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Arizona helped deport thousands without new law (AP)
AP - Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from
APNewsBreak: FBI scrutinized over test cheating (AP)
AP - The Justice Department is investigating whether hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing the bureau to conduct surveillance ...
Wildfires burn dozens of homes, force evacuations (AP)
AP - Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly in Southern California have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of the ...
Ethier's pinch single lifts Dodgers to 2-0 win (AP)
AP - Pinch-hitter Andre Ethier delivered a clutch two-run single with two outs in the seventh off Jon Garland to give the Los Angeles Dodgers ...
At least one dead as plane crashes in Pakistan (Reuters)
Reuters - A commercial Pakistani passenger plane with more than 150 people on board crashed in band weather on Wednesday in hills near the capital, ...
Pakistan plane crashes with 152 on board (AFP)
AFP - A Pakistani private Airblue plane crashed into hills behind Islamabad on Wednesday while preparing to land after a flight from Karachi with 152 ...
Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan (AP)
AP - A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital on Wednesday morning, officials said. Rescuers were trying to reach ...
BP gets "wake-up call" and $32 billion in spill charges (Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc's newly named chief executive on Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a "wake-up call" for the entire industry as the company ...
Congress gives Obama long-delayed Afghan war funds (Reuters)
Reuters - The Congress on Tuesday gave President Barack Obama long-delayed funding for his troop increase in Afghanistan despite opposition from many fellow Democrats, while ...
'Demonised' BP boss resigns over Gulf oil spill (AFP)
AFP - BP's chief executive Tony Hayward has resigned after claiming to have been "demonised and vilified" over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster ...
Zedonk hybrid born at Ga. wildlife preserve (AP)
AP - A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Dahlonega after being ...
AP Impact: Mexico justice means catch and release (AP)
AP - It's practically a daily ritual: Accused drug traffickers and assassins, shackled and bruised from beatings, are paraded before the news media to show ...
Rangel, ethics panel lawyers talking settlement (AP)
AP - New York Democrat Charles Rangel made a last-minute effort Tuesday to settle his ethics case and prevent a House trial that could embarrass ...
Texas man sentenced to 99 years in starvation case (AP)
AP - A Dallas man convicted of starving three children locked in a hotel bathroom for nearly a year was sentenced to 99 years in ...
Without Strasburg, Nationals beat Braves 3-0 (AP)
AP - With Stephen Strasburg suddenly scratched, reliever Miguel Batista was pressed into making his first start in nearly two years — and the 39-year-old ...
Neb. city council votes to delay immigration law (AP)
AP - A voter-approved ban on hiring and renting property to illegal immigrants was suspended Tuesday by the Fremont City Council, less than two days ...
US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures (AP)
AP - Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure ...
France declares war against al-Qaida (AP)
AP - France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's ...
BP hopes to turn page with new CEO, leaner company (AP)
AP - Battered BP began reinventing itself in the shadow of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday, naming its first American CEO as it ...
Special forces relieve pressure in Afghan valley (Reuters)
Reuters - Elite U.S. special forces soldiers are relieving insurgent pressure on American outposts in the volatile Arghandab Valley with a series of night attacks ...