<![CDATA[CentreDaily.com -- Nation]]> http://www.centredaily.com/128/index.html CentreDaily.com, State College, PA en-us Copyright 2012 - CentreDaily.com Nation 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 bheisse@centredaily.com (Bob Heisse) <![CDATA[US weighing steep nuclear arms cuts]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090300/apnewsbreak-us-weighs-steep-cuts.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090300/apnewsbreak-us-weighs-steep-cuts.html Washington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:55 EST The Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, The…

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]]> <![CDATA[Judges: April primary nearly impossible in Texas]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089635/court-may-decide-tuesday-if-april.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089635/court-may-decide-tuesday-if-april.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:03 EST The chances of Texas voters having much influence in the Republican presidential race faded Tuesday after a panel of federal judges acknowledged the state's deep divisions over political maps had…

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]]> <![CDATA[Israel blames Iran for series of Bangkok blasts]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089888/israel-points-finger-at-iran-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089888/israel-points-finger-at-iran-in.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:08 EST Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions…

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]]> <![CDATA[Mormons apologize for posthumous Jewish baptism]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090221/mormons-apologize-for-proxy-wiesenthal.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090221/mormons-apologize-for-proxy-wiesenthal.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:58 EST Mormon church leaders apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased…

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]]> <![CDATA[Woman sentenced for spiking Utah man's smoothie]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090527/woman-sentenced-to-prison-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090527/woman-sentenced-to-prison-for.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:01 EST A Utah woman was sentenced Tuesday to consecutive prison terms for spiking a 79-year-old man's peach smoothie with antifreeze after taking control of his bank accounts.

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]]> <![CDATA[Va. House GOP muscles through abortion curbs]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090516/va-house-gop-muscles-through-abortion.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090516/va-house-gop-muscles-through-abortion.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:51 EST A Republican supermajority has muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years through the Virginia House, including one that would all but outlaw the procedure in the state…

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]]> <![CDATA[Possible clues, no quick answers in Powell case]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089843/josh-powell-papers-found-at-wash.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089843/josh-powell-papers-found-at-wash.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:28 EST A hotel worker in Utah said Tuesday she saw Josh Powell and his boys the morning his wife was reported missing in 2009 - and when the older child asked…

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]]> <![CDATA[Banking for pot shops rejected in Colorado]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089664/banking-for-pot-shops-eyed-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089664/banking-for-pot-shops-eyed-in.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:23 EST Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect - it's mostly cash-only.

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]]> <![CDATA[Hundreds rally against Alabama immigration law]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090270/hundreds-rally-against-alabama.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090270/hundreds-rally-against-alabama.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:45 EST Hundreds packed the Alabama Statehouse courtyard on Tuesday to rally against the state's tough immigration law, with organizers saying they chose to send a message on Valentine's Day that lawmakers…

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]]> <![CDATA[Ore. man asks why he was queried by FBI in Tunisia]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090573/ore-man-asks-why-he-was-queried.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090573/ore-man-asks-why-he-was-queried.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:16 EST A Libyan-American who says he was forbidden from returning to the United States and questioned by FBI agents in Tunisia after visiting neighboring Libya insists he has done nothing wrong.

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]]> <![CDATA[Israeli minister: Iran wants to be superpower]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090604/israeli-minister-iran-wants-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090604/israeli-minister-iran-wants-to.html International Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:46 EST Israel's deputy prime minister said Tuesday that Iran wants to revive the Persian Empire and once again become a major superpower with a nuclear bomb.

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]]> <![CDATA[Iowa town welcomes back China's next president]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090344/iowa-town-welcomes-back-chinas.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090344/iowa-town-welcomes-back-chinas.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:30 EST The last time China's soon-to-be leader visited Iowa, he slept in a bedroom with green shag carpeting and Star Trek character cutouts on the walls. He ate eggs with a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Except for bite, most DNA excluded LA detective]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090428/except-for-bite-most-dna-excluded.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090428/except-for-bite-most-dna-excluded.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:41 EST A forensic expert acknowledged in testimony Tuesday that her years of DNA analysis of evidence in the 1986 murder of a woman did not cast suspicion on a veteran Los…

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]]> <![CDATA[Coroner testifies at Va. lacrosse slaying trial]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090149/witness-at-uva-lax-trial-tells.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090149/witness-at-uva-lax-trial-tells.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:48 EST A coroner and other doctors testified Tuesday at the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his ex-girlfriend died of injuries caused by blunt-force trauma and…

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]]> <![CDATA[US, Europe look at fast but risky penalty on Iran]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090311/us-europe-look-at-fast-but-risky.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090311/us-europe-look-at-fast-but-risky.html Washington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:05 EST The United States and Europe are considering unprecedented punishment against Iran that could immediately cripple the country's financial lifeline. But it's an extreme option in the banking world that would…

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]]> <![CDATA[Hammer in latest Columbine attack likely at school]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090587/hammer-in-latest-columbine-attack.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090587/hammer-in-latest-columbine-attack.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:11 EST A 14-year-old girl charged with attacking two students with a hammer at Columbine High School this week probably found the hammer on the suburban Denver campus, authorities said Tuesday.

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]]> <![CDATA[Muddy clothes, shovel seized from Mo. teen killer]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090383/muddy-clothes-shovel-seized-from.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090383/muddy-clothes-shovel-seized-from.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05 EST Authorities investigating the October 2009 disappearance of a Missouri girl had seized muddy clothes and shovels from the home of a neighboring teenager who later confessed to killing and burying…

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]]> <![CDATA[Tape: Texas woman calls accused torturer 'mean']]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089638/texas-man-charged-in-torture-case.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3089638/texas-man-charged-in-torture-case.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:08 EST A Texas woman who prosecutors say was tortured for 12 days seemed to be in shock as she spoke to authorities following her rescue, initially defending the man accused of…

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]]> <![CDATA[Conn. rights panel rebukes mayor on 'tacos' remark]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090585/conn-rights-panel-rebukes-mayor.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090585/conn-rights-panel-rebukes-mayor.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56 EST A Connecticut human-rights commission has rebuked a mayor who made a disparaging remark about Latinos.

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]]> <![CDATA[US settles suit over '07 Conn. immigration raids]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090479/us-settles-suit-over-07-conn-immigration.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2012/02/14/3090479/us-settles-suit-over-07-conn-immigration.html Domestic Nonwashington Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:16 EST Eleven men who claimed immigration agents violated their rights in 2007 raids on their New Haven neighborhood have won a $350,000 settlement from the U.S. government, which also agreed to…

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