California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed more than $8 billion in cuts Monday to close a widening state budget deficit that he blamed partly on a slower-than-expected economic recovery.
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Governor: Tax hikes needed for $16B CA budget gap
From Miracle Mom to Octomom and, perhaps soon, Homeless Mom, the life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children is a subject that rarely fails to strike a nerve.
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Octomom at crossroads, broke and considering porn
The husband of a Missouri woman who has been missing for nearly a year was charged with first-degree murder Monday even though his estranged wife’s body has not been found.
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Missing Missouri mom’s husband charged with murder
Fire tore through a row house early Monday, killing two young children and two adults in the city’s third fatal blaze in a week.
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3rd fatal fire in Philly in recent days kills 4
Black power. White power. Nazis. Communists.
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Distinctive salutes run the political gamut
The second-place finisher in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election on Monday denounced last week’s military coup, when soldiers attacked his opponent’s home with grenades and arrested him weeks before the runoff vote.
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Guinea-Bissau candidate denounces coup before vote
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Daytona 500 start pushed back to 7 p.m. Monday
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AP – Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic’s first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over archfoe Israel — even as audiences in Israel packed theaters to watch the movie that beat their country’s entry at the Academy Awards.
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Iran state TV says Oscar win victory over Israel
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Reuters – A suicide car bomber killed nine people in an attack on a military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, the latest bloodshed since copies of the Koran were burned at a NATO base last week.
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U.S. cites "heightened threat"; 9 killed in Afghan airport bomb
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AP – Days before the South Carolina primary, Jon Huntsman dropped out of the presidential race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney for the party’s nomination, becoming the latest Republican to call the GOP front-runner the strongest candidate to beat the Democratic incumbent.
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Huntsman departs race, impact in SC unclear
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