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Anna Nicole's estate loses $300 million
's estate is not entitled to $300 million the deceased actress had claimed was intended as a gift from her oil tycoon husband, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Smith, a former Playboy pinup and stripper, fought for more than a decade with a son ofmore
Phoenix councilman handcuffed at fire scene; police probing
The Phoenix Police Department's internal affairs unit is investigating an incident early Friday in which an officer threw City Councilman Michael Johnson to the ground and temporarily handcuffed him as the councilman tried to check on a disabled neighbormore
L.A., Anaheim vie to steal Comic-Con from San Diego
Call it a clash of the titans. San Diego has been home to the wildly successful comic book and pop culture convention, Comic-Con International, for nearly 40 years. But with the four-day festival surging in popularity and outgrowing the San Diegomore
Claims of Resegregation in North Carolina
As education secretary Arne Duncan begins his review of equality in the nation's schools?he recently called it the "civil-rights issue of our generation"?he may want to take a close look at North Carolina. Previously a model of desegregation, themore
Texas: An Alternative-Energy Breakthrough
As President Obama champions alternative energy, a vexing problem remains: there's no way to share wind and solar surpluses nationally?whisking, say, a percentage of the Midwest's abundant turbine power to cities on the Eastern Seaboard. That's becausemore
Which 4 big U.S. cities have fared best in recession?
Consider them the Four White Horsemen of the Economic Apocalypse: Buffalo, Rochester (N.Y.), Minneapolis and Oklahoma City, the quartet of  large metro areas with the smallest unemployment increases during the Great Recession. That's according tomore
Earthquake in Chile gives L.A. engineers some pointers
Anuj Bansal of Los Angeles inspects damage in Chile. (Degenkolb Engineers) Related By Karen Kaplan March 20, 2010 E-mail Print Text Size When structural engineer Anuj Bansal designs systems for hospitals, university libraries and apartment complexes,more
Executive bonuses should be in long-term stock, Obama's pay czar thinks
The gap between the amount of money Wall Street executives think they should make and what ordinary citizens think such tycoons should earn "is a chasm," Kenneth Feinberg , President Obama 's executive-pay czar, told business journalists in Phoenix onmore
Indonesians resigned to further delay in Obama's visit
Yudi Sgiyanto shows a painting of President Obama, portrayed visiting a school he attended. (Romeo Gacad AFP/) Related By John M. Glionna March 19, 2010 | 2:32 p.m. E-mail Print Text Size Reporting from Jakarta, Indonesia Cancel the speeches, the honormore
Houston man gets 20 years in teen's death
A Houston man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl at a Spring Break party last year. Robert Odom, 21, was convicted Thursday of manslaughter for pointing a gun at Memorial High School student Allisonmore
Video: Obama's final push for health care reform; talks tough about insurance industry
Watch the video of Obama as he gives a talk about health care reform at George Mason University on Friday in Fairfax, Virginia. The House Democrats are set to vote on the final passage of the health care bill on Sunday....( read more )more
Will Dems Sacrifice House Seats for Health Care?
Republicans have been warning Democrats for weeks that heads will roll after Sunday's health care vote. The question may be, however, just whose "heads" are at stake. There are about three dozen votes in play right now, and just about all of them belongmore
Will US lose its triple-A ranking? Investors yawn
NEW YORK -- It's the financial equivalent of a high medal count at the Olympics or a seat on the U.N. Security Council - a triple-A credit rating, the seal of approval that lets investors know a country's bonds are safe. The U.S. is one of a small numbermore
Obama on health care: 'Help us finish this fight'
The House is expected to vote Sunday on the health care bill passed by the Senate in December. Republicans have vowed to do everything they can to kill the bill. Here's the latest on where the debate stands: Chasing the votes: Democratic leaders continuemore
Malcolm X assassin granted parole in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. -- One of three men convicted of killing Malcolm X 45 years ago has been granted release from weekends in prison in his 17th appearance before a state parole board. The State Division of Parole says 69-year-old Thomas Hagan appeared before amore
U.S. close on deal to shutter Gitmo, detainees would face military trials
Lee-Anne Goodman Washington A The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that White House counsel Robert Bauer and Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, are near an agreement on closing the infamous post-911 prison following talks with amore
Levy Enters Race for New York Governor as Republican
ALBANY Steve Levy, a sharp-tongued, politically independent Long Island Democrat, announced his campaign for governor as a Republican on Friday, pledging to bring fiscal responsibility and reform to the State Capitol. With the State House a few hundredmore
'Lawyer' for US missionaries in Haiti is arrested
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday. Jorge Puello, 32, was detained as hemore
Red River 16 feet over flood stage
North Dakota deals with flooding as Red River continues to rise Some neighborhoods are already inundated with water (CNN) -- The Red River kept rising to dangerous levels Friday as those in the area hoped they'd done enough to protect themselves. Thoughmore
House Democrats to meet Obama on Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are invited to the White House on Saturday for a meeting with President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the White House said on Friday.more
Obama: Century-long struggle is ending
Sunday's vote on the House health care bill is seen as a critical test for President Obama. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Obama: Time for reform is 'right now' President will meet or call members of Congress after speech Aides say White House believes it picked upmore
Obama: 'Help us finish this fight'
The House is expected to vote Sunday on the health care bill passed by the Senate in December. Republicans have vowed to do everything they can to kill the bill. Here's the latest on where the debate stands: Chasing the votes: Democratic leaders continuemore
Unemployment soars in U.S. metropolitan areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates in 363 U.S. metropolitan areas rose in January, and 346 areas reported year-on-year declines in their number of jobs, the Labor Department said on Friday. Nearly 200 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates ofmore
Pushing for healthcare measure, Obama calls on Congress to rise above politics
Reporting from Washington President Obama, framing this weekend's expected House action on healthcare reform as 'historic,' called on Congress to rise above politics and do something for the good of millions of Americans. The president, who has taken hismore
Obama: Walking in the steps of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy
Nearing what he hopes will be the finish line on health care, President Obama just returned to a Northern Virginia university that helped launch him on his path to the White House. He stressed that his package would mean changes "starting this year." Themore
Obama: Reform is About Country's Character
President Obama made a last-minute push for his health care reform plan Friday in advance of Sunday's planned vote in the House, telling a supportive audience at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia that "a century-long struggle" for reform ismore