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U.S. News - Latest Headlines
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US man held as terrorist had been in Yemen 2 years
(AP)
AP - A former neighbor says a U.S. citizen who is being held as a terrorist in Yemen and is accused of a hospital shootout there moved to the Middle East about two years ago.
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Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap
(AP)
 AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.
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US police departments seeking more bilingual cops
(AP)
 AP - Police departments across the country are stepping up efforts to recruit officers who can speak more than one language, in some cases offering raises or even sending cops abroad as part of immersion programs.
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EPA to let states address rising ocean acidity
(AP)
AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans.
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Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
(AP)
AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional.
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Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up
(AP)
 AP - A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's damage.
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Children's jewelry recall widens, includes 'Rudolph' bracelets
(AP)
 AP - Federal regulators expanded their efforts Thursday to go after children's jewelry that contains high levels of the toxic metal cadmium by telling parents to throw away "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"-themed charm bracelets.
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Man convicted in slaying of Denver Broncos player
(AP)
 AP - Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.
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Mass. club pleads no contest in boy's Uzi death
(AP)
 AP - A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children's charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi during a gun fair.
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Mich. congresswoman called to Detroit grand jury
(AP)
AP - A congresswoman who is the mother of Detroit ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says she'll comply with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in Detroit.
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NC-bound jet hits birds, returns to NY airport
(AP)
AP - The pilot of a US Airways jet reported a bird strike and an engine problem shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport Thursday, forcing the plane to turn back and make an emergency landing, officials said.
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Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall
(AP)
 AP - Kansas City's school superintendent said Thursday the plan to shutter nearly half the district's schools, while "painful," will move forward quickly so that all the closures will be complete by fall.
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2 Marine fighter pilots rescued; SC crash probed
(AP)
 AP - A Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and his weapons officer tried to make it back home after both engines on their warplane failed and a fire broke out, but they were forced to eject and ditch the aircraft in the ocean, a spokesman said Thursday.
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1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes
(AP)
 AP - Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas.
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Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth
(AP)
 AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.
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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online
(AP)
 AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.
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Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher
(AP)
 AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.
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NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters
(AP)
AP - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.
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48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
(AP)
 AP - Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.
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Math and English classes could be standardized
(AP)
 AP - Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.
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