http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top U.S. News At 8:08 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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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=WSAW&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.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:43:48 GMT By KAREN MATTHEWS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEPT_11_TRIAL_DEFENDANTS?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RI_BISHOP_KENNEDY?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:36 GMT By RAY HENRY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RI_BISHOP_KENNEDY?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUBWAY_STABBING?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- A subway passenger stabbed to death in front of horrified straphangers has been identified as 36-year-old Dwight Johnson of Brooklyn.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:19:38 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUBWAY_STABBING?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:38 GMT By ANNE FLAHERTY http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MICHAEL_JACKSON_DOCTOR?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Michael Jackson's former personal physician is returning to work at his Houston clinic for the first time since before the pop singer's death, his lawyer said Sunday.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:49:25 GMT By KEN RITTER http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MICHAEL_JACKSON_DOCTOR?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_UNIVERSITY_FEES?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:21:54 GMT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CALIFORNIA_UNIVERSITY_FEES?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_PENALTY_OHIO?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one - as his home state of Ohio has proposed - as long as the drug works efficiently.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:25:39 GMT By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEATH_PENALTY_OHIO?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AIRPORT_QUAGMIRE?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT NEW YORK (AP) -- Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:28:19 GMT By DAVID B. CARUSO http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AIRPORT_QUAGMIRE?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_MAMMOGRAMS?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:41:08 GMT By PHILIP ELLIOTT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_MAMMOGRAMS?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=WSAW&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 20:47:42 GMT By MARCIA DUNN http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=WSAW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT