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Twitter unveils tool to share tweeting locations

A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter users the option of including their location with the assorted musings posted on the Internet messaging service.

NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases

Most of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

ACLU sues private prison company

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Idaho prison officials and a major private prison company for more than $155 million over high levels of inmate violence at the Idaho Correctional Center.

Live, from New York, it's ... Betty White hosting 'SNL'

Facebook has gotten Betty White the gig she never asked for: host of Saturday Night Live.

Miss. prom canceled after lesbian's date request

A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event.

Women pilots who contributed to WW2 efforts are honored

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In Washington today more than a thousand women who made history in the Air Force received the nation's highest civilian honor: The Congressional Gold Medal.

Standard nationwide guidelines for math and English instruction being developed

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Backers are calling them long overdue and critical to our economy: National education standards.

Another hearing today after a week of harrowing stories from Toyota drivers

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Prius Owner James Sikes said, "When you are doing 94 mph and you are going around curves and you are missing cars it's not a plaything."

Kansas City, Mo., faces mass school closures

Administrators say the closures are necessary to keep the district from plowing through what little is left of the $2 billion it received as part of a groundbreaking desegregation case.

Homes damaged, 4 injured, in Arkansas tornadoes

Forecasters have said moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream racing over Tornado Alley could contribute to a rapid uptick in violent storms.

Airlines launch 2-day summer airfare sale

Some steep discounts are available to air travelers in the next two days in what one industry analyst calls "the first big summer fare sale" of the year.

Lag time in tracing tainted food puts kids at risk

Food director Jackie Anderson didn't get word last month until it was too late - after students in the Arlington (Texas) Independent School District already had eaten tacos filled with beef that should have been destroyed.

Firing teachers: First step to reform or useless effort?

Is the wholesale firing of teachers and administrators at an underperforming Rhode Island high school just the kind of get-tough intervention students need? Or is it an unproven, risky disaster waiting to happen?

Bank of America to deny debit card overdrafts

In a significant policy reversal, the USA's largest bank will stop letting customers overdraw their checking accounts with one-time debit card transactions.

Rove: 'Tea Party' may be risk to GOP

Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's presidency, says the "Tea Party" movement could have lasting influence in the nation's politics if it remains decentralized but could hurt Republicans if it backs third-party candidates who siphon votes from GOP candidates.

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