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Houston voters elect 1st openly gay mayor (AP)
Body found on Mount Hood; 2 climbers still missing (AP)
90 vehicles trapped as Calif faces rain, snow, mud (AP)
Gun deaths tried to fray the thin blue line in '09 (AP)
Hundreds line up as Wash. coffee shop reopens (AP)
Protesters damage Calif. university leader's home (AP)
Missing Utah mom's family prays for her return (AP)
Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays (AP)
Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)
Guzzlers gouge rift between Nevada state agencies (AP)
Creator of first 50-star American flag dies at 67 (AP)
After bodies found, calls for addiction help rise (AP)
QB Drew Brees to reign over Bacchus for Carnival (AP)
Chicago elevated train derails; no major injuries (AP)

Houston voters elect 1st openly gay mayor (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:56 PM PST

AP - City Controller Annise Parker made history Saturday by being elected Houston's first openly gay mayor, seizing 53.6 percent of the vote in the hotly contested race.

Body found on Mount Hood; 2 climbers still missing (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 09:54 PM PST

AP - Crews on Saturday found the body of a climber missing on Oregon's Mount Hood but two others were still missing more than a day after the three set out to climb the west side of the 11,000-foot peak, a sheriff's spokesman said.

90 vehicles trapped as Calif faces rain, snow, mud (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:38 PM PST

AP - A wintry storm hit California with rain and snow Saturday and sent muslides down hills denuded by fall wildfires, forcing dozens of home evacuations and stranding some 90 vehicles on highways covered by debris.

Gun deaths tried to fray the thin blue line in '09 (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:40 AM PST

AP - A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Another four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. Across the nation, 2009 was a particularly perilous year for officers involved in gun disputes.

Hundreds line up as Wash. coffee shop reopens (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:46 PM PST

AP - Hundreds of police officers and other customers lined up early Saturday for the reopening of the Washington state coffee shop where four officers were shot and killed two weeks ago.

Protesters damage Calif. university leader's home (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST

AP - Eight people were under arrest Saturday after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

Missing Utah mom's family prays for her return (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 05:17 PM PST

AP - Friends and family of a 28-year-old mother who disappeared nearly a week ago are fasting and praying for her safe return as volunteers post thousands of fliers with her image on it.

Episcopal bishop seeks prayer in rift over gays (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:35 PM PST

AP - The Episcopal Church should respond with "prayer and discernment" to the recent election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop of the Los Angeles diocese, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said Saturday.

Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:51 PM PST

AP - As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network.

Guzzlers gouge rift between Nevada state agencies (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST

AP - Wildlife guzzlers — contraptions that capture rainwater and melting snow in remote places for thirsty animals to drink — have triggered a turf war between two Nevada resource agencies.

Creator of first 50-star American flag dies at 67 (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:08 PM PST

AP - Robert G. Heft, who is credited with designing and sewing the first 50-star American flag, has died. He was 67.

After bodies found, calls for addiction help rise (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:27 PM PST

AP - Drug-addicted women in Cleveland are seeking treatment in greater numbers after the discovery of 11 decomposing bodies in a sex offender's home more than a month ago.