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  1. AP IMPACT: Inside an Indonesian prison, convicted terrorists nurture radical jihad. http://apne.ws/lubUHK -MM 11 minutes ago via CoTweet
  2. #Royal Invasion: William, Kate off to Canada, California for first overseas tour as married couple: http://apne.ws/kvdrjV -JM about 3 hours ago via CoTweet
  3. New #college cost reports allow students and parents to compare schools, track tuition hikes: http://apne.ws/mO8iKR -JM about 4 hours ago via CoTweet
  4. Cybersecurity experts say jihadist web forum popular with al-Qaida was knocked off Internet: http://apne.ws/igsFUm -MM about 5 hours ago via CoTweet
  5. Cybersecurity experts say Jihidist web forum popular with al-Qaida was knocked off Internet. http://apne.ws/igsFUm -MM about 5 hours ago via CoTweet
  6. Rhode Island Senate passes bill allowing same-sex civil unions; governor says he'll sign http://apne.ws/mDtVMe -CC about 8 hours ago via CoTweet
  7. After 6 years in the fast lane, hybrid drivers lose special privileges on California freeways http://apne.ws/mqv4tF -CC about 8 hours ago via CoTweet
  8. Justin Timberlake part of group buying MySpace, a bid to add some cool to the social network http://apne.ws/ki9JEG -CC about 9 hours ago via CoTweet
  9. Astronomers discover brightest, earliest quasar ever; light took 13 billion years to hit Earth http://apne.ws/mzCB4G -CC about 9 hours ago via CoTweet
  10. Israeli scholars say 2,000-year-old burial box linked to Bible's high priest is genuine http://apne.ws/kDlOup -CC about 10 hours ago via CoTweet
  11. Weed whacker inventor George Ballas, known as the "Weed King," dies at 85 http://apne.ws/inQabn -CC about 10 hours ago via CoTweet
  12. Judge rules that prison officials can forcibly medicate Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner http://apne.ws/jkvcVp -CC about 11 hours ago via CoTweet
  13. Tiger blood? Actor Charlie Sheen tells @SInow he took steroids while filming 1989 movie "Major League:" http://apne.ws/l60HDb -CW about 12 hours ago via CoTweet
  14. Officials say wildfire threatening Los Alamos, N.M., lab has grown but not affecting radioactive material: http://apne.ws/irPKFv -CW about 12 hours ago via CoTweet
  15. Safety experts worried after truckers hauling July 4th holiday fireworks get OK to stay on road longer: http://apne.ws/kYQmQA -CW about 12 hours ago via CoTweet
  16. RT @AP_NFL: #NFL lockout already hurting fantasy football companies. @oskargarcia has the details: http://apne.ws/lgoPXf about 13 hours ago via CoTweet
  17. RT @APStylebook No comma before conjunction in simple series: The flag is red, white and blue. Do use a comma in complex series. about 13 hours ago via CoTweet
  18. AP VIDEO: Days after NY state legalizes same-sex marriage, Obama stops short of endorsing gay nuptials: http://apne.ws/jMJVe2 -CW about 14 hours ago via CoTweet
  19. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" launches with $13.5M domestically, down $3.1M from previous installment: http://apne.ws/jBs3JR -CW about 14 hours ago via CoTweet
  20. Federal panel: Best-selling cancer drug in the world, Avastin, isn't effective in treating breast cancer: http://apne.ws/mNvIkv -CW about 15 hours ago via CoTweet
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