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Bond was set for each at $750,000.Federal and state</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/07/ny_senator_pleads_not_guilty_to_embezzling_charges.html</link> <guid>400496340</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:29:56 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Records: Boy shot dead may have seen dad's killing</title> <description>Police believe a 6-year-old Phoenix boy found shot to death in an alley was killed because he either saw or heard his uncle shoot his father in the back of the head, according to a court document released Tuesday.Sanitation workers found the body of 6-year-old Xavier Daniel Jaquez (HAH'-quez) in a Phoenix alley Dec. 14, one day after the boy's</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/records__boy_shot_dead_may_have_seen_dad_s_killing.html</link> <guid>400496332</guid> <author>Amanda Lee Myers</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:59:46 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>AP source: Obama may name William Daley to top job</title> <description>President Barack Obama is considering naming former Commerce Secretary William Daley to a top White House job, possibly chief of staff, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. The development comes as Obama eyes a broader reorganization of his senior staff heading into the next phase of his presidency.Daley, an executive at JPMorgan Chase,</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/ap_source__obama_may_name_william_daley_to_top_job.html</link> <guid>400496331</guid> <author>Julie Pace</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:59:46 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Mikulski to be longest-serving US female senator</title> <description>When Maryland's Barbara Mikulski was first sworn in as a U.S. senator in 1987, she entered what she described as "a guys' club," a chamber where senators socialized in a gym off-limits to her and the only other female senator then, Republican Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas. Mikulski, a Democrat who will become the longest-serving woman in the history</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/mikulski_to_be_longest_serving_us_female_senator.html</link> <guid>400496330</guid> <author>Brian Witte</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:59:46 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Cameras plentiful where Del. man's body dumped</title> <description>Whoever dumped the body of a prominent national defense consultant into a garbage bin in a bustling college town risked being detected, either by witnesses or surveillance cameras, with some of the containers in well-lit parking lots, near restaurants and stores.Police don't know which of the 10 bins collected on New Year's Eve in Newark contained</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/cameras_plentiful_where_del__man_s_body_dumped.html</link> <guid>400496325</guid> <author>Randall Chase</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:00:53 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Dennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYC</title> <description>Dennis Hopper shot two bullet holes through an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong but instead of earning the wrath of the artist, Warhol called the "Easy Rider" star a collaborator.Warhol's "Mao" is among 300 works of fine art and memorabilia owned by the late actor-director of the 1969 counterculture film up for auction at Christie's next week.</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/dennis_hopper_art_collection_up_for_auction_in_nyc.html</link> <guid>400496319</guid> <author>Ula Ilnytzky</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:30:45 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>1 in Idaho, another in Wash. win $355M jackpot</title> <description>Two people are waking up to find themselves millions of dollars richer.The holders of a ticket sold in Idaho and another in Washington state will be sharing Mega Million's $355 million jackpot from Tuesday night's drawing, lottery officials said Wednesday.The prize is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the second-largest in Mega Millions</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/1_in_idaho__another_in_wash__win__355m_jackpot.html</link> <guid>400496318</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:00:45 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>New computer chips help PCs compete with tablets</title> <description>Semiconductor companies are whipping up a new generation of chips to bring richer video and better battery life to personal computers and help them hold off threats from tablets and increasingly powerful smart phones.Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose processors are the "brains" of PCs, are unveiling significant changes to their</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/new_computer_chips_help_pcs_compete_with_tablets.html</link> <guid>400496317</guid> <author>Jordan Robertson</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:02:55 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>'Chainsaw massacre' role-play revealed in warrants</title> <description>Past allegations of child abuse, a tangled relationship history and online "chainsaw massacre role-playing" were among the subjects probed by police investigating the death of a disabled 10-year-old girl in North Carolina.Hundreds of newly unsealed court documents released Tuesday reveal that scrutiny in the disappearance and death of</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/_chainsaw_massacre__role_play_revealed_in_warrants.html</link> <guid>400496316</guid> <author>Mitch Weiss And Tom Breen</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:02:46 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Idaho police: Man stole cop car to be deported</title> <description>Police in Idaho say a man who asked authorities to arrest and deport him to Mexico stole a squad car after his request was denied.The Idaho Mountain Express reports that 38-year-old Guadalupe Cruz-Vasquez went to the Jerome County Sheriff's office Monday night and demanded to be deported.Police Sgt. Duane Rubink says authorities declined to take</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/idaho_police__man_stole_cop_car_to_be_deported.html</link> <guid>400496295</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:01:49 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Harvard: Summers return to teaching, research</title> <description>Harvard University says Lawrence Summers is returning to teaching and academic research at the Ivy League school