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Rescue crews back in mine to look for survivors (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:51 PM PDT

A sign i s posted for motorists along Coal River Road Thursday, April 8, 2010 in Rock Creek, W.Va. On Monday 25 miners were killed in an explosion at nearby Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP - A spokesman for West Virginia's governor says rescue teams have headed back into a West Virginia mine to look for four miners missing since an explosion killed 25 workers.

Officials: Colo. deputy used stun gun on students (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:15 PM PDT

AP - A sheriff's deputy in Colorado has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after he used a stun gun to shock 30 students at a high school career fair.

Stepdad of NJ girl defends 3 accused of raping her (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:38 PM PDT

** RETRANSMISSION OF NJME101 FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Gregory Leary, 20, one of five suspects accused of gang-raping a 7-year-old New Jersey girl, is seen on a video monitor at a hearing Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Trenton, N.J. Leary's attorney, Robin Lord, says the child was not raped. Lord suggested Thursday in court that the girl was pressured to give a false account of what happened at a party. Leary was ordered held on $500,000 bail. Leary is also accused of statutory rape and endangering the welfare of a child. Trenton police say he also had sex with the girl's 15-year-old stepsister. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A horrifying case — a gang rape of a 7-year-old allegedly sold by her teenage stepsister to armed men — grew more bizarre when the girl's stepfather showed up outside the Trenton courthouse Thursday to say that three of the five accused men had actually tried to help the girl.

Prosecutors: Pelosi feared for family after calls (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:42 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the San Mateo Sheriff's department shows Gregory Lee Giusti. Giusti, 48, angry about health care reform, allegedly made threatening and harassing phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including at least one call in which he got through and spoke to her directly, law enforcement officials said. He was arrested Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/San Mateo Sheriff's office)AP - The man charged with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so livid over the health care overhaul that he made at least 48 calls to her offices and homes, leading the Democrat to fear that her family might be in danger, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Feds find problems at Central Calif. toxic dump (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:31 PM PDT

AP - A federal investigation found that a major hazardous waste facility at the center of a birth defects controversy improperly disposed of a chemical known to cause cancer and reproductive problems.

Astronauts take 1st spacewalk of shuttle mission (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 10:45 PM PDT

In this image provided by NASA backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 grapples the Leonardo Multi-purpose Logistics Module from the payload bay of the docked space shuttle Discovery for relocation to a port on the Harmony node of the International Space Station Wednesday April 7, 2010. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Two astronauts are spacewalking outside the International Space Station.

Defendant blames fellow teen in NY stabbing death (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:33 PM PDT

FILE--In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, Christopher Overton, one of seven teenagers accused in a fatal attack on a Hispanic immigrant, appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. Overton's co-defendant, Jeffrey Conroy, testified Thursday, April 8, 2010, that it was Overton, not Conroy himself, who inflicted a fatal stab wound on Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero on a Patchogue, N.Y., street in November 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool, File)AP - A teenager accused of stabbing an immigrant to death testified Thursday that an acquaintance he had just met delivered the fatal blow and insisted he wasn't even carrying a knife the night of the killing, despite admitting the crime to police.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Mine safety fixes fall short (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Massey Energy Complex near Montcoal, WV is seen in a Wednesday, April 6, 2010 aerial photo. A Massey executive said Thursday, April 8, 2010 that more drilling is needed to help clear a West Virginia mine of dangerous gases so that rescue teams go underground again.(AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Craig Cunningham)AP - After a 2006 West Virginia mine explosion killed a dozen miners, coal companies spent more than $1 billion on new safety measures that did nothing to save the lives of at least 25 more men under similar circumstances this week.

Nancy Kerrigan's brother charged with manslaughter (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010, file photo, Mark Kerrigan, 45, the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, reacts as he is arraigned in Woburn, Mass., District Court. Kerrigan has been charged in Massachusetts with manslaughter in the death of their father. His indictment in Middlesex Superior Court was announced Thursday, April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted Fitzgerald, Pool, File)AP - The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was charged with manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father in what prosecutors called a drunken rage during a trivial argument over use of the family telephone, the Middlesex district attorney's office said Thursday.

