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Phil Knight at JoePa event: Who's real trustee? (AP)

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Charles V. Pittman, senior vice president for publishing at Schurz Communications Inc., an Indiana-based company that owns television and radio stations and newspapers speaks at 'A Memorial for Joe' in honor of Joe Paterno at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa. Thursday Jan. 26, 2012. Pittman is a former player who has said he was in Paterno's first class and was the coach's first All-America running back. A capacity crowd of more than 12,000 packed Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center for one more tribute to Paterno, the Hall of Fame football coach who died Sunday from lung cancer. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation at Joe Paterno's public memorial Thursday for defending the late coach's response to an accusation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.


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Bin Laden raid commander plots global expansion (AP)

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AP - As traditional military operations are cut back, the Pentagon is moving to expand the worldwide reach of the U.S. Special Operations Command to strike back wherever threats arise. Read entire article...

Pa. carjack-hoax mom gets 8 years for $1M fraud (AP)

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FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Bonnie Sweeten, who claimed she and her daughter had been kidnapped but instead turned up at Walt Disney World, is escorted into a courthouse in Richboro, Pa. Sweeten was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in federal court in Philadelphia, to more than eight years in prison for a $1 million swindle. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - The in-vitro treatments. The suburban house. The lavish trips and dinners out.


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Calif. poised to vote on new 'clean car' regs (AP)

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Map shows states that have adopted California clean car standardsAP - The head of California's air quality board on Thursday called proposed rules that would require automakers to build less-polluting cars and trucks by 2025 a historic move for a cleaner environment.


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Maine poised for 2nd public vote on gay marriage (AP)

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Whitney Gifford, of Bucksport, Maine, leads a group of gay marriage supporters carrying signed petitions to the Secretary of State's office in Augusta, Maine on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Gay marriage supporters say they collected more than 105,000 signatures to force a second referendum on the issue. Maine is the only New England state that doesn't allow gay marriage or civil unions. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Gay rights activists in Maine, the only New England state that doesn't allow gay marriage or civil unions, moved Thursday toward forcing a second statewide vote on the marriage question, and their opponents say they'll be ready for a fight.


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NC Democratic Gov. Perdue won't seek re-election (AP)

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FILE -In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue wears a Freightliner hat as she smiles during a news conference at a Freightliner plant in Cleveland, N.C. Perdue, facing a hard fight for a second term, will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Facing sagging poll numbers, a campaign finance investigation and worries from fellow Democrats she would drag down candidates in a key battleground state, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Thursday she would not run for re-election this year.


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