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Franklin: Health kept me from Houston's NJ funeral

Aretha Franklin says she can't attend Whitney Houston's funeral because of her health.

Conn. university: competition for free tuition

Four years of tuition at the University of New Haven's business school? About $120,000.

Maine GOP caucus, delayed by snow, held Saturday

Republicans from more than two dozen towns in a Maine county are gathering for a presidential caucus that was postponed by bad weather, but it's unclear whether their votes will be included in the party's official state tally.

Ohio university restricts radio station on buses

Officials at an Ohio university have ordered radios on campus shuttle buses be locked into one station after a student complained a driver was a playing a "far-right Christian political" channel at high volume.

Research confirms warming for yellow cedar death

U.S. Forest Service researchers have confirmed what has long been suspected about a valuable tree in Alaska's Panhandle: Climate warming is killing off yellow cedar.

ESPN sorry for offensive headline on Lin story

ESPN has apologized for using a racial slur in a headline for a story on Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.

Levee fixes in Calif. leads to more building, risk

When Jack Robertson walks his dog atop the earthen levee just blocks from his home, the San Joaquin River rushes past on one side and rows of tract houses unfold on the other.

Brown pins legacy to Calif. high-speed rail plans

Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, even many former supporters are beginning to sound skeptical.

Levee fixes in Calif. leads to more building, risk

In Lathrop, a small community that mushroomed on a floodplain in California's Central Valley, levee repairs are paving way for thousands more homes.

Fire breaks out in upstate NY home; 4 people die

A fast-moving fire swept through a multifamily home early Saturday, killing four people, all of whom appeared to be children or teenagers, fire officials said.

Naked 12-year-old girl found eating from trash can

Authorities say a naked 12-year-old girl was discovered eating food out of trash cans in Temecula and her mother has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.

Ali's life to be honored in Vegas by celebrities

Muhammad Ali had seven prizefights in Las Vegas, with his two losses there coming in the twilight of his legendary career. Now, dozens of heavyweight celebrities are back in Sin City to laud a lifetime in the spotlight and join the icon known as "The Greatest" in fighting neurological diseases.

Hornets end Knicks' Lin-ning streak, 89-85

Jeremy Lin knows everybody credited him for the Knicks' seven straight wins, so he takes the blame for their one-game losing streak.

Crews douse fire at Wash.'s largest oil refinery

Fire crews doused a dramatic blaze that broke out Friday at Washington's largest oil refinery, sending up towering flames and creating a thick plume of black smoke visible for miles.

Chinese VP Xi Jinping attends Lakers game

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping wrapped up his four-day U.S. visit in Southern California style — in a box seat at the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.

Locklear confirmed to lead US Pacific Command

Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear will be the U.S. military's next leader in the Asia-Pacific region.

List of winners of the 43rd annual Image Awards

Winners of the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards, presented Friday in Los Angeles:

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East Providence Man Detained on Federal Charges of Manufacturing, Distributing, and Possessing Child Pornography

Source: FBI Rhode Island - U.S. Attorney's Office

PROVIDENCE, RI—David Crisostomi, 36, of East Providence, R.I., was ordered detained by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Lincoln D.

Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to District of Columbia to Have Sex with Under-Aged Child

Source: FBI Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON—Kenneth Michael Drew, 42, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., James W.

Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge

Source: FBI North Carolina - U.S. Attorney's Office

NEW BERN—United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday MATTHEW BRYAN WARFORD, 21, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge David W.

West Suburban Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison for Producing and Transporting Child Pornography

Source: FBI Illinois - U.S. Attorney's Office

CHICAGO—A former west suburban man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for producing and transporting child pornography, federal law enforcement officials announced today.

GOP pushes ineffective, revenue damaging cuts to IRS - Cenk Uygur // Current TV

Source: US_Homepage_Featured_Stories

With income of more than $57,000 a day — without a paying job — Romney pays less in taxes than most Americans.

Protesters in Austin try to clog pipeline proposal, support North Texas landowner

Source: The Austin American-Statesman

Private property rights advocates rallied Friday in Austin in support of a Northeast Texas landowner who was in court in Paris to defend the taking of her land by pipeline company TransCanada Corp. The Calgary-based TransCanada is in the process of trying to secure land in  …

Man serves his 98-year-old mother with eviction papers on her birthday so he can sell the home she's lived in since 1953

Source: the Mail online

A woman whose son served her with eviction papers on her 98th birthday two months ago is fighting his efforts to remove her from her home. Mary Kantorowski has lived in her yellow, Cape Cod-style home in Fairfield Connecticut since 1953.

Willie Nelson and 300,000 Other Activists Sue Farming Giant Monsanto

Source: http://www.nationofchange.org/

Willie Nelson, along with 300,000 other activists who support small family farms and a healthy and fair food system, sued food giant Monsanto in Federal Court in Manhattan on January 31, 2012.

Will the real Barack Obama please stand up? | Bleader

Source: Chicago Reader

Obama's campaign motto—hope and change—isn't a governing philosophy. When he took office, "Yes, we can" quickly changed into "Guess we can't." His ideology has often seemed to be "Compromise, at all costs."

Beer in aluminum bottles on the way

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Your suds should stay colder for an extra 50 minutes

Two Men Sentenced to Multiple Life Terms for Enticing Women to South Florida to Engage in Commercial Sex Acts While Under the Influence of Date Rape Drugs

Source: FBI Florida - U.S. Attorney's Office

MIAMI—Lavont Flanders Jr., 41, of Miami Gardens, Fla., and Emerson Callum, 45, of Miami, were both sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore to 12 consecutive terms of life in prison on sex trafficking charges, announced Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S.

Shiprock Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Federal Assault Conviction

Source: FBI New Mexico - U.S. Attorney's Office

ALBUQUERQUE—This morning, a federal judge in Albuquerque sentenced Aero Nez, 23, of Shiprock, N.M., to 18 months of imprisonment for his federal assault conviction.

DREAM act bill killed in the Florida Legislature - Legislature - MiamiHerald.com

Source: MiamiHerald.com

Well thank GOD some state representatives in America can see the harm and destruction by American families by our government giving, giving and giving some more to the illegal aliens.   Harry Reid has said he sees nothing wrong with illegal alien families using thei …

Florida Police Bust Garages For Illegal Tows, Insurance Fraud After Owners Seen Flashing Cash On Facebook

Source: Consumerist

Here's a helpful hint to anyone wishing to run a million-dollar insurance scam — don't post pictures on Facebook of you and your friends waving wads of cash. The owners of five body shops in Florida were arrested earlier this week, charged with illegally towing cars that …

Fighter jets intercept plane near Barack Obama on Marine One with 40 pounds of marijuana on board

Source: the Mail online

How dopey can you get? By anyone's standards, it was a serious lapse of judgement. A privately-owned Cessna aircraft that entered the same Los Angeles airspace as Marine One while the helicopter was ferrying President Barack Obama was intercepted by two fighter jets yesterday. …

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