CAPITAL CULTURE: Big first year leaves Obama tired
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After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. Who could blame him? The president was on...
GOP California congressman will retire next year
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California Republican George Radanovich said Tuesday that he will not seek re-election to Congress next year but will serve out his eighth term representing a GOP-leaning district. Democrats hope to make some gains in...
Obama moves to curb federal secrets
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered the federal government to rethink how it protects the nation's secrets, in a move that was expected to declassify more than 400 million pages of Cold War-era documents and curb...
Key security agencies lack permanent leaders
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Two federal agencies charged with keeping potential terrorists off airplanes and out of the country have been without their top leaders for nearly a year. It took the Obama administration more than eight months to...
Iowa lawmaker predicts Palin run for White House
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An Iowa Republican congressman says he thinks former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 and that she's among a few people who could win the state's leadoff caucuses. U.S. Rep....
CAPITAL CULTURE: Big first year leaves Obama tired
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After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired. Who could blame him? The president was on...
Lawmaker wants military trial for alleged bomber
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The leading Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee says the Nigerian man accused of attacking an airliner as it approached Detroit should be tried by a military tribunal rather than a civilian court. Rep....
GOP lawmaker: Threat from terrorism not going away
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The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says the government needs to do a better job of telling Americans about the threat from terrorism. Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra says the threat is real and...
Obama: US intel had info ahead of airliner attack
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the intelligence community had bits of information that should have been pieced together that would have triggered "red flags" and possibly prevented the Christmas Day attempted...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 861
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As of Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, at least 861 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,370
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As of Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, at least 4,370 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians...
San Francisco sees major drop in homicides in 2009
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San Francisco appears on track in 2009 to have the lowest number of murders in nearly 50 years. Mayor Gavin Newsom and Police Chief George Gascon announced Tuesday that homicides in the city have dropped from 98 in...
Police: Young Fla. couple plotted to kill mother
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An 11-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend are accused of plotting to kill the girl's mother by setting her bedroom on fire while the woman slept Tuesday, police said. Samantha Broadhead and Jack Ault...
Vt. judge: Birth mom must give child to ex-partner
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The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge ruled, adding that it seems the woman has "disappeared" with her daughter. ...
Colo. mom, baby revived after Christmas Eve birth
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Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand when her life slipped away in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve, and then he cradled his newborn son's limp body seconds after a medical team delivered the...
Security costs will top $75M in NYC terror trial
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New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly says security for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack suspects will cost much more than the initial estimate of $75 million. Kelly drafted a security plan Dec. 18...
NKorea confirms it has detained an American
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North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it had detained an American for illegally entering the reclusive country, news welcomed by relatives of an Arizona missionary who feared they would never hear from him again after he...
Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium
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Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. Diplomats said the assessment was...
Iranian security forces intensify crackdown
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Iranian security forces intensified their crackdown on anti-government supporters Tuesday, arresting relatives of the country's Nobel laureate and the main opposition leader, and limiting the movement of another top...
Yemen investigates Nigerian's al-Qaida contacts
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Officials in Yemen were investigating Tuesday whether the Nigerian suspected in the attempted Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner spent time with al-Qaida militants in the country in the months leading up to the...
US appeals court nixes Vatican Bank Holocaust suit
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An American appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Holocaust survivors who alleged the Vatican bank accepted millions of dollars of their valuables stolen by Nazi sympathizers. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Yemeni link to airline plot complicates Gitmo plan
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The alleged Yemeni roots of the attack on a Detroit-bound airliner threaten to complicate U.S. efforts to empty Guantanamo, where nearly half the remaining detainees are from Yemen. Finding a home for them is key to...
Canada has limitations in sharing terror info
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Canada's top counterterrorism official says Canada has significant limitations in its ability to share information about potential terrorist suspects with other countries. Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan made the...
Brazilian family wants to bring boy back from US
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The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. Lawyers for the relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request...
