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Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 10:01 PM PST

People dressed as Santa Claus cross a street on their way to a bar during a snow storm in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:20 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo, Carol McKenna, 68, speaks during an interview in Pembroke Pines, Fla. If McKenna believes the claims of the insurance industry and many Republicans, she and her husband are among the most at risk to be hurt by Congress' health proposals. If Democrats are telling the truth, they be among those with the most to gain. She refrains from any worry, or any premature celebration. She simply believes, 'It'll work out.' (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?

At 100, Boy Scouts say they're still `essential' (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST

In this Oct. 3, 2009 photo Tenderfoot Scout Bradley Corr, 11, right, and his father, Troop 29 committee member Warren Corr, walk a wooded trail at Boy Scout camp at Camp Minsi in Pocono Summit, Pa. As the Boy Scouts of America heads toward its 100th anniversary in February, its first century adds up to a remarkable saga, full of achievement, complexity and contradiction. On one hand, no other U.S. youth organization has served as many boys, an estimated 112 million over the years. On the other hand, in both the courts and the public arena, the BSA has doggedly defended its right to discriminate, excluding gays and atheists from its ranks, and overriding requests from some local units to soften those policies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - A fifth-generation Boy Scout, 11-year-old Brad Corr is steeped in all the lore and tradition: the Scout Oath and Scout Law, campcraft and community service, the daily doing of good deeds.

Evangelical church opens doors fully to gays (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:59 PM PST

This Dec. 11, 2009 photo shows the Rev. Mark Tidd sitting in the Highlands Church in Denver. Tidd is an outlaw pastor of sorts. His community, less than a year old, is the rare example of an evangelical Christian church guided both by the Apostle's Creed and the belief that gays and lesbians can embrace their sexual orientations as God-given and seek fulfillment in committed same-sex relationships. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The auditorium lights turned low, the service begins with the familiar rhythms of church: children singing, hugs and handshakes of greeting, a plea for donations to fix the boiler.

Prison population to have first drop since 1972 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST

AP - The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

Facing prison, Astor's son bares private life (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 08:55 PM PST

In this March 30, 2009 file photo, Anthony Marshall, center, arrives at Manhattan criminal court in New York with his wife Charlene. Marshall, philanthropist Brooke Astor's only son, is facing prison for looting his mother's millions, and he's making a surprisingly personal approach to stay free. Anthony Marshall's sentencing is set for Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, but he's trying to get a judge to throw out the part of his October conviction that requires at least a year behind bars. His lawyers say any prison time could kill the ailing 85-year-old. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)AP - Anthony Marshall has had a life of privilege and pain as philanthropist Brooke Astor's only child.

Too cold for nude protest, NYC bikers switch gears (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:54 PM PST

Heather Loop, center, leads protestors down Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, to protest the removal of a bicycle lane. Dozens of protestors biked through an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood Saturday. Loop says the lane was removed because the neighborhood's Hasidic Jews 'can't handle scantily clad women.' (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)AP - Bicyclists who planned to go topless to protest the removal of a Brooklyn bike lane switched gears Saturday, pinning plastic breasts to their jackets as they rolled into a snowstorm.

Against nudity ban, Ore. gallery takes it all off (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 05:08 PM PST

AP - A city council member in an Oregon town noted for its Shakespeare festival and its occasional dustups over public nudity plans a showing in his art gallery of nude portraits and conceptual art involving naked people.

Calif. city's police to wear head-mounted cameras (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:49 PM PST

AP - San Jose police are testing head-mounted cameras to record interactions with the public.

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 06:30 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday June, 23, 2009 file photo, Massey Energy miners protest in Sundial, W.Va. Tension has been building for months as activists mount sometimes brazen acts of civil disobedience to stop the uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining that is gaining closer scrutiny from regulators, policy makers and the public. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)AP - It was the slap heard 'round the coalfields: Cordelia Ruth Tucker, wearing the fluorescent-striped shirt of a miner, strode past West Virginia state troopers and into a stream of marchers protesting mountaintop removal mining to deliver an audible smack.

Hawaii dimmed by education, election, health cuts (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST

A homeless man who wished not identify himself naps under his blanket at Kapiolani Park Friday Dec. 18, 2009. Due to the bad economy the Oahu homeless population has grown. Many now camp at Kapiolani Park which is in the shadow of Diamond Head and Oahu's main tourist destination Waikiki Beach. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Hawaii public schools are closed most Fridays, rats scurry across bananas in uninspected stores and there may not be enough money to run the next election.

Friend defends husband of missing Utah woman (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 12:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Saturday Dec. 12, 2009 file photo, Joshua Powell attends a news conference in West Valley City, Utah. Joshua Powell's wife Susan, a 28-year-old mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 7 when she didn't show up for her stockbroker job at a bank. She was last seen a day earlier. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick, File) DESERET NEWS OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESAP - A friend is speaking out in support of Josh Powell, the man police consider the sole person of interest in the disappearance of his wife nearly two weeks ago.

Worker dies after falling in pit at Denver airport (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 01:29 PM PST

AP - Denver airport officials say a contract worker died after falling into about 20 feet of water at the bottom of a 40-foot-deep pit at the airport's heating and cooling plant.

Judge extends block on Oklahoma abortion law (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 02:25 AM PST

AP - An Oklahoma County judge has extended a temporary restraining order that blocks enforcement of a strict abortion law. The law would require doctors to report personal information about women who seek abortions and for the information to be posted on a public Web site.

Abortion opponents watching Nelson on health care (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST

An opponent of President Obama's health care overhaul poses with a banner during a demonstration outside the offices of Sen. Ben Nelson D-Neb., in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Democratic leaders in Washington were trying to finalize language restricting abortion coverage that could secure the support of moderate Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Waiting at home for Nebraska's Ben Nelson is the following message: "Merry Christmas and we thank you for your stance on pro-life issues so far, and we hope you continue to stand for what's morally correct."

Obama hails climate breakthrough (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama calls the climate agreement reached in Copenhagen a breakthrough for action, but says more must be done to actually achieve significant reductions in global warming pollution.

Pa. police accused of cover-up in immigrant attack (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 03:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2008 picture, Brandon Piekarsky is escorted into the Schuylkill County Courthouse in Pottsville, Pa. Federal hate crime indictments against Derrick Donchak and Piekarsky were unsealed Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 for the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez in July 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - Federal prosecutors charged three police officers in a racially tense Pennsylvania coal town with orchestrating a cover-up in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by altering evidence or lying to the FBI in a hate crimes case against two popular football players.
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