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ASSOCIATED PRESS News, Feb 14, 2012

AP: Houston funeral Saturday at childhood church
CBS News
(AP Photo/Rich Schultz) NEWARK, NJ - Singer Whitney Houston will be laid to rest Saturday in the New Jersey church where she sang as a child, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, which is handling the ...
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Israel says Bangkok bomb is Iran terror attempt
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The wife of an Israeli diplomat was injured in the explosion , the same day as an Israeli Embassy staffer in Georgia found a bomb underneath his car, which was dismantled before exploding, according to Indian and Israeli media reports. Photo: AP / AP ...
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Israel to 'settle score' with Bangkok attackers
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The wife of an Israeli diplomat was injured in the explosion , the same day as an Israeli Embassy staffer in Georgia found a bomb underneath his car, which was dismantled before exploding, according to Indian and Israeli media reports. Photo: AP / AP ...
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Grisly discoveries give families hope for closure
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sacramento television station KCRA reports the human bones found Sunday were recovered along with two pairs of shoes, sandals, tennis shoes, engraved jewelry and a woman's purse. Photo: The Record, Craig Sanders / AP San Joaquin Sheriff detective ML ...
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AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed
North County Times
(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File) Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives and networking equipment were secreted into Cuba. The most sensitive item, according to ...
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Bangkok blasts wound Iranian attacker, 4 others
Austin American-Statesman
(AP Photo) EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT - A suspected bomber lies injured at an explosion site in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Three explosions in Bangkok have wounded four Thai civilians and blown off the legs of the foreign suspect whom ...
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Austin American-Statesman
January retail sales gain points to modest growth
Poughkeepsie Journal
The latest government report on retail sales pointed to a slowly improving economy. / (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) The Associated PressWASHINGTON — Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and stepped up spending on retail goods in January.
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Cops investigate actions leading to Columbine hammer attack
USA TODAY
By Ed Andrieski, AP file photo The exterior of Columbine High School is photographed April 19, 2000, the day before the one-year anniversary of the massacre. By Ed Andrieski, AP filephoto The exterior of Columbine High School is photographed April 19, ...
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USA TODAY
Report: Ex-daughter-in-law says Sandusky abused her son
Philadelphia Inquirer
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) The mother of three of Jerry Sandusky's grandchildren says she does not believe it is safe for him to be around children and alleged he "inappropriately touched" her son, the Daily Collegian reports. Jill Thomas is the ex-wife ...
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Retail sales rebound as consumers step up spending
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP WASHINGTON — Americans rebounded from a weak holiday season and stepped up spending on retail goods in January. The latest government report on retail sales pointed to a slowly improving economy. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Justice delayed for Peru sterilization victims
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By FRANK BAJAK AP LIMA, Peru — It was 1996 when Micaela Flores and 15 other women from Peru's highlands accepted an ambulance ride to a Cuzco clinic, lured by the offer of a free medical checkup. In this photo taken on Nov.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Study: 1 in 8 voter registrations have errors
KPIC
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) By MIKE BAKER Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still on the rolls and many more approved to ...
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KPIC
'Iron Fist' Guatemala President Pushes Drug Legalization for Central America
Fox News
(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Next Slide Previous Slide Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet GUATEMALA CITY – The ex-general who campaigned for the Guatemalan presidency on a platform of crushing crime with an iron fist is now pushing a regional debate ...
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EU leader pushes for Chinese help on Iran, Syria
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, third left, meets with EU President Herman Van Rompuy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/How ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Hackers claim attack on American tear gas company
News & Observer
AP Photo This Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 photo shows a sign at the entrance of Combine Systems, Inc. in Jamestown, Pa. The US security company whose tear gas has been used against Egyptian demonstrators has become the latest victim of the Anonymous ...
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News & Observer
Video Test - Do Not Delete
Central Florida News 13
AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File) In this March 4, 2011, file photoJudy Gross and Peter J. Kahn, respectively wife of and lawyer for US government contractor Alan Gross, arrive at the courthouse in ...
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What earnings reports reveal about entertainment
Boston.com
By AP Jan. 25: Netflix Inc. discloses that it has regained almost as many customers as it lost following an unpopular price increase, signaling that the video subscription service is healing from its self-inflicted wounds. Netflix ended December with ...
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Bangkok blasts wound Iranian attacker, 4 others
Casper Star-Tribune Online
(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) An Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians Tuesday after an earlier blast shook his house in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. The explosions came a day after an Israeli diplomatic car ...
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NKoreans mythologize Kim Jong Il on his birthday
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) As North Koreans prepare for what would have been the 70th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il this week, the country's propaganda machine has gone to great lengths to build up the man who led the nation for 17 years.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
WVU settles Big East lawsuit, will join Big 12
Stamford Advocate
VICKI SMITH, AP West Virginia running back Dustin Garrison (29) leads a group of players thanking fans after their 43-16 win over Connecticut in an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson) ...
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Iran to unveil new nuclear projects
6abc.com
(AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour) (AP Photo /AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour) Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran - February 14, 2012 (WPVI) -- Iran's official news agency says that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will unveil new nuclear ...
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6abc.com
Pakistan allows NATO to ship food to Afghanistan
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) Pakistan closed its Afghan border to NATO supplies in response to the deadly Nov. 26 attack on two of its border posts. The closure has been a headache for coalition forces, who have had to spend much more money to get ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
US probes door fires in 2006, 2007 TrailBlazers
The State Journal-Register
Federal safety regulators are investigating reports of fires in the driver's side doors of Chevrolet TrailBlazer SUVs from the 2006 and 2007 model years. (AP Photo/General Motors Co., File) By Anonymous TheAssociated Press DETROIT — Federal safety ...
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Panetta defends trimmed Pentagon budget
CBS News
(Pool,AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan, telling senators it's time to step up and show they are serious about reducing the deficit.
