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Asia stocks rise after Greece austerity vote

Asian stock markets rose Monday, just hours after Greece's parliament approved a new set of austerity measures that were required by international lenders in exchange for an emergency bailout.

Feb 12, 2012 | 7:07 pm

The nation's weather

The nation's weather

The East will dry out Sunday as wet weather moves across the West. A low pressure trough is advancing eastward over the central Rockies and will produce moderate snow showers over Utah and Colorado. Winter weather advisories have been issued for parts of western Colorado as snowfall accum…

Feb 12, 2012 | 2:34 am

Egypt arrests US student, Australian journalist

Egypt arrests US student, Australian journalist

Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to civilian rule.

Feb 11, 2012 | 9:42 am

First public photos of Blue Ivy Carter go online

LOS ANGELES (AP) — She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.

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Barbie's wardrobe celebrated at Fashion Week bash

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbie threw open the sparkly, pink doors of her dream closet to rock a party she hosted for her fellow fashionistas.

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Schoolgirls excluded from Dallas movie screening

DALLAS (AP) — When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead.

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Fight breaks out at a funeral in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — A fight broke out during a funeral at a Phoenix church after a friend of the departed punched a man who had reportedly been fighting with the deceased before he died.

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Cold weather returns to the South; snow possible

ATLANTA (AP) — Cold weather is making a comeback in the South after what's so far been a very mild winter.

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State senator, wife attacked at western NY casino

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A state senator and his wife said Saturday they were attacked and beaten at a Niagara Falls casino Friday night after the lawmaker tried to break up an argument between two businessmen, one of whom accused him of hating the Indian tribe that runs the casino.

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Oldest federal judge remembered at Kan. service

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some 400 mourners gathered Saturday to honor a judge whose sheer stamina and devotion to justice kept him on the federal bench in Wichita up to his death last month at age 104.

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Hacker claims porn site users compromised

LONDON (AP) — A hacker claims to have compromised the personal information of more than 350,000 users after breaking into a disused website operated by pornography provider Brazzers.

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Landfill search for missing Ariz. girl to continue

PHOENIX (AP) — A weeklong search of a landfill south of Phoenix for a missing Glendale girl has so far come up empty, but police say they'll continue their quest Monday.

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Detroit-area author Zaslow killed in car accident

DETROIT (AP) — Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in northern Michigan. He was 53.

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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan undergoes surgery

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday and was recovering well in a Mumbai hospital, his son said.

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4 kids caught eating pot at elementary school

HESPERIA (AP) — Authorities say four fourth-graders were caught eating marijuana at an elementary school in Hesperia.

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Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials.

Feb 11, 2012 | 2:45 pm

Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

LONDON (AP) — Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials.

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Remains in Calif. ID'd as serial killers' victim

SAN FRANCISCO — Human remains uncovered in Northern California with the help of a convicted serial killer have been preliminarily identified as one of his victims, and authorities continued to search another site for the remains of as many as 10 people.

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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.

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Norwegians seek A-ha! moment in North Korean music

OSLO, Norway (AP) — It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

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