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Warm temps nationwide mean businesses and consumers aren't expending much energy on heat

Natural gas prices fell sharply Thursday after spring-like weather blanketed much of the country, raising expectations that demand will remain weak. At the same time, supplies have stayed well above year-ago levels.


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Outspoken evangelical says conservatives should drop their tough-on-crime stance when it comes to marijuana

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government's war on drugs has failed.


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David Lansford has reported ties to fringe political group, has said president's election was conspiracy

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) -- A former New Mexico mayor who called President Barack Obama "the carnal manifestation of evil" and said Obama's election was part of a CIA conspiracy has been elected to his former job, according to unofficial results.


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Chrysler and GM both roll out trucks using the technology, but higher sticker prices and lack of fueling stations will likely stunt adoption

DETROIT (AP) -- More natural gas-powered vehicles will hit the market soon, as rising gasoline prices, booming natural gas production and proposed tax credits make them a more attractive option. But they're a long way from being a common sight in U.S. driveways.


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Raphael Satter and Colleen Long The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- An Internet outlaw's decision to go to work for the FBI poured light on a secretive world where young computer experts caused havoc and where authorities say a Chicago man and others celebrated their successes as they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars with stolen credit card numbers.


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Candidates push hard but voter enthusiasm is in short supply

ATLANTA (AP) -- Mitt Romney is angling to solidify his front-runner status and Rick Santorum to keep it a two-man race as voters in 10 states put Super Tuesday's imprint on the Republican presidential contest. Newt Gingrich just hopes to keep his struggling campaign alive with a strong showing in Georgia.


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AG breaks administration's silence on controversial death of US citizen who had joined al-Qaida

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the decision to kill a U.S. citizen living abroad who poses a terrorist threat "is among the gravest that government leaders can face," but justified lethal action as legal and sometimes necessary in the war on terror.


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36-year-old shielded two children, then "felt the whole house start to go"

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An Indiana woman who saved her two children by binding them together with a blanket and shielding them with her body as a tornado ripped apart their house lost parts of both her legs, which were crushed by the falling debris, her husband says.


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Rural residents could be left with nowhere close by to drop off their ballots

Elections officials in several states are concerned that the closing of mail-processing centers and post offices could disrupt vote-by-mail balloting this year, a potential problem that has led some members of Congress to call for a delay until after the November elections.


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Republican lawmaker interrogated suspected Taliban fighters, could use experience to woo voters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- While other candidates for Congress have been wooing voters and donors, former Rep. Charles Djou of Hawaii has spent the past six months in Afghanistan where he was responsible for interrogating suspected Taliban fighters.


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