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18 killed in Iraqi explosions
Los Angeles TimesExplosions tore through two police stations in Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 16 people dead. And a blast in a northern city killed two U.S. soldiers. The attacks followed other large explosions earlier in the week that targeted Iraqi and U.S....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Guerrilla Activity, Bombings, Police, Civil Unrest
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NY Army National Guard soldier acquitted of murder in bombing deaths of 2 officers in Iraq
Associated Press WriterFORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A soldier was acquitted of murder Thursday in the 2005 bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq, triggering loud outbursts and gasps from the slain officers' families. A military jury found National Guard Staff Sgt. Alberto...Tags: Witnesses, Crimes, Prosecution, Wars and Interventions, Justice System
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2nd man dies from injuries caused by explosion at Texas oil refinery in November
DALLAS (AP) — A second man has died from injuries suffered in an oil refinery explosion and fire in Texas. A hospital administrative assistant says Jim Hammett of Tyler died Thursday at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. He died one day before...Tags: Injuries, Police, Texas, Police Investigations, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Judge delays plans to rip down Des Moines shacks
A Polk County judge has ordered Des Moines officials to delay their plans to dismantle riverfront shacks until Monday. Judge Joel Novak told city officials they would need to wait until 5 p.m. Monday before dismantling the small structures built...Tags: Government, Public Officials, Emergency Incidents, Homelessness
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
Lt. Gov. Patty Judge is deflecting criticism from some Postville residents who say she and the governor should have come to the town sooner. Judge was in Postville for a community meeting Thursday afternoon. It's the first time either she or Gov. Chet...Tags: Executive Branch, Court Administration, MySpace, Fires, Newspaper and Magazine
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
U.S. officials say Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will press Beijing to let its yuan rise against the dollar to ease trade tensions today at the two-day Strategic Economic Dialogue. American companies contend that China keeps the yuan undervalued,...Tags: Exports, Parliament, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Emergency Incidents, Henry Paulson
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Afghan teen influences treaty
OSLO, NORWAY An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster-bomb explosion helped persuade his country to join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons. Afghanistan initially was reluctant to join the pact -- which...Tags: Treaties, Emergency Incidents
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Scientists confirm nature of star explosion that challenged 16th-century view of the heavens
AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) — More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw. It's no big surprise....Tags: Madison (Dane, Wisconsin), Emergency Incidents, Electronics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Letters to the editor
Put education first Re “Bid to oust Brewer falls apart,” Dec. 3 It was disheartening to read about the bureaucratic machinations surrounding the failed effort to remove Los Angeles Unified Supt. David L. Brewer. My disappointment was...Tags: Health Insurance, Gun Control, Healthcare Policies, Patrick O'Brien, Los Angeles
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Judge told to resentence millennium terrorist gives him same 22-year term; feds vow to appeal
Associated Press WriterSEATTLE (AP) _ Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium....Tags: Court Administration, Terrorism, Armed Conflicts, Justice System, Punishment
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Afghan teen helps turn bomb policy
Associated PressAn Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its position and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty yesterday to ban the disputed weapons. Afghanistan was initially reluctant to join the...Tags: Diplomacy, Government, Weaponry, Hamid Karzai, NATO
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Leftover explosives are found in Mumbai train station
The Associated PressPolice searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs today -- nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen -- in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become...Tags: Crimes, Terrorism, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Murder
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