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Tornadoes tear through Arkansas
A tornado watch was lifted for Arkansas early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.
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Kansas City board OKs plan to close nearly half of schools
The superintendent calls it the "Right-Size" plan," but many Kansas City, Missouri, residents say it's plain wrong.
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Sushi eatery in hot water for serving whale
Federal authorities have charged a trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant with serving whale meat -- an investigation that was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, "The Cove."
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Chief Justice slams State of the Union 'pep rally'
Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."
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Feldman says Corey Haim was winning fight with drugs
Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, his manager and closest friend said Wednesday.
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Ex-Toyota lawyer: Documents prove company hid damaging info
When former in-house defense attorney Dimitrios Biller resigned from his top post at Toyota, he walked out with something potentially more valuable than his nearly $4 million severance package.
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Female fliers honored 65 years after war
Some 65 years after their service, a group of female former civilian pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II were honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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Police: 'Jihad Jane' attempted suicide in '05
Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman indicted for allegedly conspiring to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, attempted to commit suicide in 2005, according to a police report filed at the time.
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Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid, says situation 'remains dire'
President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
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N.Y. State Police loses second chief in 2 weeks
New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.
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U.S. airman killed on duty in Haiti
Air Force Lt. Col. Ken Bourland hugged his wife, Peggy, goodbye and headed out for his two-day mission.
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Air traffic jams in New York likely to jump
Flying in and out of New York -- which is usually no picnic -- is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix.
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Unruly passenger admits disrupting flight
A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew.
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IRS: $1.3 billion still unclaimed for '06, and deadline looms
Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
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Archdiocese defends decision to deny children over lesbian parents
The archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, is defending its decision not to re-enroll two children in a Catholic school in Boulder next year because their parents are lesbians.
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Graduates rally for embattled school
Graduates of the nation's most vilified high school descended upon campus Tuesday evening to support the school's fired teachers. They also had a message for President Obama: Don't bash our school.
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Mexico to U.S.: Allow cross-border trucking
Mexico asked the United States to move forward with creating a proposal to end a ban on cross-border trucking in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Man pleads guilty after security scare
A New Jersey man who breached security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.
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Guilty plea reached in Letterman extortion case
The man accused of trying to blackmail comedian David Letterman, is expected to enter a guilty plea in a hearing Tuesday afternoon, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
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