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1.The Justice Department has launched an investigation into who leaked classified information about President Bush's secret domestic spying program. 2. A Florida teen who traveled to Iraq on his own w
1. American journalist Jill Carroll's captors are threatening to kill her on Feb. 26th, if the US military doesn’t release all Iraqi women from prison. Carroll, a freelance reporter for the Christia
1. 78-year-old Harry Whittington, the Austin lawyer, who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney while quail hunting over the weekend, suffered a minor heart attack Tuesday morning. Whittington is back
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improves significantly after more emergency brain surgery. He remains in serious condition and in a medically induced coma . 2. As Shiites rally in Baghdad to pr
1. The Supreme Court rules a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire abortion restrictions, but steers clear of a major abortion ruling. 2. Consumer prices rose by the largest rate in five
1. Former President Gerald Ford has been released from a California hospital. Ford was admitted there two weeks ago for treatment of pneumonia. At age 92, Ford is the oldest living former president. 2
1. President Bush uses his weekly radio address to praise Senators from both parties for reaching a deal overhauling immigration policy. Debate on the measure begins Monday, but already some are denouncing it as amnesty. 2. British Prime Minister To
1. A bomb explodes in one of the busiest commercial centers in Turkey's capital Ankara, killing at least 6 and wounding dozens more. Police are investigating the type of explosive used in the blast. 2. In the forecast, a busy hurricane season. NOAA
1. The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found today just a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain. Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter mile from where the former L
1. U.S. military officials have still not confirmed whether a body found in the Euphrates River is that of one of three American soldiers abducted about two weeks ago. Iraqi police say the male victim appeared to be wearing an American military unif
1. President Barack Obama signed orders earlier today to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The prison camp will be closed within a year. Obama also said the United States will not torture terror suspects. 2. Tragedy on the streets of New Yo
1.President Barack Obama got down to work today, his first full day in office. Officials say he called a number of leaders in the Middle East, telling them he'll work to consolidate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 2.Treasury Secretary-design
1.Officials say a young gunman has been successfully and safely disarmed aboard a hijacked Canadian charter jet on the ground in Jamaica. All the passengers have been released but six crew members were still aboard. The gunman is described as mental
1. President-elect Barack Obama is rolling into D.C., aboard a whistle-stop train tour ahead of his swearing-in on Tuesday. Along the way, he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised voters they will fight every day for them while they are in Was
1. Lebanon's prime minister has condemned rocket attacks on Israel from his country as well as retaliation by the Jewish state. The brief exchange was the first since Israel launched an offensive against the militant group Hamas in Gaza. That offens
1.President-elect Barack Obama would meet with Senate Democrats to discuss the economy today. At the same time, top Obama aides will be getting ready for a meeting with Senate Republicans. All of these are ahead of a possible vote Thursday on whethe
1.The White House says the new audio type supposedly from Osama Bin Laden is a sign of his isolation. Bin Laden urges a Muslim holy war against Israel as an angry response to Israel's Gaza offensive. Officials say it's Bin Laden's attempt to remain
1.A US vessel seized by pirates off Somalia is now back in the hands of the crew after they retook control of the ship. But one person aboard the ship reached by satellite phone tells the AP the pirates are holding the captain hostage in a lifeboat.