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Grieving begins, but life goes on at W.Va. mines (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:47 PM PDT

People gather together in a memorial vigil in Naoma, W.Va. on Saturday, April 10, 2010, for 29 miners who died in the explosion at Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W. Va. on Monday. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine.

Worries about Calif. priest came early in career (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:21 PM PDT

This May 17, 2002 law enforcement booking photo shows former priest Stephen Kiesle. A letter obtained by the Associated Press and bearing the signature of future Pope Benedict XVI shows then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger resisted defrocking Kiesle, who had a record of sexually molesting children, after his case had languished for four years at the Vatican. The 1985 letter was typed in Latin and is part of years of correspondence between the Diocese of Oakland and the Vatican about the proposed defrocking of Rev. Kiesle. (AP Photo)AP - Even in his seminary days in the early 1970s, there were questions about California priest Stephen Kiesle: Colleagues said he had trouble relating to adults, lacked spirituality and didn't seem committed to anything but youth ministry.

1 killed, several hurt in shooting at Okla. mall (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:22 PM PDT

AP - Gunfire broke out inside a crowded Oklahoma shopping mall Saturday, leaving a teenager dead and several injured in what witnesses described as a gunfight, police said.

Thousands rally for immigration reform across US (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:39 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of people rallied Saturday in several cities in a bid to urge Congress to act swiftly on immigration reform.

Magnitude-4.5 quake, others shake San Diego area (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:45 PM PDT

AP - A moderate earthquake near the U.S.-Mexico border rattled parts of Imperial and San Diego counties as a swarm of seismic activity continues nearly a week after a magnitude-7.2 quake slammed the area.

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 07:22 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge has approved a $110 million class-action settlement against the manufacturer and distributor of an intravenous vitamin E supplement that federal officials have linked to the deaths of dozens of premature infants in the mid-1980s.

Cherokee's Mankiller remembered as humble leader (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 1996 file photo, Wilma Mankiller, former Cherokee Nation chief, speaks during a news conference in Tulsa, Okla. Mankiller, was one of the few women ever to lead a major American Indian tribe, died Tuesday April 6, 2010 after battling pancreatic cancer. She was 64. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)AP - One of the most influential American Indian leaders in recent history, former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller was widely known for strengthening her tribe and drawing the accolades of U.S. presidents. But it was her humble, tender nature — a refusal to squash a bug, an affinity for opera — that defined her, friends and family said Saturday.

SCLC board ousts its embattled chairman, treasurer (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 06:03 PM PDT

AP - Nearly half of the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voted Saturday to oust two top officials who are under investigation for allegations of financial mismanagement.

Grandmother: Boy terrorized adoptive family in US (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:43 PM PDT

** CORRECTS BOYS AGE IN LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT INFORMATION ** In this image taken from Rossia 1 television channel TV, 7-year-old adopted Russian boy Artyom Savelyev gets into a minivan outside a police department office in Moscow, Thursday, April 8, 2010. Russia should freeze all child adoptions with U.S. families, the country's foreign minister urged Friday after an American woman allegedly put her 8-year-old adopted Russian son on a one-way flight back to his homeland. Artyom Savelyev arrived in Moscow unaccompanied Thursday on a United Airlines flight from Washington, the Kremlin children's rights office said Friday April 9.(AP Photo/Rossia 1 Television Channel)** TV OUT **AP - Torry Hansen was so eager to become a mother that she adopted an older child from a foreign country, two factors that scare off many prospective parents. Her bigger fears came later.

Men called to action in NJ after alleged gang rape (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:52 PM PDT

Trenton resident Rita Veal, standing at right, prays during an anti-violence rally in Trenton, New Jersey, on Saturday April 10, 2010, held at a church just a few blocks away from the Rowan Towers apartment building where Police say a 7-year-old girl's 15-year-old stepsister took her to a party there and had sex with men for money. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)AP - Dozens of men joined Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons in an impromptu march on Saturday through the neighborhood where police say a 7-year-old girl was gang-raped.

GOP chairman Steele: 'I've made mistakes' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:49 PM PDT

Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Saturday, April 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - In damage control mode, GOP national chairman Michael Steele on Saturday sought to quell the furor over his management of the Republican National Committee by acknowledging errors and vowing to learn from them.

Hero who helped subdue shoe bomber becomes citizen (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:25 AM PDT

In this undated photo released by Elana Kopstein, Kwame James, then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Michael Wildes, left to right, pose for a photo. James had to wait nearly 10 years to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a long time compared with the time he spent helping subdue would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid on a trans-Atlantic flight. (AP Photo/Elana Kopstein) NO SALESAP - Kwame James waited nearly 10 years to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a long time compared with the time he spent helping subdue would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid on a trans-Atlantic flight.

W.Va. miners were varied in experience, interests (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Tammy Gobble, left, is embraced by Sheri McGraw of the Red Cross as she reacts to the news that rescue workers located the four missing bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine, dashing any faint hopes of finding more survivors of a deadly explosion that has claimed 29 lives at the Massey Energy Co.'s Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W. Va. on Saturday, April 10, 2010. The death toll makes it the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since a 1970 explosion killed 38 in Hyden, Ky. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - They ranged in age from 20 to 61. Some had been miners only a few months, others for 34 years.

Crews begin recovering bodies from W.Va. mine (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

AP - Mine crews have started the solemn task of bringing the victims of this week's underground coal mine explosion to the surface.

Pa. circus elephant's killing of man 'accident' (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - A coroner says a circus elephant that kicked a handler and killed him before a performance in northeastern Pennsylvania did so accidentally.

Stupak constituents seek federal aid over ideology (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Rep. Bart Stupak announces his retirement, as his wife Laurie looks on, Friday, April 9, 2010 in Marquette, Mich. Rep. Bart Stupak insists that tea party activists outraged over his crucial support of health care legislation didn't run him out of office, but his decision to retire gives conservatives a rallying point as they target Democrats in the midterm elections. (AP Photo/John Flesher)AP - Even as tea party activists gloat over Rep. Bart Stupak's decision to retire after becoming one of their top targets for defeat, it's far from certain that his constituents will elect a successor who shares their antipathy to government spending.

LA utility at center of city's financial meltdown (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:27 AM PDT

In this April 9, 2010 photo, a car maneuvers around part of the Department of Water's Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles. The Department of Water and Power operates with a $5.7 billion budget and 8,600 employees. It runs 7,200 miles of pipeline that pump water into Los Angeles from rivers, as well as the Silver Lake Reservoir, around the region, and the electrical grid that powers the nation's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - When the city's Department of Water and Power spent $50,000 on lactation consultants two years ago to assist breast-feeding employees, the utility said it was a humanitarian move aimed at cutting absenteeism.

Analysis: Is GOP a party of yes, no or maybe so? (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT

Sarah Palin waves as she arrives to speak at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Friday, April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Socialist. Secularist. Liar. National security naif. Republican leaders are calling President Barack Obama all that and more as they jockey early for the party's 2012 nomination. But name-calling alone won't beat the Democratic incumbent.

Governors' races may be tough for incumbents (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2010 file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson talks to reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Even Republicans were looking at Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo as a lock next fall to succeed retiring Gov. David Paterson and claim the seat long held by his famous father, Mario Cuomo. Not anymore. Once Scott Brown showed that Democrats in Massachusetts couldn't keep hold of the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat, what seemed politically impossible in the 2010 elections has at least some degree of plausibility. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - Even Republicans were looking at New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as a lock this fall to succeed retiring Gov. David Paterson and claim the seat long held by his famous father, Mario Cuomo.
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