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Occupy Oakland night march largely peaceful
51 minutes ago
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Over 100 anti-Wall Street protesters marched in Oakland on Saturday night, but avoided any major clashes with police just one week after a similar demonstration ended with over 400 arrests.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
Police, some on horseback, clear Occupy DC protesters
56 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police removed protesters as they confiscated bedding and most tents on Saturday from an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule for the public McPherson Square they had ignored for months.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC; 7 held
by By ERIC TUCKER
2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing away tents they said were banned under park rules....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Today in History
2 hours ago
Today in History



[From ABC News: U.S.]
Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses
by By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT
2 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Navy: 8 Calif.-based sailors discharged for hazing
2 hours ago
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Eight sailors have been discharged from the Navy after a hazing incident aboard a San Diego-based amphibious assault ship that was captured on video and included the choking of a fellow sailor, a Navy spokesman said Saturday....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
3 Ore. mushroom pickers rescued after 6 days lost
by By NIGEL DUARA
2 hours ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
11 injured in massive crowd for band LMFAO
by By CARRIE SCHEDLER
2 hours ago
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Prosecutors: Ind. Woman Left Decomposing in Chair
4 hours ago
Prosecutors say Indiana woman was left alive and decomposing in chair for 3 weeks



[From ABC News: U.S.]
Prosecutors: Ind. woman left decomposing in chair
4 hours ago
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (AP) -- A southeastern Indiana woman has been charged after prosecutors say she left her morbidly obese sister alive and decomposing in a chair for three weeks....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget
by By JOCELYN NOVECK
4 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer - "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. - she was so moved she sat in her car and wept....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Missing Teen Barista Kidnapped, Cops Say
4 hours ago
Video shows 18-year-old leaving coffee shop with an armed man.



[From ABC News: U.S.]
Official: Dog Starts Vancouver, Wash., House Fire
5 hours ago
Fire officials: Dog inadvertently turns on stove, starts house fire



[From ABC News: U.S.]
Storm blankets Nebraska after dumping on Colorado
by By JOSH FUNK
6 hours ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska as the blanket of heavy, wet precipitation downed power lines and made travel treacherous....
[From AP Top U.S. News At 12:16 a.m. EST]
Indianapolis officials urge Super Bowl crowds to play it safe
7 hours ago
(Reuters) - Indianapolis authorities called on Super Bowl celebrants to play it safe on Saturday night at festivities near the city's football stadium, after at least 10 people were injured the previous evening.
[From Reuters: U.S.]
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