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Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges at the Supreme Court in Washington. For a short time Thursday, March 4, 2010, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site with no particular Supreme Court expertise that Chief Justice John Roberts was considering stepping down. He is not resigning, as even the Radar Online site quickly concluded in backing away from its own story. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."

Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists online (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:44 PM PST

This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas. A federal indictment charges that Colleen R. LaRose, who called herself JihadJane and Fatima LaRose online, agreed to kill the Swede on orders from the unnamed terrorists and traveled to Europe to carry out the killing. It doesn't say whether the Swede was killed, but LaRose was not charged with murder. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group) -- MANDATORY CREDIT SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP --AP - A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Workers urge faster rebuilding at ground zero site (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:30 PM PST

Laborers hoping to help rebuild the World Trade Center site hold a rally to urge for quicker action on the project, Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex.

NH campaign finance activist Granny D dies at 100 (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:34 PM PST

AP - Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate, has died. She was 100.

Calif. jury recommends death for serial killer (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:45 PM PST

AP - Relatives of four women and a 12-year-old girl who were brutally slain in the late 1970s exploded in applause Tuesday as the jury recommended death for Rodney Alcala, a convicted serial killer whose bizarre defense strategy included lyrics from an Arlo Guthrie song and showing an episode of "The Dating Game."

Judge considers sending ex-Edwards aide to jail (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:12 PM PST

Andrew Young, former aide to former Senator John Edwards, and his wife Cheri Young listen to the prosecutions' arguments during a hearing at the Chatham County Superior Court House in Pittsboro, N.C., Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)AP - A former aide to John Edwards narrowly escaped jail time Tuesday over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encounter.

Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:30 PM PST

In this ID photo released by Ohio State University, is shown Nathaniel Brown. Brown, a university custodial employee, reportedly shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio, according to officials. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Ohio State University) NO SALESAP - An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.

Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:07 PM PST

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.

All 6 dead in Ariz. crash were Mexican citizens (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:35 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 - Authorities say all six people killed in last week's pre-dawn bus crash on an Arizona interstate were Mexican citizens.

Assisted suicide network members indicted in Ga. (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:57 PM PST

FILE - In a March 17, 2009 file photo, Thomas E. Goodwin, former president of the Final Exit Network, is pictured during an interview with The Associated Press, in Atlanta. A Georgia grand jury indicted Goodwin and three other members of the assisted suicide group Final Exit Network Tuesday, March 9, 2010 on charges they helped a 58-year-old with cancer kill himself. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)AP - A grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself, clearing the way for a trial that could not only decide their fate but also help validate — or repudiate — their work.

'I do' in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PST

Cuc Vu (L) shows her ring after she and her partner Gwen Migita (R) applied for their marriage license at the DC Superior Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused March 2 to block a law allowing same-sex marriages in Washington DC, clearing the way for the legislation to go into effect Wednesday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and kissed after the pastor pronounced them "legally married."

Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:41 PM PST

John Albert Gardner III appears in San Diego Superior Court on Tuesday March 9, 2010 in San Diego. A San Diego judge has postponed the preliminary hearing for the sex offender accused of murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King. Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen on Tuesday rescheduled the hearing from March 18 to Aug. 4. Gardner is also under investigation in the death of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, whose remains were found Saturday 10 miles from the site where King disappeared. (AP Photo/John Gibbins, Pool)AP - A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist's conclusion that the defendant had "significant predatory traits" toward underage girls and should be kept in prison for as long as possible.

Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST

This photo released Monday March 8, 2010 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows evidence of fake test scores and California identification cards after they were confiscated from a California man who was charged Monday with operating a ring of illegal test-takers who helped dozens of Middle Eastern nationals obtain U.S. student visas by passing various proficiency and college-placement exams for them, federal authorities said. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)AP - A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security tracking system for foreigners who attend U.S. schools, experts said Tuesday.

Man who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PST

Haisong Jiang appears in Newark Municipal Court on a charge of defiant trespassing, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Jiang is accused of breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport in January. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Lara, Pool)AP - A lovesick graduate student from China who slipped under a rope barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport to say goodbye to his girlfriend, prompting a security breach and leading to worldwide flight delays, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge Tuesday and apologized publicly for the first time.

TV producer admits attempting Letterman shakedown (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Robert J. Halderman is arraigned in State Supreme Court in New York on charges of trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million to keep quiet about the comic's sexual affairs. Halderman, a CBS producer, pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 9, 2010 to attempted grand larceny. He is being sentenced to six months in jail and 1,000 hours of community service. (AP Photo/Steve Hirsch, Pool, File)AP - A former television producer pressured by debt and riven by jealousy admitted Tuesday he tried to extract vengeance and money by shaking down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers.

Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:42 PM PST

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walks away after talking to the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

Outside science academies to review warming panel (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:02 PM PST

AP - The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.

Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:56 PM PST

AP - A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem.

Texas judge rescinds anti-death penalty ruling (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:54 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 criticized for declaring the death penalty unconstitutional took back his controversial ruling Tuesday but scheduled a hearing for next month to hear evidence on the issue.

Calif condor couple lays egg at Pinnacles park (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:45 PM PST

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a nesting California condor on Friday, March 5, 2010, in a cranny near the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Monument, Calif. Biologists at Pinnacles are celebrating the first condor egg laid by a mating pair in more than a century. Park spokesman Carl Brenner said a condor pair released in the park in 2004 at Big Sur had been observed engaged in courtship behavior earlier this year. 'They are now the proud parents of a small egg,' Brenner said. (AP Photo/National Park Service, John Maio)AP - Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument are celebrating the first condor egg laid by a mating pair inside the park boundaries in more than a century.
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