Church rebuffs military concerns on Quran burning
A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran this weekend to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite a warning from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops.
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The California Highway Patrol says a 1-year-old boy has drowned after his drunken father drove an off-road vehicle into a river in the San Bernardino County desert.
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Schapiro: Anxiety on plunge may have fueled exodus
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission says anxiety over the "flash crash" on Wall Street on May 6 may have contributed to the withdrawal of retail investors from the stock market in recent months.
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Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen
A 36-year-old man who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind an asphalt plant where he worked.
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CO firefighters to step up attack on Boulder blaze
Firefighters ramped up their fight Tuesday against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced about 3,000 people to evacuate and destroyed dozens of homes near Boulder, including some that belonged to firefighters.
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Runaway Ohio convert gains legal US residency
A lawyer for a Christian convert who ran away from her parents says the now-18-year-old woman has gained permanent U.S. residency after living in Ohio as an illegal immigrant.
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Gates Foundation acknowledges flaws in report
he Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has taken another baby step toward increased transparency, acknowledging in its annual report that the world's largest charitable foundation is too secretive and hard to work with.
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Solar panels installed at new Snohomish school
A new school under construction near Snohomish will get about a quarter of its electricity from solar power.
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MT tea party removes leader after anti-gay post
The Big Sky Tea Party Association's board of directors has removed the organization's president for an exchange on his Facebook page that appeared to condone violence against homosexuals.
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Md. police seek gunman, interstate ramps closed
A lockdown has been lifted at two suburban Washington, D.C., schools but police are keeping some interstate highway ramps closed as they search for a man they say fired a high-powered rifle at his ex-girlfriend.
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