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Dutch: Odd luggage but no terror charge

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:43pm UTC

Dutch authorities can detain two men held on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act for another day without charging them, a prosecution spokesman said Wednesday.
Rollins: Obama's lame speeches

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:47pm UTC

In the first two days back from his Martha's Vineyard family vacation, President Obama gave two speeches on two important subjects.
Study: Weight-loss drug carries risks

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:40pm UTC

Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Man tied to four deaths sought by police

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:12pm UTC

Police in Hercules, California, were searching Wednesday for a man whose elderly father was bludgeoned to death -- possibly by a suspect in three other homicides in the same area.
2nd Mexico massacre survivor revealed

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:04pm UTC

A second person survived a massacre in which 72 migrants from Central and South America were killed last week in northern Mexico, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Mexican officials said.
Doctor died in boyfriend's chimney

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:02pm UTC

The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend's chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.
Lawyer downplays WikiLeaks evidence

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:34am UTC

The attorney for Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks leaker, says he doesn't have any information indicating that Manning leaked tens of thousands of pages of documents on the Afghanistan war to the WikiLeaks website.
Trapped miners' families see new video

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:34am UTC

Officials are expected to distribute on Wednesday copies of a 25-minute video that the miners sent for their relatives.
Sweden to reopen WikiLeaks rape case

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:03am UTC

Swedish prosecutors may decide Wednesday whether to file charges against Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
Iraq steps up

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:00am UTC

A ceremony today will mark the transfer of U.S. military command in Iraq. In an Oval Office address, President Obama declared the U.S. combat mission over.
Murkowski concedes Alaska primary

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:18am UTC

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded late Tuesday to Tea Party-backed candidate Joe Miller in Alaska's GOP Senate primary.
Outcry after puppies tossed into river

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:39am UTC

A video apparently showing a young woman throwing live puppies into a river has sparked outrage across the Internet.
Ban plastic bags? California says no

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:36am UTC

California's Senate has voted down a measure that would have banned plastic bags at grocery stores.
Obama turns focus to Mideast peace

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:31am UTC

After a major speech on Iraq, President Obama today focuses on brokering Mideast peace, with his special envoy declaring a "window of opportunity" for a deal.
Soap actress denies 'sham marriage'

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:36pm UTC

Tears rolled from Fernanda Romero's eyes as the Mexican soap opera actress told jurors that she really loved Kent Ross, the pizza deliveryman she married five years ago.