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• Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape 6 min ago

  Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.

• Fines sought against Mo. governor over records law 13 min ago

  Special court-appointed investigators are seeking fines against Gov. Matt Blunt, alleging he "knowingly and purposely" violated Missouri's public-records law by denying access to e-mails.

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  Minn. teen girls charged in nursing home abuse 36 min ago

  Two teenage girls who worked at a nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

• NY court: Big city guns can equal stiff sentence 54 min ago

  A Manhattan appeals court says federal judges can give extra-stiff penalties to people who help bring illegal guns to big cities.

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• Zimbabwe declares national health emergency 41 min ago
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• Afghan women leaders face growing Taliban threats 21 min ago
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• Australia gets first national security adviser 14 hrs ago
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• Canadian leader shuts Parliament to keep power 2 hrs ago
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• European court makes landmark ruling on DNA rights 9 min ago
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• US agents arrest 3 for cash smuggling in PR 13 min ago
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• Israeli soldiers drag settlers out of Hebron house 16 min ago
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