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Culver: More spending cuts are coming

DES MOINES -- Gov. Chet Culver signaled Thursday that more spending cuts and government streamlining likely will be coming as early as this fall to meet the budget challenges posed by a prolonged recession.

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Division champ Wichita edges X’s, 4-3

WICHITA, Kan. -- It didn't matter that Patrick Brooks was called out on the throw to home plate in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night.

Phil Jackson says he'll return to Lakers

LOS ANGELES - Phil Jackson will return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season, getting a clean bill of health following a record championship season.

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Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home

LOS ANGELES - The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.

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Iowa court reverses conviction in puppy killing

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed an animal neglect conviction against a man who killed a puppy with a samurai sword.

Nebraska judge strikes down Medicaid rule

LINCOLN -- Nebraska has been wrongfully denying Medicaid coverage to hundreds of low-income residents whom state officials argued did not work enough to comply with a welfare-to-work program, a judge has ruled.

S.D. court OKs new trial in decade-old killing

PIERRE, S.D. -- A man convicted of beating another man to death with a hammer after having sex with him for money must get a new trial because a key witness was later found to have lied in an unrelated case, South Dakota's Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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Palin resigning as Alaska governor

WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why she plans to step down _ throwing into question whether she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

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Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout

NEW YORK - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people _ the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

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Finally, justice, at last. White-collar thieves are just as dangerous and evil as any other criminal and their victims are just as scarred for life. They use education, prestige and trust to kill and maim as good as any gun or club.

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We're losing our freedoms

SUTHERLAND, Iowa -- The “TEA parties” are not just about taxes, they are about freedom.  There are many who are very concerned about the direction the government has been taking us. Who would have thought that we would ever see the day when the president would fire the CEO of General Motors?  Thanks to our senator, Charles Grassley, we know about the arbitrary firing of Gerald Walpin, the inspector general of AmeriCorps, and Fred Weiderhold, Amtrak inspector general — the hope and change we were promised is turning out to be coverup and despair.

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Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife leaves

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NEW YORK -- Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press.

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