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• Navy captain loses command over raunchy videos (Reuters)
• States plan crackdown on immigration but risk Latino ire (Reuters)
• Appeals court asks for gay marriage guidance (Reuters)
• Economy: Better Now than in 2009, but Is the Recession Over? (Time.com)
• Father CutiÉ on Marriage, Celibacy and 'Dilemma,' His Book (Time.com)
• U.S. man gets 15 years for 1968 hijacking to Cuba (Reuters)
• Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison (AP)
• Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection (AP)
• Cops try to trace slain consultant's last days (AP)
• Man charged in deaths of 3 found in tree in Ohio (AP)
• Sacked Navy captain once had a bright future (AP)
• Navy firing over videos raises questions of timing (AP)
• Buoys strung on border canal to prevent drownings (AP)
• Son of former Iranian shah found dead in Boston (AP)
• New edition removes Mark Twain's 'offensive' words (AP)
• Choreographer: Jackson was sick days before death (AP)
• Power Balance admits no science behind wristbands (AP)
• Commission lets 36 states dump nuke waste in Texas (AP)
• US citizen gets prison for 1968 air hijacking (AP)

Navy captain loses command over raunchy videos (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:47 PM PST Reuters - The captain of a U.S. aircraft carrier was relieved of his command on Tuesday after producing bawdy videos that featured slurs against homosexuals, simulated masturbation and inane toilet humor.

States plan crackdown on immigration but risk Latino ire (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:53 PM PST Reuters - Republican state legislatures are ramping up a crackdown on illegal immigrants this year, in a concerted drive that risks alienating potential business allies and Latino voters.

Appeals court asks for gay marriage guidance (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:16 PM PST Reuters - A U.S. appeals court mulling California's controversial gay marriage ban said on Tuesday it needs more legal guidance before it can decide the constitutional issues at stake, a move which will likely delay a final ruling in the case.

Economy: Better Now than in 2009, but Is the Recession Over? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:20 AM PST Time.com - Generally, the economy is better off than in early 2009, near the height of the recession. But despite declarations that the recession is over, the crisis persists

Father CutiÉ on Marriage, Celibacy and 'Dilemma,' His Book (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:20 AM PST Time.com - In an interview with TIME's Tim Padgett, the former superstar priest of the Catholic Church talks about his new book Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle With Faith and Love and the reasons why he changed his life

U.S. man gets 15 years for 1968 hijacking to Cuba (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:29 AM PST Reuters - The last suspect in a 1968 hijacking of a Pan American airliner to Cuba was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after apologizing in a U.S. court for his "desperate actions."

Texan declared innocent after 30 years in prison (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST AP - A Texas man declared innocent Tuesday after 30 years in prison had at least two chances to make parole and be set free — if only he would admit he was a sex offender. But Cornelius Dupree Jr. refused to do so, doggedly maintaining his innocence in a 1979 rape and robbery, in the process serving more time for a crime he didn't commit than any other Texas inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.

Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST AP - The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Tuesday it would file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual-abuse lawsuits could leave it with debts it couldn't afford. A lawyer who filed many of those lawsuits, however, said he thought the archdiocese was using bankruptcy as a delay tactic to avoid opening its records to public scrutiny.

Cops try to trace slain consultant's last days (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:29 PM PST AP - Police trying to piece together the last days of a slain national defense consultant said Tuesday he was seen alive in downtown Wilmington less than 24 hours before he was found dead in a load of trash at a landfill.

Man charged in deaths of 3 found in tree in Ohio (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:02 PM PST AP - An unemployed tree-cutter suspected in the deaths of three people whose dismembered bodies were found in a hollow tree has been charged with aggravated murder, burglary, kidnapping and rape, but a death sentence isn't being pursued at the wishes of the victims' families.

Sacked Navy captain once had a bright future (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:58 PM PST AP - Navy Capt. Owen Honors was an officer with a bright future, a hotshot fighter jock who rose to become commander of one of the most storied ships in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

Navy firing over videos raises questions of timing (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:29 PM PST AP - The Navy brusquely fired the captain of the USS Enterprise on Tuesday, more than three years after he made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public.

Buoys strung on border canal to prevent drownings (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:35 PM PST AP - A government agency on the front lines of the immigration debate has begun installing lifesaving buoys in a fast-moving canal along the U.S.-Mexico border where migrants drown each year as they sneak into the country illegally.

Son of former Iranian shah found dead in Boston (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:25 PM PST AP - The youngest son of the late shah of Iran was found dead Tuesday of an apparent suicide at his home in Boston, after he had "struggled for years to overcome his sorrow," his brother said.

New edition removes Mark Twain's 'offensive' words (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:18 PM PST AP - 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.

Choreographer: Jackson was sick days before death (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:53 PM PST AP - A choreographer who worked with Michael Jackson on his ill-fated concert tour told a judge Tuesday he clashed with Jackson's doctor and others over the superstar's health six days before he died.

Power Balance admits no science behind wristbands (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST AP - Shaquille O'Neal swears by them. The Power Balance bracelet, he says, gives him a competitive edge on the court. It's no gimmick, he says. It's for real. It may be for him, but Australian authorities say the California-based company behind the wildly popular wristbands and pendants has no business claiming that they improve balance, strength and flexibility.

Commission lets 36 states dump nuke waste in Texas (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST AP - A Texas commission approved rules on Tuesday that pave the way for 36 states to export low-level radioactive waste to a remote landfill along the Texas-New Mexico border.

US citizen gets prison for 1968 air hijacking (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:31 PM PST AP - A judge sentenced a man who hijacked a plane from New York to Cuba four decades ago to 15 years in prison Tuesday, citing the fear that must have spread among passengers and the flight crew when he put a knife to the throat of a flight attendant and a gun to her back and then entered the cockpit.

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