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  • Seats are at a premium on planes and trains out of the nation's capital which is still blanketed in snow since a weekend blizzard dropped more than two feet of snow on the metro area.
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winter weather, snow, travel, national/world
  • Air travelers in Michigan are having trouble flying out to the East Coast.
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travel, weather, airlines, national/world
  • Firefighters examine a flood-damaged home near Ocean View Boulevard.
  • Los Angeles County authorities have ordered mandatory evacuations for more than 500 homes in mudslide-prone foothill neighborhoods as a new storm approaches.
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winter weather, snow, national/world
  • President Barack Obama meets with top lawmakers from both parties today in hopes of launching a new jobs bill toward quick passage.
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jobs, president barack obama, national/world
  • Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow hugs his mom Pam Tebow in a still photo taken from an advertisement.
  • Most people watching the Super Bowl were paying attention to the ads, but even before kickoff, one controversial ad had people talking.
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television, national/world, cecilia vega
  • The average price of regular gasoline in the United States fell 5.76 cents over a two-week period to $2.67.
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gas prices, national/world
  • Fire officials in Connecticut say no one is known to be missing amid the rubble of an unfinished power plant damaged by an explosion and fire.
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explosion, accidental death, national/world
  • The mayor's office says five people are known dead in a power plant explosion in Connecticut.
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explosion, accidental death, national/world
  • A town fire official in Connecticut says fewer than 50 people have been injured an explosion at a power plant under construction. Multiple people have died, but officials say they don't know how many.
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explosion, accidental death, national/world
  • Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured.
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explosion, accidental death, national/world
  • Former NFL star Warren Sapp has been released from jail on $1,500 bond, a day after being arrested in Miami Beach on charges he choked a woman in his hotel room.
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super bowl, nfl, national/world
  • Space shuttle Endeavour has the green light for launch tomorrow and an improving weather forecast to go with it.
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space launch, cape canaveral, national/world
  • Clouds have delayed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
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space launch, cape canaveral, national/world
  • A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military.
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iraq, national/world
  • A small plane clipped the towline of another plane pulling a glider Saturday, sparking a fiery midair crash in Colorado and killing three people, authorities said.
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colorado, plane crash, national/world
  • A powerful winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic on Friday, and the federal government prepared to shut early.
  • Trees have toppled onto apartment buildings and cars as a blizzard batters the Mid-Atlantic region this morning.
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winter weather, snow, national/world
  • A judge has declared that a former aide to John Edwards is in contempt, demanding that he turn over a "personal" videotape being sought by Edwards' former mistress.
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national/world
  • giant panda Tai Shan
  • Two pandas born in US zoos are headed to China to become part of a breeding program in their species' native land.
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animal, china, national/world
  • A defense lawyer says he blames the leader of 10 Baptist missionaries facing kidnapping charges in Haiti.
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • Two Haitian police officers sit next to Charisa Coulter, 24, of Boise, Idaho.
  • Parents in a struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries.
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • Prosecutors say they're investigating a case in which several Colorado middle school students distributed a text message photo of a nude 12-year-old girl.
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sexting, education, technology, national/world
  • Two Haitian police officers sit next to Charisa Coulter, 24, of Boise, Idaho.
  • A Haitian attorney says 10 Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake have been charged with child kidnapping.
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • Earthquake survivors chant during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
  • Hunger turned to anger in Haiti's capital on Wednesday as hundreds of protesters marched through the streets.
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haiti, earthquake, national/world
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies on Capitol Hill.
  • Transportation Secy. Ray LaHood told Toyota owners they should stop driving their vehicles, then quickly took back his words.
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toyota, recall, auto news, national/world
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to say Tuesday whether he thinks it's appropriate to try self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York civilian court, not far from the site of the attack.
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terrorism, september 11th, national/world
  • A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway.
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national/world
  • Officials from the two Koreas met Monday in North Korea to discuss their joint industrial complex just days after an exchange of gunfire
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national/world
  • The government is fumbling some efforts to assure immigrants that U.S. census data won't be used against them
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national/world
  • The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island
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national/world
  • Conservative lawmakers in a majority of states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments
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national/world
  • American citizen Laura Silsby, 40, of Boise, Idaho, right, speaks as Nicole Lankford, 18, of Middleton, Idaho, left, and Carla Thompson, 53, of Meridien, Idaho, center, look on during an interview.
