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Obama Says Devastation Unlike Any He Has Ever Seen

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Expressing amazement at the destruction all around him, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped through the wreckage left by rampaging tornadoes and pledged help to those who survived but lost their homes in a terrifying flash. Said the president: "I've never seen devastation like this." "We're going...

Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of...

Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in Decades Kills Nearly 300

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. -- Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 297 people were killed across six states - more than two-thirds of them in Alabama,...

Gadhafi Forces Shell Frontline City in West Libya

MISRATA, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's forces shelled civilian areas in the rebel-held city of Misrata on Thursday, killing 10 people. Regime supporters and opponents battled on another front in western Libya for control of a crossing point along the Tunisian border, killing refugees as they fled. Rockets and other artillery...

Obama Assembles All-Star Cast to Talk Immigration

WASHINGTON -- His immigration overhaul stalled, President Barack Obama is enlisting an array of voices, including Latino entertainment and media stars, to help jump-start legislation and reassure crucial but restless Hispanic voters that he has not abandoned his campaign pledge to change the law. Obama's political...

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Robert Hoskins, Who Was Convicted Of Threatening To Kill Madonna, Sought By Police After Escaping Mental Hospital

Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.

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France's Total gets oil price profit boost

PARIS -French oil company Total SA forecast higher production this year while revealing Friday that higher oil prices helped it post a 12.8 percent rise in fourth quarter profits despite a drop in output.

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Girls Raped By Their Own Gang Members To Receive Victims Fund

A Â£1.2 million fund has been apportioned to help rape victims the Home Office said.

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Syria Crisis: 'Terrorist' Explosions Reported As Families 'Prepare To Die' Ahead Of Troop Assault

Syrian state television has reported two explosions in the city of Aleppo, which it is blaming on 'terrorists'.

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Afghan private security handover looking messy

KABUL, Afghanistan -The push by Afghanistan's president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch.

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02/10/12 Embalmer takes speech case to Mass. high court Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA Troy Schoeller admits he could have chosen his words more carefully when he talked to a reporter about bodies he worked on as an embalmer at a funeral home.
02/10/12 Students, teachers adjust as LA school reopens Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA Some students wrote farewell letters to their former teachers.
02/10/12 Pa. judge to consider Sandusky jury, bail issues Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA BELLEFONTE, Pa. State prosecutors don't want the people who live near former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in central Pennsylvania to sit as jurors in his pending child sex-abuse trial.
02/10/12 British man wanted in '93 heist arrested in Mo. Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA After nearly two decades as a fugitive, a British man suspected of driving off with an armored car loaded with cash worth about $1.5 million has been captured in southwest Missouri, where he appeared in federal court wearing blue jeans and asking for a court-appointed defense attorney because he didn't have enough money to hire one.
02/10/12 Pakistan court rejects PM's plea in contempt case Source: Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA Pakistan's top court rejected Friday a last-ditch appeal filed by the prime minister against a looming contempt charge, paving the way for a case that could plunge the nuclear-armed country into political turmoil.

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