Security reviews under way after airliner attack
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Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been...
Percy Sutton, Harlem political pioneer, dies at 89
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Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for...
9 fires in western Massachusetts leave 2 dead
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Authorities say nine fires that left two people dead in a western Massachusetts town are "suspicious" and they're treating them as potential crimes. Federal, state and local fire and police investigators are trying to...
Injured boat crew member leaves NJ hospital
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The lone survivor of a fishing boat accident off the southern New Jersey coast has been released from the hospital, but the fate of two other crew members remains unknown. A nursing supervisor says Robert Mark Cooper...
No danger on Sunday flight _ just an ill passenger
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Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger _ just an ill traveler who spent too much time...
TSA: 2 passengers detained after flight to Phoenix
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Two men thought to have been acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by federal anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI said Sunday. Transportation...
Alaska tug that ran into reef towed into port
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A crippled tugboat that spilled fuel into Alaska's Prince William Sound after hitting the same reef that caused the Exxon Valdez oil disaster 20 years ago reached port early Sunday morning, a spokesman for the tug's...
NYC's New Year's Eve ball gets new crystal
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The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight Thursday, and revelers will be able to toast 2010 without popping a cork. Organizers...
$128.6 million Powerball ticket sold in Ky.
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Anyone who bought a Powerball ticket in Kentucky is going to want to double-check it. Kentucky lottery officials say there was a single $128.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Georgetown, 65 miles east of...
Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison
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An attorney for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane near Detroit says he's been transferred to a federal prison. Miriam Siefer (SEE-fuhr) says she hasn't had in-depth talk yet with...
Obama stresses airline security
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The White House says President Barack Obama has told U.S. officials to maintain heightened airline security. Obama made the comments during a briefing Sunday with his national security team after a second incident was...
High expectations? States weigh marijuana reform
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Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing...
Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land
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Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust. Native Americans say the purchases will...
22 and counting: Mystery fires rattle Houston
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A four-foot pile of ash and charred debris is all that remains of the Rodriguez family's two-story garage, which had been stuffed with tools, machinery, couches and appliances when a mysterious fire ripped through it...
Phoenix's kidnappings on track to decline in 2009
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Abductions in Phoenix, known as America's kidnapping capital, were on track to decrease modestly in 2009, said police who attributed the expected decline to better efforts at targeting the drug and immigrant smugglers...
BLM struggles against illegal dumping on fed lands
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During a warm spell this fall, vandals hauled 18 decrepit televisions and computers down a narrow gravel road in Utah's picturesque Skull Valley, dumped them on a hillside, blasted them with guns and left them for dead....
Nigerian out of hospital after plane attack
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The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight near Detroit has been released from a hospital in the custody of federal marshals. A spokeswoman for federal prosecutors in Detroit, Gina...
Suspect identified in kidnapping of Phoenix girl
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When Phoenix police officer Mike Burns pulled near a brown pickup he suspected the two people inside were a kidnapper and his 5-year-old victim. When the truck raced off, he was sure. "There was no doubt in my mind,"...
Winter weather leaves behind flooding concerns
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Snow and rain storms that have battered much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas. Storms from Texas to the Upper Midwest dumped 23.9 inches of snow in...
The nation's weather
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A low pressure system that has brought a great deal of snow to the northern Plains and Great Lakes was expected to continue to wind down on Sunday, though light snow was forecast continue to accumulate in the frigid air...
Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus dies
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South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has died. He was 85. Brutus'...
After United 93, air travelers react to threats
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They heard a pop that sounded like fireworks. They saw a glow of flame followed by a rush of smoke. And that was enough for passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 to pounce. From several seats away, Dutch tourist...
Today in History
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Today is Sunday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2009. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the...
Obama advisers consider how terror list used
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President Barack Obama's security teams briefed the vacationing president on threats facing the United States and he directed that heightened airport security measures remain in place as officials investigate a failed...
2nd human skull found in forest near Los Angeles
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Investigators in Southern California have found a second human skull in a national forest close to where hikers discovered the first on Christmas Eve. Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Saturday...
Cash seizures quadruple on Arizona-Mexico border
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Seizures of money bound mostly for Mexico's violent drug cartels more than quadrupled this year on the Arizona border, and government officials are crediting beefed-up screening at checkpoints. Inspectors intercepted...
Fuel transfer from grounded Alaska tug completed
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Salvage crews have finished transferring thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed into the same reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago, a spokesman for the tug's owner said...
Suspect identified in kidnapping of Phoenix girl
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Phoenix police Officer Mike Burns had just finished searching a desert area for signs of a 5-year-old girl and the man who had kidnapped her as she played with her sisters on Christmas Day. No luck. But as Burns drove...
