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'Little Rock Nine' member dies

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 19:02

As a 15-year-old, Jefferson Thomas was one of nine African-American students who braved mobs to integrate an all-white school. Thomas died Sunday of cancer at age 67.

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'Vicious thugs' kill pizza delivery man

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:38

Boston police have arrested three suspects who they say stabbed a Domino's pizza delivery man and drove off in his car.

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Sheriff says teens texted him for pot

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:22

Two Montana teenagers texting in search of some marijuana got the wrong number. Seriously wrong. They wound up messaging the local sheriff, and he messaged right back.

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Petraeus warns against burning Qurans

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 18:16

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that it could endanger American troops.

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Obama's economic push too little, late?

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 17:50

President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?

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Obama: $50B for roads, rails, runways

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 17:39

President Obama is stepping up his efforts to revive the economy. In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, he outlined a plan to spend more on roads, railways and runways.

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Angle: 'I'll be a mainstream senator'

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:20

Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle just might be the Tea Party's biggest gamble yet.

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'Plan B' on hold at Chilean mine

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:10

Rescue officials reported Monday they had to temporarily stop one of two drilling operations to reach 33 men trapped for more than a month inside a Chilean mine.

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Google mulling iTunes-like service?

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 16:02

Apple may get a nasty surprise this holiday season; rumors are swirling that Google's Andy Rubin is planning on a holiday-season launch for the search behemoth's new music download service.

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Ex-ELO cellist dies in hay-bale collision

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 13:07

A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.

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Six dead in Iraq violence

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:49

A string of bombings and shootings in Iraq has left at least one Iraqi military officer and five civilians dead and at least 21 people wounded, authorities said today.

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Help sought after spy found dead in bag

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 12:20

Police asked for help in last month's death of a man who worked for British intelligence and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.

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Hostage standoff at Fort Stewart ends

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 11:45

A hostage situation that lasted about two hours at Fort Stewart, Georgia, ended Monday without injuries, and a gunman is in custody, a spokesman for the Army base said.

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Airline chief says nix co-pilot, save $$

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:47

He's already suggested installing coin-operated lavatories and selling standing room on flights, so it may not be surprising that the latest idea from the colorful CEO of Ryanair is once again pushing air travelers' buttons.

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Suspected drone strike kills 5

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:01

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, intelligence officials tell CNN.

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2,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 08:09

As many as 2,000 additional troops -- including a number of U.S. forces -- may be headed to Afghanistan soon under a proposal by Gen. David Petraeus, CNN has learned.

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Poll: GOP midterm advantage growing

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:58

With November's midterm elections less than two months away, a new national poll indicates that the Republicans' advantage over the Democrats in the battle for Congress is on the rise.

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Bombings, shootings across Baghdad

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:57

A string of bombings and shootings across Baghdad Monday left at least one Iraqi military officer dead and wounded more than a dozen civilians and soldiers, an Interior Ministry official said Monday.

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3rd migrant survived Mexico massacre

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:42

A third migrant survived a massacre that left 72 dead in a Mexican border state, and could play a key role in authorities' investigation of the crime, El Salvador's president said.

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Celebrity hacking probe may reopen

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 07:38

London's Metropolitan Police said they might reopen an investigation into the alleged hacking of phones of top British politicians and celebrities by a tabloid newspaper, even as they defended their original probe.

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