| Vermont Legislature gives final OK to gay marriage
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Lawmakers override the governor’s veto of a bill allowing same-sex marriage. Vermont is now one of four states allowing gay marriage — and the first to do it by legislative, rather than court, action [...]
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| Judge won't reconsider 100-year prison term
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Witnesses had testified that a mentally disabled teenager who pleaded guilty to molesting a 6-year-old didn’t understand his rights. For more than six hours Tuesday, as a parade of witnesses testified about [...]
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| O.J. Simpson unlikely to attend sister's funeral
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Carmelita Durio died Monday in a Sacramento hospital. A Nevada prison official says there are no plans to allow Simpson, who is serving a sentence for robbery and kidnapping, to attend any services. [...]
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| Franken widens lead in Minnesota Senate recount
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Republican Norm Coleman now trails the Democrat by 312 votes and is planning to appeal to the state Supreme Court. A three-judge panel Tuesday awarded Democrat challenger Al Franken more votes in [...]
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| NASA's Spitzer telescope casts search for alien life in new light
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| Some experts say it might be easier to spot life near stars cooler than our sun. But findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope raise doubts about whether planets orbiting cooler stars can sustain life [...]
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| Pilot in stolen plane had a death wish, police say
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| A Canadian student who led U.S. military jets on a six-hour chase across five states hoped to be shot down, police say. When Marilyn Simmons first heard the Cessna airplane and fighter [...]
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| Former Sen. Ted Stevens' prosecutors face criminal investigation
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| A federal judge says Justice Department lawyers’ missteps in the case against the longtime Alaska lawmaker were ‘too serious and too numerous’ to be left to an internal investigation. A federal judge [...]
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| Nevada debates whether to tax its working girls
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| With a -billion budget gap, the state looks for new money. Most legislators would rather not discuss it. With its gleaming Vegas Strip and stucco sprawl, Nevada has portrayed itself as a [...]
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| Obama's travels may give voters jet lag
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| The president’s supporters worry that the timing of his trips could suggest a detachment from the concerns of ordinary people. When Americans learned that unemployment had reached its highest level in a [...]
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| In an ailing economy, the doctor can wait
April 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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| More Southern California residents, even the chronically ill, forgo preventive care, healthcare providers say. Dena Lansford, 49, would like to have a cholesterol check, a mammogram and, soon, a colonoscopy. Source
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| Sarkozy schools Obama in the little French kiss (Reuters)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| Reuters - A French student who gave a kiss to Barack Obama when he greeted an enraptured crowd Friday said the initially reluctant U.S. president had to be encouraged to accept the gesture by his host Nicolas Sarkozy. Source
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| Exam cheaters jailed on state secret charges (Reuters)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| Reuters - Eight Chinese who used high-tech communications equipment, including mobile phones and wireless earpieces, to help their children cheat at university entrance exams have been jailed on state secret charges, local media said. Source
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| History Channel host finds cash on Montana street (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - Actor R. Lee Ermey is living up to the Marine Corps’ mantra: “A Few Good Men.” Source
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| Live-action pilots get green light at Nickelodeon (Reuters)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| Reuters - Nickelodeon is stepping up its live-action comedy efforts with two pilots, one about surfers and the other revolving around telepathic high-schoolers. Source
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| Bus driver accused using brake to discipline kids (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - A bus driver accused of slamming on the brakes to discipline children on her bus when they misbehaved was arrested. Police said the sudden stops caused the elementary school children to hit their heads on the seat in front of them or fall on to the floor. No one was seriously injured. Source
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| Man hoping to be deported streaks down Fla. street (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - Authorities said a man claiming to be an illegal immigrant ran naked down a Port St. Lucie street so that he would be sent back to Mexico. Police responded to a home Saturday night where they found a 28-year-old man arguing with his boyfriend. Source
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| Woman calls 911 over lack of shrimp in fried rice (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - A woman called 911 to report she didn’t get as much shrimp as she wanted in her fried rice at a Texas restaurant. Source
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| Man decides to clean with gasoline while smoking (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - A man faces an arson charge after telling authorities he wasn’t thinking when he decided to use gasoline for cleaning up his apartment, and then tossed a lit cigarette into a pile of gas-soaked cushions and clothes. A criminal complaint filed Monday quoted a 47-year-old man as saying he knew gasoline is flammable [...]
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| Overboard dog comes home after 4 months on island (AP)
April 8, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| AP - A pet dog swept off a sailboat in choppy seas off Australia was found alive four months later on a remote island ? and returned to her family, who’d thought she was dead. The 4-year-old blue heeler, named Sophie Tucker, was captured by rangers last week on St. Bees Island in northern Queensland [...]
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| Fifth Column Conservatives
April 8, 2009 at 1:30 am
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| Webster’s online dictionary defines the phrase “fifth column” as “a group of secret sympathizers of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines or in national borders.” This phrase has been much on my mind of late as I consider the bloodless coup d’état that is currently underway in the United States. [...]
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