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E-mail: Air marshals perceive discrimination, study will show

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 8:52pm MST

A 21-month investigation into allegations that the Federal Air Marshal Service has a hostile work environment -- rife with discrimination and retaliation -- has concluded that no "widespread" problem exists, according to an internal government e-mail obtained by CNN.
Search continues for missing South Carolina toddler

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:55pm MST

The search for missing South Carolina toddler Amir Jennings will not end until he is found or police know what happened to him, Columbia police Chief Randy Scott said Tuesday.
Top officials weren't behind botched gun probe, Democrats say

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 5:03pm MST

Democrats say a House committee has found no evidence showing that top Justice Department officials were behind a gun-trafficking investigation that let hundreds of high-powered weapons reach Mexican drug cartels.
Teacher accused of taking elementary student 'bondage' photos

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 4:56pm MST

A Los Angeles elementary school teacher allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths, investigators said Tuesday.
Bird flu data should be kept under wraps, science panel says

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 4:40pm MST

Details of a genetically altered strain of the deadly avian flu virus are "a grave concern" to public safety and should be kept under wraps, a federal advisory board declared Tuesday.
Prosecutors ask for out-of-county jury in Sandusky case

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 4:29pm MST

Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case asked Tuesday that jurors be selected from another county besides Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Ruling favors Halliburton indemnity claim in Gulf oil spill

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 3:28pm MST

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that Halliburton is not liable for the some of the compensatory damages sought by third parties in the worst oil spill in U.S. history, leaving BP responsible for the majority of those claims.
Workers treated for smoke inhalation after fire at NASCAR team shop

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 3:05pm MST

Employees were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in the machine shop at the Joe Gibbs Racing headquarters in North Carolina Tuesday, the team said in a statement.
Study: Segregation levels drop across U.S.; disparities persist

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:12pm MST

Segregation of African-Americans in cities and towns across the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a century, according to a recent study.
Reward offered in deaths of sea lions

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:48pm MST

The environmental group Sea Shepherd has offered a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for shooting at least a half-dozen sea lions in Washington's Puget Sound.
Florida interstate crashes 'horrendous,' victim says; 10 dead

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 11:39am MST

After the crashes stopped, Steven Camps said, all he could hear was the sound of crying as the air, heavy with smoke, shone red from vehicle fires.
Vergara, Upton 'most desirable'

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 10:06am MST

Looking at the world's most beautiful women, from actresses to musicians to models, AskMen.com wanted its users to consider one thing above all else: Would you date them?
Marine pleads guilty in hazing-suicide case, gets 30-day sentence

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 6:16am MST

A U.S. Marine accused of hazing a fellow Marine who later committed suicide in Afghanistan has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank at a court-martial in Hawaii.
Attorney General: Getting pardoned Mississippi murderers 'difficult'

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 5:29am MST

Getting the convicted murderers pardoned by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour back in prison is like "being on a manhunt with one arm tied behind my back," the state's attorney general said.
Why Viola Davis gets it right

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 3:55am MST

jimi izrael says the actress' role in "The Help" may be accused by some as playing to stereotypes of the black woman domestic, but in her hands becomes a powerful and transcendent depiction.
Deadline passes; Occupy DC remains

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 1:42am MST

Living in a public park as a means of protest is not protected by the First Amendment, a federal judge said Tuesday in rejecting an Occupy DC demonstrator's request to keep park police from enforcing a ban on camping.
Psychiatrist says Hinckley has had risky romances

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 1:29am MST

Hearings to determine whether John Hinckley Jr. should be granted more visits to his mother's home enter their 10th day Tuesday, a day after a psychiatrist questioned risky romantic relationships the presidential assailant had engaged in.
Texas community trucks in water to stem shortage

Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:35am MST

A small central Texas community has begun trucking in thousands of gallons of water to avoid running dry during the state's historic drought, a water official said.