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Army orders court-martial in WikiLeaks case (AP)

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In this file photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. An Army officer has ordered a court-martial, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 for Manning, a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)AP - An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.


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Prosecutors won't charge cyclist Lance Armstrong (AP)

04.02.2012 5:58   0 views   0 comments
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FILE - In this July 17, 2009, file phot, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong reacts as he answers questions of reporters prior to the start of the 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200 kilometers (124.3 miles) with start in Vittel and finish in Colmar, central France. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - The case against Lance Armstrong is closed. His legacy as a seven-time Tour de France champion endures.


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Prosecutor links accused California killer to 2 more murders (Reuters)

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Reuters - An Iraq war veteran already charged in the "thrill" killings of four Orange County homeless men has been linked by DNA evidence to the murders of the mother and brother of a high school friend, prosecutors said on Friday. Read more »

Alabama police shoot dead fugitive cop killer (Reuters)

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Reuters - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded a second after fleeing in a stolen police car. Read more »

Charges dropped against soldier in Afghan deaths (AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, U.S. Army Spc. Michael Wagnon, of Las Vegas,  walks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washingon state. The Army on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 dropped all charges against, Wagnon, the fifth soldier it had accused of murdering Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - The Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment.


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More charges ahead for man held in homeless deaths (AP)

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FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, provided by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. The ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County has been linked to the stabbing deaths of a woman and her son, Anaheim police said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Investigators determined there is an association between Ocampo and Eder Herrera, who is charged in the deaths his mother and his brother, and remains in custody, Anaheim police Lt. Julian Harvey said. . (AP Photo/Anaheim Police Dept.,File)AP - Prosecutors said Friday they plan to file two more murder charges against an ex-Marine accused of killing four homeless men in Southern California, this time in the stabbings deaths of a mother and son who lived near him.


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Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing (AP)

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Paschal High School seniors Jaz Tinsley, Emily Linstrom and Leigh Larson volunteer at Planned Parenthood of North Texas' 2012 annual luncheon at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, Feb.  3, 2012.  The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image.  (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, David Kent)AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.


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Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado on its way east (AP)

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Truck drivers Kevin Kropf, 32, of Montrose, Colo., left, and  Edwin Hostetler, of Hotchkiss, Colo., prepare a cattle truck with chins before heading up I-70 as a snow storm hits the Denver metro area Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in Denver.  A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado and parts of neighboring states on Friday, creating whiteout conditions on the eastern plains, cancelling more than 600 flights in Denver and closing hundreds of miles of highway between major Colorado cities and the Kansas border.


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Killer of Fla. girl found in landfill gets life (AP)

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This photo provided by the family shows Somer Thompson.  A man pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 in abduction and slaying of  7-year-old Somer Thompson who was found in a landfill. Jarred Harrell, 26, was sentenced to life in prison. Somer, a second-grader, disappeared Oct. 19, 2009, while walking home from Grove Park Elementary School. She was with her sister and some friends, but ran ahead of them after they had a spat. Two days later, she was discovered in the landfill.  (AP Photo/Family Photo)AP - Minutes after a man pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was dumped in a trash bin and later found in a landfill, the little girl's twin brother addressed his sister's killer.


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Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs (AP)

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AP - In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. Read more »

2nd teacher from LA school arrested on sex claim (AP)

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In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced.  Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10.  AP Photo/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)AP - A second teacher at an inner-city elementary school where a teacher is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children was arrested Friday on suspicion of fondling two girls in his classroom.


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Occupy activists to protest right-to-work at Super Bowl (Reuters)

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Reuters - Anti-Wall Street activists said on Friday they will march to protest Indiana's new anti-union "right-to-work" law in downtown Indianapolis this weekend, where the New England Patriots and New York Giants will face off in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Read more »

Deported Texas teen maintains alias in jail calls (AP)

04.02.2012 2:29   0 views   0 comments
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, Jakadrien Turner, 15, arrives at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Grapevine, Texas. Turner was mistakenly deported to Colombia after Immigration and Customs Enforcement say she claimed to be Colombian woman named Tika Lanay Cortez, 21, when she was arrested in April for theft by Houston Police. More than two dozen recorded telephone calls reviewed by The Associated Press show Turner expected to be deported to Colombia yet did not complain of having no ties to the country. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)AP - A Dallas teenager who was deported to South America under a false name never expressed concern during jailhouse phone calls that she was being misidentified as an illegal immigrant from Colombia.


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INFLUENCE GAME: Big donors and what they want (AP)

04.02.2012 2:13   0 views   0 comments
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at an economic roundtable at WesternNevada Supply in Sparks, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Some are pressing for new laws or regulations that would benefit their interests in energy, mining and high finance.


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Congressmen question pace of probe at Arlington (AP)

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Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. Peter Vangjel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, before a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Arlington National Cemetery. At left is Belva Martin, a Government Accountability Office official. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Members of Congress on Friday questioned why nobody has been prosecuted as part of a criminal investigation of mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, nearly three years after reports of problems that included misidentified graves first surfaced in the press.


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Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers (AP)

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cyber crime investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard. The hacker group Anonymous has released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan. 17 conference call devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loose-knit hacking group.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous.


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Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants (AP)

03.02.2012 22:28   0 views   0 comments
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The Susan Komen For The Cure international headquarters are shown in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.  After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/LM  Otero)AP - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.


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Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding (Reuters)

03.02.2012 21:47   0 views   0 comments
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Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity. Read more »

Inside Facebook's IPO: How the Social Web Will Reshape the Economy (Time.com)

03.02.2012 17:05   0 views   0 comments
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Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web Read more »

Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner (Time.com)

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Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason Read more »

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