ND lawsuit likely over Minn. carbon dioxide tax
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Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said North Dakota is likely to file a legal challenge to Minnesota's efforts to make it costlier for utilities to use coal-generated electricity produced in western North Dakota. North...
Treasury yields fall after successful bond auction
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Interest rates dipped in the market for previously issued Treasurys Tuesday after a successful auction of $42 billion of five-year notes. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which is used as a benchmark for...
How the major stock indexes fared on Tuesday
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The stock market edged lower Tuesday, breaking a six-day advance as reports on home prices and consumer confidence did little to excite buyers. Major indexes rose modestly in the early going but slipped as the dollar...
Judge who sentenced Boesky in NY to prison dies
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Morris Lasker, the judge who sentenced Ivan Boesky to prison in a 1980s insider trading scandal and helped eliminate horrid conditions in New York City jails, has died. He was 92. His son, Timothy Lasker of Chilmark,...
Stocks slip to break six-day winning streak
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The stock market edged lower Tuesday, breaking a six-day advance as reports on home prices and consumer confidence did little to excite buyers. Major indexes rose modestly in the early going but slipped as the dollar...
Consumer confidence rises in Dec, but still weak
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Americans are ending 2009 feeling better about the economy than when the year began, buoyed by optimism that job prospects will improve in the first half of 2010. Consumer expectations for the job market reached their...
Gold dips back below $1,100 as dollar rises
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Gold and other metals fell Tuesday in response to a stronger dollar, while energy futures eked out small gains. The price of gold ended a three-day winning streak, falling back below $1,100 as the dollar rose against...
Hacker pleads guilty in Mass. to fraud case
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A computer hacker who helped orchestrate the theft of tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers in one of the largest such thefts in U.S. history pleaded guilty Tuesday in the last of three...
Letterman extortion suspect looks to Woods scandal
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The TV producer accused of shaking down David Letterman to keep mum about his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to try to bolster his defense. In court papers filed Tuesday, Robert "Joe" Halderman's...
Journalists' group slams NBC for flying boy home
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The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing "checkbook journalism" by chartering a jet that carried a New Jersey man involved in a bitter custody battle and his son home from Brazil. David...
No immediate ratings change after anchor switches
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Anchor changes at ABC's two biggest newscasts did nothing during their first week to shake NBC's dominance in the ratings. NBC's "Nightly News" with Brian Williams averaged 9.37 million viewers on the first week that...
Top 20 prime-time TV programs
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Dec. 21-27. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1. NFL Football: Dallas at Washington, NBC, 19.04 million. 2. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.74...
New York Review caricaturist David Levine dies
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David Levine, an artist whose witty caricatures illustrated The New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, has died. He was 83. Levine died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate...
Comedy Central not renewing `The Jeff Dunham Show'
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Comedy Central won't be renewing "The Jeff Dunham Show" for a second season. The show, featuring comedian Jeff Dunham and his repertoire of puppets, attracted plenty of attention, both positive and negative. Its debut...
Tropicana turns 70, feathers, dancing gals and all
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When the Tropicana nightclub and casino opened its doors in a leafy Havana garden on Dec. 30, 1939, World War II was raging in Europe, "Gone With the Wind" had just hit U.S. theaters and a rebellious youngster named...
Police recover Picasso's 'Little Guitar'
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Police say they have recovered from a Roman businessman Picasso's "Little Guitar" toy sculpture made for the artist's daughter Paloma. Carabinieri police say Picasso had given the toy to his friend, Italian artist...
FIRST-PERSON: Reaching the world ... together
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--There's been a lot of talk in recent months about how Southern Baptists can most effectively reach our lost world for Christ. That's a conversation from which I believe we can all benefit.Most...
Follow Joseph's example, Patterson says
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FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--The willingness of Jesus' earthly father to take the pregnant Mary as his wife illustrates the obedience required of ministers in the face of opposition, Paige Patterson, president of...
'Build upon the foundation,' Mohler urges
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The uniqueness of the call to Christian ministry is bound up in the fact that ministers will not finish what they started because they are laying the foundation upon which God is constructing His...
