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Toyota says new gas pedals are en route to dealers (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:07 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, a production team member inspects a Toyota Camry as it nears the end of the assembly line at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky plant in Georgetown, Ky. The Associated Press has learned on Friday, Jan. 29,2010, that Toyota is sending new gas pedal systems to car factories rather than dealerships who want the parts to take care of millions of customers whose pedals may stick.(AP Photo/ James Crisp, file)AP - Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that could become stuck.

Southeastern US gets ready for icy, snowy weekend (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST

Tennessee State Trooper, Lt. Preston Donaldson, right, helps jump start Tenn. State Trooper Gil Smith's car at the State Capitol building after it would not start due to the cold weather on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. A winter storm brought several inches of snow to Tennessee. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP - The Southeastern U.S. was next in line for icy roads and snowy landscapes as a storm pushed eastward Friday after knocking out power to tens of thousands and closing major highways in the Midwest and Southern Plains.

APNewsBreak: Crystal Cathedral makes deep cuts (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:20 PM PST

Rancho Capistrano Ministries retreat center is reflected in the pond is one of the property being sold by the Crystal Cathedral in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. The Crystal Cathedral, host of the acclaimed 'Hour of Power' televangelist show and a pioneer in the megachurch movement, saw a nearly $6 million drop in annual revenue last year and is now selling property, ordering layoffs and cutting back on its weekly telecast. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - The Southern California megachurch founded by televangelist Robert H. Schuller Sr. is selling property, laying off workers and pulling its signature TV program "Hour of Power" from some markets to offset a nearly $8 million drop in revenue.

State to probe birth defects spike in Calif. town (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:59 PM PST

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at the Sacramento Press Club in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Schwarzenegger says he doesn't blame Californians for believing that the state will be worse off when he leaves office than when he started. A new Field Poll release Sunday found that Schwarzenegger has just a 27 percent approval rating among registered voters, and lawmakers have an even worse rate of 16 percent. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects that have confounded impoverished Kettleman City for more than a year.

Police search van of missing Utah woman's husband (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 06:12 PM PST

Ciara Hellewell, 10, places one of the ribbon decorations on the front lawn, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 in West Valley City, Utah. Friends and family of Susan Powell, a Utah woman missing since December have decorated her empty home with purple bows and hearts in hopes of renewing public interest in the case. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann) DESERET NEWS OUT; MAGS OUTAP - Police in suburban Salt Lake City have searched a minivan belonging to the husband of a Utah woman who has been missing since early December.

50 officers gave chase in Phoenix officer killing (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:23 PM PST

Golbert, Az. Police Lt. Eric Shuhandler is seen in an undated photo provided by the Gilbert, Az., Police Dept. Schuhandler was shot and killed during a traffic stop Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, and two suspects were wounded after a 50-mile high-speed chase that ended in a shootout, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Gilbert Police Dept.)AP - With a police lieutenant mortally wounded and his alleged assailants fleeing in a work truck, more than 50 law officers sped after them in a wild midnight pursuit from the Phoenix suburbs into the nearby mountains.

Pa. man accused of burning puppy in front of kids (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:56 PM PST

AP - Police say a Philadelphia man poured rubbing alcohol on his family's puppy and set it on fire in front of his children.

Police: Utah teacher fatally shot in parking lot (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:56 PM PST

AP - Police say an assistant preschool teacher has been shot and killed as she was leaving a Salt Lake City-area school.

Hawaii nixes same-sex civil unions bill (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:27 PM PST

AP - Hawaii lawmakers declined to vote Friday on a bill that would have allowed same-sex civil unions, effectively doing away with the measure.

Body in backyard is missing Fla. lottery winner's (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

*RETRANSMIT TO UPDATE CAPTION** FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff's Office shows Abraham Shakespeare, 43, a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother and who was reported missing Nov. 9, 2009. A body found buried in a backyard in Plant City, Fla., was identified Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, as missing Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's office said the remains were identified through fingerprints, but a cause of death likely won't be known until Monday.(AP Photo/Polk County Sheriff's Office)AP - Winning $30 million in the Florida Lottery should have been the best thing that ever happened to Abraham Shakespeare. But with his newfound wealth came a string of bad choices and hangers-on who constantly hit him up for money. Nine months ago, he vanished. Friends and family hoped he was on a beach somewhere in the Caribbean. On Friday, detectives confirmed that a body buried under a concrete slab in a rural backyard was his.

Man accused in Colo. train threat denies charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST

Ojore Lutalo, 64, from Elizabeth, N.J., talks about his arrest during an interview in Denver on Friday, Jan. 29, 2009. He denies making any kind of threats while aboard an Amtrak train where he was arrested Tuesday in La Junta, Colo. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man mention al-Qaida and make threats in a cell phone conversation.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - A man pulled off an Amtrak train after passengers reported hearing him talk about al-Qaida and make threatening statements is well known among prison rights advocates after spending more than 20 years in solitary confinement.

Push to send FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:44 PM PST

FILE - In this March 2, 2007 file photo, some of about 20,000 mobile homes and travel trailers owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency sit at the Hope Municipal Airport near Hope, Ark. The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina, an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor.

Edwards' ex-mistress wants 'private' tape returned (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 29, 2006 picture, Rielle Hunter, background left, holds a video camera as former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards campaigns in Portsmouth, N.H. Hunter, the ex-mistress of the two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a 'very private and personal' videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a "very private and personal" videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents.

Music world readies for its big event (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 08:20 PM PST

In this image released by Hope for Haiti Now, Sheryl Crow performs at '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 - From parties to rehearsals to gift suites, Grammy-related activities were taking over L.A.'s weekend scene in advance of Sunday night's awards show at Staples Center. Here's a tour around town:

'Who Dat' got the rights to famous Saints cheer? (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:49 PM PST

A sign outside of PJ's Coffee shop in the central business district shows the city's furor over the NFL's fight with small businesses over the trademark 'Who Dat?' in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)AP - Who owns "Who Dat?"

Taylor's son rejects Liberians' torture claims (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

AP - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Friday rejected as "propaganda" claims by Liberians and the U.S. government that he oversaw widespread torture and human rights abuses while head of an elite paramilitary unit in his father's government.

Man charged in NJ weapons case remains in custody (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:05 PM PST

Lloyd Woodson, 43, of Virginia, stands during a court appearance Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, in Somerville, N.J. Superior Court Judge John Pursel set his bail at $75,000 after authorities seized a cache of weapons and ammunition including rifles, a grenade launcher and a night vision scope from a motel room where he was staying. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A former Virginia man accused of having a cache of weapons and a map of an Army base in his New Jersey motel room appeared briefly in court Friday for the second time this week.

Walmart pendants recalled as Disney bans cadmium (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:26 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo released by chemistry professor Jeff Weidenhamer of Ashland University, shows a 'The Princess and the Frog' necklace purchased at a Walmart in Mansfield, Ohio in Dec. 2009. Federal consumer safety regulators are announcing a recall of 'The Princess and The Frog' movie-themed children's pendants, citing high levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium. Friday's recall affects about 55,000 items, sold exclusively at Walmart stores. The voluntary recall by FAF Inc., of Greenville, R.I., comes several weeks after an Associated Press investigation reported high levels of cadmium in the pendants and other children's metal jewelry imported from China. (AP Photo/Jeff Weidenhamer, Ashland University, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - Federal consumer safety regulators on Friday announced the recall of "The Princess and The Frog" pendants sold at Walmart stores because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, an unprecedented action that reflects concerns of an emerging threat in children's jewelry.
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