AP - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old’s honorable discharge under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy came only after police officers in Rapid City, S.D., saw an Iowa marriage certificate in her home and told the nearby Ellsworth Air Force Base.
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Lesbian sgt. discharged after police tell military
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AP - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapons as he went ahead at prayer time
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AP - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapons as he went ahead at prayer time.
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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard
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AP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.
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Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die
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AP - A 31-year-old mother from Colorado was one of seven Muslims arrested this week in Ireland in an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the woman’s parents said Friday.
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Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot
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AP - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.
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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
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AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight.
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Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth
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Reuters - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp’s U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures
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Toyota discounts boost sales, U.S. mulls "black box"
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AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa
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GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders
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Reuters - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices.
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Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo
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