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AP IMPACT: School drinking water contains toxins (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:07 PM PDT

Israel Aguila gets a drink from a water dispenser at Lovell High School after playing basketball Monday, ,June 1, 2009 in Cutler, Calif. School administrators in the farmworker town of Cutler cannot fix chronic water problems at Lovell High School because funding is frozen due to the state's budget crisis. Signs posted above the kitchen sink warn students not to drink from the tap, because the water is tainted with nitrates, a potential carcinogen, and DBCP, a pesticide scientists say may cause male sterility. Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins that put the nation's students at risk. An Associated Press investigation found that contaminants have surfaced at public and private schools in all 50 states — in small towns and inner cities alike. But the problem has gone largely unmonitored by the federal government, even as the number of water safety violations has multiplied. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.

Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:54 PM PDT

File - Terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. Zazi plotted for more than a year to detonate homemade bombs in the United States, an indictment charged Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - An Afghan immigrant who received explosives training from al-Qaida went from one beauty supply store to another, buying up large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and nail-polish remover, in a chilling plot to build bombs for attacks on U.S. soil, authorities charged Thursday.

Wildfire near LA remains at 98 percent containment (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:18 PM PDT

Cal Fire crew members keep an eye on a back fire they set on a hillside off of Grimes Canyon in Fillmore, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/John Lazar)AP - The once-massive California forest fire that killed two firefighters and incinerated 89 homes won't be fully contained until the season's first rain, officials said Thursday.

G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:03 PM PDT

Officers fire pepper spray and smoke at protesters during clashes in Pittsburgh, Thursday Sept. 24, 2009 ahead of the G-20 summit, which is expected to begin Thursday evening in the city. (AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews)AP - Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke and rubber bullets at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins, throwing rocks and breaking windows.

Marine widow cleared of killing husband files suit (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:03 PM PDT

AP - A widow cleared of murdering her Marine husband has filed a $20 million lawsuit in San Diego, alleging her constitutional and civil rights were violated.

Attorney: Stabbing suspect 'mentally disturbed' (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:23 PM PDT

AP - A 16-year-old student accused of stabbing his teacher to death at a Texas high school has a "lengthy history" of mental illness, his attorney said Thursday.

Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Ill., Texas (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:57 PM PDT

This undated photo released Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Michael C. Finton. Finton, 29, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of attempting to murder federal officers or employees after attempting to detonate what he thought was a bomb inside a van outside a federal courthouse. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections)AP - A man who idolized American born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and a Jordanian national who frequented extremist Web sites are charged in unrelated cases after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, federal officials said.

Area where census worker died has troubled history (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:01 PM PDT

In this undated 2008 photo, Bill Sparkman speaks to a 7th grade class during a lesson about sound waves. A law enforcement official says Sparkman, a U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery, had the word 'fed' scrawled on his chest, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. (AP Photo/The Times-Tribune)AP - A census worker found hanged from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest met his end in a corner of Appalachia with an abundance of meth labs and marijuana fields — and a reputation for mistrusting government that dates back to the days of moonshiners and "revenuers."

Veterans awaiting GI Bill turn to loans, parents (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:06 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 photo, Derek Hollcraft, left, and Brandon Thomas, veterans of the current wars, discuss problems they and other veterans have encountered as they reenter civilian life at the office for student veterans at Broward Community College in Coconut Creek, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)AP - Brandon Thomas was hit by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade and twice grazed by bullets fired by the Taliban during his final tour with the Army in Afghanistan.

Lawyer: Girlfriend of Jackson doc ends testimony (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray poses for a photo in Houston. Murray is the target of what police term a manslaughter investigation for the death of Michael Jackson, but the probe is far broader, encompassing a half-dozen doctors who treated Jackson over the years. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, File) MANDATORY CREDIT: HOUSTON CHRONICLEAP - The girlfriend of Michael Jackson's personal physician finished giving testimony before a grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday, her lawyer said.

Jurors: FEMA trailer didn't expose family to fumes (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:37 PM PDT

AP - A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's assertions that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, in the first of several trials that could lead to hundreds of similar claims being resolved.

Court nixes $5M verdict against funeral protesters (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:56 PM PDT

AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out a $5 million verdict against protesters who carried signs with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers" outside the Maryland funeral of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq.

In a first, an AIDS vaccine shows some success (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 06:56 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the U.S. Military HIV Research Program shows a researcher during the Thai phase III HIV Vaccine Trial, also known as RV 144, testing the 'prime-boost' combination of two vaccines: ALVAC HIV vaccine and AIDSVAX B/E vaccine at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) in Bangkok, Thailand. For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. The study was done in Thailand because U.S. Army scientists did pivotal research in that country when the AIDS epidemic emerged there, isolating virus strains and providing genetic information on them to vaccine makers. (AP Photo/MHRP)AP - Scientists and government leaders have already started mapping out how to try to improve the world's first successful AIDS vaccine, which protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand.

NJ woman celebrates 100th birthday — at work (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:22 PM PDT

Astrid Thoening celebrates her 100th birthday while working as the receptionist for the Thornton Agency in Parsippany, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Thoening has worked for the same company for the last 32 years. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - Astrid Thoenig got dressed, went to work and sat at her desk smiling Thursday as she slid her finger gently under the envelope flap of yet another identical birthday card. They don't make that many that say "Happy 100th."

Regaining footing: SC mayor revokes no-chase call (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she's allowing her police officers to run after suspects again.

Man arrested after placing inactive bomb in Dallas (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT

Fountain Place, center, a 60-story glass office tower is shown in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. A 19-year-old Jordanian man living in Texas was arrested Thursday on charges he intended to bomb the downtown Dallas skyscraper, federal officials said. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi was arrested after placing what he believed to be a car bomb outside the 60-story Fountain Place office tower Thursday, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Dallas. The decoy device was given to him by an undercover FBI agent, the statement said. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)AP - A 19-year-old Jordanian man living in Texas was arrested Thursday on charges he intended to bomb a downtown Dallas skyscraper, federal officials said.

Beauty supply stores caught up in NY terror case (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT

File - Terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi arrives at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning in this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo. Zazi plotted for more than a year to detonate homemade bombs in the United States, an indictment charged Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - The young man visited the Denver-area beauty supply store more than once in recent weeks, asking about chemicals for sale and engaging in small talk with employees.

Feds: NC terror suspects targeted US military (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:27 PM PDT

FILE - In an undated file photo provided by the Department of Justice, Daniel Patrick Boyd is shown. Daniel patrick Boyd, the North Carolina man named as the ringleader of an aspiring terrorism group sold most of the weapons he purchased and wanted to make sure his children were familiar with guns, one of the sons told federal agents in a report released Tuesday Aug. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Department of Justice, File)AP - Two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and one of them obtained maps of a Marine Corps base in Virginia to plan an attack, prosecutors said Thursday.

Attorney: Jail says Texas mom competent for trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT

AP - The attorney for a Texas mother who allegedly told authorities the devil made her kill and mutilate her 3-week-old son said Thursday that a jail psychiatrist believes his client is mentally competent to stand trial.
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