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Storm warnings as snow bears down on mid-Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

Snow swirls around the Amtrak train station near downtown Richmond, Va., Friday night Dec. 18, 2009. A storm is expected to dump up to 10 inches of snow in the area. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - A major storm moving up the Atlantic Coast on the last shopping weekend before Christmas threatened to shut down much of the region as officials warned of up to 20 inches of snow and significant power outages.

Tag Heuer to drop Tiger Woods from US campaigns (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:57 PM PST

A billboard for Tag Heuer watches featuring golfer Tiger Woods is seen in Los Angeles on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. The self-destruction of Tiger Inc. is calling into question whether companies can afford the risk of signing multimillion-dollar contracts with celebrity endorsers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer said Friday that it will "downscale" its use of golfer Tiger Woods' image in its advertising campaigns for the foreseeable future.

Book explores evangelical monopoly in sports world (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:28 PM PST

FILE - This is a Dec. 13, 2009, file photo showing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Jon Kitna (3) leading others in prayer following an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, in Arlington, Texas. High-profile expressions of faith by athletes have become routine in pro sports. 'Some love it, some really resent it. The comedians have a field day with it,' said Krattenmaker, author of 'Onward Christian Athletes.' (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman, fILE)AP - A toss left, a quick break past the defense, and it was obvious Philadelphia Eagles running back Herb Lusk was headed to the end zone. The real surprise came when he arrived 70 yards later.

Some schools are dropping driver's ed to cut costs (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST

In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, driver's ed student Elliot Nicholson, 15, drives a course at Miami Killian Senior High School in Miami. Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the side of the road. They are cutting back on behind-the-wheel instruction or eliminating it altogether, leaving it to parents to either teach their teenagers themselves or send them to commercial driving schools. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School.

Flying Chihuahuas: Dogs change coast in big exodus (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 06:47 PM PST

Chihhuahua dogs are prepared for transport at the Northeast Valley Animal Care Center, in Mission Hills, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. They are part of the 'Project Flying Chihuahuas,'' a new initiative that transports Chihuahuas to the East Coast for adoption. The program was created in response to the overabundance of the breed in the Los Angeles area and the scarcity of the dog in the Northeast. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Chihuahuas have been flying out of California since other states learned about the glut of little dogs in the Golden State.

NC mom sentenced for putting son in boiling water (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:37 AM PST

AP - A 22-year-old North Carolina woman who put her toddler in boiling water and burned his foot with a cigarette has been sentenced to prison.

Calif. stimulus czar falling short of expectations (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 04:46 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, California Inspector General Laura Chick is seen in her office in Sacramento, Calif. Chick was appointed to the newly created position by Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger, last spring, to oversee the estimated $50 billion in federal stimulus funds California is expected to receive.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - As federal stimulus money began to pour in earlier this year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created the nation's first state-level inspector general to serve as a watchdog over California's windfall.

DC mother gets 120 years in decaying bodies case (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:56 PM PST

AP - Even as Banita Jacks was sentenced to 120 years in prison Friday for killing four daughters whose bodies were found decomposing in her rowhouse, the girls' lives remained mostly a mystery.

Video game watchdog shuts down, victim of economy (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST

David Walsh, founder and director of the National Institute on Media and the Family, talks with a reporter about the institute closing because of a lack of funding, at his office in Minneapolis Minn., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. After years of crusading for safe video games and television shows for children, the institute will close Dec. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - David Walsh said when he was assembling his first report card on video game violence 13 years ago, children were attacking on-screen monsters or aliens with imaginary chain saws and guns.

NC Supreme Court halts release of 2 murderers (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST

AP - North Carolina's Supreme Court has temporarily halted the release of two convicted murderers under life sentences.

Texts lead Utah police to 4 dead in murder-suicide (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:33 PM PST

AP - Two adults and their two children were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide after friends, relatives and co-workers received text messages from the father saying he had killed his family, police said.

Christmas trees showing up with live 'ornaments' (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:04 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, a Pacific Chorus frog is seen. Christmas trees for sale in the Anchorage area are adorned with something truly different this holiday season_ live Pacific Chorus frogs. While the small frogs are plenty cute, measuring an inch or two with lovely moss-colored green sides and black spots, state officials are asking residents to practice some tough love. If you find a Christmas tree frog, kill it. Officials say the frogs could be carrying viruses and funguses, including one that has been killing amphibians on several continents. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Stephen E. Clark) NO SALESAP - Forget the plastic icicles, brightly colored balls and tinsel.

Bikers in the buff to protest NY bike lane removal (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:08 PM PST

AP - Bicyclists planning a Saturday protest ride are calling it their "Freedom Ride" — free of clothing, that is. And they may be pedaling naked in a fierce snowstorm, if the forecast holds.

Va. man convicted of in-home indecent exposure (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 02:16 PM PST

AP - As Erick Williamson sees it, being naked is liberating, and if passers-by get an eyeful while he's standing in front of a picture window, that's not his problem.

NY woman in pet torture case held on $100K bail (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Sharon McDonough leaves Central Islip, NY family court after temporarily losing custody of six of her children. A judge ordered Sharon McDonough held on $100,000 bail on Friday Dec. 18, 2009 because prosecutors say some of the 42 dead animals buried in her yard were apparently tortured. (AP Photo/James Carbone, File)AP - A judge ordered a New York woman held on $100,000 bail Friday after prosecutors cited evidence that some of the 42 dead animals buried in her yard had been tortured, with duct tape around their mouths or signs that they had drowned.

Search continues for 2 missing boaters from Fla. (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST

AP - The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two missing boaters after a plane flying over an island in the Bahamas photographed what appeared to be a distress signal.

Mom of US hiker in Iran asks for 3 to be freed (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:09 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo released by freethehikers.org, shows Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd. Iran said Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, it would try Americans Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27 who were detained by Iranian authorities after crossing an unmarked border from northern Iraq in July. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File) NO SALESAP - Wearing a headscarf, the mother of one of three American hikers jailed in Iran appealed Friday in a new video to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader to release her daughter and her friends for the holidays.
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