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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:46 PM PST

Nicole Lanford, 18, of Meridian, Idaho, right, and Carla Thompson, 53, of Meridian, Idaho, seen waving, two of the American missionaries charged with child kidnapping are driven away on a van from a Haitian jail in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010. Eight of the ten U.S. missionaries arrested were released on Feb. 17, nearly three weeks after they were caught trying to take a group of children out of the quake stricken country. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami early Thursday, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country.

NJ man tells police he tossed baby off bridge (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST

A U.S. Coast Guard boat searches the Raritan River under the Driscoll Bridge Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, near Sayreville, N.J., for a 3-month-old girl after her father told them he threw his daughter off the bridge and into the river. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A man who snatched his infant daughter from the arms of her maternal grandmother while the child's mother was in court getting a restraining order against him told police he threw the baby off a bridge and into a frigid New Jersey river, prompting a massive search Wednesday beneath a busy parkway.

3 Tesla workers die when plane hits N. Calif. home (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:43 PM PST

Menlo Park firefighters inspect the scene after a Cessna 310 hit a house in East Palo Alto, Calif. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. The small plane crashed in the residential neighborhood shrouded in heavy fog, killing all three Tesla Motors employees aboard, igniting fires and scattering debris onto a house where a children's day care center operated, authorities said. There were no reports of injury on the ground. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A twin-engine plane carrying three employees of electric car maker Tesla Motors struck a set of power lines after takeoff Wednesday and crashed into a fog-shrouded residential neighborhood, raining fiery debris over homes, sending residents running for safety and killing everyone aboard.

Cops: Imitation pot as bad as the real thing (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST

This Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. State lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas have introduced bills which would create penalties for K2 possession similar to those for marijuana.(AP Photo/Kelley McCall)AP - There may be nothing like the real thing, but some industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug's effects on the brain — creating a popular trade in legal dope that has stymied law enforcement authorities.

Study: States must fill $1 trillion pension gap (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:01 PM PST

AP - States may be forced to reduce benefits, raise taxes or slash government services to address a $1 trillion funding shortfall in public sector retirement benefits, according to a new study that warns of even more debilitating costs if immediate action isn't taken.

Report on Marines' water omitted cancer chemical (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 12:39 PM PST

In a Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2009 photo, retired Marine Master Sgt.Jerry Ensminger with some of his documentation related to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, at his home in Elizabethtown, NC. Ensminger lost his 9-year-old daughter Janey, seen in photo at left, to leukemia and believes the government knowingly exposed military families to carcinogenic contaminates. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review, an Associated Press review has found.

Pathologist: Ex-cop's 3rd wife died accidentally (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST

FILE - In this Friday, May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, a pretrial hearing is scheduled to resume, where prosecutors are trying to convince jurors that the death of Peterson's ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, was not an accident. Prosecutors have been presenting witnesses to counter the 2004 finding that Savio simply drowned in her bathtub. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - A pathologist hired by a former suburban Chicago police sergeant's attorneys testified Wednesday that the death of Drew Peterson's third wife was accidental and not a homicide as ruled three years later after her body was exhumed.

NY questions health claims of some 9/11 responders (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 02:23 PM PST

AP - Lawyers defending New York City against thousands of lawsuits filed by Sept. 11 emergency responders say many of the claims are baseless and have asked a judge to dismiss some of the first cases headed toward trial.

Accused coach shooter's mom says son had delusions (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:01 PM PST

Defendant Mark Becker listens to testimony on the first day of witnesses called by the defense on Wednesday, Feb.17, 2010 at the Butler County Courthouse in Allison, Iowa. Joan Becker testified Wednesday that her son was hospitalized for mental issues three times before he was accused of gunning down Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas in June. Becker says she was unable to reach a mental health counselor when her son was released from a hospital the night before the shooting. Becker has been charged with first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. (AP Photo/Cliff Jette, Pool)AP - The mother of a former football player accused of fatally shooting his high school coach testified Wednesday that her son suffered from severe bouts of depression and occasionally violent episodes.

