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Woman shot by homeowner faces trespassing charge

A 21-year-old Colorado woman who was shot in the hip by a homeowner after police said she drunkenly wandered into a house now faces a felony trespassing charge, prosecutors said.
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National AP

CIA remembers those lost in covert operations

CIA Memorial Wall

The CIA is remembering those lost in the hidden, often dangerous world of espionage, adding a new star to the intelligence agency's memorial wall and more than a dozen names to its hallowed Book of Honor.
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Washington AP

Rebel groups merge in Mali, agree on Islamic state

The two rebel groups that seized control of the northern half of Mali announced Saturday that they have agreed to fuse their movements and work together to create an independent Islamic state on the territory they occupy, a signatory to the agreement said.
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World AP

FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim

Obama

The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since the Eisenhower years.
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Elections AP

AP Photos: Americans honor troops for Memorial Day

APTOPIX Arkansas Daily Life

Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed flags on 42,000 graves. In Little Rock, Ark, a 4-year-old girl fills her arms with flags to place on graves.
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National AP

Peru taxi explodes in Chile minefield near border

Chilean army bomb specialists on Saturday pulled what was left of a Peruvian taxi out of a minefield where at least one person was killed in an explosion the night before.
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World AP

Obama on the defensive on spending, debt

Debt Politics

Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a "prairie fire of debt" and Obama calling the charge a "cowpie of distortion." House Speaker John Boehner is talking about a debt ceiling that is still more than eight months away.
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Washington AP

Break in Patz brings hope, tears to other families

Still Missing

After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of "closure."
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National AP

In Cairo's City of the Dead, election brings hope

APTOPIC Mideast Egypt City Of The Dead

As Egyptians took part in the country's first free presidential election, residents of one of Cairo's poorest quarters expressed hope that a new leader would help them with a simple request - finding a new home.
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World AP

Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history

Leakey Evolution

Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history.
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Science AP

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