States
Bail denied Pa. woman accused of killing FBI agent
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:23am
AP - A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband’s arrest on cocaine-dealing charges.
AP NewsBreak: Eatery in E. coli outbreak to reopen
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:15am
AP - State health officials and a northeastern Oklahoma restaurant at the center of this summer’s deadly E. coli outbreak have signed an agreement to reopen the eatery, even though officials have never pinpointed the source of the contamination.
3 airports opening new runways amid economic woes
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:42am
AP - Alarm in the aviation industry over a projected 10 percent drop in domestic flights this winter hasn’t derailed plans to open multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports Thursday.
Ark. police close probe in Democratic killing
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:52am
AP - City and state police have closed their investigations into last summer’s shooting of Arkansas’ Democratic Party chairman without offering an explanation of why the attack occurred.
States disagree greatly on Amber Alert criteria
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:38am
AP - Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases across the country as success stories when they start explaining why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so important.
Gay advocates upset at shelving of Chicago school
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 4:41am
AP - As far as Miguel Garcia is concerned, Chicago already has a gay high school. Jones College Prep, where the 16-year-old is a junior, has the city’s largest Gay Straight Alliance, an organization of more than 100 students that he and other members say wields considerable influence at their downtown campus.
Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won’t drift away
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:55am
AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check all their tethers to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn’t float away like one did earlier this week.
NY jury convicts wealthy arms dealer of conspiracy
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:07am
AP - A Manhattan jury has convicted a wealthy arms dealer of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who supposedly were supplying terrorists willing to kill Americans.
Young murder suspect can spend holiday with mother
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 9:55am
AP - An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a move that drew criticism from the family of the second victim.
Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 12:17am
AP - California’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state’s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.
Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 12:20am
AP - A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.
NJ inmates vs. Princeton students: Prison chess
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 8:28pm
AP - David Wang is a young man who’s clearly going places. The Princeton University sophomore is gifted with a brilliant mind, a movie-star smile and an understated self-confidence.
Upstate NY dad drowns saving 2 sons after crash
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 7:13pm
AP - A man whose car slid off a snowy road and into a 12-foot-deep pond saved the two sons he had been driving home but could not save himself, police said.
30-day age limit for Neb. safe-haven law advances
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 6:24pm
AP - A 30-day age limit in the Nebraska safe-haven law appears headed for final approval. The state Legislature voted 41-6 Wednesday to give second-round approval to the limit. A final vote is expected Friday and then the bill will go to Gov. Dave Heineman, who has said he would support a 30-day age limit.
Prospect of sewers strikes horror in rustic Malibu
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:54pm
AP - “Sewer” has always been a dirty word in this celebrity-studded community, which has avoided the sprawl that pervades much of the Southern California coast in part because it has refused to install the plumbing for it.
Files show Md. police watched variety of activists
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:31pm
AP - Surveillance of anti-death penalty protesters and other activists by the Maryland State Police was broader and went on longer than previously disclosed, according to files that were turned over by police to dozens of activists who were improperly labeled as terrorists.
Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va.
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 6:22pm
AP - Global poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday it has suspended a supervisor and would investigate a video released by an animal rights group that appears to show horrific abuse of turkeys at the company’s West Virginia farms.
Dead teen’s mom testifies in cyberbullying trial
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 6:48am
AP - Tina Meier often sat with her daughter while she was online to ensure nothing fishy was happening. Lori Drew wanted to find out what kind of nasty rumors were being spread about her daughter.
Grassy knoll couple recall Kennedy assassination
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:55pm
AP - It seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times — how the crack of an assassin’s bullet struck the president just a few feet from where they stood.
Airport workers program stresses how to de-stress
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:13pm
AP - An irate traveler once raised his hand threateningly at Kaisy Belfon when told a flight was overbooked. Another petulant passenger tossed a piece of luggage at her.
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