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• Oregon rescuers race clock in search for hikers (AP)
• Report: Doctor being investigated in PED probe (AP)
• Feds: Chicago suspect knew of Mumbai attack (AP)
• Falling-TV deaths remain concern even amid LCD fad (AP)
• Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects (AP)
• Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney (AP)
• Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion (AP)
• Fetus found in gift box, Texas couple charged (AP)
• Mo. reported inflated food stamp figures to feds (AP)
• Critics bash Quinn on early release of inmates (AP)
• AP Enterprise: Gaps in DNA banks lead to tragedy (AP)
• Ex-Marine indicted in slayings of 5 Calif. women (AP)
• 2 men sentenced for aiding terrorists with videos (AP)
• Group: Pot measure has enough sigs for 2010 ballot (AP)
• Anonymous donors take care to hide their identity (AP)
• Gun charge nets trick-or-treater killer 16 years (AP)
• Study shows pot more popular among teenagers (AP)
• Thousands evacuate after gas leak in central Ohio (AP)
• NC appeals court temporarily halts inmates release (AP)
• Nev. brothel aims to offer 1st male prostitutes (AP)

Oregon rescuers race clock in search for hikers (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST AP - As a winter storm barreled toward Mount Hood, rescuers raced to find two experienced climbers missing for four days on Oregon's highest peak.

Report: Doctor being investigated in PED probe (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:56 PM PST AP - A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods, swimmer Dara Torres and NFL players is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a newspaper report.

Feds: Chicago suspect knew of Mumbai attack (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:57 PM PST AP - A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the killers afterward, federal prosecutors charged Monday.

Falling-TV deaths remain concern even amid LCD fad (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:07 PM PST AP - The number of children killed or injured by falling television sets appears to have risen even as more consumers replace their clunky old TVs with lighter flat screens, studies suggest.

Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:12 PM PST AP - Having 10 best-picture nominees will be something different for the next Academy Awards, but it's nothing new at the Golden Globes.

Husband of missing Utah woman retains attorney (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 11:48 AM PST AP - The husband of a 28-year-old woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone has retained an attorney.

Feds to spend $13M to fight Asian carp invasion (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - Federal officials said Monday they would use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.

Fetus found in gift box, Texas couple charged (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:40 PM PST AP - A south Texas couple put an aborted 7-month-old fetus in a gift box under a Christmas tree after they were unable to flush the remains down a toilet, authorities alleged Monday.

Mo. reported inflated food stamp figures to feds (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 07:27 PM PST AP - Missouri acknowledged Monday that it reported inflated numbers of food stamp recipients to the federal government, calling into question millions of dollars of bonuses paid to the state for running one of the nation's top-flight programs.

Critics bash Quinn on early release of inmates (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - Critics heaped scorn on Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday over a secret prison program that allowed hundreds of inmates — some violent offenders — to be released early, including some who only spent 11 days behind bars.

AP Enterprise: Gaps in DNA banks lead to tragedy (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST AP - During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way — everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a life.

Ex-Marine indicted in slayings of 5 Calif. women (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:55 PM PST AP - A convicted triple murderer has been indicted in the slayings of five Southern California women in the 1980s and '90s.

2 men sentenced for aiding terrorists with videos (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:28 PM PST AP - Two Georgia men were each sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Monday for plotting to aid terrorists by sending homemade videos of Washington landmarks overseas and traveling abroad to try to turn their anti-American rhetoric into action.

Group: Pot measure has enough sigs for 2010 ballot (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 04:33 PM PST AP - A group campaigning to put a marijuana legalization measure before California voters said Monday it has enough signatures to qualify for the 2010 ballot.

Anonymous donors take care to hide their identity (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:21 PM PST AP - The gold coins have arrived in much the same manner every year for the past four years: An anonymous donor dropped each one into a Salvation Army kettle somewhere in Fort Myers, Fla.

Gun charge nets trick-or-treater killer 16 years (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:16 PM PST AP - Quentin Patrick will spend at least the next 16 years in prison because the convicted drug dealer, paranoid of being robbed, answered a Halloween knock on his door with a barrage of bullets from an AK-47, killing a 12-year-old South Carolina boy.

Study shows pot more popular among teenagers (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:22 PM PST AP - Smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and using methamphetamine, according to a federal survey released Monday.

Thousands evacuate after gas leak in central Ohio (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:17 PM PST AP - A gas leak at an oil recycling company forced about 4,000 workers to evacuate nearby office buildings for six hours Monday, sending one person to the hospital, authorities said.

NC appeals court temporarily halts inmates release (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 03:06 PM PST AP - The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced to life in prison under a 1970s law, issuing an order an hour before they were to be set free.

Nev. brothel aims to offer 1st male prostitutes (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2009 05:11 AM PST AP - The owner of a brothel more than two hours' drive from Las Vegas said she hopes to hire Nevada's first legal male prostitutes within a month, now that state health officials have approved a method to test men for infectious diseases.

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