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Consumer price index jumps on costlier gas

 

EPA Accused of ‘Assault on Mining Industry’
After Revoking Permit for Mountaintop Mine

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International

Roadside bomb kills 7 in southern Afghanistan

Afghan Farmers Return to Opium Trade

Lebanon in turmoil as caretaker govt steps in

Tunisian PM Assumes Power After President Flees

Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi in prostitution probe

Crew of Danish ship missing after pirate attack

More than 500 dead in Brazil's worst-ever disaster

Sri Lanka Floods: 325,000 Forced From Homes

100 pilgrims killed in stampede at Indian festival

Pope John Paul II to be beatified May 1

Chinese farmer gets life in prison for evading highway tolls

National

Rasmussen: 75 Percent Want Obamacare Changed

Russia emphasises right to withdraw from START treaty if it feels threatened by West...

Few US voters blame toxic politics for shooting

House set to vote on healthcare repeal

Arizona Shooting Sparks Internet Death Threats Against Sarah Palin

YouTube Video Promotes Tweets to Kill Palin

Reince Priebus Wins Race for RNC Chief After Steele Bows Out

Ex-Sen. Bob Dole out of hospital, feeling 'better'

State

New storm in Northwest; South begins thaw

U.S. Severe Weather Map

State agency agrees free speech includes 'the finger' - settlement prevents tickets for 'profane or offensive words or gestures'

California budget: Cuts to wildland firefighting teams loom

Report: N.Y. Museum Buys Ants-on-Jesus Exhibit Pulled From National Portrait Gallery

68 Teens Pregnant at One Memphis High School

3 people electrocuted at San Bernardino home

Mom accused of playing on Facebook while baby died

MD county's 13 killings exceed military deaths in Afghanistan this year...

Old pics of sister-in-law lead to child porn case

Geriatric NY gangster, 93, gets 8 years in prison

Economic

Moody’s, S&P Warn U.S. Debt Will Harm Credit Rating

Treasury announces bank warrant auctions

JPMorgan Chase's profit jumps 47 percent in 4Q

Hasbro says 4Q sales were weak

Floods take major toll on Australian farms, mines

Entertainment

Thom Hartmann Derides 'Sarah bin Palin' For Not Coming 'Out of Her Cave'

Delayed again, 'Spider-Man' may set another record

'Celebrity Apprentice' Cast Unveiled at omg!

Backstreet Boy AJ McLean heading back to rehab

Sports

Sex offender registry awaits NFL's Lawrence Taylor

Won and done: Auburn QB Cam Newton to enter draft

Browns hire Pat Shurmur as new coach

Nuggets down Heat as ankle sidelines James

AP source: Yanks reach deal with reliever Soriano

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