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KOMOWoman Gets 99 Years in Killing PlotThe Associated Press - 3 hours agoANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A former stripper-turned-soccer-mom convicted of plotting to kill her former fiance 12 years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years in prison.Linehan gets 99-year sentence ... [visit website]

Seattle Post IntelligencerAndrews to face LautenbergPhiladelphia Inquirer - 51 minutes agoBy Cynthia Burton South Jersey's Rep. Robert E. Andrews said he would challenge incumbent Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg in the June 3 Democratic primary, setting off a civil war which pits ... [visit website]

WJFW-TVWisconsin Voters Excise Editing From Governor’s Veto PowersNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy MONICA DAVEY Wisconsin governors have long been allowed to sign off on budget bills but do some tricky erasing first. They could delete words, numbers, sentences, paragraphs ... [visit website]

The Daily VoiceBlack church nurtured Obama's visionIndianapolis Star - 1 hour agoBy Ron Sommerville Sen. Barack Obama's speech on March 22 candidly addressed three subjects that many Americans consciously avoid discussing in public -- race, religion and politics.Racial divides remain, so ... [visit website]

NATO to admit Croatia and Albania, delays MacedoniaReuters - 1 hour agoBUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday to invite Croatia and Albania to join the alliance but postponed an invitation to Macedonia at Greek insistence, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel ... [visit website]

Spiegel OnlineFrance Offers `Substantial' Afghan Troop Increase (Update2)Bloomberg - 52 minutes agoBy Patrick Donahue April 3 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered a battalion of troops to fight the Taliban insurgency in eastern Afghanistan, a ``substantial'' increase of military power ... [visit website]

KEPR 19'Pig Book' tallies .2 billion in pork By SA MillerWashington Times - 3 hours agoBy SA Miller A government-watchdog group says the Democrat-led Congress last year broke a promise to slash pork spending and doled out .2 billion for pet ... [visit website]

CNNDean predicts Fla. delegates will be seatedLos Angeles Times - 59 minutes agoWASHINGTON -- Democratic Chairman Howard Dean reached out to Florida voters Wednesday to try to repair his party's damaged relations with a pivotal state in the presidential election.Democrats ... [visit website]

US Department of Homeland Security (press release)Senators Fault DHS Pressure On Real IDWashington Post - 6 hours agoBy Lyndsey Layton Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the Department of Homeland Security yesterday for pressuring reluctant states to adopt new federally ... [visit website]