are you worried about retaliatory attacks on the anniversary of bin Laden’s death? Take our poll.
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New World Trade Center is back on top
4/30/12 5:24 AM
Crews at One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will erect steel columns Monday, making the building the tallest skyscraper in New York City.

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Two decades later, scars of L.A. riots remain
4/29/12 10:32 AM
It has been 20 years since the verdict in the Rodney King beating trial sparked three days of mass violence and rioting in Los Angeles.
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Lawyers argue over sex tape at Edwards trial
4/28/12 9:30 AM
Opposing lawyers in the John Edwards trial wrangled with a judge over whether to allow testimony about a sex tape of the former presidential candidate and allegations of an affair involving an ex-aide who ended a week on the witness stand Friday.

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Enterprise lands in New York
4/27/12 11:21 AM
An unusual flying object came to New York from Washington on Friday - the space shuttle Enterprise.
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