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U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 20, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday. "We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Israeli intelligence officials are in the U.S. trying to convince the Bush administration that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapons — contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials said. Prime Minister Eh.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 24, 2007 @ 12:20pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people's privacy. Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 10:01pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his forthcoming.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 11:20pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than $3.5 million in 20 hours. Paul, the Texas congressman with a Libertarian tilt and an out-of-Iraq pitch, entered heady fundr.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday. Gen. William S. Wallace, whose duties as commander of Army Training and D.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 1, 2007 @ 11:12am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The tough Georgia law that sent Genarlow Wilson to prison for having oral sex with a fellow teenager has been watered down. But in Georgia — and in many other states — it's still a crime for teenagers to have sex, even if they're close in age. Lega.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 3:34pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- A plumber and a millionaire squared off in Mississippi over a woman. The woman chose the rich guy. The plumber sued the millionaire and won more than $750,000. Now Jerry Fitch Sr., a businessman from Holly Springs, Miss., wants the Supreme Court to ste.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 15, 2007 @ 1:50pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man says he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work. In an interview published Sunday, Monsignor Tommaso Stenico told La Repubblica dai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 11, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Google Associated Press -- A road-rage crash critically injured a mother and her two small children, who were crushed between parked cars, police said Wednesday. Two men were booked for investigation of attempted murder in connection with the crash Tuesday in the San Fernando Va.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 9, 2007 @ 9:52am neoform

Google Associated Press -- Interpol sought public help Monday in identifying a suspected pedophile, revealing a technique to unscramble digitally altered images to show the face of a man seen in Internet photos sexually abusing young boys in Vietnam and Cambodia. Specialists suc.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Oct 8, 2007 @ 2:46am neoform

Google Associated Press -- Alex, a parrot that could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian brain. The cause of Alex's death was unknown. The African.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:03pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Three senior House Democrats proposed an income tax surcharge Tuesday to finance the approximately $150 billion annual cost of operations in Iraq, saying it is unfair to pass the cost of the war onto future generations. The plan, unveiled by Reps. Davi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:30am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves. An adult-store owner had asked the justices to throw.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 12:43am neoform

Google Associated Press -- Sylvester Stallone says he and his "Rambo" sequel movie crew recently witnessed the human toll of unspeakable atrocities while filming along the Myanmar border. "I witnessed the aftermath — survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land-mine injur.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 1:10pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- The defendant in a state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere. State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 1:07pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran, a recently retired commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Monday. John Abizaid, the retired.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Sep 10, 2007 @ 9:36pm neoform

Google Associated Press -- A shadowy leftist guerrilla group took credit for a string of explosions that ripped apart at least six Mexican oil and gas pipelines Monday, rattling financial markets and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost production. The six explosions.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 5, 2007 @ 9:17am neoform

Google Associated Press -- A Belgian prosecutor on Tuesday recommended that the U.S.-based Church of Scientology stand trial for fraud and extortion, following a 10-year investigation that concluded the group should be labeled a criminal organization. Scientology said it would f.. Read More