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Ex-con shot dead
Video: Seattle police confront, shoot and kill pardoned felon Maurice Clemmons early on Tuesday.
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Police kill suspect in cop shootings
Ex-con suspected of gunning down 4 police officers is shot a day after he eludes pursuers who had spent hours trying to coax him out of a house. Full story
Blacks fear path to middle class blocked
Recession raises concerns that hard-won gains of recent years will be lost. Story | Video: African Americans and jobs
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We didn’t ‘party crash’ at White House, couple says
Tareq Salahi says he and his wife are “devastated” by label. Story | Video: TODAY interview
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Salahis: ‘We were invited, not crashers’
The most infamous party crashers in the world said Tuesday that they hate that label, denied they finagled their way into a White House state dinner and insisted that they were invited to the bash by a Washington law firm with ties to a senior Pentagon official.
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Solo officer killed cop-slayings suspect
The man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a coffee shop was shot and killed by a lone Seattle patrol officer investigating a stolen car early Tuesday, an official said.
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Steel town plans return to its green roots
Residents of Vandergrift, Pa., are reviving the town architect's vision and making the community environmentally sustainable for the 21st century and beyond.
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9/11 families mixed on Afghan surge
Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks welcome President Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan, but others are wary.
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Twists delayed finding pilot killed in Iraq
Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The U.S. just didn't believe him. As a result, it took 18 years to find the remains of the only pilot shot down in the 1991 Gulf War.
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Blacks fear path to middle class blocked
Millions of workers have lost good jobs in this recession, but experts say the repercussions could prove especially dire for black workers who had climbed into the middle class.
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Debate grows over Swiss ban on minarets
A top Swiss official said that voter approval of a ban on minarets next to mosques could be struck down in court, as critics at home and abroad swiftly condemned the vote.
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Poll: Americans still in giving spirit
Despite a lingering recession, only 20 percent of Americans plan to reduce charitable giving during the holiday season, according to a survey.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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