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- Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform....
- More rain for LA foothill cities clearing out mud LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- While residents of the mud-covered neighborhoods north of Los Angeles scramble to clean out their homes and yards, another storm bore down on Southern California, prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings....
- Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic WASHINGTON (AP) -- A second major storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply....
- Man rescued after 3 days in snow-covered SUV in CO SAGUACHE, Colo. (AP) -- A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days....
- 11 arrested during Israeli ambassador's talk IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Eleven students have been arrested during a raucous lecture at University of California, Irvine, where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke about U.S.-Israel relations....
- Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches DALLAS (AP) -- A sheriff's dispatcher says fires have struck two more rural east Texas churches, just hours after investigators announced that a blaze last week marked the eighth arson against a house of worship in the state this year....
- Cross-sections of Maine giant elm to be displayed YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) -- Maine officials say two cross-sections cut from a 217-year-old giant elm named Herbie will be displayed by the town of Yarmouth and the state Forest Service....
- NY mom accused of beer run guilty in tot's death ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A 22-year-old New York mother accused of going out on a midnight beer run when a stove fire erupted in the apartment where her children were left alone has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide....
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- Marines wait in the cold for Afghan offensive OUTPOST BELLEAU WOOD, Afghanistan (AP) -- Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent....
- Reports: Ukraine's Tymoshenko will not concede KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian and Russian news reports say that Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede Ukraine's presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych....
- NATO warns Afghans to keep their 'heads down' KABUL (AP) -- NATO and Afghan officials on Tuesday urged Taliban militants holding a southern town to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads down" as U.S. and Afghan troops prepare their first major offensive of the U.S. troop surge....
- Lawyer in China mob trial gets 1 1/2 years on appeal BEIJING (AP) -- The lawyer for an alleged mob boss in southwest China was given a reduced 1 1/2-year prison term Tuesday during his appeal on charges that he helped his client falsely claim torture by police during interrogation, the court said....
- Report: Ice buildup caused Heathrow crash landing LONDON (AP) -- A British accident report has confirmed that a buildup of ice in the fuel lines of a Boeing 777 jet caused its crash landing at London's Heathrow Airport two years ago....
- Iran to stop enrichment if given nuclear fuel TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The head of the Iran's atomic agency said Iran would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor....
- Gates wants Iran sanctions in 'weeks, not months' PARIS (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in "weeks, not months."...
- NKorea's Kim Jong Il sends nuclear envoy to China SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament talks, a day after pledging Pyongyang's commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula....
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