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Obama signs order for 'sequester' cuts 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:50 PM PST
 Obama speaks about the sequester in WashingtonGovernment agencies now must hack $85 billion from their budgets.
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Police reveal final minutes before Las Vegas fireball 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:39 PM PST
 This photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police Capt. Chris Jones says Ammar Harris was arrested Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 by a team of police and federal agents in North Hollywood, Calif. The 26-year-old is a self-described pimp who was the subject of a multi-state manhunt following the Feb. 21 gunfire and chain-reaction crash that killed three and injured at least five. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)Nearly every second was captured by video, audio and witness accounts.
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Hawaii Sign Language found to be unique dialect 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:12 PM PST
 Linda Lambrecht uses Hawaii Sign Language at a press conference in Honolulu on Friday, March 1, 2013. Linguists say they've determined a Hawaii Sign Language is not a dialect of American Sign Language, as many long believed, but an unrelated language with unique vocabulary and grammar. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)Linguists say the language possibly dates back to the 1800s or earlier.
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Schwarzenegger returns to world of bodybuilding 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:20 PM PST
 Austrian and U.S. actor Arnold Schwarzenegger performs during the opening ceremony of the World Alpine Skiing Championships in SchladmingThe action movie star turned politician will become an editor of several muscle magazines.
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Governor denies parole to ex-Manson follower 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 06:45 PM PST
 FILE - This file photo provided Jan. 29, 2013, by the California Department of Corrections shows former Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis, who has served over 40 years for two murders unrelated to the notorious Sharon Tate-LaBianca killings. Gov. Jerry Brown reversed a parole board's recommendation on Friday, March 1, 2013, and denied the 70-year-old's release from prison. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)He wants Bruce Davis to come clean about his involvement with the cult.
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Florida man feared dead after sinkhole swallows him 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 11:00 AM PST
 An engineer surveys in front of a home where sinkhole opened up on Friday, March 1, 2013, in Seffner, Fla. A man screamed for help and disappeared as a large sinkhole opened under the bedroom of the house, his brother said Friday. The brother told rescue crews he heard a loud crash near midnight Thursday, then heard his brother screaming. The brother called police and frantically tried to help. An arriving deputy pulled him from the still-collapsing house. There's been no contact with the man since then, and neighbors on both sides of the home have been evacuated. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)The man's brother jumped in the hole to try and save him, but couldn't find him.
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Homeland Security released over 2,000 immigrants 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:57 PM PST
 FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2103 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. The Homeland Security Department released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation from immigration jails in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned.
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First woman named to lead Air Force Academy 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 04:43 PM PST
 Maj. Gen. Michelle Johnson has been chosen to be the next superintendent of the military college.
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2,200 pieces of artwork seized in New Jersey 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 05:56 PM PST
 The trove of art arrived in New Jersey last year from Texas on an 18-wheeler.
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Facebook to unveil new look for newsfeed 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 11:18 AM PST
 The Facebook logo is pictured in the Facebook headquarters in Menlo ParkIt's the latest move by the social media company to revamp key elements of its 1 billion member network.
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Chad says al Qaeda commander killed in Mali 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 11:15 AM PST
 Still image from a file footage of Abdelhamid Abou Zeid speaking at unknown locationFrench officials can't confirm the death of one of the most feared commanders in Africa.
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SpaceX capsule's engine problem fixed 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 12:47 PM PST
 The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2013. The rocket is transporting the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station containing more than a ton of food, tools, computer hardware and science experiments. (AP Photo/John Raoux)The orbiting Dragon module's arrival at the International Space Station will be delayed.
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Hero takes steering wheel for passed out bus driver 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 10:00 AM PST
 Janai StaffordThe driver told Janai Stafford: "Something's not right. I don't feel good."
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Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 01:18 PM PST
 FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2008 file photo, Bonnie Franklin, of the 1970's sitcom "One Day at a Time, " appears with the reunited cast on the the NBC "Today" television program in New York. Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," died Friday, March 1, 2013, at her home due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said. She was 69. Her family had announced she was diagnosed with cancer in September (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)The pert, redheaded actress, who played divorced mom Ann Romano, was 69.
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Photos: Syrians make homes in ancient structures 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 02:00 AM PST
 Photos: Syrians make homes in ancient structuresA defected Syrian policeman, Adnan al-Hamod, 33, lights a kerosene lamp inside an underground shelter he made using a jackhammer to protect his family from Syrian government forces shelling and airstrikes, at Jirjanaz village, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Across northern Syria, rebels, soldiers, and civilians are making use of the country's wealth of ancient and medieval antiquities to protect themselves from Syria's two-year-old war. They are built of thick stone that has already withstood centuries, and are often located in strategic locations overlooking towns and roads. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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At 94 years old, teacher Rose Gilbert says it's time to retire 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 03:05 PM PST
 FILE - This Feb. 6, 2007 file photo shows Octogenarian teacher Rose Gilbert, 88, in her Advance Placement English Literature class at the Pacific Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Calif. One of the oldest full time schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Gilbert has been teaching since 1956. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Rose Gilbert wanted to be a schoolteacher since she was in the first grade and was inspired by the teacher who taught her to read and write.
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If Obama were a judge, he'd strike down gay marriage bans 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:32 AM PST
 President Barack Obama said in a press conference Friday that if he sat on the Supreme Court, he would most likely rule that gay marriage bans are unconstitutional. Obama's Justice Department filed a brief Thursday night with the Supreme Court urging the nine justices to overturn California's voter-approved gay marriage ban, which passed in 2008 [...]
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Sandy's scars still visible on N.J. shore 
Friday, Mar 01, 2013 07:30 AM PST
 A construction crew puts pilings into the sand as the reconstruction of the boardwalk continues in Seaside Heights.“You look out there, and you just want to cry,” a resident said.
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