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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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing.
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Senate, Obama spar over health plan’s pet projects
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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 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 - For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.
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Divided party? It’s not just GOP, but also Dems
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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 - The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
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Lesbian teen sues Miss. school over prom flap
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AP - Labeled fierce for his relentless play as a Hall of Fame defensive lineman, Merlin Olsen was also gentle enough for a role on one of television’s most wholesome shows and as a spokesman in a well-known flower ad campaign.
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Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69
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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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