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• California watchdog group says nursing assistants with revoked licenses still found work (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  LOS ANGELES - A California watchdog group says nursing assistants who lost their certification still found work caring for the elderly.

• Police blame computer glitch for dozens of mistaken visits to elderly NYC couple (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  NEW YORK - New York City police are blaming a computer glitch for dozens of mistaken visits to an elderly couple's Brooklyn home. World War II veteran Walter Martin and his 82-year-old wife, Rose, say police have come looking for criminals at their house about 50 times in the past eight years.

• Plea of Pa. woman dubbed 'Jihad Jane' makes her rare US woman facing possible terror trial (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  PHILADELPHIA - If the woman dubbed "Jihad Jane" goes on trial, she would become just the second American woman tried on U.S. soil on terrorism charges — and the first accused of directly working toward a Muslim holy war.

• Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot in health bill (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  WASHINGTON - Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota. Democrats unveiling revisions Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making.

• Elderly NYC residents say police have gone to the wrong address — theirs — about 50 times (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

  NEW YORK - An elderly Brooklyn couple say they're tired of hearing the phrase, "Police! Open up!" World War II veteran Walter Martin and his 82-year-old wife, Rose, said police have come looking for criminals at their house about 50 times in the past eight years. It's not clear why.