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Top CIA official investigated on corruption charges: report

The number three official at the CIA is the subject of an internal corruption investigation related to the bribery case of a US congressman, a US television network reported. The CIA inspector general has opened an investigation into the Central Intelligence Agency's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, ABC reported.

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Video Shows LA Gov. Blanco Saying Levees Intact

As Hurricane Katrina loomed over the Gulf Coast, federal and state officials agonized over the threat to levees and lives. Hours after the catastrophic storm hit, Louisiana's governor believed New Orleans' crucial floodwalls were still intact. "We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said shortly after noon on Aug. 29 the day the storm hit the Gulf coast. "We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee," she said on a video of the day's disaster briefing that was obtained Thursday night by The Associated Press. "I think we have not breached the levee at this time."

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He was a kid -- Somebody's son (video)

Family grieves over death at boot camp

The day before he left for a six-month stint at the Bay County Sheriff's boot camp, Martin Lee Anderson asked his 13-year-old sister for a favor. He had stacks of quarters, nickels and dimes on his television stand in his room. She was to take a coin from the stack every month he was gone, and when he returned June 27, tell him how much change was left. "She never got a chance to pick up one," said Martin's mother, Gina Jones.

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Jury Convicts Animal Welfare Activists

An animal-rights group and six members were convicted Thursday of using their Web site to incite threats, harassment and vandalism against a company that tests drugs and household products on animals.
The group, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, maintained its actions were protected under the First Amendment. The government charged that SHAC waged a five-year campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, posting on its Web site information about the lab's employees and those who do business with Huntingdon, including their home phone numbers, addresses and where their children attended school.

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Bush Warned Before Katrina

Video shows president assuring state leaders that his
administration was "fully prepared" to help.

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