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Ex-US official wife to plead guilty in Cuba spy case (21 November 04:01) |
| A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, say they intend to plead guilty to federal charges.
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Attorney Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital (21 November 03:53) |
| Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan's attorney told CNN on Friday.
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Senate vote next step on what could be a long road for health care (21 November 03:12) |
| If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.
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Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery (21 November 01:02) |
| A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswom... |
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Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote (20 November 11:21) |
| Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking Friday in the health care debate as top Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.
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Lincoln letter to schoolboy sells for $60000 (20 November 09:33) |
| Less than a month before the Civil War's start, a newly inaugurated President Lincoln took time from his frantic schedule to write to an Illinois boy whose classmates didn't believe he'd met... |
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New cervical cancer screening guidelines released (20 November 09:29) |
| The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.
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Oprah ending talk show in 2011 (20 November 08:35) |
| Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she is ending the talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
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World is small for mileage millionaires (20 November 08:05) |
| It can take years to snag a reservation at El Bulli, a restaurant in Spain that's been called the best in the world, so when Gary Leff got the word that he'd finally gotten in, he whisked hi... |
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Google OS the end of the hard drive (20 November 06:53) |
| Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.
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Army general defends rules for detainees (20 November 06:20) |
| The military released 77,000 of about 87,000 detainees locked up during the Iraq war because there was not enough evidence to hold them, CNN has learned. Watch a special investigation on AC3... |
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Summers were the worst says woman in sex abuse case (20 November 01:28) |
| Graphic details of bestiality, child rape and sodomy emerged in court documents filed Thursday in the case of a Missouri family accused of horrific crimes against their relatives.
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Suspected gang members indicted on racketering charges (20 November 11:55) |
| Federal authorities have charged 19 alleged members of the violent street gang Latin Kings in raids in Maryland, and arrested those not already jailed on other charges, officials announced T... |
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Demonstrators demand justice in Puerto Rico gay teens slaying (20 November 08:43) |
| Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
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Demonstrators demand justice in gay teens slaying (20 November 08:43) |
| Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
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Wal-Mart line scuffle opens racial wounds in town (20 November 06:41) |
| This much isn't in dispute: Heather Ellis cut in line at a Wal-Mart nearly three years ago.
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Oprah to announce end of talk show (20 November 06:29) |
| Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "Oprah Winfrey Show" that she is ending the talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
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Calif tuition increase OKd over protests (20 November 04:59) |
| Angry students staged a sit-in Thursday in an attempt to block university officials from leaving the UCLA campus after the California Board of Regents voted to raise undergraduate tuition 32... |
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US lawmaker calls for lifting of Cuba travel ban (20 November 04:17) |
| The U.S. government has no right to restrict American tourists from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday.
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Congress opens investigation into Fort Hood shootings (20 November 02:51) |
| A key congressional committee on Thursday opened its investigation into the November 5 Fort Hood shootings with a pledge to find out whether authorities failed to "connect the dots" and coul... |
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As students march California regents OK tuition increase (20 November 02:48) |
| Hundreds of students marched and chanted outside the UCLA building on Thursday where California university officials are expected to approve a 32 percent undergraduate tuition hike over the ... |
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New Orleans mayor hails Katrina ruling (20 November 01:33) |
| Calling the ruling "huge," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastro... |
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FAA System back up after causing flight delays (20 November 12:04) |
| A computer system in Atlanta, Georgia, that pilots use to file flight plans was not working properly Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Halfway destinations brighten tedious road trips (19 November 11:07) |
| Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Planning a road trip is hardly nuclear science, but perhaps the professor had learned that a well-c... |
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With Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft fights back in browser wars (19 November 10:50) |
| With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed Wednesday it's trying to retake the browser initiative.
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House panel wants answers on faulty stimulus data (19 November 10:47) |
| Members of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee will ask questions Thursday about faulty data on the Obama administration's Recovery.gov Web site.
