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U.S. arms deals are likely to increase with Gulf countries concerned about Iranian intentions and how the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will affect the stability of the region

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. government audit on Friday found inadequate monitoring of American weapons sales to Persian Gulf countries with questionable human rights records or recent clashes with protesters.

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Heidi Kaeslin, a special education teacher and former girls soccer coach, has been with the district since 2002

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- A high school teacher is under investigation after school officials said she was maintaining a pornographic website from her school-issued laptop computer.


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Police say the pedestrian had been hit and killed a short time earlier; no charges filed

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Secretary of State Dianna Duran's car was one of several that struck a man's body on a highway near Santa Fe after the pedestrian had been hit and killed a short time earlier by another vehicle, police said Friday.


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Report predicts global warming will cause "unprecedented" events such as heat waves, floods

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the world's political leaders: Get ready for more dangerous and "unprecedented extreme weather" caused by global warming.


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Authorities say 16-year-old helped in effort to lure pair of men to remote location

CALDWELL, Ohio (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with attempted murder and complicity to attempted murder by authorities investigating the killing of one man and the wounding of another who had responded to a phony job ad on Craigslist.


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Part of government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion it spent to save economy in 2008, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department has raised $12.2 million from the sale of warrants of 17 banks that received government support during the financial crisis. The sales are part of the government's efforts to recoup the costs of the $700 billion financial bailout.


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Ruling was long expected, but deals blow to women who say they've run out of options

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in advanced breast cancer patients because there's no proof that it extends their lives and it presents dangerous side effects, the government declared Friday.

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US births have been dropping since an all-time high in 2007

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say birth rates for the nation's youngest mothers hit new lows last year.


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Still possible money from another transportation grant can be steered to high-speed rail

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is on the verge of killing funding for President Barack Obama's signature high-speed rail program, but it may have some life in it still.


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Leaves Princeton on good terms to teach at spot where he was an assistant in 1977

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ivy League activist Cornel West is returning to the Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

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