Published: November 30, 2009
Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths
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LYNDON, Kan. – A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.
James Kraig Kahler, 46, also was charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of his estranged wife’s 89-year-old grandmother [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee's clemency record
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday’s slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them.
For a politician considering another run for the White House, Clemmons could become Huckabee’s Willie Horton.
“In [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Defense official communicated with WH crashers
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WASHINGTON – The couple who crashed the Obama administration’s first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.
Michele Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said in a written statement issued through the White House on Monday [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Woods withdraws from tourney, citing injuries
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Tiger Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. He said he would not compete again until next year.
Woods said in a statement on his Web site that his injuries prevented him from playing in the Chevron World Challenge. He was [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
House panel sets hearing on White House breach
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WASHINGTON – The Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration’s first state dinner have been called to testify before Congress on Thursday about the incident.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security committee, said he wants answers about the Secret Service’s security deficiencies that allowed Michaele and [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle
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SEATTLE – A heavily armed SWAT team stormed a Seattle home Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers at a coffee shop, only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose.
The discovery added new urgency to the manhunt for [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Obama facing tough selling job on Afghan policy
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WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, launching the much-awaited rollout of his new Afghan war strategy by informing top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul and telephoning key allies around the globe.
Obama is outlining his decision to an increasingly skeptical U.S. public on Tuesday [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Divided Senate poised to start health care debate
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WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.
While majority Democrats will need 60 votes to finish, some in the party say they’ll jump ship from the bill [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Supreme Court to decide reach of securities law
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide when U.S. laws against securities fraud apply to transnational securities dealings, specifically involving a case about a shareholder lawsuit against National Australia Bank Ltd and its former U.S. mortgage unit.
The justices agreed to review a ruling by a U.S. appeals court in New York [...]
Published: November 30, 2009
Woods speaks up, says crash is 'private matter'
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WINDERMERE, Fla. – Despite presenting his side of the car-crash story and asking that it remain “a private matter,” Tiger Woods may still not be in the clear.
Troopers arriving at his Isleworth home requesting an interview were turned down for a third straight day, but the Florida Highway Patrol said it will continue to investigate. [...]
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