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U.S. evacuation from Egypt to begin
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CAIRO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The first wave of foreigners left Egypt Monday amid growing fears for public safety, the U.S. State Department said.

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Trash firm fights immigrant death claim
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HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A garbage disposal company is fighting a Houston worker's wrongful death judgment on the grounds he would have been deported.

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Axelrod prepares for 2012 campaign
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WASHINGTON, Minn., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- David Axelrod, President Obama's political strategist, heads to Chicago to rev up Obama's re-election operation -- but first, some down time, he said.

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Church settles sex abuse suit for $1M
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SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A settlement of almost $1 million was reached with the Catholic Church in a sex-abuse lawsuit against a Texas priest, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported.

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Lawsuits follow big Michigan oil spill
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Six months after a large spill in Michigan, the oil is cleaned up but lawsuits and complaints remain, lawyers say.

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Jail inmates kept naked sue Ga. sheriff
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ROME, Ga., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Two jail inmates are suing a Georgia sheriff for being kept naked in a cell block for 12 hours.

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Marine claims of water safety disputed
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A watchdog agency is challenging U.S. Marine Corps claims that water pollution at Camp Lejeune, N.C., is not dangerous.

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Assad: Arab world must reform
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Syria will make political changes because the Egyptian, Tunisian and Yemeni protests are ushering in a "new era," Syrian President Bashar Assad said.

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Bush-era GOP flaws said to spark Tea Party
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The Tea Party movement is a result of GOP failures under the George W. Bush presidency, the Virginia Tea Party Patriots head and a U.S. Senate candidate said.

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Florida mom accused of murder back in jail
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TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A Florida woman accused of shooting her two children to death was out of the hospital and back in jail Sunday, authorities said.

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Tuskegee Airmen to speak at museum
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NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Two surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen say they will recount their experiences at Virginia's MacArthur Memorial museum as part of Black History Month.

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Israel closely monitoring Egypt
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Israel is closely monitoring the anti-government protests in Egypt, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at Sunday's Cabinet meeting.

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Jets buzz Cairo as protests continue
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CAIRO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Egyptian fighters roared over Cairo Sunday as the former defense minister again appealed for demonstrators to observe a curfew that has been largely ignored.

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Egypt protesters supported
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CAIRO, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak named a vice president Saturday as protests against his autocratic rule erupted for a fifth day.

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Kucinich settles olive pit lawsuit
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, says he has settled a suit filed against a Capitol complex cafeteria over an olive pit.

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