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WGME
With AP Photos. By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington is getting its first hard look at Xi Jinping, the man destined to lead China in the coming decade, during which the global powers probably will see their economic ties ...
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Swiss defense minister defends Swedish jet deal
WTOP
(AP Photo/Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) By JOHN HEILPRINAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) - Put on the hot seat by a secret air force report, Switzerland's defense minister on Tuesday strongly defended the government's decision to buy Swedish fighter jets.
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WTOP
Bahrain blames opposition group for rioting
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) A government statement on Tuesday says Al Wefaq, Bahrain's main Shiite group, was responsible for turning what would have been a peaceful demonstration into a riot. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters on Monday ...
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Second Brazilian journalist killed in less than a week « Brazil Portal
By Brazil Institute
((AP Photo/Leo Veras)). The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil's rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist's body was found in a different state. Paulo Rodrigues, 51, was ... Reporters Without Borders said in a January report that Brazil plummeted to 99th place last year on its ranking of freedom of the press in nations around the globe. That was a drop of 41 places from the year ...
Brazil Portal
Report: WVU Settles Lawsuit, Will Join Big 12 In July « CBS Pittsburgh
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Share this. No comments. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) ...According to an Associated Press report, WVU has settled a lawsuit with the Big East Conference which will allow the Mountaineers to join the Big 12 in July. Terms of the settlement were not ... 7:00 PM, CBS Evening Newswith Scott Pelley. 7:30 PM, The Insider. 8:00 PM, NCIS. 9:00 PM, NCIS: Los Angeles. 10:00 PM, Unforgettable. 11:00 PM, KDKA-TV News at 11. 11:35 PM, Late Show with David Letterman ...
CBS Pittsburgh
Syria Crisis: Rastan Attack Repelled, Activists Say
By The Huffington Post News Editors
She said tens of thousands of people, including children, have been arrested, more than 18000 reportedly are still arbitrarily detained and thousands more are reported missing. In addition, 25000 people are estimated to have sought ... (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUT. READ WHOLE POST. Kosovo Avalanche: Child ...
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Adele Target Commercial Makes Star Out of State Island Sixth ...
By The Associated Press
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Transportation funding boosted to top of political agenda ...
By UnBylined
WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to improve the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems to the top of the political agenda. This week the House and Senate are set to take up vastly different bills providing a ... Next story: Bangor police station evacuated after report of explosion »... (BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY BRIDGET BROWN) BuyPhoto. WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of ...
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Hearse arrives at funeral home handling Houston - KLTV 7 News ...
KLTV 7 News, Your East Texas News Leader, News, Weather, Sports, Community, Jobs, Cars and Much more. ... Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ... Associated Press writer Dave Porter contributed to this report.
KLTV - Entertainment News from AP
Whitney Houston - News from The Associated Press
AP Photo/LAURA RAUCH. Entertainment Video. AP AUDIO. APEntertainment and Lifestyles Alicia Quarles reports Whitney Houston had reached the pinnacle ...
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AP: Houston funeral Saturday at childhood church
(AP Photo/Rich Schultz) NEWARK, NJ - Singer Whitney Houston will be laid to ... church where she sang as a child, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
www.cbsnews.com/.../ap-houston-funeral-saturday-at-childho...
Report says 2 Tibetans killed by security forces - The-Press-News
(AP Photo). In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, hundreds of Tibetans In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, Tibetans gather on ...
www.the-press-news.com/.../report-says-2-tibetans-killed-by-s...
Longtime Associated Press correspondent Carl Hartman dies at 95 ...
( Stuart Ramson / Associated Press ) - In this June 10, 2011 photo, ... he entered journalism and reported for the New York Daily News, anewspaper in Puerto ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAe0Fr4Q_story.html
APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images - CBS News
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (Ted S. Warren). (AP) SEATTLE — Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../apnewsbreak-powell-had-incestuous-im...
AP IMPACT: USAID contractor work in Cuba detailed
(AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina, File) The purpose, according to an Associated Press review of Gross' reports, was to set up uncensored satellite ...
www.ajc.com/.../ap-impact-usaid-contractor-1348000.html
Mo. teen gets life with possible parole in killing - Yahoo! News
outlink. Photos: Red carpet report card ... Video: Mo. teen gets life sentence for killing girl ...
news.yahoo.com/mo-teen-gets-life-possible-parole-killing-141...
China police chief may seek U.S. asylum – USATODAY.com
Reports are swirling that the former top cop has dropped from sight following a quarrel with one of China's ... BEIJING (AP) – The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed ...2008 AP photo ... For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday. com.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-08/.../1
Oregon Climber Reported Dead in Mount Hood Fall - ABC News
Oregon Climber Reported Dead in Mount Hood Fall. ... AP. An undatedphoto provided by the Oregon State... View Full Caption. An undated photoprovided by ...
abcnews.go.com/.../oregon-climber-reported-dead-mount-hoo...
Contraception mandate outrages religious groups - Yahoo! News
Photos: Red carpet report card ... By RACHEL ZOLL | Associated Press– Fri, Feb 3, 2012 ... FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, Health and Human Services ...
news.yahoo.com/contraception-mandate-outrages-religious-gr...
Most Oregon prison deaths not reported to public | Local & Regional ...
(AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Danielle Peterson, File). SALEM ... The onlynews release was for Shelly Resnick who died in her cell in May at the Coffee Creek ...
www.kval.com/.../Most-Oregon-prison-deaths-not-reported-to...
Shocking pictures open LA detective's murder trial - US News and ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shocking death pictures of a murdered woman were shown to jurors in the trial of former police ... US News & WorldReport Politics ...
www.usnews.com/.../shocking-pictures-open-la-detectives-mur...
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