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FBI: Vegas shooter had 'lengthy' criminal history (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

A bullet hole is shown in the window of an elementary school across the street from the federal building in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a federal building in downtown Las Vegas on Monday, killing one court officer and wounding a second before he was shot to death at the elementary school. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A disgruntled Social Security recipient, shot dead after killing a Las Vegas federal building security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal, had a "lengthy" criminal history in Tennessee and California, including a conviction for killing his brother, authorities said Tuesday.

Chopper crashes in remote Calif. forest; 4 men die (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:06 PM PST

Law enforcement personnel survey the site where a California Fish and Game helicopter crashed, caught fire and burned after apparently clipping a power line near Road 235 in Madera County, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse)AP - Three California Department of Fish and Game biologists and a pilot were killed Tuesday afternoon when their helicopter crashed in a craggy stretch of the Sierra National Forest where they were surveying wildlife.

Buffalo's debt collectors accused of bullying (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:06 PM PST

Bar chart shows rise in complaints to the Federal Trade Commission about third-party debt collectors.AP - When Tobias "Bags of Money" Boyland went looking for a new career after serving 13 years in prison for armed robbery and drug dealing, he quickly found something that suited his sensibilities: He opened a collection agency.

Suspicious luggage at 2 US airports delays flights (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:46 PM PST

AP - Seemingly suspicious pieces of luggage delayed flights at two airports Tuesday, prompting evacuations in Minneapolis and closing a California airport where authorities discovered what turned out to be soft drink bottles filled with honey.

NJ airport cameras faulty during security breach (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:43 PM PST

Airline passenger Mark Biddle, of Stockholm, describes how he was searched at airport security screening in Stockholm, as he arrives at the international gate at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, in Newark, N.J. Biddle said the security screening was much more thorough than in the past. The review of a terrorist database prompted by the attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound jetliner has spurred enhanced security screening that took effect Monday for people traveling to the United States from many countries. Initial reports from several European countries indicated that they were still scrambling to digest and implement the new rules. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Federal agents weren't able to immediately retrieve surveillance images of a man who breached security at Newark Liberty International Airport because a camera system wasn't working properly.

Octuplets mother defends accused fertility doctor (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

In this Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, file photo, Dr. Michael Kamrava, 57, leaves his office in Beverly Hills, Calif. The California Medical Board is accusing a fertility doctor of negligence and violating professional guidelines in the case of a woman who conceived octuplets. The state licensing body said Monday Jan. 4, 2010, that Beverly Hills fertility doctor Michael Kamrava acted beyond the reasonable judgment of a treating physician by repeatedly providing fertility treatment to a woman identified only by her initials 'N.S' in the documents. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman on Tuesday defended the fertility doctor who helped her conceive 14 children, saying in a video posted to RadarOnline.com that he did "absolutely nothing wrong."

Ill. suspends 2nd release program pending review (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 picture, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, announces that he is reinstating a policy requiring all inmates within the Illinois Department of Corrections serve 61 days before becoming eligible for good-conduct time off at a news conference in Chicago. Corrections Director Michael Randle is seen at right. Quinn is suspending a second early release program for Illinois prison inmates until he names a safety officer to review it. Quinn halted the program Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010 as he continued to take hits for his administration's handling of another, secret release plan known as 'MGT Push.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn suspended a second early release program for state prisoners Tuesday as he faces unrelenting criticism over violent inmates who were secretly set free after just weeks behind bars.

AP sources: Colorado Gov. Ritter to retire (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:37 PM PST

FILE - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is pictured at the Capitol in Denver in this file photo taken on Jan. 23, 2008. Ritter won't run for re-election this fall, sources told The Associated Press on Tuesday Jan 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter won't run for re-election this fall, sources told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

2 killed in small cargo jet crash outside Chicago (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:21 PM PST

Authorities comb the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Glenview, Ill. Authorities say a Royal Air cargo jet had been cleared for landing before it crashed in a forest preserve near Chicago Executive Airport in nearby Wheeling, Ill. It was not known immediately know how many people were aboard and if there were injuries. (AP Photo/Mike Anzaldi)AP - A small cargo jet crashed into a river in a forest preserve Tuesday shortly after being cleared to land at a suburban Chicago airport, killing the pilot and a co-pilot, authorities said.

Fla. farmers scramble to save crops from cold (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:12 PM PST

A pedestrian walks on snow covered pavement in Stockport, Manchester. World oil prices extended their gains Tuesday, with New York crude holding above 81 dollars on increased heating fuel demand spurred by frigid weather in the northern hemisphere.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AP - Subfreezing temperatures across the South have Florida farmers worried that strawberry, tomato and other crops could be destroyed, with temperatures in even usually balmy Miami only in the 50s on Tuesday.

Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:36 PM PST

AP - Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

Fugitive on run after fatal Utah officer shooting (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:05 PM PST

AP - The man charged with Tuesday's fatal shooting of a Utah sheriff's deputy had just sold drugs to a brother of the slain officer on a remote desert road, according to court papers and a family member.

German woman charged in Fla. in grandson's death (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:11 PM PST

AP - A 71-year-old German woman drowned her 5-year-old grandson in a bathtub while they were vacationing in the Florida Panhandle because she didn't want to see the boy grow up in a divorced home, authorities said Tuesday.

Prolific television producer David Gerber dies (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:27 PM PST

AP - David Gerber, who won Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody awards for his television shows, has died of heart failure at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He was 86.

No rape charges for 2 ex-Okla. gov mansion workers (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:21 PM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 file photo, the Oklahoma governor's mansion is pictured in Oklahoma City. Prosecutors are investigating claims that the former head chef and chief groundskeeper at the Oklahoma governor's mansion raped three female prison inmates assigned to work on the mansion's grounds. Two former governor's mansion employees will not be charged with raping female prison inmates assigned to work on the grounds because there is insufficient evidence to support such charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 5, 2010. (AP Photo, File)AP - Two former governor's mansion employees will not be charged with raping female prison inmates assigned to work on the grounds because there is insufficient evidence to support such charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

From Oregon, a new nephew for the first couple (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:34 PM PST

AP - Oregon State University says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a new nephew.

Lawyer: alleged Fla. Ponzi schemer to plead guilty (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:39 PM PST

AP - Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors on charges of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using faked legal settlements, his attorney said Tuesday.

Sheriff accused in murder scheme urged to resign (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST

This photo released Jan. 4, 2010, by the Jackson County, Ill. Sheriff, shows Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond Martin. A Jackson County judge on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, ruled that Martin, who is already facing federal charges of dealing marijuana, must find his own attorney to represent him on charges that he, his wife and son tried to hire someone to commit murder. (AP Photo/Jackson County Sheriff)AP - Federal charges that the longtime sheriff of Gallatin County in southern Illinois sold marijuana while in uniform seemed odd enough to county board chairman Randy Drone. But new allegations the sheriff plotted from jail to have someone killed made the case even stranger.

Restaurant worker charged in deadly Mass. fire (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

Officials lead Anthony P. Baye into Hampshire District Court in Northampton, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, to face arraignment on murder and arson charges in a Dec. 27 fire in Northampton that killed a man and his son. (AP Photo/The Republican, Mark M. Murray)AP - A restaurant employee was charged with starting a fire that killed two of his neighbors — one of 15 apparently random blazes that were set within a 75-minute period, terrorizing residents of this western Massachusetts college town.

Tenn. officials want Davy Crockett document (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:56 PM PST

AP - Officials in Tennessee want a 90-year-old Florida woman to turn over a marriage license application filed by legendary Alamo defender Davy Crockett more than two centuries ago.
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