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1st Calif. city corruption case heading to close
1st Calif. city corruption case heading to close
Closing the first act in a corruption case, a prosecutor and defense attorneys plan to argue Wednesday whether testimony in the trial of six former Bell city officials proves they paid themselves exorbitant salaries and made up sham commissions to bolster their pay. Most of the defendants testified

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Confused Testimony in Pistorius Case
Confused Testimony in Pistorius Case
The officer leading the police investigation into Oscar Pistorius' fatal shooting of his girlfriend offered confusing testimony during the second day of a bail hearing. (Feb. 20)

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2 years on, slow quake recovery in New Zealand
2 years on, slow quake recovery in New Zealand
Two years after an earthquake devastated New Zealand's second largest city, killing 185 and rattling Phil Thompson's suburban house off its foundations, the 65-year-old retiree still lives in a cramped trailer home parked on the incongruously neat lawn in front of his twisted wooden bungalow. Thomp

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Wrestlers to protest Olympic ruling to drop sport
Wrestlers to protest Olympic ruling to drop sport
Wrestlers from the world's top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in Tehran in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 games. Csaba Hegedus, a senior official with the international wrestling federation, a

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Hailstorm Created in a Lab to Test Home Damage
Hailstorm Created in a Lab to Test Home Damage
On Wednesday, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety created a hailstorm indoors. It was part of an experiment to see the effects of hail on building materials and perhaps make houses more able to withstand damage. (Feb. 20)

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Macy, Penney to spar in court over Martha Stewart
Macy, Penney to spar in court over Martha Stewart
Let the pots and pans fly. Two of the nation's biggest department stores — J.C. Penney Co. and Macy's Inc. — are expected to duke it out in New York State Supreme Court starting Wednesday over the right to sell Martha Stewart merchandise. At the heart of the case is whether Macy's has the exclu

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Stocks slip following homebuilding slowdown
Stocks slip following homebuilding slowdown
Indexes slipped in the early going on Wall Street after the government reported that homebuilding slowed down during the first month of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 12 points at 14,023 shortly after the opening bell Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down three po

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Cuban dissident blogger starts world tour
Cuban dissident blogger starts world tour
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez set off on a three-month, dozen-nation world tour Sunday, after a new law eliminated the exit permit that had been required of islanders for five decades and was denied to her around 20 times in recent years. Pulling a blue rolling suitcase emblazoned with the

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US builders started work on homes in January at third highest pace since mid-2008
US builders started work on homes in January at third highest pace since mid-2008
US builders started work on homes in January at third highest pace since mid-2008.

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More expensive food pushes up US wholesale prices 0.2 percent after 3 months of declines
More expensive food pushes up US wholesale prices 0.2 percent after 3 months of declines
More expensive food pushes up US wholesale prices 0.2 percent after 3 months of declines.

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French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
Hundreds of French and Malian soldiers have retaken the jihadist stronghold of Bourem, a town where many radical Islamic fighters were believed to have fled, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Militants launched two suicide attacks last week on a checkpoint leading into Gao on the road from Boure

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Mali military detains 8 Arab civilians in Timbuktu
Mali military detains 8 Arab civilians in Timbuktu
Mali's military has detained eight Arab men in Timbuktu, throwing them into a pickup truck and covering it with a tarp in a sweep that has raised fears of further reprisals against the region's Arab minority, whose members are accused of having supported the al-Qaida-linked groups which overran nor

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Egypt soccer protests hit restive Suez Canal city
Egypt soccer protests hit restive Suez Canal city
Thousands of soccer fans enforced a work stoppage Sunday in Egypt's restive city of Port Said to protest what they called government "injustices," disrupting rail services and forcefully evicting workers from factories and provincial government offices. Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi had declared

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China promises more effort to cool housing costs
China promises more effort to cool housing costs
China's government ordered local officials Wednesday to do more to cool surging housing costs after a scandal over a bank employee who bought 45 properties highlighted the potential for evasion of ownership limits. A Cabinet statement also directed local leaders to build more low-cost housing. Soar

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Iraq gives go-ahead for Iranian pipeline to Syria
Iraq gives go-ahead for Iranian pipeline to Syria
Iraq has approved the construction of a natural gas pipeline across its territory that will connect Iran to key ally Syria. The move likely to strengthen Tehran's influence over its neighbors. The Iraqi Cabinet said in a statement Tuesday evening that it has instructed the country's oil minister to

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Libyan leader calls for unity on 2nd anniversary
Libyan leader calls for unity on 2nd anniversary
Libya's leader called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but plunged the country into lawlessness and economic woes. Addressing thousands of flag-waving Libyans in Benghazi, the easte

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Chavez foe to face corruption charges in Venezuela
Chavez foe to face corruption charges in Venezuela
Prosecutors plan to bring corruption charges against a prominent opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, claiming he misspent public funds by using them to launch an organization that has become one of the country's most popular political parties. Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez allegedl

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Official: Citizens from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon kidnapped in north Nigeria attack
Official: Citizens from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon kidnapped in north Nigeria attack
Official: Citizens from Britain, Italy, Greece and Lebanon kidnapped in north Nigeria attack.

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Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israel's prime minister on Sunday defended the actions of his country's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man who apparently hanged himself while being held secretly in a maximum-security prison. Israel has said little about the case. But Australian media have

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Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company
Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company
Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company.

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