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Group: Concern over upcoming election
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Insurgent attacks on candidates and Afghanistan's inability to guarantee safety for voters will damage an upcoming election, a watchdog group says.
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Obama discusses Koran-burning, economy
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A Florida pastor's Koran burning Saturday could lead to violence against U.S. troops overseas and become a recruiting tool for terrorists, President Obama said.
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Suspected militants killed in drone attack
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Six people were killed in a suspected U.S. drone attack in Pakistan near its border with Afghanistan, military officials said.
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Pastor plans to burn Koran despite appeal
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The pastor of a Gainesville, Fla., church says he'll burn at least one Koran Saturday, despite meeting with the imam of the Islamic Society of Central Florida.
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ACLU seeks federal probe of Newark police
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NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Newark, N.J., police persist in abusing the public under Mayor Cory Booker, earning public distrust, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
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Clinton: Mexican drug war like insurgency
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday likened drug cartel operations in Mexico and Central America to an insurgency.
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'State secrets' win in rendition lawsuit
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has tossed a lawsuit challenging a practice known as extraordinary rendition, finding national security trumps the right to a fair trial.
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Laser backpack measures interiors
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BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A portable laser backpack than can produce fast, automatic and realistic 3-D mapping of difficult interior environments has been developed, officials say.
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Canada's oldest mayor running again
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Hazel McCallion is 89 years old, has been mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, for 32 years and says she's not done yet.
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No bail for veteran in hostage-taking
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- An Iraq War veteran was ordered held without bond at an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges he took hostages at a Georgia Army hospital.
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California court hears furlough arguments
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Members of the California Supreme Court Wednesday challenged the claim that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not have the authority to furlough state employees.
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Runaway Muslim teen gets green card
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Rifqa Bary, the teenager who ran away from her Muslim parents in Ohio after becoming a Christian, has received a green card, her lawyer says.
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Rodney King to marry civil case juror
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Rodney King, whose beating by the Los Angeles police became a national scandal, says he plans to marry a woman who served in the jury in his civil suit.
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Mom of slain grad student may sue Yale
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The mother of a Yale graduate student allegedly killed by a lab technician may sue the university, a lawyer said Wednesday at a hearing in Connecticut.
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New York denies fault in illness breakout
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- New York says a "sprayground" water feature in a state park was not at fault when 4,000 people were allegedly sickened by a parasite in the recycled water.
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