Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:27:48 GMT
Floods recede in Fargo, but other hazards linger
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:49:31 GMT
AP - As the Red River slowly started to recede Monday and fears of major flooding diminished, Fargo residents were left to deal with another problem: environmental hazards that linger long after the waters decline.
Woods: 'A little nervous' about return at Masters
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:34:57 GMT
AP - Tiger Woods acknowledged "living a lie," saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his shocking downfall from global sporting icon to late-night TV punchline.
Last Haditha defendant seeks to dismiss charges
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:24:09 GMT
AP - Eight Marines were charged in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Six have had charges dismissed, and one was acquitted.
Tens of thousands rally for immigration reform
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:26:24 GMT
AP - Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country's immigration system, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.
As farmers move from cotton to corn, jobs are lost
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:14:08 GMT
AP - Fields of white cotton once stretched as far as the eye could see across the fertile Mississippi Delta, but now many of those acres are flush with green corn stalks.
Attorney: Mumbai widow's time in US restricted
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:26:06 GMTAP - The Israeli widow of a rabbi who was killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks faces restrictions on her time in the U.S., where her eight children live.
Enviros, growers agree on farmland reuse for solar
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:47:01 GMT
AP - Cash-strapped farmers in California's agricultural heartland and environmentalists at odds over water rights and wildlife protections finally agree on something: that thousands of acres of cracked, salty farmland is the perfect site for a sprawling utility-scale solar farm.
Bricks shatter glass at NY Democratic offices
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:24:26 GMTAP - Authorities are trying to find out who threw bricks through windows and doors at two Democratic Party offices in western New York before Sunday's health care vote.
Rock-wielding Mass. woman fights abduction attempt
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:27:48 GMTAP - Police say a 66-year-old Massachusetts woman fought off a man trying to abduct her by bashing him in the face repeatedly with a rock and forcing him to flee with blood pouring from his wounds.
Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock price
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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:41:57 GMT
AP - Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles.
Snowmobiles, ATVs, lobster boats used for census
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:24:43 GMT
AP - Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles — even lobster boats — to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace.
2 Baltimore officers shot during traffic stop
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:18:27 GMTAP - Two police officers who had pulled over a suspicious vehicle were shot and wounded by the driver, and the suspect was killed when the officers returned fire, Baltimore police said Sunday.
Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:28:31 GMT
AP - Stewart Udall, an elder in a famed political family who led the Interior Department as it promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win passage of major environmental laws, has died at the age of 90.
Giant bluestone sculpture for sale in Catskills
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:35:39 GMT
AP - Harvey Fite spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mountains into a strange and striking landscape sculpture. Visitors to Opus 40 walk through rock-wall mazes that swirl around a 9-ton monolith looming in the center like a Stone Age exclamation mark.
Obama vows commitment to immigration reform
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:22:46 GMTAP - President Barack Obama is reassuring immigration reform advocates that he is committed to working with Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a "broken immigration system."
Police: Boy, 16, made racial comment at NJ Walmart
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:46:30 GMT
AP - A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday.
No injuries in emergency landing at O'Hare
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:23:48 GMTAP - Chicago officials say there were no injuries after an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport.
New threat puts Calif. police on heightened alert
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:30:34 GMT
AP - The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers.
More snow falling in Okla., Ark. spring blizzard
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:25:56 GMT
AP - More snow fell Sunday as part of a powerful storm blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first weekend of spring.
