http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top U.S. News At 1:54 p.m. EST &copy; 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our <a href="http://apdigitalnews.com/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEPT_11_TRIAL_DEFENDANTS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:54:23 GMT By KAREN MATTHEWS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEPT_11_TRIAL_DEFENDANTS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQI_REFUGEES_DETROIT?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT DETROIT (AP) -- The U.S. government resettled Mazen Alsaqa in Massachusetts in February. Within a month, the Iraqi refugee moved to Michigan.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:16:19 GMT By JEFF KAROUB http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAQI_REFUGEES_DETROIT?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RI_BISHOP_KENNEDY?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:05:27 GMT By RAY HENRY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RI_BISHOP_KENNEDY?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:40:18 GMT By MARCIA DUNN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRIBAL_MURDERS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT INDIO, Calif. (AP) -- In the days before Fred Alvarez was shot execution-style with two friends on his verandah, the strapping Cabazon tribal leader feared he was a marked man: His motorcycle had been tampered with, his mailbox shot up and his house ransacked.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:53:40 GMT By AMY TAXIN and GILLIAN FLACCUS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRIBAL_MURDERS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_SCHOOL_WOMEN?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:36:48 GMT By SUE LINDSEY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_SCHOOL_WOMEN?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to scuttle the health care bill if their demands weren't met, frustrating rank-and-file Democrats who say their colleagues' views were out of step with American voters.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:40:55 GMT By ANNE FLAHERTY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARINE_CENSUS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:32:27 GMT By CAIN BURDEAU http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MARINE_CENSUS?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THREE_MILE_ISLAND_RADIATION?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:28:53 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_THREE_MILE_ISLAND_RADIATION?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAIPAN_SHOOTING?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed to be employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:27:16 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SAIPAN_SHOOTING?SITE=FLROC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT