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WEBER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_NURSE_TRIAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_HOOD_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:05 GMT By ANGELA K. BROWN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_HOOD_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HIGH_SCHOOL_ARRESTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say five male students have been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery after two ninth-grade girls were attacked at a Long Beach high school.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:17:40 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HIGH_SCHOOL_ARRESTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OREGON_ROAD_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) -- A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:17:03 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OREGON_ROAD_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine (AP) -- Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:09 GMT By ARTHUR MAX http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CLIMATE_09_HOT_AIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STALINS_GRANDSON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON, Conn. (AP) -- Newly arrived in Moscow on his first foreign assignment, Associated Press correspondent George Krimsky sensed he had a sensational Cold War scoop on his hands and he pounced.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:14:03 GMT By LARRY HEINZERLING http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STALINS_GRANDSON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RHODES_SCHOLARS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:10:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RHODES_SCHOLARS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ATLANTIC_CITY_BOARDWALK_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Officials say a three-alarm fire on the boardwalk in Atlantic City has been declared under control.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:48:27 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ATLANTIC_CITY_BOARDWALK_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_UNIVERSITY_FEES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Dozens of protesters are occupying the main administrative building at University of California, Santa Cruz in the third straight day of protest over fee hikes and cuts to campus services.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:36:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_UNIVERSITY_FEES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIDEN_IOWA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:17:51 GMT By MIKE GLOVER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIDEN_IOWA?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUBWAY_STABBING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:17:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUBWAY_STABBING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CABLE_CAR_TROUBLE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities say four people were hurt when one of San Francisco's historic cable cars jarred to a sudden stop while traveling through downtown.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:14:48 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CABLE_CAR_TROUBLE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEA_LION_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities arrested a Sacramento fisherman Saturday in connection to shooting a sea lion in the head.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:58:32 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEA_LION_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_BRIEFLY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Democrats seal 60-vote majority to advance health care bill; Landrieu, Lincoln to vote 'yes'... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_BRIEFLY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_BENNING_SUSPICIOUS_PACKAGE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) -- A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:41:09 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FORT_BENNING_SUSPICIOUS_PACKAGE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RIPPLES_OF_WAR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:03:20 GMT By SHARON COHEN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RIPPLES_OF_WAR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_911_MENTAL_HEALTH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:30:53 GMT By LISA RATHKE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_911_MENTAL_HEALTH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCARED_TO_DEATH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:38:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCARED_TO_DEATH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIFTED_EDUCATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ATLANTA (AP) -- When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:32 GMT By DORIE TURNER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIFTED_EDUCATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SANTAS_MAIL_CANCELED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:31:45 GMT By RACHEL D'ORO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SANTAS_MAIL_CANCELED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAIPAN_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:16 GMT By GEMMA CASAS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAIPAN_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEATHERPAGE_WEATHER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Heavy rains was forecast to continue over the Gulf States on Saturday while the Pacific Northwest was expected to see scattered precipitation.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:15 GMT By WEATHER UNDERGROUND http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEATHERPAGE_WEATHER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEARCY_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, court documents said Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:52:49 GMT By JON GAMBRELL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEARCY_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PORN_MOGULS_SON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:35:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PORN_MOGULS_SON?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_FORT_BRAGG?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22:15 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_FORT_BRAGG?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEFRAUDED_CHURCHES_PROBE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:20:41 GMT By ROBERT JABLON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEFRAUDED_CHURCHES_PROBE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIRL_DISAPPEARS_NC?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:18:26 GMT By ALYSIA PATTERSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIRL_DISAPPEARS_NC?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAR_HITS_CROWD?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) -- A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:15:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAR_HITS_CROWD?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INTERNET_SUICIDE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:35:03 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INTERNET_SUICIDE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MAUI_SPY_CASE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HONOLULU (AP) -- A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial, a federal prosecutor asserted Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:35 GMT By HERBERT A. SAMPLE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MAUI_SPY_CASE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Nao Takasugi... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:42 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ARIZONA_MOBILE_HOME_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PHOENIX (AP) -- A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:35:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ARIZONA_MOBILE_HOME_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIZARD_SMUGGLING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:50 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIZARD_SMUGGLING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHILDREN_SEX_ASSAULT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PHOENIX (AP) -- The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:48:51 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHILDREN_SEX_ASSAULT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_JOHNSTON_ARREST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The mother of the man former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:37:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_JOHNSTON_ARREST?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SACRAMENTO_MAYOR_INVESTIGATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:36:10 GMT By JULIET WILLIAMS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SACRAMENTO_MAYOR_INVESTIGATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_US_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:05:34 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_US_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ_US_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT As of Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at least 4,364 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:59:15 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ_US_DEATHS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BURNING_BUS_RESCUE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BURNING_BUS_RESCUE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COURTHOUSE_KICKBACKS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:17 GMT By MARK SCOLFORO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COURTHOUSE_KICKBACKS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YELLOWSTONE_SNOWMOBILES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:47 GMT By BEN NEARY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YELLOWSTONE_SNOWMOBILES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MO_STORE_SCUFFLE_RACE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16:49 GMT By JIM SALTER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MO_STORE_SCUFFLE_RACE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OFF_DUTY_OFFICER_SLAIN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -- Police say they have arrested a third person in the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in his garage.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:13:24 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OFF_DUTY_OFFICER_SLAIN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BORDER_AGENT_SHOT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:54 GMT By ELLIOT SPAGAT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BORDER_AGENT_SHOT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PISTOL_PACKING_TEACHER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs the gun for protection from her former husband.... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:56:52 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PISTOL_PACKING_TEACHER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSOURI_GIRL_SLAIN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:05 GMT By DAVID A. LIEB http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSOURI_GIRL_SLAIN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW DELHI (AP) -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:11:16 GMT By RAVI NESSMAN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARINES_MENTAL_HEALTH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:59:06 GMT By KEVIN MAURER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARINES_MENTAL_HEALTH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAIN_STATION_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:49 GMT By PAUL ELIAS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRAIN_STATION_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OK_OKLAHOMA_FIRE_BODIES_FOUND?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A former Marine has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse."... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:48:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OK_OKLAHOMA_FIRE_BODIES_FOUND?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STORE_SCUFFLE_RACE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- A jury is deliberating the fate of a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers in Missouri... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:45 GMT By JIM SALTER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STORE_SCUFFLE_RACE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_IRAN_RIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:35 GMT By EDITH M. LEDERER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_IRAN_RIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TERRORISM_INVESTIGATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MIAMI (AP) -- The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:11 GMT By CURT ANDERSON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TERRORISM_INVESTIGATION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLLEGE_GRADUATION_FITNESS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:52:33 GMT By KATHY MATHESON http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COLLEGE_GRADUATION_FITNESS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BASE_CLOSING_LAST_FLIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:53 GMT By DAVID SHARP http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BASE_CLOSING_LAST_FLIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GOVERNOR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:52 GMT By JIM DAVENPORT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GOVERNOR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_PENALTY_OHIO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:24 GMT By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_PENALTY_OHIO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AGING_NUCLEAR_WEAPONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:41:19 GMT By SUE MAJOR HOLMES http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AGING_NUCLEAR_WEAPONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIULIANI_RETURNS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star - Sept. 11.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:15:51 GMT By SARA KUGLER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIULIANI_RETURNS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DIOCESE_BANKRUPTCY_ABUSERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:59 GMT By RANDALL CHASE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DIOCESE_BANKRUPTCY_ABUSERS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONVICTION_THROWN_OUT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:05 GMT By JENNIFER PELTZ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONVICTION_THROWN_OUT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITIA_REVIVAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NIKISKI, Alaska (AP) -- Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:37 GMT By RACHEL D'ORO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITIA_REVIVAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOT_CAR_DEATH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:29 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOT_CAR_DEATH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INDIANAPOLIS_SLAYINGS_SENTENCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INDIANAPOLIS_SLAYINGS_SENTENCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TASERED_GIRL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT OZARK, Ark. (AP) -- The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer's use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TASERED_GIRL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EMERGENCY_LANDING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BETHEL, Alaska (AP) -- An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska's Bering Sea coast.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:14 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EMERGENCY_LANDING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BISON_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT AVALON, Calif. (AP) -- Birth control for bison?... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:32 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BISON_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BABYS_ASHES_STOLEN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) -- An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:09 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BABYS_ASHES_STOLEN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_ACADEMIES_MINORITIES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:54 GMT By BRIAN WITTE http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_ACADEMIES_MINORITIES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANIMAL_RESCUE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PLEASANT HILL, Mo. (AP) -- A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:13 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANIMAL_RESCUE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_ACADEMIES_GLANCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT A list of congressional districts with the fewest military academy nominations for the classes of 2009 to 2013, the officeholders and the total nominations they have made. All 20 are Democrats from districts where whites make up less than half the population, and all but two of the districts include major urban areas.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:31:08 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_ACADEMIES_GLANCE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL_SAN_FRANCISCO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program - seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:45:42 GMT By JULIANA BARBASSA http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL_SAN_FRANCISCO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LANDSLIDE_FISH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NILE, Wash. (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41:44 GMT By SHANNON DININNY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LANDSLIDE_FISH?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DA_VINCI_EXHIBIT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:34 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DA_VINCI_EXHIBIT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_NORTH_KOREA_RIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:27:15 GMT By EDITH M. LEDERER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UN_NORTH_KOREA_RIGHTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_BRAZIL_CUSTODY_BATTLE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man who's been battling in Brazilian courts to get custody of his 9-year-old son is scheduled to testify before a congressional human rights panel in Washington.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:58:17 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_BRAZIL_CUSTODY_BATTLE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_EDITORIAL_RDP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:37:45 GMT By The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AP_EDITORIAL_RDP?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COATESVILLE_ARSONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) -- A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:06 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COATESVILLE_ARSONS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AL_QAIDA_SUSPECT_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:28 GMT By LARRY NEUMEISTER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AL_QAIDA_SUSPECT_SHOOTING?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_EXECUTION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Inmate Robert Lee Thompson was executed Thursday evening for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after the Texas governor rejected a parole board's recommendation to spare him because he wasn't the gunman.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:10:40 GMT By MICHAEL GRACZYK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEXAS_EXECUTION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BALTIMORE_MAYOR_TRIAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT BALTIMORE (AP) -- A judge in Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's theft trial told jurors they must stop deliberating and asking questions after he dismisses them for the day.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:25 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BALTIMORE_MAYOR_TRIAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAILOR_CONFESSION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday.... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:12:17 GMT By LARRY O'DELL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAILOR_CONFESSION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BANK_ROBBERY_COLORADO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) -- A shootout left two bank robbery suspects dead and two police officers wounded Thursday in suburban Denver, police said.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:54:52 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BANK_ROBBERY_COLORADO?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TERROR_TRIAL_LAWYER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Promising "you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her prison term after a New York appeals court upheld her conviction.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:40 GMT By LARRY NEUMEISTER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TERROR_TRIAL_LAWYER?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUCK_IN_CHAIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:37 GMT By JEFFREY COLLINS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUCK_IN_CHAIR?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FAMILY_SEX_CRIMES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Several family members who say they were sexually abused as children by adult relatives remember being taken to various locations and photographed with naked men, police investigators said in a search warrant released Thursday.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:35:18 GMT By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FAMILY_SEX_CRIMES?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TROUBLED_HOSPITAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California's public university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:34:58 GMT By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TROUBLED_HOSPITAL?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOUTHERN_TENNESSEE_SLAYINGS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A man charged with fatally stabbing and beating six people in Tennessee and Alabama asked a responding deputy to let him hug his 4-year-old daughter - the only person spared in the attack, the deputy testified Thursday.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:32:15 GMT By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOUTHERN_TENNESSEE_SLAYINGS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSING_SOMALIS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Another man has been indicted on terrorism charges in a federal investigation into the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight in Somalia.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:20:51 GMT By AMY FORLITI http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSING_SOMALIS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_BANNING_BLASPHEMY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GENEVA (AP) -- Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery - essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:56:26 GMT By FRANK JORDANS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_BANNING_BLASPHEMY?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEEN_SET_ON_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Three teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old south Florida boy on fire have pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:54:28 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEEN_SET_ON_FIRE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:44:32 GMT By EDITH M. LEDERER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_WORLDS_CHILDREN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KERRYS_DAUGHTER_DUI?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:31 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KERRYS_DAUGHTER_DUI?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ_CONTRACTOR_ASSAULT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT HOUSTON (AP) -- A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:16:24 GMT By JUAN A. LOZANO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQ_CONTRACTOR_ASSAULT?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JUNIOR_GOTTI?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Jurors at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti raised the specter of a fourth mistrial in the case, telling a judge Thursday that they were deadlocked on murder and other charges against the son of the infamous mob boss.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:55:27 GMT By TOM HAYS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JUNIOR_GOTTI?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OFFICER_KILLED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia jury has convicted a confessed cop killer of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a police officer on Halloween 2007.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:52:47 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OFFICER_KILLED?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PIRACY_REUNION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A merchant sea captain who was captured and held by Somali pirates in April reunited Thursday with the U.S. Navy crew and captain who were part of his daring rescue, thanking them for saving him.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:19:09 GMT By STEVE SZKOTAK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PIRACY_REUNION?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GANG_INDICTMENTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- Nineteen alleged gang members have been indicted in Maryland on federal racketeering conspiracy charges.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:03:34 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GANG_INDICTMENTS?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUDY_ABROAD_DECLINE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:53:38 GMT By MICHELLE R. SMITH http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_STUDY_ABROAD_DECLINE?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEA_FOOD_FATTY_POPCORN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Forget the apocalyptic earthquakes and alien abductions on the screen, the real movie horror is the fat-saturated popcorn sold by some theater chains, a nutrition advocacy group claims.... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:45:32 GMT By MICHAEL HILL http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEA_FOOD_FATTY_POPCORN?SITE=MOPAR&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT