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Police: Boy, 16, made racial comment at NJ Walmart (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Gloucester County, New Jersey prosecutor Sean Dalton, right, listens as Washington Township Police chief Rafael Muniz, left, answers a question Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Washington Township, N.J., as they announce police have arrested a 16-year-old Atlantic County boy on charges of harassment and bias intimidation in the case of a racial comment that was made over the public-address system at a Wal-Mart store in southern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday.

Fargo calm, confident as Red River completes rise (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT

A road is closed due to overland flooding from the Sheyenne River, Saturday, March 20, 2010, in West Fargo, N.D. Forecasters lowered their flood crest predictions for the area expecting the Red River in Fargo to crest a foot lower than expected on Sunday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that's spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what appeared to be a successful defense against the swollen waterway.

3 deaths reported as snow storm strikes Plains (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Toby Sumner, of Ritzman Lawn Service, clears snow in front of a Weaver's Department Store window Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - A powerful storm began blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring Saturday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s.

New threat puts Calif. police on heightened alert (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 04:30 PM PDT

People stand outside the Hemet Christian Assembly church in Hemet, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010. The church is located near a repurposed home which is the Riverside County Gang Task Force headquarters. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers.

Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:02 PM PDT

Henry Shoiket, 92, of Rutherford, N.J., joins other anti-war protesters in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Thousands of protesters — many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama — marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT

James Norris is shown in Charlotte, N.C., on March 17, 2010. In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black folks are out of work, black people could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide will lift African-American boats. (AP Photo/Jesse Washington)AP - In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats.

Struggling town turns out to bury fallen soldier (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 08:46 PM PDT

AP - Residents from the small communities just outside the mountains of Glacier National Park buried one of their own Saturday, a young soldier from Hungry Horse killed by Afghan insurgents earlier this month.

3 killed after small planes collide over Fla. (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:25 PM PDT

AP - A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said.

Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90 (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 05:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2002 file photo, Stewart Udall, former interior secretary and three-term Arizona congressman, sits in his home in Santa Fe, N.M. Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jeff Geissler, File)AP - Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90.

Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT

AP - Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold.

Lawmakers wnt to limit txt msgs and e-mails (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:47 PM PDT

AP - Open government in the heart of Silicon Valley is starting to mean turn off, tune out, power down.

Former press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson dies (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2000 file photo, Author Liz Carpenter is shown at home with her latest book 'Start With a Laugh,' in Austin, Texas. Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)AP - Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89.

Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:56 AM PDT

In this March 10, 2010 photo, dawn breaks on downtown Klamath Falls, Ore., to reveal that sidewalks heated by geothermal energy have stayed clear while a park bench, trash receptacle and the street are dusted with snow. A brew pub, greenhouses, and college classrooms all use heat from volcanic rocks in this timber and ranching town. It serves as a model for a fledgling geothermal energy industry that is gaining steam with $338 million in stimulus funding. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.

Bloated lake haunts North Dakota town again (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PDT

In a photo made March 17, 2010, the main street of Kathryn, N.D. is shown. The town which barely survived last year's flood stands a 50-50 chance it could flood this year after $3 million was scraped together last year to replace the battered nearby Clausen Spring Dam but it hasn't been done. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - Almost a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam, this tiny North Dakota town is facing the possibility of having to evacuate again because of flooding.

Man wanted for Detroit slayings nabbed near LA (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 11:08 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Marshals using information from Detroit police have arrested in California a man wanted in a double slaying reported by the 8-year-old daughter of one of the victims.
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