Elaborate high school prom invites receive new name: Prom-posals

NEW YORK (AP) - Never mind a text that meekly asks "will u go 2 prom w/me?"

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3 FIGHT EXPLOSION OVER FACEBOOK THREATS: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Three eighth-graders from northwest Indiana who say they were expelled after joking on Facebook about which of their classmates they would like to kill asked a federal judge Wednesday to order the district to allow them to return to school.

Obama to kick off his first campaign rallies next week in Ohio & Virginia

Add kidneys to list of things that can be recycled

TSA defends pat-down of 4-year-old who become hysterical at Kansas airport

Young heart patient waiting for transplant taken from hospital found safe, dad arrested

NJ officer accused of luring 12-year-old girl

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ROMNEY EXPANDS LEAD: WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday with a five-state sweep of Republican presidential primaries.

Asteroids may yield mining of precious metals, cosmic riches

Immigration offers to delay deportation of 16,500 to concrete on deporting criminals

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TROOPERS SUSPENDED OVER CARAVAN 'ESCORT' REPORTS: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two New Jersey state troopers have been suspended without pay after being accused of escorting a caravan of high-performance cars on a 100-mph trip down the Garden State Parkway.

Appendix removal: Huge sticker shock in study

SEC files charges against ex-CalPERS CEO

Dangerous booby traps found on popular Utah trail; two arrested

Number of US illegal immigrants from Mexico drops by almost 900,000 people

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York

Fired Oregon officer: Alcoholism is disability

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

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Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Student's prom dress is one of a kind

Boston bomb suspect moved