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6 people killed in bus crash south of Phoenix (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:51 PM PST

Arizona Department of Public Safety police officers and members of the medical examiner's office remove bodies from the site of a tour bus crash on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Sacaton, Ariz. Police are saying six people were killed in the crash on Interstate 10 about 25 miles south of Phoenix after a bus traveling from Mexico to Los Angeles struck a pickup truck and rolled before landing upright on its wheels. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The bus that rolled over on a busy interstate outside Phoenix, killing six people and leaving 16 others injured early Friday, was operating illegally, federal transportation officials said.

Pentagon shooter had a history of mental illness (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PST

This undated booking photo provided by the Washoe County jail via the Reno Gazette Journal on Friday, March 5, 2010 shows John Patrick Bedell. Authorities said Bedell pulled a handgun at a Pentagon entrance in Washington on Thursday, March 4, 2010, shot two police officers and was mortally wounded in an exchange of gunfire. The two officers were hospitalized briefly with minor injuries. (AP Photo/Washoe County jail via the Reno Gazette Journal) NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUTAP - The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he was unstable and might have a gun, authorities said Friday.

Witness heard 'pop' as Pentagon shooting began (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:18 PM PST

AP - A witness to a shooting outside the Pentagon says he heard a "pop" and hit the ground as a gunman exchanged fire with guards.

Upper Midwest braces for severe spring flooding (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:39 PM PST

AP - Salesmen in Fargo are hawking products with names like the Muscle Wall and the Sandbagging Buddy. Emergency workers in Keokuk, Iowa, are planning to barricade the water treatment plant with limestone boulders. The farmers' cooperative in Quincy, Ill., is moving grain inland to keep it dry.

Witness will testify in Broncos player's death (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:14 PM PST

FILE - In this April 24, 2005 file photo, Oklahoma State cornerback Darrent Williams smiles as he holds a Broncos' jersey bearing his name a news conference as the team's headquarters in Denver. A witness too afraid to testify against the man accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has changed his mind after a night in jail. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, file)AP - A witness too afraid to testify against the man accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has changed his mind after a night in jail.

California park searched in 2nd missing teen case (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:19 PM PST

FBI evidence response team members photograph evidence in a creekside area at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, Calif. Friday, March 5, 2010. Police say 30 law enforcement personnel are searching a park after receiving a report that children had found what looked like human hair. Police suspect the discovery might have some connection to the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois about a year ago in the same region where 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared last week. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Police drained a pond in a park north of San Diego on Friday in their efforts to find a girl who vanished about a year ago in the same region where 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared last week.

911 call reveals Mich. girl's pleas to help mother (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:55 PM PST

AP - Her mother shot and dying in a Detroit home, an 8-year-old girl desperately pleaded to a 911 dispatcher for help. But Monica Botello's daughter didn't know where she was or how to tell police to get there.

Prosecutor: Greed prompted Ill. fire that killed 7 (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:54 PM PST

In this photo released by the Cicero Ill. Police Department Friday, March 5, 2010, is Marion Comier, 47, a maintenance worker at an apartment building in Cicero where seven people died in a fire on Feb. 14, 2010. Prosecutors say the owner, Lawrence Myers had Comier set the building on fire because he wanted to collect the insurance money. Comier and Myers are charged with murder and arson. They pleaded not guilty Friday, March 5, 2010 and were ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Cicero Police Department)AP - The owner of a suburban Chicago apartment house had his maintenance man set fire to the building, killing seven people including a newborn, because he wanted to cash in on a $250,000 insurance policy, prosecutors said Friday.

Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 file photo, shows machines working at the massive Arrowhead Landfill near Uniontown, Ala. More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)AP - More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.

Feds: 68 fatal ODs linked to scheme at Kan. clinic (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:43 PM PST

FILE - In this April 25, 2008 file photo, Dr. Stephen Schneider talks to the media at his home in Haysville, Kan. A new federal indictment implicates the Kansas doctor and his wife in nine additional patient deaths, bringing to 68 the number of fatal overdoses the government contends are linked to illegal prescription writing and a moneymaking conspiracy at their clinic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AP - A new federal indictment implicates a Kansas doctor and his wife in nine additional patient deaths, bringing to 68 the number of fatal overdoses the government contends are linked to illegal prescription writing and a moneymaking conspiracy at their clinic.

US hunts for citizens training with terror groups (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:46 PM PST

AP - The top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan said Friday that the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups, but the number is not thought to be large.

Viewers are poised to flock to Oscarcast this year (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2010 file photo, James Cameron, left, director of 'Avatar,' and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, director of 'The Hurt Locker,' pose together at the 15th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards have a tiresome habit of calling its annual telecast 'Hollywood's biggest night.' But this year, the Oscarcast could prove to be a pretty big night for television, too. Cameron is back and has potentially topped himself with the 3-D sci-fi epic 'Avatar.' Even better, his ex-wife — the acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow — is going toe-to-toe with Cameron in both the Best Director and Best Picture categories for her gritty, nowhere-near-big-budget military masterpiece, 'The Hurt Locker.' (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - The Academy Awards have a tiresome habit of calling the annual Oscar telecast "Hollywood's biggest night."

Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard shares home videos (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:48 AM PST

This undated image provided Thursday Sept. 3, 2009 by the Dugard family shows recently recovered kidnap victim, Jaycee Dugard. Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos set to air on ABC Friday, March 5, 2010. (AP Photo/courtesy of Dugard family) NO SALESAP - Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, was seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos aired on ABC Friday.

Texas judge says death penalty unconstitutional (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:44 PM PST

In this Nov. 14, 2008 photo, newly elected State District Judge Kevin Fine, shows his sleeve of tattoos at his downtown office in Houston, Texas. Fine used his life experience of beating drug addiction for his campaign. Fine, who is a judge in the Texas county that sends more inmates to death row than any other in the U.S. is facing a torrent of high-profile criticism after he declared the death penalty unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Nick de la Torre)AP - A Texas judge in the county that sends more inmates to death row than any other in the nation is apparently taking a stand.

Scott Brown campaigns for McCain in Arizona (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question from the audience at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain is bringing in the Republican Party's newest rising star on Friday in a bid to shore up support among conservative primary voters. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)AP - Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain enlisted a rising star of the Republican Party in a bid Friday to lock down support among conservative primary voters.

Ohio jury: Doctor guilty of wife's cyanide death (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST

AP - An Ohio doctor accused of lacing his wife's calcium supplement with cyanide so he could be with his mistress was convicted Friday of aggravated murder.

Recovery? Great. But where are the jobs? (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:35 PM PST

In this Feb. 10, 2010 photo, Sharon Phillips, left, William Wright, center, and Tim Paliwoda, right, all of Detroit, fill out applications while attending a job fair in Detroit. The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed fewer jobs than expected, evidence that the job market may be slowly healing. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - At last, the unemployment crisis seems to be easing. That's the good news.

Debate over school busing in NC county gets uglier (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:09 PM PST

AP - A racially charged debate over school busing in North Carolina has turned even uglier after an education official referred to proponents of a diversity program as "animals out of the cages."
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