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Text message dispute triggered brutal Fla. beating

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Authorities say the brutal beating of a 15-year-old girl at a Florida middle school was triggered by a text message dispute between the victim and a teenage boy.

NTSB seeks better communications after NWA mishap

NTSB seeks better communications after NWA mishap

MINNEAPOLIS -- Federal safety officials are recommending better communication procedures after reviewing the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport last year by more than 100 miles.

Cruise liner hit again with illness will stay in port for cleaning

Cruise liner hit again with illness will stay in port for cleaning

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Celebrity Cruises is bringing dozens of additional workers to Charleston, S.C., to clean a cruise liner that was hit by an outbreak of intestinal illness for a third straight trip.

Government orders recall of 1.2 million high chairs

Government orders recall of 1.2 million high chairs

WASHINGTON -- The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children.

Child's body found during search for WA boy, mom

Child's body found during search for WA boy, mom

SEATTLE -- A sheriff's spokesman says there's a "strong probability" that the child's body found washed up on an island in Puget Sound is that of an 8-year-old Washington state boy who went missing with his mother last weekend.

Prosecutor looking into NJ Walmart racial comment

Prosecutor looking into NJ Walmart racial comment

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A prosecutor is trying to determine if a racial comment made over the public-address system at a New Jersey Walmart store amounts to a bias crime.

USGS seismologist warns of more Chile aftershocks

USGS seismologist warns of more Chile aftershocks

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A U.S. seismologist says Chileans will continue to feel aftershocks from last month's megaquake for a year or longer.

Accused 'Jihad Jane' denies terror plot in court

PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania woman accused of trolling the Internet as "Jihad Jane" is denying that she planned to kill a Swedish artist or agreed to marry a terrorism suspect to help him get travel documents.

Obama effigy hung at Rhode Island school with fired teachers

CENTRAL FALLS, RI -- A union is condemning an effigy of President Barack Obama that was hung upside down by a teacher at a failing Rhode Island high school where he and all his colleagues were fired.

No full record of where all swine flu vaccine went

ATLANTA -- Health officials faced with meager supplies of swine flu vaccine last fall sent doses to some surprising places: cruise ship lines, Wall Street firms and the Johnson Space Center.

Police: Items on Washington beach are missing family's

SEATTLE -- Authorities in Washington state say a shoe that washed up on a Puget Sound beach over the weekend probably belonged to the woman who apparently abandoned a van on the beach and disappeared with her 8-year-old son.

Dubai hotel releases whale shark back into wild

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A resort hotel on Dubai's main palm-shaped island says it has released back into the wild a whale shark whose captivity had been criticized by environmentalists.

Obama signs jobs bill, says more must be done

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost.

Budget office: Dems health care bill cuts deficit

WASHINGTON -- Congressional budget scorekeepers say President Barack Obama's health care bill would reduce the federal deficit by $138 billion over 10 years.

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

NEW YORK -- Viacom and YouTube likely will be forced to expose business secrets and other previously confidential information Thursday when reams of court documents are expected to be unsealed.

Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Indiana Marine

Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Indiana Marine

INDIANAPOLIS -- The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired at a group of Marines.

Seattlepi.com celebrates 1 year of Web-only news

Seattlepi.com celebrates 1 year of Web-only news

SEATTLE -- The online-only successor to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is celebrating its first birthday.

Idaho first to sign law aimed at Obama health care plan

Idaho first to sign law aimed at Obama health care plan

BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich will support Obama health overhaul

Rep. Dennis Kucinich will support Obama health overhaul

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the House considers it.

Court: Pa. DA can't bring 'sexting' charges

Court: Pa. DA can't bring 'sexting' charges

PHILADELPHIA -- A federal appeals court has ruled that a Pennsylvania prosecutor may not pursue felony charges against a teenage girl in a "sexting" case.

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