Grandpa: Kids of missing Utah mom in good spirits
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The parents of a missing Utah woman spent an unhappy Christmas together with her two young children, the woman's father said Saturday. Chuck Cox said he and his wife were with the boys, ages 4 and 2, for several hours...
Judge tells man he's charged with blowing up plane
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A federal judge has told a Nigerian man that he is charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman read 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO-mahr...
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Judge tells Nigerian man at Mich. hospital he's charged with trying to blow up Northwest plane. ...
Va. lab IDs Argentine 'dirty war' victims by DNA
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Victoria Avila was 1 when her father went missing, snatched up by agents of Argentina's former military dictatorship in 1977. Now, Victor Hugo Avila is no longer among the ranks of the disappeared. Thanks to DNA tests...
NV governor has date in divorce court
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In a normal year, Gov. Jim Gibbons would have time to spend the final week of 2009 plotting out his re-election run, looking to boost his dismal approval numbers and dealing with a gigantic budget deficit. Gibbons will...
Summary Box: Dental therapists training in Minn.
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NEW ON THE SCENE: Dental therapists are a regular part of dental care in Canada, Europe and New Zealand, but Minnesota will be the first state to license them in the United States. MORE THAN A HYGIENIST: Unlike...
NYC mayor's 2nd term not as flashy as 1st
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg wraps up his second term this week, a sophomore effort that will be known for fewer splashy successes and more failures than his first four years as a politically untested businessman. After the...
Say ah: Minn. preps 1st class of dental therapists
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As a hygienist at the only nonprofit dental clinic in a wide swath of southern Minnesota, Jodi Hager sees close-up what limited care means: children from poor families with decay in every tooth and adults weary from...
White House asks for privacy for first daughters
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The White House is asking journalists covering President Barack Obama's vacation in Hawaii to respect the privacy of his 8- and 11-year-old daughters. White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton and Michelle Obama's...
Police: Pa. pastor fatally shoots son during fight
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A pastor fatally shot one of his eight children on Christmas Day during a dispute at the family home, where more than a dozen relatives had gathered to celebrate the holiday, police said. Kirk Caldwell killed...
Focus on sex offender in Maryland girl's death
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Everyone from hunters to homeowners joined in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl, and thousands of people combed Maryland's Eastern shore on Christmas Day with the hope she was alive. On Friday afternoon, three...
Obama's Hawaii holiday may boost tourism
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Tourism officials hope images of a president celebrating a warm Christmas in Hawaii will remind mainlanders that a sunny getaway awaits them if they'd just hop on a plane and leave the frigid temperatures and mounds of...
Receiver muscles through new San Quentin hospital
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The receiver who once ran California's prison health care system promised three years ago that he would use his court-backed muscle to build a new medical facility in record time. The pledge has come true with the...
Girl abducted in Phoenix rescued by police
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A patrol officer spotted a suspected kidnapper's car and aided in the rescue of a 5-year-old girl, who was found uninjured in what police are calling Phoenix's "Christmas miracle." Natalie Flores was rescued at about...
Mile-long sheen spreads near disabled tugboat
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Salvage crews were working to transfer thousands of gallons of diesel fuel from a stricken tugboat that crashed against the same Alaskan reef that damaged the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago. Efforts to remove the 33,500...
The nation's weather
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A major storm system was forecast to continue to bring winter weather to the northern Plains and Great Lakes regions Saturday. The broad low pressure system was expected to encompass an area from the Rockies to New...
Truck crashes at Ohio nativity scene, killing man
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A retired fire chief performing in a live nativity scene outside a northeast Ohio church assisted injured spectators after a pickup truck crashed into the small audience, killing one person. Former Ashtabula Fire Chief...
Body of missing Maryland girl found in woods
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The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday in a wooded area near the Delaware state line after thousands of volunteers spent Christmas searching for her. ...
Today in History - Dec. 26
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 26th, the 360th day of 2009. There are 5 days left in the year. The seven-day African-American holiday Kwanzaa begins today. This is Boxing Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 26, 1799,...
A look at some recent attacks on transportation
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Some recent threats and attacks on airplanes, airports, trains and subways around the world: _ Dec. 25, 2009: A Nigerian man claiming to be an agent for al-Qaida tries to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane carrying 278...
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Phoenix police say abducted girl has been found and suspect apprehended after vehicle pursuit ...
Salvation Army major shot in front of 3 children
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A Salvation Army worker was shot and killed Christmas Eve in front of his three young children during an attempted robbery outside the charity's community center in North Little Rock, a Salvation Army official said...