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U.S. welcomes Iraq's certification of election results

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 18:57
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday welcomed the certification by Iraq's Federal Supreme Court of the March 7 parliamentary elections across the nation's 18 provinces.

Homicide police probe death of Mexican held by border agents

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 17:59
Homicide police in San Diego, California, are investigating Monday's death of a Mexican man who was beaten and tasered by U.S. border agents three days earlier, officials said.

Oil reaches Alabama, Mississippi islands

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 17:51
A long, narrow strip of oil washed up on Petit Bois Island off the Mississippi coast on Tuesday, the first time crude believed to be from the massive Gulf of Mexico spill has reached the state's shores.

Al and Tipper Gore announce separation

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 13:47
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have sent an e-mail to family friends announcing a mutual decision to separate, a longtime family friend told CNN.

Judge: Delay for Fort Hood suspect

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 13:17
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree last November, will make his first courtroom appearance in connection with the case on Tuesday morning.

Divorce attorneys catching cheaters on Facebook

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 13:14
Before the explosion of social media, Ken Altshuler, a divorce lawyer in Maine, dug up dirt on his client's spouses the old-fashioned way: with private investigators and subpoenas. Now the first place his team checks for evidence is Facebook.

Rare photo shows Marilyn Monroe with JFK, RFK

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 12:57
Marilyn Monroe's sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" sung for President John F. Kennedy's 45th birthday celebration marked the actress's last major public appearance before her mysterious death in August 1962.

Justices: Suspects must invoke right to remain silent

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 12:10
If criminal suspects fail to invoke their right to remain silent, they have waived that right, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Amanda Knox accused of slandering Italian cops

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:21
American Amanda Knox, serving a 26-year sentence in an Italian prison for the 2007 murder of her British roommate, appeared in court briefly Tuesday to face slander charges for claiming Italian police beat her during an interrogation, said her attorney, Luciano Ghirga.

Oil spill threatens Native American land

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:46
The marshes here have long been a refuge for the Native Americans living in Louisiana's bayou. The triberesettled to Louisiana more than 100 years ago. That refuge, already strained from coastal erosion, is facing a new menace: the oil spill spreading uncontrollably across the Gulf of Mexico.

Holder to review legal options in Gulf oil spill

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:38
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will head to the Gulf Coast Tuesday to survey the BP oil spill and meet with state attorneys general and federal prosecutors from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, according to the Justice Department.

High court refuses to block Arizona election reform law

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:31
The Supreme Court for now will let stand a state election law which gives "matching funds" to help underfunded candidates in Arizona.

Times Square suspect to appear in court

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 08:51
The man accused of trying to set off a bomb in New York's Times Square, is set to appear in a federal court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

Voters could make history in Alabama

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 07:29
Three states -- Alabama, Mississippi, and New Mexico -- hold primaries Tuesday, and voters could make history in one of those states.

Producer wanted in wife's death

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 02:21
A Mexican judge has issued an arrest warrant for reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman in the death of his wife at a Cancun resort in April, his lawyer said Monday.

'Dirty dozen' produce carries more pesticide residue, group says

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 00:31
If you're eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group.

BP announces change to oil cleanup plan

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 22:57
Oil company BP's latest plan to cap the undersea well now gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico has been modified to collect more crude and to prepare for a possible hurricane, the company said late Monday night.

Day 42: BP vows to start again soon

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 22:49
BP could try to cap a massive oil gusher again early this week in an attempt to solve what the Obama administration has called "probably the biggest environmental disaster we've ever faced in this country."

Arrest warrant for TV producer?

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 21:09
A Mexican judge has issued an arrest warrant for reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman in the death of his wife at a Cancun resort in April, his lawyer said Monday.

Who wants to be U.S. intelligence chief?

Mon, 05/31/2010 - 19:51
Now that Dennis Blair has packed his bags after 16 months as the nation's chief intelligence officer, finding a new director to lead the 16 agencies of the intelligence community is turning out to be a tough sell.