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Drivers complain that Toyota's fixes didn't work (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PST

Stewart Stogel of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. speaks about the problems with his 2009 Toyota Camry while sitting in a parking lot in New Rochelle, N.Y. Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Stogel was preparing to take his Camry back to a Toyota dealership today after, he states, previous repairs to fix an acceleration problem have not solved the issue with his car. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floor mat problems, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Sex offender charged in Chelsea King case (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:29 PM PST

People attend a candlelight vigil held at St. Michael's Catholic Church for missing teenager Chelsea King Tuesday March 2, 2010 in Poway, Calif. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - A convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King while raping or attempting to rape her was linked to the crime by DNA from semen found in her clothing, a state Justice Department spokeswoman said.

FAA suspends pair after kids radio pilots at JFK (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:41 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2007 file photo, a JetBlue Airbus A320, that just landed, taxis past another JetBlue plane being towed to a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York. The main runway at New York's JFK International will be closed for four months starting March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, file)AP - As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy's voice: "JetBlue 171, cleared for takeoff."

3 LA teachers removed over choice of black heroes (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PST

AP - Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman said Wednesday.

DA to seek death penalty in Calif. family killings (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:35 PM PST

AP - Orange County prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man who's charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend's father and sister nearly three years ago.

Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Utah mountains (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:47 PM PST

Rescue crews at helicopter crash scene near Soapstone Basin, east of Kamas Utah, where one of two U.S. Coast Guard helicopters crashed into a mountain Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The helicopter was returning from security detail at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. (AP Photo/ Deseret News, Tom Smart) SL TRIB OUT, PROVO OUT NO MAGSAP - A Coast Guard helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in remote Utah mountains after providing security at the Winter Olympics, and three people were airlifted to local hospitals, officials said.

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST

Graphic shows incidence rates for prostate cancer between 1975 and 2006 and highest death rates from prostate cancer by race between 2001 andAP - Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.

Inspector: US fishery officer shredded documents (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PST

AP - The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday that the nation's top fishery cop destroyed documents while his office was under investigation for possible unfair enforcement of fishery laws.

Fired workers' comp panel staff cries foul (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:40 PM PST

AP - After a sweeping scandal nearly five years ago that cost the state's insurance fund for injured workers $300 million because of investments in Beanie Babies, rare coins and other risky assets, Ohio beefed up oversight and created a panel to help lawmakers look out for the health of the fund.

AP Interview: Hamas spy unafraid, criticizes Islam (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:41 PM PST

Mosab Hassan Yousef speaks during an interview in New York, Wednesday March 3, 2010. Yousef, the son of one of Hamas' founders, announced last week that he spent a decade spying for Israel. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Mosab Hassan Yousef, who helped Israel's security forces kill and arrest members of the Islamic militant group Hamas, is probably marked for death.

Hoyer: Retiring Dem faces misconduct allegation (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PST

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 picture shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Rep. Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from New York, said that he will not seek a second term after a recurrence of cancer late last year, dismissing blog reports that he had harassed a staffer. He was elected in 2008. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP - A freshman congressman from New York who cited health reasons in announcing his retirement Wednesday is facing allegations of misconduct, a top House Democrat confirmed.

Informant's death throws artifacts case into doubt (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:27 PM PST

AP - The prosecution of the largest-ever American Indian artifacts looting case has been rattled by the apparent suicide of the government informant who broke open the investigation during more than two years of undercover work.

Bicycle injuries keep Colo. governor in hospital (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PST

AP - Gov. Bill Ritter will stay in the hospital for three or four days recovering from broken ribs and a separated shoulder he suffered in a bicycle wreck, doctors said Wednesday.

Govt slow to force safer designs for window blinds (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:00 PM PST

This December 2006 photo provided by Kelly Horvath shows her son Josiah. In February 2007 Horvath found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib with a Roman shade cord wrapped around his neck. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said about 500 children have strangled on the cords of blinds and shades since the early 1980s, an average of about one child each month. The death figures make blinds and shades some of the deadliest products subject to recalls announced by the safety agency in the last 15 years. (AP Photo/Family Photo)AP - Shopping for her nursery, Kelly Horvath bought a new window shade because its label advertised its child safety features. She later found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib, the shade's cord wrapped around his neck, another young victim of what U.S. government records show are some of the deadliest recalled consumer products.

RI school leader calls for talks, not mass firing (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:32 PM PST

AP - A district superintendent who fired all the teachers from one of the state's most troubled schools said Wednesday she's willing to negotiate with its teachers' union after it publicly pledged to support reforms.

Social workers guilty of fraud in starvation case (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:47 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, July 31, 2008, Danieal Kelly is seen. Four social workers were convicted Wednesday March 3, 2010 in a fraud case stemming from the starvation death of the disabled Philadelphia teenager. A federal jury in Philadelphia returned the verdicts in the trial involving now-defunct MultiEthnic Behavioral Health Inc. (AP Photo/Philadelphia District Attorney, File)AP - Four social workers were convicted Wednesday of fraud for submitting phony paperwork for visits they never made to a disabled teenage girl who weighed only 42 pounds and was covered in maggot-infested sores when she was found dead in her home.

3 kids die, 2 injured in Detroit house fire (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:12 PM PST

Scene of a fatal fire on Bangor St. in Detroit, Wednesday, March 3, 2010 where fire swept through the home Tuesday evening killing three children and critically injuring two others who escaped out a second-floor window. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Piercing screams drowned out the snap and pop of burning wood and exploding glass as the blaze raced through the rickety wooden house on Detroit's west side.

First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds the students of Brinkley Middle School in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 3, 2010, before speaking about her healthy schools campaign, 'Let's Move!'. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson on Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity by keeping kids active.

Anti-government voters factor in Texas race (AP)

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:13 PM PST

Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina, left, speaks to her supporters at a party held at Hinzes BBQ on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 in Wharton, Texas. (AP Photo/Bob Levey)AP - Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday's Republican primary: She didn't raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, she won nearly one out of every five votes, harnessing some support in the nascent tea party movement.
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