Galveston fears post-Ike Census means lost funds (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2008, file photo a man walks past debris piled up on the seawall road after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, in Galveston, Texas. Galveston officials, worried millions could be lost if Census shows post-Ike population drop, had asked Census officials to include in the city's population count residents who have temporarily moved off the island since the hurricane. But Census officials say they can't make an exception for natural disasters. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)AP - Nearly 1 1/2 years after Hurricane Ike battered Galveston, this southeast Texas island community fears the natural disaster could land another harsh blow.

Toyota investigates Corolla steering problems (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, salesman Andre Kamali walks next to a Corolla at a Toyota dealership in Palo Alto, Calif. Toyota is considering a recall of its hot-selling Corolla subcompact after complaints about power steering problems — another blow to the world's largest automaker already reeling from a string of recalls for safety troubles. A Toyota executive did not disclose model years or regions that could be affected and said there have been fewer than 100 complaints (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficult to steer straight, raising a new safety concern ahead of next week's congressional hearing about the automakers recalls.

Astronauts take call from admiring President Obama (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:17 PM PST

In this image obtained via Twitter astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station posted this image showing the Sahara Desert, the first view out of the cupola's windows on the observation deck of the the Tranquility module station early Wednesday morning Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/NASA via Twitter)AP - With their construction work finished, the 11 astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex accepted congratulations Wednesday from President Barack Obama, who assured them of his "unwavering" commitment to NASA.

Guard troops wait for promised post-deployment pay (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:55 PM PST

In this Feb. 12, 2010 photo, Staff Sgt. Katie Blackwell poses with medals she was awarded, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, while she and her husband were deployed in Iraq, at her home in Champlin, Minn. Blackwell, who spent 16 months in Iraq as part of a nearly two-year deployment with the Minnesota Red Bulls from 2005 to 2007, estimates she and her husband are owed $8,000. The Pentagon's fix comes after intense pressure from members of Congress and as Minnesota legislators were considering appropriating state money to make up for the unpaid federal dollars. The Pentagon didn't announce when the soldiers would be paid, but U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., said Defense Secretary Robert Gates' office told him the checks will go out by March 19. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig)AP - Thousands of National Guard soldiers who served extra-long deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflicts were supposed to get paid time off when they came home three years ago.

Judges free NC murder convict after 16 years (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST

AP - A North Carolina man who insisted he was innocent of murder through more than 16 years in prison was declared a free man Wednesday after a groundbreaking exoneration pressed by the nation's only statewide innocence panel.

Southern Co.'s lobbying draws complaints (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:24 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's award of billions of dollars in federal nuclear loan guarantees to Southern Co. has angered environmentalists who say the president is embracing the energy powerhouse that worked aggressively to defeat a key climate change bill championed by his administration.

Stress claim denied for Conn. cop who shot chimp (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:23 PM PST

AP - A police officer who shot and killed a chimpanzee last year after it mauled a woman has been denied a claim for workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder because state law only applies to police shootings of people.

Archbishop Tutu's DNA helps show African diversity (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 03:31 PM PST

This photo provided by Penn State shows Stephan Schuster and Vanessa Hayes completing research in the Namibian bush. Scientists have found new evidence of the wide genetic variation that appears in Africans, in part by decoding the DNA of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. (AP Photo/Penn State, Stephan Schuster)AP - Scientists who decoded the DNA of some southern Africans have found striking new evidence of the genetic diversity on that continent, and uncovered a surprise about the ancestry of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Father of NY terror plot suspect gets bail (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 01:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, Mohammed Wali Zazi, left, leaves the federal courthouse in Denver with U.S. Marshals. Zazi, who is accused of trying to destroy chemicals and other evidence in the terror case against his son, Najibullah Zazi, was granted bail Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 but ordered not to speak to his son. Najibullah Zazi has been accused by authorities of receiving explosives training from al-Qaida and plotting to attack targets in New York with homemade bombs. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - A Colorado man accused of trying to destroy chemicals and other evidence in the terror case against his son was granted bail Wednesday, but ordered not to speak to his son.
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