3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison (AP)

AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.

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Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)

AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that’s said.

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Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)

AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn’t do it

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3 Americans jailed in Iran reunite with their moms (AP)

AP - Three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months embraced their mothers and spoke of their life in Tehran’s most dreaded prison Thursday in an emotional reunion that Iranian authorities broadcast on a main international channel.

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Mexico’s Calderon criticizes state immigration law (AP)

AP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon took his opposition to a new Arizona immigration law to Congress Thursday, saying it “ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree.”

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3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)

AP - Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexican city, including a U.S. couple shot to death within sight of the border with their baby in their back seat, officials said Sunday.

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Israeli apology gets cool reception in Washington (AP)

AP - Israel’s prime minister expressed regret Sunday for a crisis with the United States over plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem, even as American officials played down the apology and called for bold Israeli action to get peace efforts back on track.

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Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules (AP)

AP - The senator trying to rewrite the nation’s financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal.

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Dutch government collapses over Afghan mission (AP)

AP - The Dutch coalition government collapsed Saturday over whether to extend the country’s military mission in Afghanistan, leaving uncertain the future of its 1,600 soldiers fighting there.

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Gunmen kill 7 at Egypt church after Christmas Mass (AP)

AP - Three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of churchgoers in southern Egypt as they left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas, killing at least seven people in a drive-by shooting, the church bishop and security officials said.

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