Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting (AP)

AP - A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

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AP sources: Suicide bomber invited on base (AP)

AP - The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees and wounded six more at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.

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US scanners went unused at Nigeria airport (AP)

AP - The U.S. gave Nigeria four full-body scanners for its international airports in 2008 to detect explosives and drugs, but none were used on the man suspected trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, Nigerian officials say

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Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen (AP)

AP - As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family’s furniture store.

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Finnish police: Mall gunman believed dead (AP)

AP - Finnish police say they have found a body believed to be the gunman who killed four people in a shopping center in the city of Espoo.

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AP-GfK Poll: Americans seek silver lining in 2010 (AP)

AP - The bank account is thin, but the future looks pretty good.

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Rush Limbaugh admitted to Honolulu hospital (AP)

AP - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is resting comfortably in a Hawaii hospital after suffering chest pains while on vacation, his radio program says.

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Obama to receive prelim report on airline attack (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama is to receive a preliminary report Thursday on how a 23-year-old Nigerian with suspected terrorist ties managed to board a plane he is accused of attempting to bomb on Christmas Day, along with recommendations on how to prevent a sequel.

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13 state AGs threaten suit over health care deal (AP)

AP - Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska’s political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday.

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8 Americans, 5 Canadians dead in Afghan attacks (AP)

AP - A suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan’s volatile east killed eight American civilians, U.S. officials said, the worst loss of life for Americans in the country since October. Four Canadian soldiers and a journalist were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s west, NATO said.

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