AP Poll shows hopeful mood despite debt and job worries
AP-Gfk poll finds 48 percent believe the nation is on the right track amid rising debt totals and stimulus hopes in Obama's first 100 days. Separate items report Chavez Levy case, Rivier a Beach pants ban overturned, and seven California Texas swine flu cases with human to human transmission noted by the CDC.
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National Center For Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Secret tally puts Iraqi deaths over one hundred thousand
The government tallies 87,215 Iraqi deaths from violence since 2005, with AP verification showing more than 110,600 violent deaths since the 2003 invasion. The figure excludes indirect deaths and notes possible undercount due to missing records and chaos.
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Farhan Haq
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Prosecuting Torture Memo Authors Faces Legal Hurdles
Legal experts say proving that John Yoo Jay Bybee or Steven Bradbury knowingly violated torture laws would be difficult as they argue those lawyers may have given poor but not criminally liable advice. They also question charging mid level staff while top officials who authorized actions escape prosecution. Senate Republicans urge Obama to avoid criminal prosecutions of Bush era lawyers.
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Steven Bradbury
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Arizona
Barack Obama
Bush
Prosecution weighs charges in quad daughter death
Genesee County prosecutors consider felony murder or lesser charges against 39 year old Lorrie Thomas of Flint after Shylea Myra Thomas nine was found dead in a storage unit near Flint. Detectives say the girl had been kept out of school and unseen for about six weeks as authorities gather autopsy results and evidence.
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Thomas
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Vienna Township
Mich
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