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Mass. man accused of plot to kill US politicians (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:44 PM PDT

This Feb. 11, 2009 image from video shows Tarek Mehanna outside federal court in Boston. Federal authorities in Boston said Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, that Mehanna has been charged with conspiring with others on terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq. (AP Photo/WHDH-TV)AP - A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday.

Cops searching for missing Fla. girl find a body (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:34 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows Somer Renee Thompson, 7, who was last seen Monday Oct. 19, 2009 in Orange Park, Fla. A Florida Ambert Alert has been issued for Somer Thompson. (AP Photo/Florida Department of Law Enforcement)AP - Authorities say they have not identified a child's body they found Wednesday in a landfill while searching for a missing 7-year-old girl. Family members were hopeful the girl is still alive, though neighbors in the girl's community feared the worst.

Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:34 PM PDT

FILE - In a Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 file photo, Megan Williams, 20, of Charleston, W.Va., stands outside of her home. Williams plans a Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 news conference in Columbus, Ohio, to announce that she lied about a 2007 incident in which she said she was assaulted by a group of whites in Logan County, WV. Seven people were convicted in that case. Brian Abraham, the former Logan County prosecutor who oversaw those cases, dismissed the news conference as a publicity stunt. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)AP - An attorney for a black woman who claimed torture by a white group in West Virginia says his client fabricated the story to get back at a boyfriend who had beaten her up.

Remains found in Utah not poet Everett Ruess (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:41 PM PDT

FILE - In this photo provided by Beecher Films, Everett Ruess poses for famed Depression-Era photographer Dorothea Lange in 1933. (AP Photo/Beecher Films,Dorothea Lange)AP - A skeleton found in the Utah wilderness last year was not that of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, despite initial forensic tests that seemed to have solved an enduring mystery, his nephew told The Associated Press.

Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:18 PM PDT

Actor John Travolta arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood, February 24, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.

Navajos may try to buy popular Arizona ski resort (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:07 PM PDT

AP - The Navajo Nation may try to buy a popular Arizona ski resort to stop snowmaking on one of the tribe's most sacred mountains, the San Francisco Peaks.

'Balloon boy' parents heard crying in 911 call (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, Falcon Heene, 6, front, is guided back to a news conference by his mother, Mayumi, outside the family's home in Fort Collins, Colo.. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - Police have released a 911 call they received from a Colorado couple who told authorities they believed their 6-year-old son had floated away in a giant helium balloon.

Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:45 PM PDT

HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 P.M. EDT; graphic shows a breakdown of age groups using Twitter and mobile phones use while tweetingAP - They think it's pointless, narcissistic. Some don't even know what it is.

Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:34 PM PDT

Graphic shows the timeline of flu vaccine productionAP - The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.

US marshal pick was already gay rights pioneer (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

In this Nov. 27, 2002 photo released by Minnesota Public Radio, Minneapolis Inspector Sharon Lubinski of the 3rd Precinct discuss the arrests of three men in the shooting death of an 11-year-old girl, in Minneapolis. President Barack Obama has nominated a Lubinski to become the first openly gay person to serve as a U.S. marshal. Lubinski is an assistant chief in the Minneapolis Police Department, where she has worked for 20 years. (AP Photo/MPR Photo, Art Hughes)AP - As a little-known Minneapolis police sergeant, Sharon Lubinski made headlines when she declared she was a lesbian on the front pages of the city's largest newspaper — a bold move that other gay officers say inspired them to come out, too.

Survivor of Ariz. sweat lodge ceremony speaks out (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT

A view of the Angel Valley Retreat Center Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, in Sedona, Ariz., where a heart-shaped stone memorial is set up on the site of a sweat lodge tragedy. Two people died and nineteen others were injured last Thursday during a ceremony at a sweat lodge at the retreat. Sweat lodges are traditionally dome-shaped structures made of wood, animal skins, canvas and other materials, and are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for hunts and ceremonies. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - More than 50 followers of spiritual guru James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a sweat lodge ceremony.

Ex-Los Alamos lab physicist says home searched (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:14 PM PDT

AP - Federal agents seized computers, papers, books and electronic equipment from the home of a former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear scientist, who last year sought to work on a fusion project with Venezuela but believes the U.S. government is wrongly targeting him as a spy.

Taser tells police to avoid shooting at chest (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Stun-gun maker Taser International has started telling police agencies to avoid firing the devices at suspects' chests, explaining that there's an "extremely low" risk of ill effects on the heart and that doing so will make defending lawsuits easier.

Obama hits campaign trail for NJ Gov Jon Corzine (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is seen at a campaign rally for Gov. Jon Corzine, right, in Hackensack, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged New Jersey to keep Democrat Jon Corzine as governor, calling him an honorable man who puts the people's interests first.

Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, pictured in 2008, proclaimed the worst of the economic storm over Thursday as the Internet powerhouse reported its quarterly revenues surged seven percent to 5.94 billion US dollars.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.

Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery prize (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT

AP - A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said.

Marine gets 18 months confinement for hero hoax (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:50 PM PDT

Marine Sgt. David Budwah leaves LeJuene Hall during a break in his court-martial hearing in Quantico, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Budwah pleaded guilty to a variety of charges relating to faking war injuries in order to get freebies meant for wounded soldiers. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A Marine Corps sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months confinement and fined $25,000 for pretending to be an injured war hero to get free seats at rock concerts and professional sporting events.

Navy petty officer to face punishment in hazing (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT

AP - The former leader of a bomb-sniffing dog unit in Bahrain will be removed from his current position and forced to retire after the Navy reviewed years-old allegations of hazing and sexual harassment against a gay sailor and others.

Va. police: Student disappearance a criminal case (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:18 PM PDT

In this undated photo released by the Virginia State Police, missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, of Roanoke County, Va., is shown. Harrington has been missing since Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. University of Virginia Police say Harrington was last seen near the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, where Metallica held a concert that night. Harrington was wearing a black T-shirt with 'Pantera' across the front in tan letters, a black mini skirt, black tights and black knee-high boots. She has long blonde hair, blue eyes, is 5-foot-6 and weighs about 120 pounds. (AP Photo/Virginia State Police)AP - The search for a Virginia Tech student missing since she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday is being treated as a criminal investigation, police said Wednesday.

Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - An anchor from a shipwreck thought to be Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was so unstable that divers in North Carolina retrieved it Wednesday rather than waiting until next year.
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