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Jobless benefit bill moves forward
A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.
Jury urges death penalty for former 'Bachelor No. 1'
A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.
U.S.: 'Jihad Jane' backed terrorists
A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.
Man pleads guilty in N.J. airport scare
A New Jersey man who breached security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.
Ex-doc sentenced for wife's poisoning
A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago. The judge lamented that she could not hand down a stiffer sentence.
Oscar interrupter: I was wronged
A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage.
Missing executive's body found in river
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.
Opinion: Gays have right to privacy, too
Today is the first day same-sex weddings will be performed in the District of Columbia.
Police: Ohio State shooter killed himself
A gunman apparently angry over a poor evaluation entered an Ohio State University maintenance building today, killing a manager and then himself, police said.
China may ban eating dogs, cats
Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.