Akin tells grads to run faithfully
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WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and its undergraduate school, The College at Southeastern, granted degrees to 116 students during fall graduation ceremonies Dec. 18.Ninety-eight...
Kelley: Choose God's direction, not yours
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NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Their research papers are written and every classroom test taken. But New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's newest graduates will face one more exam for the rest of their earthly lives, NOBTS...
Model biblical leadership, Iorg tells grads
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MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP)--Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary granted degrees to 59 students during the school's winter commencement ceremony at First Baptist Church in San Francisco Dec. 11. Students came from the...
Faith guides Vols' Crompton in tough times
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Two fist pumps to the chest and an index finger pointed toward heaven.For University of Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton, they are outward signs of an inward commitment. The fist-to-chest...
Quick answers to some giving questions
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The year is drawing close, and churches are thinking about end-of-the-year giving campaigns. Ben Stroup is a marketing coordinator in LifeWay Christian Resources' Christian Stores division, but he...
Studies spotlight problems in FDA device approvals
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Two new studies find shortfalls in the Food and Drug Administration's approval process for heart devices such as pacemakers and stents. Safety targets often weren't clearly spelled out in the research submitted by...
Health bills nudge US on long-term care insurance
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Most people don't buy long-term care insurance. They simply don't want to think about moving into an assisted living center or hiring a stranger to bathe them. Seven years ago, Robert Myers of suburban Chicago did buy...
Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test
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They're not your grandpa's hearing aids. Today's newest models range from the completely invisible _ it sits deep in the ear canal for months at a time _ to Bluetooth-enabled gadgets that open cell phones and iPods for...
Pressure rises to stop antibiotics in agriculture
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The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat. The boar gored Kremer in the knee with a razor-sharp tusk. The burly pig farmer shrugged it off, figuring: "You pour the...
China plant shuts after children poisoned by lead
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Chinese authorities Monday started administering health checks on all children living near a battery factory in the south of the country and closed the plant after more than 40 children were found with lead poisoning. ...
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
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It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away. Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered,...
Little boy's big legacy teaches others how to live
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The disarming smile of a 4-year-old boy with a buzz cut brightens an otherwise drab newspaper page, where whole lives are summed up in three inches of tiny newsprint. Danny Stanton's death notice first makes you wonder...
Study: Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs
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More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds. For years, serious bacterial infections...
InterDigital chairman Campagna dies at 70
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Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday its board would meet soon to review its composition after the death of its longtime chairman, Harry Campagna. Campagna, 70, joined the board of InterDigital...
Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
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Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it...
Broadcom settles securities class action lawsuit
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Broadcom Corp. said Tuesday it will pay more than $160 million in cash to settle a class action investor lawsuit related to stock option backdating, but did not admit wrongdoing. The Irvine-based chipmaker said in a...
Nokia expands patent dispute beyond Apple iPhone
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Nokia Corp. is broadening a legal dispute it already has with Apple Inc. over the iPhone, saying almost all of the company's other products also violate the Finnish phone maker's patents. Nokia said Tuesday that it has...
Scientists begin testing mussels for pollutants
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California scientists hope studying 180 black mussels pried from algae-covered rocks in San Francisco Bay will provide clues into how many drugs and chemicals are polluting waters across the nation. Mussels filter...
Court backs Nebraska in rate dispute with Qwest
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A federal appeals panel has upheld a ruling favoring the Nebraska Public Service Commission in a telecommunications rate dispute with Qwest Communications International Inc. At issue are the rates set by the Nebraska...
WHO chief: swine flu pandemic continues
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Many more people could become sick with swine flu this winter even though it has peaked in North America and some European countries, the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The worst of the swine flu...
UK's O2 apologizes for smart phone service trouble
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The head of mobile phone operator O2 has apologized to customers in the British capital who were unable to make calls after the group's network was swamped by people using smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone. In...
The nation's weather
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue tracking through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday. The system was forecast to continue pulling abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and allow for wet...