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Calif condor couple lays egg at Pinnacles park (AP)

AP - Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument are celebrating the first condor egg laid by a mating pair inside the park boundaries in more than a century.

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Texas judge rescinds anti-death penalty ruling (AP)

AP - A Texas judge criticized for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional took back his controversial ruling Tuesday but scheduled a hearing for next month to hear evidence on the issue.

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Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter (AP)

AP - A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent’s campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem.
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Outside science academies to review warming panel (AP)

AP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.
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Analysis: Greece’s crisis could presage America’s (AP)

AP - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

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TV producer admits attempting Letterman shakedown (AP)

AP - A former television producer pressured by debt and riven by jealousy admitted Tuesday he tried to extract vengeance and money by shaking down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon’s affairs with staffers.

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Man who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty (AP)

AP - A lovesick graduate student from China who slipped under a rope barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport to say goodbye to his girlfriend, prompting a security breach and leading to worldwide flight delays, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge Tuesday and apologized publicly for the first time.

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Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security (AP)

AP - A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation’s security tracking system for foreigners who attend U.S. schools, experts said Tuesday.

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Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect (AP)

AP - A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist’s conclusion that the defendant had “significant predatory traits” toward underage girls and should be kept in prison for as long as possible.

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‘I do’ in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington (AP)

AP - One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” and kissed after the pastor pronounced them “legally married.”

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