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10 offbeat college essay topics (19 November 08:55) |
| As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a look at some of the stranger questions those wacky admissions officers have aske... |
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Travel system glitch causing flight delays (19 November 08:46) |
| A computer system in Atlanta, Georgia, that pilots use to file flight plans was not working properly Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Soldier defends revealing Iraqi murders (19 November 05:25) |
| A former Army sergeant who revealed the murders of four Iraqis at a canal in 2007 says he has no regrets about breaking his silence. Watch a special investigation on AC360° tonight at 10 ET... |
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At 2074 pages and $849 billion Senate health bill arrives (19 November 02:02) |
| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 bill... |
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New York toughens drunken driving law (19 November 12:21) |
| It is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an... |
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Court Army Corps liable for Katrina flooding (19 November 09:04) |
| The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ... |
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Feds False congressional districts removed from stimulus site (19 November 08:39) |
| The government Web site Recovery.gov is fixing errors that appeared to show hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars were spent in nonexistent congressional districts, the Recovery Accountab... |
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Sweeping Pentagon review expected in wake of Fort Hood (19 November 08:24) |
| Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is expected to announce a sweeping review of military procedures and policies that could help avoid another Fort Hood-type incident, a senior Pentagon offic... |
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Holder defends holding terrorism trial in New York (19 November 07:50) |
| Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision Wednesday to try five suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court.
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Students protest tuition hikes (19 November 07:27) |
| Amid student protests, the University of California's Board of Regents finance committee approved a 32 percent hike in undergraduate tuition fees Wednesday, to take effect on two steps over ... |
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For $849 billion youve got a health bill (19 November 07:01) |
| The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Senate health care bill would cost $849 billion, according to a senior Democratic source.
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Bug guy faces grisly task in Cleveland case (19 November 06:39) |
| As part of the investigation into the remains of 11 women found inside and outside the Cleveland, Ohio, home of a registered sex offender, police have turned to the self-described "bug guy."... |
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Police say father of Jackson accuser has killed himself (19 November 01:58) |
| The man who accused pop star Michael Jackson of molesting his son in 1993 killed himself in his New Jersey condo earlier this month, police said.
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US health chief says no to changing mammogram policy (19 November 12:41) |
| A federal advisory board's recommendation that women in their 40s should avoid routine mammograms is not government policy and has caused "a great deal of confusion," Health and Human Servic... |
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Expert Child traffickers target runaways throwaways (19 November 12:35) |
| It sounds like the plot of a crime drama or the scourge of a developing country, but human trafficking is a serious problem in the U.S. and America's children are frequent pawns, experts say... |
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Knowing where Shaniya died is next step in prosecution police say (19 November 12:32) |
| Authorities in North Carolina said Wednesday that they will need to determine where the killing of a 5-year-old girl occurred before additional charges are filed in the case.
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Swim club accused of bias files for bankruptcy (18 November 11:46) |
| The Pennsylvania swim club accused of discriminating against minority children over the summer has filed for bankruptcy, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pe... |
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Coroner on standby as police dig at home that hid 11 bodies (18 November 10:11) |
| Six members of the coroner's office were summoned Wednesday to a home in Cleveland, Ohio, where investigators recently found 11 bodies.
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Twilight author It started with a dream (18 November 10:09) |
| When the first book of the "Twilight" series was released in October 2005, no one could have guessed the phenomenon it would become.
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Obama Weve restored Americas standing (18 November 09:59) |
| A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters.
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Wives say sergeants are heroes not criminals (18 November 09:15) |
| The wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison.
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Wives Sergeants heroes not criminals (18 November 09:15) |
| The wives of three Army sergeants convicted of murdering Iraqi detainees say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison. Watch a special investigation on AC360° tonight at 10... |
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Single mom chooses son over serving country (18 November 03:13) |
| To hear Spc. Alexis Hutchinson tell it, the Army forced her to make an agonizing choice between serving her country and taking care of her son.
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Single-mom chooses son over serving country (18 November 02:42) |
| To hear Spc. Alexis Hutchinson tell it, the Army forced her to make an agonizing choice between serving her country and taking care of her son.
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