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Calif. creates state-run private retirement plan

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By JUDY LINAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that will create the nation's first state-administered retirement savings program for private-sector workers, over the objection of critics who said it creates a new liability for

Jury convicts Gulf cartel manager in drug case

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By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A federal jury seated just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican Gulf cartel's historic base of power convicted one of its bosses Friday on charges of conspiring to import and distribute marijuana and cocaine. Juan Roberto

Service members file lawsuit alleging sex assaults

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco alleging current and former members of the U.S. military were sexually assaulted while serving. The 20 women and men filing the lawsuit claim they were harassed, raped or assaulted and suffered retaliation when they

US officials explain Libya attack intelligence

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By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration's understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is "evolving." Facing a barrage of Republican criticism about what the

Netanyahu says "red lines" stop war but do they?

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By ROBERT H. REIDAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) - In a dramatic gesture, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew a "red line" on a diagram of Iran's nuclear program and called on the world to do the same to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons - a step the Iranians insist they

Some memorable props used by speakers at the UN

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By Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's use of a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb to convey a message over Iran's disputed nuclear program follows in a long and storied tradition of leaders and diplomats using props to make their points at the

AP Interview: Malawi unlikely to ax anti-gay laws

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By DAVID STRINGERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Malawi isn't ready to repeal laws which criminalize homosexuality, the country's reforming leader said Friday, despite her pledge after taking office to work to overturn the legislation. Joyce Banda, a longtime rights campaigner who

Germany condemns Mideast violence

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran must stop stalling over its suspected drive to build a nuclear weapon, German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle said Friday at the United Nations General Assembly. Westerwelle said Iran must open its nuclear program to international inspection. "Israel's security is

Phoenix police release 911 calls in terrorist hoax

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By WALTER BERRYAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Most of the people who saw a masked teenager wearing a sheet and armed with a grenade launcher told authorities they assumed the weapon was a fake as he pointed it at passing cars in northwest Phoenix, according to 911 calls released Thursday. All

Germany calls Berlusconi's euro exit plan 'absurd'

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BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Friday dismissed the idea of Germany abandoning the euro as "absurd," after Italy's ex-premier, Silvio Berlusconi, suggested such a move could help heavily indebted Mediterranean countries. Berlusconi, who stepped down as prime minister