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• Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)
• Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP)
• Jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor killing (AP)
• Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP)
• Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP)
• Atlantic coast drenched from Ida remnants (AP)
• Palin in book: McCain aides kept me 'bottled up' (AP)
• Police say missing girl seen at NC motel with man (AP)
• 2 dead, 14 hurt in eastern Oregon van rollover (AP)
• Brothel owner fears employee killed in Okla. fire (AP)
• Ex-pastor Ted Haggard holds home prayer meeting (AP)
• San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog (AP)
• Texas man drives Bugatti into pond; blames bird (AP)
• Settlement reached in fraud suit against Scruggs (AP)
• Jury: Fmr. slaughterhouse manager guilty of fraud (AP)
• AP sources: Insurance probed in census taker death (AP)
• ASPCA: Dog thrown from roof too dangerous to live (AP)
• Rampage threat suspect argues note was rap lyrics (AP)
• Scuttled WWII Japanese subs found off Hawaii (AP)
• US reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 years (AP)

Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:36 PM PST AP - Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:38 PM PST AP - An Army psychiatrist was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Fort Hood massacre as he lay in a hospital bed Thursday, while President Barack Obama ordered a review to determine if the government fumbled warning signs of the man's contacts with a radical Islamic cleric.

Jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor killing (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:30 PM PST AP - A jury sentenced a man to life in prison Thursday for the beating death of a popular Arkansas television personality, sparing him the death penalty after hearing testimony about his rocky upbringing by an abusive, drug-addicted mother.

Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:32 PM PST AP - Family members of five men charged in a bizarre child sex abuse case reacted with disbelief and sadness Thursday to the "unspeakable" string of alleged atrocities spanning two decades.

Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:41 PM PST AP - The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.

Atlantic coast drenched from Ida remnants (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 07:41 PM PST AP - A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and causing at least five deaths.

Palin in book: McCain aides kept me 'bottled up' (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:42 PM PST AP - The rumors are true, according to Sarah Palin: The McCain-Palin campaign was not a happy family. In Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," she confirms reports of tension between her aides and those of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain. The vice presidential candidate confirms that she had wanted to speak on election night, but was denied the chance and says she was kept "bottled up" from reporters during the campaign.

Police say missing girl seen at NC motel with man (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:21 PM PST AP - A missing 5-year-old North Carolina girl was seen with a man at a hotel, but not the same person charged in her kidnapping, police said late Thursday.

2 dead, 14 hurt in eastern Oregon van rollover (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 09:32 PM PST AP - Two people died and 14 others were injured, some critically, when a van carrying mostly college-age members of a Colorado church overturned on black ice early Thursday in eastern Oregon.

Brothel owner fears employee killed in Okla. fire (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 08:17 PM PST AP - The owner of a Nevada brothel featured on the HBO reality show "Cathouse" said Thursday he fears one of his employees is among the four people whose bodies were found in a burning house in Oklahoma City.

Ex-pastor Ted Haggard holds home prayer meeting (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 08:45 PM PST AP - Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard held a prayer meeting at his home Thursday evening, saying the living room event was the beginning of his resurrection three years after he was forced to resign amid a sex scandal involving a male prostitute.

San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 07:15 PM PST AP - A dog named Titan lived up to his name Thursday when he earned the title world's tallest dog.

Texas man drives Bugatti into pond; blames bird (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 07:29 PM PST AP - Police say a low-flying pelican distracted a driver in Texas, causing him to veer off a road and drive his million-dollar sports car into a salt marsh.

Settlement reached in fraud suit against Scruggs (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 06:29 PM PST AP - A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars, an attorney says.

Jury: Fmr. slaughterhouse manager guilty of fraud (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 06:21 PM PST AP - A former manager of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid was convicted Thursday on 86 financial fraud charges that could bring a prison sentence of hundreds of years.

AP sources: Insurance probed in census taker death (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 06:20 PM PST AP - A census taker found hanging from a tree had named his son as his life insurance beneficiary, and investigators are looking into whether the father manipulated the death scene to make a claim possible, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday.

ASPCA: Dog thrown from roof too dangerous to live (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 05:38 PM PST AP - Oreo was called a miracle dog when she was thrown off the roof of a six-story Brooklyn building this summer and survived.

Rampage threat suspect argues note was rap lyrics (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 05:05 PM PST AP - Johnny Cash sang about having shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Bob Marley belted out that he had shot the local sheriff, but not the deputy.

Scuttled WWII Japanese subs found off Hawaii (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:48 PM PST AP - Two captured Japanese submarines scuttled by the U.S. Navy just after World War II have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean south of Pearl Harbor.

US reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 years (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.

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