AP sources: New Pentagon rules on women in combat
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:54:10 GMT
AP - Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.
8 minutes pass before cops got sent to Powell home
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:53:19 GMT
AP - Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell's children were in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched. By the time officers were on their way, the home was exploding in a gas-fueled inferno, with Powell and his two young boys inside.
Analysis: Obama contraceptive mandate has a price
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:32:17 GMT
AP - The Obama administration's new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers' birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issues have surged to the forefront in the presidential campaign.
Dwindling time, rising tension make Iran top fear
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:25:34 GMT
AP - The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-spinning speed. After years of bad blood and an international impasse over Iran's disputed nuclear program, why does the threat of war seem so suddenly upon us?
Greece, creditors end talks without full deal
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:18:42 GMT
AP - Greece failed to finalize terms for a crucial euro130 billion ($173 billion) bailout Thursday, but Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos headed to Brussels to meet top EU officials, hoping to rescue the agreement and stave off bankruptcy.
Gingrich hopes high road, new funds can save him
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:19:33 GMT
AP - Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner.
APNewsBreak: GOP report questions detainee release
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:05:46 GMT
AP - Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to face the challenge that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activities, according to a report by Republicans on a House Armed Services subcommittee.
LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:53:57 GMT
AP - An entirely new staff of teachers will greet students Thursday at an elementary school rocked last week by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.
Gender-bending model pushes limits of the runway
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:05:44 GMT
AP - On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.
No. 10 Duke stuns No. 5 North Carolina 85-84
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:54:43 GMT
AP - Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening.