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Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:33 GMT
 AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.
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KC superintendent says school closings are painful
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:10 GMT
 AP - Kansas City School Superintendent John Covington says the decision to close almost half the district's schools was difficult and painful but "unquestionably the right thing to do."
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FBI looking into NJ man linked to attack in Yemen
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:32:08 GMT
AP - The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from New Jersey who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.
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Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:06 GMT
 AP - A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
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2 Marine fighter pilots rescued; SC crash probed
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:52:53 GMT
 AP - A Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and his weapons officer tried to make it back home after both engines on their warplane failed and a fire broke out, but they were forced to eject and ditch the aircraft in the ocean, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:12 GMT
AP - A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina.
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NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:11:04 GMT
AP - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.
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1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:53 GMT
![A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina.]() AP - Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas.
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Mich. congresswoman called to Detroit grand jury
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:21 GMT
AP - A congresswoman who is the mother of Detroit ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been summoned to appear before a grand jury in Detroit.
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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:39:18 GMT
 AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.
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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:45 GMT
 AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.
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48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:32:21 GMT
 AP - Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.
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Math and English classes could be standardized
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:22:59 GMT
 AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.
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Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:34:15 GMT
AP - After a $62 million overhaul, the Coast Guard will have its third icebeaker back in service in 2013, filling a critical need as the fleet takes on new responsibilities, the commandant of the service said Wednesday.
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Police surprised by teacher-student sex confession
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:23:29 GMT
AP - In his 28 years with the Burbank Police Department, Sgt. Robert Quesada had never heard of anything quite like it: A well-respected teacher at one of the city's public schools walks into police headquarters and confesses to having an affair with a 14-year-old boy.
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Analysis: US hamstrung on Israeli settlements
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:04:58 GMT
 AP - A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building settlements on the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Today he's left with little choice but to swallow a stinging and very public rebuke from America's closest Mideast ally.
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2 Marine Corps fighter pilots rescued off SC coast
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:27 GMT
AP - Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down.
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Va. gov counters state atty. gen.'s advice on gays
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:39 GMT
 AP - Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges.
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Ga.'s system to defend the poor still reeling
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:34 GMT
 AP - Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.
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Police: Va. Tech gets threats in online postings
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:34 GMT
AP - Virginia Tech police are investigating new threats of another mass shooting at the university in online YouTube postings.
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