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Panetta: Pressure must be kept on Iran

6:58 PM, Feb 3, 2012

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the key to stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb is keeping global support for tough economic sanctions.

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Search resumes for 3 missing Ore. mushroom pickers

6:51 PM, Feb 3, 2012

PORTLAND - Searchers recovered a can of Pepsi, mushroom-picking buckets and toilet paper on Friday, but no sign of a couple and their adult son who disappeared after leaving their Southern Oregon campsite to pick mushrooms.

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Hackers take over law enforcement websites

2:29 PM, Feb 3, 2012

SALT LAKE CITY - Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous.

U.S. Attorney Birotte: Lance Armstrong probe closed

2:25 PM, Feb 3, 2012

LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney AndrDe Birotte Jr. released a statement Friday regarding the Lance Armstrong doping investigation.

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Strong jobs report sends Dow to highest since '08

1:29 PM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 157 points Friday to close at 12,862. That's the highest since May 2008.

Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst

6:00 AM, Feb 3, 2012

WASHINGTON - The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth.

Official: 2nd teacher from L.A. school arrested

2:43 PM, Feb 3, 2012

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County authorities say a second teacher removed from an elementary school was arrested for investigation of lewd acts upon two girls who were approximately 7 years old.

Best Super Bowl in history tournament: Round 2

12:54 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Round two of the News10 "Best Super Bowl in History" tournament

Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants

8:58 AM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.

Jobless rate falls to lowest in nearly 3 years

7:20 AM, Feb 3, 2012

WASHINGTON - Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3%, its lowest point in nearly three years.

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Pet elk denied re-entry to Pennsylvania from W.Va.

6:13 AM, Feb 3, 2012

ALEPPO - A runaway elk can't go home to Pennsylvania, even if it wanted to.

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Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game

6:09 AM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK - Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.

Major winter storm sweeping across Colorado

6:06 AM, Feb 3, 2012

DENVER - A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close portions of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25.

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US optimistic of support for Syria resolution

5:54 AM, Feb 3, 2012

WASHINGTON - A senior State Department official says the U.S. is "cautiously optimistic" of strong support for a new U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria and calling for a political transition in the country.

Stock futures get boost from strong jobs report

5:51 AM, Feb 3, 2012

NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures jumped after a report on January employment showed the biggest growth in jobs in nine months and an unemployment rate that dropped to 8.2 percent.

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Panetta lets stand report Israel may attack Iran

10:24 PM, Feb 2, 2012

BRUSSELS - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta won't dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

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Man admits to jumping on backs of student athletes

10:19 PM, Feb 2, 2012

HELENA - A 250-pound man with a history of jumping on the backs of student athletes in the Pacific Northwest has pleaded guilty to assault.

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Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs

7:57 PM, Feb 2, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS - Hormel Foods Corp.'s company-owned farms are phasing out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017.

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Romney says he 'misspoke' when talking about poor

7:54 PM, Feb 2, 2012

RENO - Mitt Romney says he misspoke when he said he was not very concerned about poor people.

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West making case to Israel: Don't attack Iran

4:15 PM, Feb 2, 2012

WASHINGTON - Israel's major allies in the West are working hard to talk it out of a unilateral military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Senate passes insider trading ban

4:10 PM, Feb 2, 2012

WASHINGTON - Trying to restore lawmakers' sagging image with voters, the Senate has passed a bill to explicitly prohibit members of Congress, top aides and senior administration officials from insider trading.

Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions

12:28 PM, Feb 2, 2012

Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions.

Airlines file lawsuits over federal transparency law

9:45 AM, Feb 2, 2012

SACRAMENTO - The next time you book a trip with one of the airlines online, you will notice something drastically different. The price listed for the airfare, is what you will actually pay.

Reports: Trump ready to back Romney

9:27 AM, Feb 2, 2012

Donald Trump is reportedly ready to endorse Mitt Romney for president, capping a wild ride of speculation about the real estate mogul's intentions.

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WA Senate approves bill to legalize gay marriage

8:27 AM, Feb 2, 2012

OLYMPIA - Same-sex marriage has taken a major step toward legalization in Washington state, where the state Senate narrowly has approved the measure with four Republicans siding with the majority and three Democrats voting no.

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Illinois high court to rule in police torture case

6:04 AM, Feb 2, 2012

CHICAGO - An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape is expected to learn whether the Illinois Supreme Court will allow him to present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial.

Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools

6:01 AM, Feb 2, 2012

DENVER - Colorado is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation's toughest school trans-fat
ban.

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Retailers post mixed sales results for January

5:53 AM, Feb 2, 2012

NEW YORK - Retailers are reporting mixed sales results for January in a sign that American shoppers are continuing to be cautious about when and where they spend their money in the shaky economy.

Egypt PM dissolves soccer federation board following riot deaths

5:50 AM, Feb 2, 2012

CAIRO - Egypt's prime minister has dissolved the Egyptian Soccer Federation's board and referred its members for questioning by prosecutors after post-match clashes that left 74 dead.

GOP candidates looking for votes in Nevada

5:43 AM, Feb 2, 2012

NEVADA - Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are campaigning in Nevada ahead of Saturday's statewide caucuses.

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Planned job cuts jump, but low for January

5:35 AM, Feb 2, 2012

CHICAGO - Announced job cuts jumped 28 percent last month, reaching more than 53,000. That's according to the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.

$3M in gold nuggets stolen from Calif. courthouse

5:31 AM, Feb 2, 2012

YREKA - Thieves have stolen $3 million worth of gold nuggets from a lobby display case inside a courthouse in California gold country.

Pa. groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter

5:23 AM, Feb 2, 2012

PUNXSUTAWNEY - Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter.

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Family of slain border agent files $25M claim

11:25 PM, Feb 1, 2012

PHOENIX - The family of a slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent has filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the federal government.

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Credit Suisse exec charged in NY mortgage probe

7:28 PM, Feb 1, 2012

NEW YORK - A Credit Suisse executive who was once slated to receive more than $7 million in compensation in 2007 is among three of the company's former employees to be criminally charged.

New European pill works against uterine fibroids

7:22 PM, Feb 1, 2012

NEW YORK - New research offers hope for the first pill to treat a common problem in young women: fibroids in the uterus.