  • One of the 10 Americans detained in Haiti says her group was "just trying to do the right thing."
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • A fan is searched before entering Sun Life Stadium before the NFL football Pro Bowl.
  • Massive, multimillion-dollar security plans for the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics are being adjusted in light of recent security breaches.
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nfl, terrorism, national/world
  • US military doctors discuss the medical history of Betina Joseph, 5, as she lies with her mother Denise Exima, 28.
  • The U.S. military will resume bringing Haitian earthquake victims to the United States on its planes for medical treatment.
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • The Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in Cleveland has wrapped up, but interest in a new, wheelchair-friendly motorcycle is on the rise.
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motorcycles, technology, national/world
  • As food distribution in Haiti becomes a bit more organized, another danger is growing.
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earthquake, disaster relief, haiti, national/world
  • Scott Roeder
  • A man who says he killed prominent Kansas abortion provider to protect unborn children has been convicted.
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national/world
  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
  • The Obama administration is considering moving the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan.
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september 11th, barack obama, white house, national/world
  • A jet was diverted over concerns a passenger was on the government's watch list of suspected terrorists.
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terrorism, national/world
  • Machu Picchu
  • It's a nightmare for tourists in Peru.
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weather, flooding, national/world
  • World Chocolate Wonderland theme park
  • China has found a new use for chocolate; artists have created a new chocolate theme park in Beijing.
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national/world
  • J.D. Salinger, the author whose seminal work inspired generations of young rebels, has died.
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celebrity, obituary, national/world
  • John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth
  • ABC News has learned that John and Elizabeth Edwards have decided to legally separate.
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elizabeth edwards, john edwards, political breakup, national/world
  • A French search team that wouldn't give up is being credited with another "miracle" rescue in Haiti's capital.
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earthquake, haiti, national/world
  • High Speed Rail Animation
  • President Obama is planning to award billions of dollars to develop a high-speed rail plan.
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barack obama, transportation, national/world
  • Gov. David Paterson is taking on the 150-year-old tradition of horse-drawn carriage rides in Manhattan's Central Park.
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animal, national/world
  • Apple iPad tablet
  • Apple Inc. will sell the new tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price far below the $1,000 that some were expecting.
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technology, national/world
  • The State Department is expressing deep concern about the welfare of three American hikers detained in Iran.
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detained hikers, iran, national/world
  • Authorities say an Ethiopian Airlines jet was in flames before it plunged into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff.
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airplane crash, national/world
  • Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas.
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terrorism, national/world
  • A Saudi judge says a teenager will receive 90 lashes and spend two months in prison as punishment for assaulting a teacher at her school.
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saudi arabia, national/world
  • An airplane flying to Las Vegas was diverted after a passenger tried to open a door on the plane while it was in flight.
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national/world
  • A roadside bomb killed two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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afghanistan, u.s. military, national/world
  • As much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in a southeast Texas port.
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national/world
  • Despite a week of heavy rain on mountains stripped dangerously bare by wildfires, thousands of homes have so far been spared from deluges of mud and rocks by a network of sprawling basins that act as huge bathtubs to safely catch debris.
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california, flooding, national/world
  • A man sits among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince, Jan. 14, 2010
  • Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti's capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 people in a single day even as relief workers warn that Haitians are still dying of injuries from the Jan. 12 quake for lack of medical care.
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haiti, earthquake, haitian earthquake, national/world
  • Haiti's devastating earthquake has left an estimated 3 million people in need of aid, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.
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haiti, port-au-prince, earthquake, national/world
  • The international relief agency, CARE, is focusing relief efforts on pregnant women in Haiti.
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haiti, hunger, earthquake, national/world
  • American Red Cross' relief efforts in Haiti provides a dramatic chance to prove it learned from its responses Hurricane Katrina.
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haiti, port-au-prince, earthquake, national/world
  • A Jewish teen trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare when he pulled out a set of small black boxes containing holy scrolls.
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airport security, airlines, national/world
  • Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer that he hired before his second White House bid.
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national/world