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House Democrats to Cut Some Pork From the Menu

50 minutes ago |AOL News

WASHINGTON (March 12) -- It's hard to compete with bridges to nowhere, teapot museums and gigantic weapons systems the Pentagon doesn't want. But finally, pork projects for private companies are gett ...

Pentagon: F-35 Fighter Costs Skyrocket

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WASHINGTON (March 12) -- The Pentagon is acknowledging that its largest-ever weapons program is years behind schedule, tens of billions of dollars over budget and in the initial stages of a testing p ...

Manhunt Under Way for Man Who Beat Woman in Bar

2 hours 31 minutes ago |AP

(March 12) -- A stranger followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, police said ...

Why the Internet Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

3 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 12) -- The short list of nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize includes an unexpected contender: the Internet. This is the result of a campaign launched by the Italian edition of Wired ma ...

Friend: Suspected US al-Qaida Follower Grew Radical

2 hours 19 minutes ago |AP

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BUENA, N.J. (March 12) -- Sharif Mobley had strong Muslim views as early as high school. But his old friend Roman Castro knew he had radicalized when he saw him about four years ago. Castro, an Army ...

Boy May Be Tried as Adult in Killing of Dad's Fiancee

17 hours 51 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 12) -- A 12-year-old Pennsylvania boy charged with murdering his father's pregnant fiancee is "an all-around good kid" who is "too young" to understand the magnitude of the potential life sent ...

Which Justice Loves Egg McMuffins?

15 hours 33 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- Apparently, sitting on the nation's highest court doesn't mean you give up cravings for fast food. Author Bill Geerhart reveals the guilty culinary pleasures of America's Supreme Court ...

Report: Lehman Brothers Hastened Its Own Bankruptcy

2 hours 24 minutes ago |DailyFinance

(March 12) -- At $639 billion, Lehman Brothers Holdings' bankruptcy in 2008 was the biggest in U.S. history and touched off a withering financial crisis known as the Great Recession. On Thursday, a f ...

Lesbian Teen Files Suit to Force School to Hold Prom

2 hours 37 minutes ago |AP

JACKSON, Miss. (March 12) -- A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it cancel ...

US Slams China on Human Rights Record

2 hours 46 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- The United States has taken a fresh swing at China's human rights record at a time when the Obama administration is wooing Beijing for support against Iran, highlighting the tension bet ...

NYC to Pay Up to $657M to Settle WTC Health Cases

13 hours 10 minutes ago |AP

NEW YORK (March 12) -- A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before ...

At Ground Zero, a Battle's Decisive Moment

18 hours 6 minutes ago |AOL News

NEW YORK (March 11) -- A longstanding battle that has stymied construction at the site of the World Trade Center comes to a head this week. Barring a last-minute deal, arbitrators are set to impose a ...