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Maine voters reject gay-marriage law (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:50 PM PST

Frank Schubert, campaign director for Stand for Marriage Maine, claims victory for Yes on 1, Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2009, in Portland, Maine. Question 1 was the proposal to rescind the Legislature's approval of same-sex marriage(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.

Bloomberg wins 3rd term as NYC mayor (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:53 PM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg greets supporters after his election win in New York, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun BestAP - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg won a third term as New York mayor Tuesday in a closer-than-expected race against a Democratic challenger who stoked voter resentment over the way Bloomberg changed the city's term-limits law so he could stay in office.

Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:44 PM PST

In these three undated photos provided by Dickenson State University, missing students, from left, Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of Grossmont, Calif., Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba in Canada, and Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif. are shown. (AP Photo/Dickenson State University)AP - The bodies of three missing North Dakota college softball players were found Tuesday inside a Jeep after authorities, aided by signals from the women's last desperate phone calls, spotted the vehicle submerged in a farm pond.

Prominent Fla. lawyer's sales pitch called suspect (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:22 PM PST

AP - A South Florida attorney who has raised millions for notable politicians nationwide and hobnobs with sports stars and celebrities was removed Tuesday as head of the law firm he co-founded, suspected by his partner, investors and federal investigators of financial wrongdoing in an exotic investment scheme.

Voters in NC's largest city elect Democratic mayor (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 07:34 PM PST

AP - Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.

Body count at rapist's Cleveland home rises to 10 (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:48 PM PST

This Nov. 1, 2009 photo provided by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony Sowell, 50, who Cleveland Police arrested Saturday, Oct. 31 on a rape and felonious assault warrant. The bodies of six women were found in Sowell's home. Investigators trying to identify the bodies of six women found in the home of a convicted rapist are focusing the inquiry on eight or nine missing women, the coroner said Monday. Sowell hasn't been charged in the rape investigation or in connection with the bodies. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)AP - The number of bodies found in and near a rapist's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday when authorities unearthed four corpses from the backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement.

DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:16 PM PST

FILE - In a Tuesday Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad is escorted into the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Va. Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month. Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor says Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution, so under state law the method defaults to lethal injection. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 10 for the October 2002 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station during a string of shootings that left 10 people dead and three wounded in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. (AP Photo/Dave Ellis, File pool)AP - Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.

Feds: Gun, cash seizures up at Mexican border (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:59 PM PST

John Torres, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives inspects a 50 caliber rifle during a news conference where the Department of Homeland Security and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are holding a summit regarding drug trafficking and weapons, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - U.S. authorities on Tuesday reported a spike in seizures of guns and cash along the Mexican border since they began assigning more agents to stem the flow of southbound contraband.

La. justice resigns after interracial wed flap (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:48 PM PST

AP - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.

Mich. looks at worst-case 20 percent budget cuts (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

AP - Michigan's governor warned Tuesday of a possible 20 percent cut in state spending next year, a draconian step after billions in cuts since 2003 have already dented police and fire services, pushed schools toward insolvency and reduced oversight of prison inmates.

Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST

This image taken from video shows a courtroom artists drawing of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, center, 48, charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper, as he appears at a bond hearing before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Chicago. Nolan said she needed more time to rule on Rana's bond and set another hearing in the case next week. (AP Photo/Lou Chuckman)AP - A Chicago man charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed a possible attack against a military college in India and advised a member of a Pakistan-based terrorist group on how to slip people into the U.S., prosecutors said Tuesday.

Police: Pair stole up to 1k bags at Ariz. airport (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Keith Wilson King, 61, is seen in this undated photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's office. King was one of two people arrested Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 and booked on counts of theft of property and possession of stolen property. Phoenix police found up to 1,000 pieces of luggage stolen from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in their home northwest of Phoenix. (AP Photo/Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)AP - Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.

Man gets 2 years for flying stolen plane to US (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:58 PM PST

FILE - This April 7, 2009 file booking photo released by the Butler County, Missouri Sheriff's Department shows Adam Dylan Leon. The Turkish-born Canadian man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway. (AP Photo/Butler County Sheriff, File)AP - A Turkish-Canadian man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:55 PM PST

Actor Alec Baldwin arrives at the Tisch School of the Arts awards gala in New York November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen CherninAP - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.

LA Clippers owner agrees to pay $2.73 million (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:33 PM PST

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, pictured in June 2009, must pay nearly three million dollars for discriminating against blacks and Latinos at apartment buildings he owns, it was announced Tuesday.(AFP/NBAE/Getty Images/File/Juan Ocampo)AP - Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.73 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Hispanics, blacks and to families with children, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Philly transit strike a tough sell in down economy (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:07 PM PST

Transport workers are seen on strike outside the Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt a day after the World Series shifted to New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Even in the best of times, waking up to a surprise transit strike is like a bad dream come true. When the sudden walkout comes during an economic downturn, it becomes more like a public relations nightmare.

Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:00 PM PST

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., left, talks to committee member Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3,2009, during the committee's markup on the Climate Change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Boycotts on either side of the Atlantic on Tuesday showed just how difficult it will be to clinch an agreement on global warming next month.

Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST

Dorla Moore casts her vote at the Grange Hall, in Nimishillen Twp precinct 2, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 outside Louisville, Ohio. The best way to solve Ohio's 10 percent unemployment rate was at the heart of Tuesday's election as voters decided whether to reverse their two-decade old opposition to gambling and support casinos and potential new jobs. (AP Photo/The Repository, Scott Heckel)AP - President Barack Obama's political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public's mood heading into an important midterm election year.

Detainees in NYC post-9/11 reach $1.26M settlement (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST

AP - Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1.26 million settlement with the U.S. government.

Baseball 'Champagne goggles' make some fans groan (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:23 PM PST

FILE- This Oct. 11, 2009 file photo shows New York Yankees' pitcher CC Sabathia celebrating in the locker room after the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-1 in Game 3 of the American League division baseball series in Minneapolis. The Yankees swept the series. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)AP - When the New York Yankees clinched their spot in the World Series last week, the casual TV viewer might have wondered if they were about to go swim the 200-meter butterfly with Michael Phelps.
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