after serving as President Barack Obama's top economic adviser for two years.Summers will be based at Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught before taking a public service leave of absence in early 2009.Summers also will lead the</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/harvard__summers_return_to_teaching__research.html</link> <guid>400496291</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:30:44 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Spending data show December sales strong</title> <description>Americans spent more on clothes, shoes, luxury goods and electronics in December than a year earlier, extending retail sales momentum that had been building since August, according to data released Wednesday.Figures released by MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, which tracks spending in all forms including cash, show consumers treated themselves</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/05/spending_data_show_december_sales_strong.html</link> <guid>400496282</guid> <author>Anne D'innocenzio</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:01:45 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Jerome police: Man stole cop car to be deported</title> <description>Jerome police say a man who asked authorities to arrest and deport him to Mexico stole a squad car after his request was denied.The Idaho Mountain Express reports that 38-year-old Guadalupe Cruz-Vasquez went to the Jerome County Sheriff's office Monday night and demanded to be deported.Police Sgt. Duane Rubink says authorities declined to take the</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/jerome_police__man_stole_cop_car_to_be_deported.html</link> <guid>400496276</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:31:46 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>OJ co-defendant takes plea deal in Las Vegas heist</title> <description>A former O.J. Simpson co-defendant has taken a plea deal that frees him after more than two years in prison and avoids a retrial in their 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping case.Clarence "C.J." Stewart pleaded an equivalent Tuesday of no contest in Las Vegas to felony robbery and conspiracy charges. His lawyers says he was released</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/oj_co_defendant_takes_plea_deal_in_las_vegas_heist.html</link> <guid>400496262</guid> <author>Ken Ritter</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:02:52 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Police charge man in killing of Ga. businessman</title> <description>A suspect has been charged in the shooting death of a businessman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool minutes after the victim dropped off his 2-year-old son.Dunwoody Police say 46-year-old Hemy Zvi Neuman is charged with murder in the Nov. 18 killing of 36-year-old Russell Sneiderman.Police refused to release more details about the killing or</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/police_charge_man_in_killing_of_ga__businessman.html</link> <guid>400496245</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:02:44 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Patriot missile designer dies at age 91 in Florida</title> <description>One of the head designers of the Patriot missile has died in Florida. He was 91.The son of Zdzislaw Starostecki (z-GEE'-slav Star-o-STE'-key) said his father died in Sarasota on Dec. 31.Andrew Starostecki says his father fought for his native country of Poland during World War II and moved to the United States in 1952.After earning an engineering</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/patriot_missile_designer_dies_at_age_91_in_florida.html</link> <guid>400496234</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:02:51 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Flight returns to Los Angeles with hydraulic issue</title> <description>A Delta flight en route to Hawaii was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport after the pilot reported a problem with the plane's hydraulic system.Airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez said the problem occurred on Flight 1299, which was slated for takeoff at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday bound for Kona.Rodriguez says the Boeing 757-200, which</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/flight_returns_to_los_angeles_with_hydraulic_issue.html</link> <guid>400496213</guid> <author></author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:30:53 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Democrats seek ways to reduce filibuster threats</title> <description>Senate Democrats have what they think may be a unique window of opportunity to tame the filibuster power that the Republican minority has used so effectively in recent years to foil the Democratic agenda.Normally, it takes a two-thirds majority to change Senate rules, one reason the filibuster system that has contributed to Senate paralysis hasn't</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/democrats_seek_ways_to_reduce_filibuster_threats.html</link> <guid>400496208</guid> <author>Jim Abrams</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:02:07 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>New edition removes Mark Twain's 'offensive' words</title> <description>Mark Twain wrote that "the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." A new edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" will try to find out if that holds true by replacing the N-word with "slave" in an effort not to offend readers.Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who is working with NewSouth</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/new_edition_removes_mark_twain_s__offensive__words.html</link> <guid>400496207</guid> <author>Phillip Rawls</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:00:04 -0600</pubDate> </item><item> <title>Official: Feds probe NYC storm slowdown reports</title> <description>Federal prosecutors are looking into claims sanitation workers sabotaged the city's snow cleanup after the post-Christmas blizzard, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.The U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn opened a preliminary inquiry after a Queens city councilman contacted it, the official said. A city watchdog agency also is</description> <link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/us_news/2011/Jan/04/official__feds_probe_nyc_storm_slowdown_reports.html</link> <guid>400496205</guid> <author>Tom Hays</author> <category>The Associated Press</category> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:02:58 -0600</pubDate> </item></channel></rss>
