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December 22, 2009 04:01 PM EST --
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Kansas law doesn't allow a so-called "necessity defense" in the trial of a man charged with killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers. . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:02 AM EST --
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices hung near $74 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as traders anticipated OPEC will leave crude production levels unchanged at the group's meeting later in the day.
Benchmark crude . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:02 AM EST --
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets rose Tuesday, snapping a string of losses, as a weaker yen boosted Japanese shares to a three-month high and a flurry of corporate deals suggested greater confidence . . .
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December 22, 2009 09:02 AM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Internet use among Latino adults is growing faster than among other ethnic groups. That's according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American . . .
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December 22, 2009 10:01 AM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher early Tuesday as investors shrugged off a report showing third-quarter economic growth was not as strong as previously forecast.
The Commerce Department's new . . .
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December 22, 2009 11:01 AM EST --
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An appeals court is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $5.6 million to a national law firm involved in a Wisconsin antitrust case against the software giant.
Zelle, Hofmann, . . .
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December 22, 2009 02:02 PM EST --
WESTWEGO, La. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals and hundreds of others mourned Tuesday the sudden loss of receiver Chris Henry, who was killed when he fell out of a pickup truck bed during what police . . .
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December 22, 2009 02:02 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $290 million judgment against Microsoft Corp. and issued an injunction that will prevent the sale of its popular Word software.
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December 22, 2009 05:01 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Extraordinary government efforts to stabilize the housing market are paying off. What happens when the help runs out is anyone's guess.
Sales of previously occupied homes surged . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:00 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a press club in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, leaving three people dead in the latest attack against the city of Peshawar . . .
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December 22, 2009 07:01 AM EST --
LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Several OPEC ministers say the oil producing group has decided to hold its output targets unchanged and wants members to adhere more closely to their quotas.
Oil ministers . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:01 AM EST --
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals are traveling to Louisiana to say final farewells to late teammate Chris Henry.
A two-hour public viewing Tuesday will be followed immediately by the funeral . . .
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December 22, 2009 09:01 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exhausted but happy Democratic leaders began nudging their painstakingly crafted health care compromise a step closer to pre-Christmas passage with three votes that started as . . .
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December 22, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Pitcher Javy Vazquez has been traded back to the New York Yankees by Atlanta in a swap that sent Melky Cabrera to the Braves, people familiar with the trade told The Associated Press . . .
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December 22, 2009 02:01 PM EST --
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that 73 Saudis have been killed and 26 have gone missing since the kingdom launched an offensive against Yemeni Shiite rebels along the border . . .
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December 22, 2009 03:00 PM EST --
NEW YORK (AP) — Newly released documents show the FBI helped facilitate interviews in the Philippines carried out by California authorities investigating Michael Jackson for the sexual abuse of . . .
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December 23, 2009 01:01 AM EST --
MIAMI (AP) — An American Airlines spokesman says a flight from Miami has overshot the runway in Kingston, Jamaica, but came to a safe stop. He says there are no reports of injuries or fatalities. . . .
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December 23, 2009 02:00 AM EST --
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — An American Airlines flight from Miami Tuesday night overshot a runway during a heavy rainstorm in Kingston, injuring dozens of people, officials said. There were no reports . . .
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December 23, 2009 02:01 AM EST --
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking . . .
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December 23, 2009 02:01 AM EST --
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Japanese whalers and militant conservationists have clashed in the Antarctic Ocean over two days, with weapons including water cannon, blinding lasers and bottles of rancid . . .
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