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"Explosive" at California airport found to be honey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities shut down a California airport on Tuesday after a suspicious amber liquid in a passenger's bag tested positive for explosives -- only to ultimately determine that the substance was honey.
Retail sectors saw growth in December: SpendingPulse
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. retailers largely saw a strong finish to the 2009 holiday season even though sales fell at apparel chains and department stores in December, according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse.
New Jersey makes last-minute bid for gay marriage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's state Senate will vote on legalizing same-sex marriage this week, officials announced on Tuesday, in a race against the clock before a new governor who opposes the measure takes office.
Schwarzenegger readies California budget plan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger will lay out plans for his last year as California's governor this week under pressure to close a $21 billion budget shortfall and fundamentally change how the state is run.
Obama says bomb attempt an intelligence "screw-up"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner was a potentially disastrous "screw up" by the intelligence community, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday as he vowed urgent action to tighten air security. | Video
U.S. judge upholds most limits on tobacco marketing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge upheld much of a sweeping federal law limiting the marketing of cigarettes through sponsorships and on merchandise, in a ruling tobacco opponents claimed as a victory.
UBS whistleblower seeks probe of government lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for the whistleblower who helped in the U.S. tax probe of Swiss bank UBS AG asked the government on Tuesday to probe Justice Department lawyers for allegedly making false statements about his case.
Allen Stanford appeals bail decision again
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford's lawyers on Tuesday asked an appeals court for the second time to review a judge's decision denying the accused swindler bail.
U.S. pilot in botched Bay of Pigs invasion dies
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A Central Intelligence Agency pilot who flew in the failed U.S.-backed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba died of cancer on Tuesday, his family said.
Study figures best job in 2010 is ... actuary
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Being an actuary, calculating statistics to determine probability and risk, is the best job to have in 2010, while working on an oil rig as a roustabout is the worst, according to a study released on Tuesday.
The Underwear Bomber and the idea war
All the talk about hunting down those responsible for attacks on the U.S. has a familiar ring. Commentary
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