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3rd person dies in Ariz. sweat lodge ceremony case (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:22 PM PDT

The Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona, Ariz. is photographed Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Two people died and nineteen others were injured last Thursday during a ceremony at a sweat lodge, its remains partially seen at bottom left, at the retreat. Sweat lodges are traditionally dome-shaped structures made of wood, animal skins, canvas and other materials, and are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for hunts and ceremonies. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A Minnesota woman who was hospitalized with damage to multiple organs after she was overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony died Saturday, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff: Charges will be filed in balloon saga (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT

Larimer County Sheriff Department officers arrive to execute a search warrant on the Heene home Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Will Powers)AP - Deputies searched the home of a couple caught up in Colorado's "balloon boy" saga Saturday night after the sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in a case that at first sparked fear for the child, then relief he was okay, to suspicions of a hoax.

Air Force: Missing pilot likely died instantly (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:10 PM PDT

A photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows Seaman Zachary Evans looking for Air Force Capt. Nicholas Giglio of the 20th Fighter Wing of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., with long-range binoculars aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, Friday Oct. 16, 2009. Giglio was involved in a mid-air collision between two F-16 aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base Thursday evening approximately 30 miles northeast of Charleston. (AP Photo/ U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Volves)AP - An Air Force pilot likely died instantly when his F-16 fighter jet collided with another over the Atlantic Ocean, authorities said Saturday.

Artist admits using key AP photo for 'HOPE' poster (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:17 PM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 12, 2009 file photo shows artist Shepard Fairey signing his Barack Obama 'HOPE' poster in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. Fairey's claim that he had the right to use a news photo to create the poster became a widely watched court case about fair use that now appears to have nearly collapsed. By Friday night, his attorneys, led by Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University, had withdrawn from the case and said the artist had misled them by fabricating information and destroying other material. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)AP - Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, said Saturday that the error should not be viewed as "premeditated and sinister."

Criminally insane, but out on the street (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 11:23 AM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office shows 47-year-old Phillip Arnold Paul. in 1987, Paul was declared criminally insane for killing a 78-year old woman after voices in his head told him she was a witch. Instead of being locked up like Hannibal Lecter, Paul in the past two decades has spent time living and working in downtown Spokane, fathered a child, created music videos and racked up $85,000 in credit card bills. His escape during a recent field trip to a county fair exposed a little known truth: the criminally insane often live among us, with little or no supervision. (AP Photo/Spokane County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - Phillip A. Paul in 1987 was declared criminally insane for killing an elderly woman after voices in his head told him she was a witch.

Police: Calif. mom shoots her young sons, kills 1 (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:14 PM PDT

AP - A woman shot her two young sons Saturday, killing a 5-year-old boy and critically wounding his 1-year-old brother, police said.

Youth face uphill struggle amid Detroit's troubles (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:15 PM PDT

This Sept. 23, 2009 photo shows LeRoy Taylor standing next to his bike on a street corner in west Detroit. Like the rundown houses and shuttered storefronts in his Detroit neighborhood, bleakness abounds in Taylor's future. The 20-year-old spends empty hours on basketball courts, zoned out in front of a television or aimlessly pedaling through streets he desperately wants to leave, but has not the work skills, education or money to do so. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Like the rundown houses and shuttered storefronts in his Detroit neighborhood, bleakness abounds in LeRoy Taylor's future.

Sharpton threatens to sue Rush over op-ed remarks (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT

This photo provided by Rush Limbaugh shows Limbaugh in his Palm Beach, Fla. radio studio, the last week of Sept., 2009. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he would not tolerate 'divisive' comments from an NFL owner like the ones the talk show host made about Donovan McNabb in 2003. And Colts owner Jim Irsay says he would vote to bar Limbaugh if he tries to buy the St. Louis Rams. (AP Photo/Photo courtesy of Rush Limbaugh)AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots.

A walkout ends, and strikers find a changed world (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

This Aug. 26, 2009 photo shows Steve Curtis polishing a trumpet at music repair shop Pettifor's Inc. in Elkhart, Ind. Curtis went on strike in April of 2006, along with the rest of UAW Local 364, against Conn-Selmer Inc. Pettifor's is one of the few jobs in the area that could use his skill set. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)AP - The only thing missing is a banner, mutters one of the workers inside the rental hall to another: "Welcome to Our Last Supper."

Advocates: NYC Astor case a win on financial abuse (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 1997 file photo, the late socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor is seen in New York. Senior citizens' advocates say New York City philanthropist Brooke Astor is a poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime. But they and legal experts say the convictions of her son and a lawyer for exploiting her mental decline to raid her $200 million estate show that such prosecutions can succeed. (AP Photo/Serge J-F. Levy, File)AP - To senior citizens' advocates, Brooke Astor is a Park Avenue poster child for an insidious kind of financial crime.

Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

This Aug. 25, 2009 photo shows an artist's drawing of a proposed ethanol plant, pictured in the office of Great Western Ethanol in Greeley, Colo. In a shift driven partly by legislation in Congress that would reduce the gases linked to global warming, communities are looking anew at power sources that may exist in their own backyards. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century.

Samoa tsunamis obliterate some coral, spare others (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 12:44 PM PDT

This Oct. 4, 2009 photo shows a large chunk of coral that was ripped up from the reef and washed ashore in front the village of Leone in American Samoa. Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP - Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.

SC gov's wife is done talking about marriage rift (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 10:54 AM PDT

FILE -South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford talks with the media after recieving an endorsement for the National Federation of Independent Business on in this June 12, 2006 file photo taken in Greenville, S.C. Video from a trooper's dashboard camera recorded the incredulous trooper as he strides to the side of the governor's unmarked sedan, pulled over for speeding, a window rolls down and then, a handshake. 'Mark Sanford,' the governor introduces himself. The governor's driver did not get a ticket. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - Jenny Sanford, the wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, says she's done talking about her husband's difficulties.

'Illegal Alien' Halloween costume sparks ire (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 11:34 PM PDT

AP - A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked Target stores and a costume company to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants.

Birkhead says he saw Anna Nicole Smith take drugs (AP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:42 AM PDT

Dr. Christine Erosovich and her attorney Adam Braun leave for the midday break during testimony in a preliminary hearing to determine if two doctors and Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer/boyfriend should stand trial on charges of conspiracy to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances, at the Los Angeles Criminal Justice Center Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter has testified that the ex-Playboy Playmate "took more medications than I've ever seen anyone take," and that he complained about it to a doctor now charged with conspiring to provide Smith with controlled substances.
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