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Lew Confirmed as Treasury Secretary

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Lew Confirmed as Treasury Secretary The Senate confirmed former White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew as Secretary of the Treasury Wednesday by a vote of 71-26. President Obama nominated Lew to replace former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner last month.  Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin served as acting secretary after...


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Arias Prosecutor Too Combative, Experts Say

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Arias Prosecutor Too Combative, Experts Say Prosecutor Juan Martinez and his aggressive antics may be turning off the jury he is hoping to convince that Jodi Arias is a murderer, according to experts. Arias is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in June 2008.


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Sonic Worker's Comp Claim Denied After Robbery Injury

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Sonic Worker's Comp Claim Denied After Robbery Injury An employee of Sonic drive-in restaurant in the Houston area said he was denied health coverage for a broken leg he received when the restaurant was robbed.


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Dow Inches Closer to All-Time High

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Dow Inches Closer to All-Time High The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 175 points on Wednesday, less than 1 percent from its all-time high set in October 2007 and the closest it has been to that high in more than five years. The Dow closed up 1.3 percent to 14,075...


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Zoo Training 'Moms' for Rejected Baby

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Zoo Training 'Moms' for Rejected Baby The Cincinnati Zoo is training human beings to be temporary surrogate “mothers” for an infant gorilla that was rejected by her natural mother shortly after birth. The 4.7-pound female gorilla was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas on January 29, but was...


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Highway Deaths Up; First Time in Years

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Highway Deaths Up; First Time in Years For the first time in seven years, fatalities on the nation's roads went up 5


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Burglary Is Reality for TV Gun Shop

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Burglary Is Reality for TV Gun Shop An unknown number of guns were stolen early today from a Colorado firearms dealer featured in the Discovery Channel reality series “American Guns.” Police in the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge responded to an alarm at Gunsmoke Guns just after 4 a.m. and found that...


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Student's Alleged Killer Tweeted Victim Minutes Before the Murder

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Student's Alleged Killer Tweeted Victim Minutes Before the Murder The funeral for a Michigan State University senior is being held today in Rochester, Mich., just days after the aspiring dentist was allegedly killed by someone he tweeted less than an hour before the attack.


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Student Risks Expulsion by Claiming Rape in Public

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Student Risks Expulsion by Claiming Rape in Public A University of North Carolina sophomore who accused a fellow student of rape says she's facing possible expulsion because a student-government group claims she violated the college's honor code by displaying "disruptive or intimidating behavior" toward her alleged rapist.


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Rapper, 9, Stirs Controversy

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Rapper, 9, Stirs Controversy If you’ve never heard of 9-year-old rapper Lil Poopy, you soon will. The Brockton, Mass., boy, born Luie Rivera Jr., refers to himself as a “Coke Boy,” rides (without a seat belt) in a Ferrari and slaps a woman’s bottom, in a raunchy music video that...


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Mars or Bust: A Private Mission by 2018?

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Mars or Bust: A Private Mission by 2018? Entrepreneurs say they can send two people -- a married couple -- to Mars and back in five years. The effort, Inspiration Mars, is led by Dennis Tito, who was the first paying space tourist in 2001. Is it possible?


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Photos: Today in Pictures

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Photos: Today in Pictures Today's Top Photos From Around the Globe


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Bobby Brown Sentenced for DUI

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Bobby Brown Sentenced for DUI He was also ordered to four years probation and an 18 month alcohol program.


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Miss Delaware Quits After Sex Scandal

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Miss Delaware Quits After Sex Scandal Melissa King denies it is her in the video.


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'Tanning Mom' Patricia Krentcil Cleared

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'Tanning Mom' Patricia Krentcil Cleared Patricia Krentcil, the New Jersey woman known as “Tanning Mom,” will not face child endangerment charges for allegedly bringing her daughter into a tanning booth last year. A Newark, N.J., grand jury refused to indict Krentcil Tuesday. “We presented all the available evidence in the...


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Coast Guard Responds to Gulf Oil Spill

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