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Ga. man ordered to die in boy's molestation, death (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:47 PM PDT

David Edenfield stands in between his attorneys James Yancey, Jr., left, and John Beall IV in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 as Judge Stephen Scarlett reads the verdict in the sentencing portion of his trial. Edenfield was given the death sentence for the 2007 molestation and murder of six-year-old Christopher Barrios. (AP Photo/The Brunswick News, Bobby Haven)AP - A Georgia man was sentenced to death Tuesday for molesting and strangling a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home before the child's body was wrapped in trash bags and dumped near a road.

Same-sex marriage bill in DC appears unstoppable (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:43 PM PDT

Patricia Hawkins, 69, a psychologist who works in Washington, wipes a tear as a bill allowing same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia is introduced at a city council meeting in Washington, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the nation's capital was introduced Tuesday, a measure that even opponents acknowledged seems almost unstoppable.

Abducted Tenn. baby's mom gets kids back (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:36 PM PDT

This photo provided by the Nashville Police Department shows Yair Anthony Carillo of Nashville, Tenn. The baby's mother, Maria Gurrolla, said her newborn son was taken from her home Tuesday by a woman who stabbed Gurrolla multiple times when Gurrolla answered the door. Gurrolla said the woman claimed to be an immigration agent. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP - A mother was reunited Tuesday with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.

Injured Tom DeLay hangs up his 'Dancing' shoes (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:57 PM PDT

In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 file photo, former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay, 62, dances on the ABC Television's 'Dancing with the Stars, ' in Los Angeles. Republican Tom DeLay danced the cha-cha and the tango on TV, but he's tiptoeing through a legal web as his criminal case crawls through the Texas courts. The former U.S. House majority leader who's competing on ABC's hit show 'Dancing With the Stars' was indicted four years ago on charges of money laundering and conspiracy allegedly connected to 2002 state legislative elections. His case now hinges on how an appeals court rules on legal questions raised by DeLay's two indicted associates. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey, File)AP - It wasn't two left feet, but two fractured feet that forced Tom DeLay to hang up his dancing shoes on Tuesday.

NY man convicted of hate crime in elderly muggings (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:29 PM PDT

AP - A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centenarian on her way to church.

La. prosecutor probes ACORN after embezzlement (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:00 PM PDT

AP - Louisiana's attorney general said Tuesday he has stepped up an investigation into embezzlement at ACORN nearly a decade ago, but the prosecutor and community activist group clashed over how much money was taken.

Parents in prayer death get 6 months in jail (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:28 PM PDT

AP - A central Wisconsin couple who prayed rather than seek medical care for their 11-year-old dying daughter were sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and 10 years probation in the girl's death.

Mo. man gets life for killing 3 at Texas farmhouse (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:34 PM PDT

AP - A Texas jury spared a Missouri man the death penalty Tuesday, sentencing him to life in prison without parole for the 2005 slayings of a pregnant woman, her husband and son inside their farmhouse.

American Samoa tsunami victims receiving tents (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:47 PM PDT

AP - Federal recovery teams were to deliver tents and other shelter materials to 75 American Samoa families from tsunami-ravaged villages who have been staying in emergency shelters, authorities said Tuesday.

CIA records: Cuban exile informed on colleagues (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:45 PM PDT

AP - Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to attack Fidel Castro's fledgling Cuban government even as he was deeply involved in helping them.

Twins complete comeback, beat Tigers 6-5 in 12th (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 10:04 PM PDT

Minnesota Twins' Alexi Casilla hits the game-winning single during the 12th inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 6-5 to advance to the playoffs. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)AP - The Metrodome erupted in a jet-like roar as Carlos Gomez zoomed home with the winning run to finish off an AL Central race — and a thrilling tiebreaker — that didn't want to end.

Prosecutor: Pediatrician molested male patients (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT

Dr. Mark Blankenburg, 53, attends jury selection, Monday Oct. 5, 2009, at the Government Services Center in Hamilton, Ohio. Twin brother pediatricians are going on trial on charges that for years they used their practices in a middle-class Ohio community to recruit boys for sex, illegally sold them prescription drugs and bribed them not to tell authorities. (AP Photo/Nick Daggy, Pool)AP - A pediatrician performed oral sex on three teen patients and fondled a younger boy during office visits, slipping the teenagers cash payments of at least $200 as they left, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.

Feds: Biker gang plotted to kill, extort rivals (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:46 PM PDT

AP - National Pagans Motorcycle Club leaders and more than 50 members and associates of the outlaw biker gang are accused of plotting to kill and extort rivals to consolidate the club's power in the eastern U.S., according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

Palin urges troop buildup in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 05:09 PM PDT

AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is urging President Barack Obama to increase the number of U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan.

School closings may be root of Chicago teen deaths (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT

In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 photo Chicago Police officers watch students as they leave classes at Christian Fenger Academy High School on the city's South Side. The fatal beating two weeks ago of 16-year-old Fenger honor student Derrion Albert prompted President Barack Obama to send Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the former Chicago Public Schools chief, and Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago Wednesday Oct. 7, to meet with school officials, students and residents. (AP Photo/David Banks)AP - Even in the cold rain, Danielle Jones would rather stand on the street and wait for her father to pick her up from her high school on Chicago's South Side than walk or take the bus, fearing the fights that start in school will be settled later on the streets.

Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:02 PM PDT

AP - A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation.

Robert Gates: Borlaug a 'warrior against hunger' (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:27 PM PDT

Members of the Ross Volunteers at Texas A&M University look at medals won by Norman Borlaug outside his memorial service Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 in College Station, Texas. Borlaug was one of only five people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize (1970), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2006). (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who "built armies of agricultural workers" to combat famine in the world's developing countries.

Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle hugs his wife Jane after a news conference in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Castle announced he will run for the Senate seat vacated by Democrat Joe Biden last year after Biden was elected vice president. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Castle announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat Democrat Joe Biden left to become vice president.

Hold the mayo? Not when it comes to astute pilots (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:26 PM PDT

In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 photo, University of North Dakota researchers Gllenda Lindseth and her husband, Paul, pose for a photo in Grand Forks, N.D. The couple spearheaded a study that shows that pilots performed best in certain situations while eating a high-fat diet. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)AP - Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-soaked lobster might help.
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