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Jurors seek time in sham marriage trial

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 04:18

Twelve jurors must decide whether the marriage of a Mexican soap opera actress to a California pizza delivery man was a fact built on love or fiction designed to fool immigration agents.

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Police: Smugglers kidnap 16 migrants

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 01:05

At least 16 migrants, including a woman, were being held for ransom by human smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a migrant who was freed, authorities said late Wednesday.

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Mideast peace 'window of opportunity'?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:25

President Obama said tonight he is "cautiously hopeful" that this week's direct talks could help achieve a two-state solution to the long-running conflict in the Middle East.

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$5M reward for Pakistan Taliban leaders

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:04

Hakimullah Mehsud, a key leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged for his alleged involvement in the killings of seven U.S. citizens at an American military base in Afghanistan in 2009, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

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Feds visit farms that recalled eggs

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:50

Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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Islands evacuate as hurricane grows

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:48

A hurricane warning has been issued for the U.S. East Coast from Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to the Virginia state line.

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Suspect in Discovery standoff is dead

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 21:42

Three hostages were rescued from the Discovery Channel building after police shot suspect James Lee, who had staged protests against the company in the past.

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Law on trial in Anna Nicole case?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:45

The judge in the drug trial of Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer and two doctors raised questions Wednesday about the California law being used to prosecute them.

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Dutch: Odd luggage but no terror charge

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:43

Dutch authorities can detain two men held on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act for another day without charging them, a prosecution spokesman said Wednesday.

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Study: Weight-loss drug carries risks

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:40

Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Man tied to four deaths sought by police

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:12

Police in Hercules, California, were searching Wednesday for a man whose elderly father was bludgeoned to death -- possibly by a suspect in three other homicides in the same area.

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2nd Mexico massacre survivor revealed

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:04

A second person survived a massacre in which 72 migrants from Central and South America were killed last week in northern Mexico, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Mexican officials said.

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Doctor died in boyfriend's chimney

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:02

The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.

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Nearly 60 years later, a veteran is ID'd

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:47

A Kentucky service member who was missing in action during the Korean War has been identified, a Defense Department agency said on Wednesday.

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Were puppies really thrown in river?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:40

A video apparently showing a young woman throwing live puppies into a river has sparked outrage across the Internet.

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Trapped miners surviving on instinct

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:35

The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.

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22 dead, 190 hurt in Pakistan blasts

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:18

Six people are dead and more than 100 others wounded Wednesday after three blasts were heard during a Shiite procession in Lahore, Pakistan, said Khusro Pervez, a senior government official.

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U.S. faces deadliest year in Afghan war

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:48

In only eight months, 2010 has become the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a CNN count of Pentagon and NATO figures.

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Borger: Obama a Clinton -- or Carter?

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:35

There are just times, when you are president of the United States, that formally speaking to the American people is part of the job.

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Lawyer downplays WikiLeaks evidence

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:34

The attorney for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks leaker, says he doesn't have any information indicating that Manning leaked tens of thousands of pages of documents on the Afghanistan war to the WikiLeaks website.

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