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Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST

In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, John Legend performs at the 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief', on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Davis/Hope for Haiti Now)AP - Though the all-star telethon was titled "Hope for Haiti Now," for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims themselves.

Balloon boy mom's interviews contradict husband (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:15 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Mayumi Heene, left, leaves her home escorted by Larimer County Sheriffs in Fort Collins, Colo. Mayumi Heene, the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon in Colorado, repeatedly told authorities it was all a publicity stunt, contradicting what her husband told media before he reported to jail. (AP Photo/Will Powers, File)AP - A newly released video shows the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon finally acknowledging to authorities it was all a hoax — contrary to her husband's repeated public denials just before reporting to jail.

O'Brien thanks fans, NBC on final 'Tonight' show (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo provided by NBC, Conan O'Brien makes his debut as the host of NBC's 'The Tonight Show' in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY, ARCHIVE OUT, NO SALESAP - On his final "Tonight" show, Conan O'Brien said walking away instead of accepting a demotion is the hardest thing he's ever had to do.

Storm lingers over Ariz. after battering Calif. (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:18 PM PST

As onlookers watch, flood waters wash out a road and parts of a bridge Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Salome, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.

Dog bites firefighter who rescued it from LA River (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:54 PM PST

AP - A firefighter splashed into a rain-swollen river Friday to rescue a German shepherd and managed to hang on safely, even after the dog furiously bit his arm and hand.

Top Athletics prospect retires to enter priesthood (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:49 PM PST

In this undated handout photo released by the Oakland Athletics, baseball player Grant Desme is shown. Oakland Athletics prospect Grant Desme is retiring from baseball to enter the priesthood, Desme announced on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Desme plans to enter a seminary in August and hopes eventually to become a Catholic priest Desme was selected the 2009 Arizona Fall League MVP and was considered one of the top prospects in Oakland's system. (AP Photo/Oakland Athletics)AP - As a top prospect for the Oakland Athletics, outfielder Grant Desme might've gotten the call every minor leaguer wants this spring.

Hawaii Senate passes civil unions bill (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:38 PM PST

AP - The Hawaii Senate approved same-sex civil unions Friday, potentially setting up the measure for final passage as soon as next week.

Teen violist alleges Pittsburgh police brutality (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST

This Jan. 13, 2010 photo released by Terez Miles shows her son Jordan Miles at the hospital in Pittsburgh. Miles was charged on Jan. 13 with assault and resisting arrest. His family says he was hospitalized after being hit with a stun gun and suffered head lacerations. He says he resisted because he thought the men were trying to abduct him and didn't identify themselves as police. (AP Photo/Terez Miles)AP - The photos taken by Jordan Miles' mother show his face covered with raw, red bruises, his cheek and lip swollen, his right eye swollen shut. A bald spot mars the long black dreadlocks where the 18-year-old violist says police tore them from his head.

Did Calif. lawmakers' private lunch violate law? (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:34 PM PST

AP - Majorities of both houses of California's Legislature RSVP'd for a private lunch with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he delivered his State of the State address earlier this month, raising questions about whether the gathering violated state law.

Census to launch count in Alaska village (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST

A truck arrives for the launch of the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour in New York's Times Square, part of the largest civic outreach and awareness campaign in US history. The public will have the opportunity to learn about the 2010 Census from 13 road tour vehicles that will tour the country in advance of the mailing of census questionaires on March 15-17.(AFP/Stan Honda)AP - The U.S. Census Bureau chief is heading to Alaska to formally launch the nation's 2010 count in a remote Inupiat Eskimo village, where residents are planning a huge reception of traditional dancing and a feast of caribou, moose and other subsistence foods.

Trial begins in slaying of Kan. abortion provider (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:13 PM PST

Scott Roeder walks into court at the start of his murder trial on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in Wichita, Kan. Roeder is charged with premeditated, first-degree murder in the shooting of George Tiller on May 31. Before opening statements began, Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert denied a defense motion to move the trial out of Wichita and a motion from prosecutors to not allow an involuntary manslaughter defense. (AP Photo/Travis Heying, Pool)AP - On the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, prosecutors who charged a man with killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers managed to get through the first day of testimony without mentioning the word abortion in front of jurors.

NY dairy farmer kills 51 cows, commits suicide (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 07:54 PM PST

AP - State police in New York say an upstate dairy farmer shot and killed 51 of his milk cows in his barn before turning the rifle on himself.

"Guys and Dolls" actress Jean Simmons dies at 80 (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:19 PM PST

In this 1965 file photo, Actress Jean Simmons, wearing sleeveless dress. Simmons, the stunning beauty who sang with Marlon Brando in 'Guys and Dolls' and played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. She was 80. (AP Photo, File)AP - Jean Simmons, the lovely, ethereal film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, sang with Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls" and costarred with Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk Douglas, has died. She 80.

Polanski loses bid to be sentenced in absentia (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:27 PM PST

Roman Polanski, pictured in 2008, is completing his Berlin film festival entry AP - Director Roman Polanski lost his bid Friday to be sentenced without returning to the U.S. when a judge ruled the director must be present in court if he wants to resolve his 32-year-old sex case.

Donation of Spears' dress OK for Haiti relief (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:04 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, singer Britney Spears accepts the award for best video of the year for AP - Britney Spears is lending a hand, or rather a dress, to help out Haiti.

Ill. wrongly reported early release prisoners (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:25 PM PST

Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates Gov. Pat Quinn, left, and Comptroller Dan Hynes before a televised debate, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Nearly six weeks after Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn halted an early prisoner release program that set free hundreds of potentially violent inmates, his administration is still struggling to identify which criminals — or even how many — got out.

AP Exclusive: A look at 9/11 memorial waterfalls (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

Ribbons of water flow off a mock-up waterfall designed for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. The 30-foot waterfall will cascade down the sides of the footprints of the destroyed World Trade Center towers, forming reflecting pools surrounded by the terrorist attack victims' names. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - The waterfalls meant to evoke memories of the Sept. 11 dead stand three stories high in a field in Brooklyn, spilling down into a pool. Four large American flags poke through the grass to mark off each corner of a World Trade Center tower footprint.

Country's first legal gigolo starts work in Nevada (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST

This undated photo provided by OC Modeling of Chatsworth, Calif. shows 'Markus' Nevada's first male prostitute. A brothel in an isolated Nevada town has hired the state's first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief stint as a porn actor in Los Angeles to become the only legal gigolo in the United States. (AP Photo/OC Modeling) NO SALESAP - A brothel in a Nevada desert town has hired the state's first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief stint as a porn actor in Los Angeles to become the only legal gigolo in the United States.

Interest up in students learning personal finance (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:38 PM PST

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 photo, students are seen in a personal finance class at Miami Springs High School in Miami Springs, Fla. According to the Council for Economic Education, the number of states requiring public schools to offer a personal finance course rose from nine to 15 between 2007-2009.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - Each day after school, 17-year-old Phyllis Quach goes to a warehouse filled with silk flowers, stuffed animals and other gift items her parents sell through their South Florida wholesale business.

Family dies in crossfire after sleepover drop-off (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST

Murder suspect Christopher Speight, center, is led out of State Police headquarters in Appomattox, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Speight is accused of killing eight people and leading police on an overnight manhunt. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - There was no school the next day, so 15-year-old Emily Quarles had a friend sleep over. As she and her mother took the friend home the next morning, they became targets for a rampaging gunman. When Emily's father and boyfriend went looking for them, they were slain too.
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