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- Lincoln opposes fast-track health bill
- Feds to probe runaway Prius in Calif.
- Producer admits to Letterman blackmail
- Ohio State: Employee kills co-worker, then self
- Crist uses NASA to split from Obama
- NASA: Money key to more shuttle flights
- Senate takes up unemployment insurance
- Biden: New Israeli housing 'undermines' trust
- First gay marriages performed in D.C.
- Stupak: Health bill abortion fray resolvable
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- Video: The New Conservative Hero
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- Video: The Conservative Wunderkind
- Battle Lines Redrawn in Web Sales Tax War
- Video: Pringles Flavors Recalled
- Video: Okla. Tornado Caught on Tape
- Vehicle Backs into Mich. School; 6 Hurt
- Alleged Ohio State Shooter Killed Self
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- Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.... - Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas.... - Assisted suicide network members indicted in Ga.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that could not only decide their fate but also help validate - or repudiate - their work.... - Suspect in Newark airport breach pleads guilty
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A Rutgers University graduate student from China charged with a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport that led to worldwide flight delays pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge Tuesday, speaking publicly for the first time to apologize.... - Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State University janitor who received a bad job evaluation shot two supervisors in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday.... - Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering Southern California teenager Chelsea King says a psychiatrist concluded he had "significant predatory traits" toward underage girls.... - Producer admits to attempted Letterman shakedown
NEW YORK (AP) -- A television producer admitted Tuesday to trying to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers, avoiding a long prison sentence by pleading guilty in exchange for six months in jail and community service.... - Judge considers sending ex-Edwards aide to jail
PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A judge said Tuesday he is considering whether to send a former John Edwards aide to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate.... - Pa. coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Centralians have long believed the government's demolition of their beloved town in the 1980s was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars - and not, as state and federal officials said, the solution to an out-of-control underground mine fire that menaced the town with toxic gases.... - Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus
MIAMI (AP) -- Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts....
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- Tornado hits Okla.; no injuries reported
- Ohio St.: Employee kills co-worker, then self
- Oldest American finds reason to sing in Iowa
- Odor leads police to 200 pot plants in L.A.
- Slowly, states are lessening limits on marijuana
- Nation's sole marijuana farm focuses on limiting abuse
- Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples
- Publix Super Markets recalls some seasoning mixes
- Textbook publishers add online tools to win over professors
- NTSB: Pilots need air-hazard skills