States push to pay teachers based on performance (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT

In this photo taken, April 7, 2010, Trenise Duvernay talks with Corey Boudreaux, 10, as she teaches fourth grade math class at the Alice M. Harte Charter School in New Orleans. Duvernay wants to be rewarded for helping students succeed. She is eligible for $2,000 a year or more in merit bonuses based on how well her students perform in classroom observations and on achievement tests. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - For parents and politicians hungry for better schools, the idea of paying teachers more if their students perform better can seem as basic as adding two and two or spelling "cat."

Triple-death trial revisits Newark's turning point (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2007 file photo, photographs of Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower and Terrance Aeriel are held after funeral services for Hightower in Newark, N.J. Jury selection in New Jersey vs. Rodolfo Godinez is scheduled to begin Friday, April 9, 2010, with the trial expected to begin late next week. Godinez is one of six people accused in the execution-style slaying of Harvey, Hightower and Aeriel. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen, File)AP - The bodies of the three friends were found slumped near a playground wall, each killed by a shot to the head. Nearby, a fourth lay clinging to life after being shot and stabbed.

Enola Gay crewman who helped arm atomic bomb dies (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:37 PM PDT

AP - Morris Jeppson, a weapons test officer aboard the Enola Gay who helped arm the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima, has died in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 87.

Gingrich: Obama is 'most radical president ever' (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:47 PM PDT

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich addresses the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Thursday, April 8, 2010. This is the opening session of the four day conference. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential presidential candidate in 2012, called Barack Obama on Thursday "the most radical president in American history" who oversees a "secular, socialist machine."

NC GOP wants national party head Steele to quit (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:10 PM PDT

AP - The head of the North Carolina Republican Party asked Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to step down Thursday, saying the resignation is the only way to end scrutiny of the national party over lavish spending.

CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:58 PM PDT

Patrons smoke at a cafe. Scientists using a genetic-based approach have found a method for identifying cigarette smokers with the highest risk of developing lung cancer, according to a study released Wednesday.(AFP/File/Hrvoje Polan)AP - Fourteen states, the nation's capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry that tobacco company discounts are keeping prices down.

Report pans parole oversight of Calif sex offender (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Pastor Brad Dennis hugs Maurice Dubois, father of Amber Dubois, during a celebration of life ceremony in honor of Amber Dubois at Escondido High Scholl in Escondido, Calif. on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Dubois, remains were found more than a year after she vanished walking to school. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)AP - Parole officers should have done a better job watching a paroled California sex offender, but closer scrutiny may not have stopped the murder of one teenage girl and the assault of another woman, a draft report released Thursday said.

Feds: Texas explosives suspect was angry at gov't (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:51 PM PDT

Larry Gene North, 52, of Henerson, Texas, is shown in this booking photo released by the Smith County Sheriff in Tyler, Texas, Thursday, April 8, 2010. North is accused of dropping more than 30 explosive devices into mailboxes and other locations across east Texas and did so out of anger toward the government and was acting alone, federal authorities said. (AP Photo/Smith County Sheriff)AP - A man accused of dropping more than 30 explosive devices into mailboxes and other locations across east Texas did so out of anger toward the government and was acting alone, federal authorities said Thursday.

3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT

Lawyers confer in Hampshire Juvenile Court, Thursday, April 8, 2010, in Hadley, Mass., before arraignment of three teenage girls charged in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide in January. The three girls waived their right to appear at the hearing. Those in the photograph, from left, are: Alfred Chamberland, lawyer for Flannery Mullins; Colin Keefe, lawyer for Sharon Chanon Velazquez; Hampshire First Deputy Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Dunphy Farris; A. J. McDonald, lawyer for Ashley Longe; and Assistant District Attorney Michael Cahillane. (AP Photo/ Michael S. Gordon, Pool)AP - Three teenage girls accused of participating in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Thursday to charges including civil rights violations and criminal harassment.

States target payday lenders and their high rates (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

A payday loan business is seen in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, one of 650 operating in the state with some open 24-hours a day. A growing backlash against payday lending practices have prompted legislatures around the country to crack down on the businesses. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) CORRECTS DAY TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7AP - When Jeffrey Smith needed some quick cash to pay a medical bill, he turned to a payday loan store near his home outside Phoenix.
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