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The agency's Open Source Center sometimes looks at 5 million tweets a day

McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park, CIA analysts who jokingly call themselves the "ninja librarians" are mining the mass of information people publish about themselves overseas, tracking everything from common public opinion to revolutions.

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He faces an FBI investigation into the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars in client money

WASHINGTON (AP) -- He set out to create a mini-Goldman Sachs. In the end, he built a mini-Lehman Brothers. Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's resignation Friday from the securities firm he led capped a week of high drama and swift failure.


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If found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, Conrad Murray could face four years in jail

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After six weeks of listening, jurors in the involuntary manslaughter case of Michael Jackson's doctor began deliberations Friday morning.


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After years of private complaints, American officials go public with accusations

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. intelligence officials accused China and Russia on Thursday of systematically stealing American high-tech data for their own national economic gain.


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James L. Bevel died while his appeal was pending

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Supreme Court has refused to throw out the incest conviction of a former Martin Luther King Jr. confidant who died while his appeal was pending.


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AP Exclusive: Agency says keeping tabs on social media builds real-time picture of sentiments in regions worldwide

McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.


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Organizers of general strike say violence and vandalism came from rogue band of troublemakers

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Emotions ran high as Occupy Wall Street supporters and public officials dealt with the aftermath of protests that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port before spiraling into chaos near the movement's downtown encampment.


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Claims Panera Bread district manager didn't want African American employees visible

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A white man claims he was fired as manager of a suburban Panera Bread shop for repeatedly having a black man work the cash register instead of putting him in a less visible location and having "pretty young girls" be the cashiers.


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Numbers underscore the breadth and scope of economic downturn

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high - 1 in 15 people - spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.


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Gerald McEntee's departure sets up heated contest to guide political powerhouse

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the nation's largest public employee union plans to step down, setting up a heated contest to guide a political powerhouse that has been among the biggest spenders in Democratic campaigns.


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