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Obama visits Dover AFB to honor fallen soldiers (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:52 PM PDT

President Barack Obama leaves the White House shortly before midnight Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in Washington, on his way to Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama made a midnight dash to this air base Wednesday to honor the return of fallen soldiers, absorbing the ultimate cost of war as the United States endures its deadliest month of the Afghanistan campaign.

Feds: Leader of radical Islam group killed in raid (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:46 PM PDT

Yellow police tape is seen outside a trucking and warehouse firm just north of Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, Mich. after an FBI raid on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said. Agents at a warehouse in Dearborn were trying to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick) NO SALES. NO MAGS. DETROIT OUT. TV OUTAP - Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested several members of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S., killing one of its leaders at a shootout in a Michigan warehouse, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, more forecast (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 09:48 PM PDT

A light dusting of snow covers a sculpture entitled Bull in the Burn as a fall storm swept over the Colorado resort town of Vail on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Forecasters predict that heavy snows will blanket Colorado on Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - A storm bringing the first heavy snows of autumn to a large swath of the Rockies and western plains crippled parts of Colorado and Wyoming Wednesday, forcing road closures and sending students home early as the region battled up to 2 feet of snow but braced for twice that.

Too fat to kill? Fla. man uses weight as a defense (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:11 PM PDT

Edward Ates is shown in this undated photo provided by his attorney and released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office, Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009. The Florida man, accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Trenton Prosecutor Office) NO SALESAP - A man accused of running up and down a flight of stairs to kill a former son-in-law is offering a novel defense: At 5 feet 8 and 285 pounds, he was just too fat to have pulled it off.

Colo. authorities identify longtime Jane Doe (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:48 PM PDT

The Boulder Colorado Sheriff's Office on Oct. 28, 2009, released this 1953 photograph of Dorothy Gay Howard of Phoenix, Ariz., who they have identified as a homicide victim known as Jane Doe since her death in April 1954. The battered and naked body of Jane Doe, an unidentified female homicide victim, was found along the banks of Boulder Creek near Boulder Falls, eight miles west of Boulder, on April 8, 1954. Despite an intensive investigation at the time, she was never identified. Her body was buried in Boulders Columbia Cemetery in a simple grave beneath a donated headstone that read 'Jane Doe - April 1954 - Age about 20 years.' According to Sheriff Joe Pelle Dr. Terry Melton, president and CEO of Mitotyping Technologies, LLC, of State College, Pennsylvania, confirmed that her lab had made a match between Jane Does DNA profile and that of a woman who thought the unidentified murder victim might be her long-lost sister. (AP Photo/Boulder Sheriff's Dept.)AP - Police on a cold case hunt have finally identified a woman whose nude and battered body was found along a Boulder creek 55 years ago. But it's not over — they want to name the killer.

Air Force major: Al-Qaida agent would attack US (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2009 photo released by the International Committee of the Red Cross via his lawyer Andy Savage, Ali al-Marri is seen at the Charleston Naval Brig in Charleston, S.C. A two-day sentencing begins Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at federal court in Peoria, Ill., for al-Marri, a former Bradley University student and a married father of five from Qatar who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. He faces up to 15 years in prison. (AP Photo/ICRC via Andy Savage, File)AP - A U.S. Air Force major described an al-Qaida sleeper agent as a sometimes kind, respectful man who nonetheless would attack the United States if given a chance.

Bay Bridge failure stirs fear, anger over new span (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 07:20 PM PDT

Traffic is seen at a standstill near the intersection of highway 80 and the Bay Bridge in Emeryville, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been closed indefinitely after a rod installed during last month's emergency repairs snapped, causing a traffic nightmare for the 280,000 motorists who cross the landmark span every day.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - When 5,000 pounds of metal broke off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and rained down on traffic during rush hour, the accident resurrected fears about the safety of a span that millions watching the 1989 World Series broadcast learned had failed during an earthquake.

Fla. teen accused of stabbing brother in squabble (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:49 PM PDT

Ken Wood cries as he talks about his friend Matthew Gorzynski Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 in Coral Springs, Fla. Two teenage brothers, Matthew and William Gorzynski, were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving Matthew dead from a knife to the chest and his brother accused of killing him. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Two teenage brothers were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving one brother dead from a knife to the chest and the other accused of killing him.

Birmingham, Ala., mayor convicted of taking bribes (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:48 PM PDT

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and wife Melva speak to the media after being convicted, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at the Tuscaloosa Federal Courthouse Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala. A federal jury convicted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford on Wednesday on all charges of accepting bribes in exchange for funneling $7.1 million in bond business to a prominent investment banker. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Dusty Compton)AP - A federal jury convicted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford on Wednesday on all charges of accepting bribes in exchange for funneling $7.1 million in bond business to a prominent investment banker.

Prosecutor: Polygamist sect man assaulted teen (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:53 PM PDT

Raymond Jessop, the first man to face criminal charges following the raid of a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch, is seen outside the courtroom during a recess in the second day of jury selection of his trial Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Eldorado, Texas. Jessop is the first man from the Yearning For Zion Ranch to go on trial since authorities raided the compound in April 2008. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted of sexual assault of a child, a charge stemming from his alleged marriage to an underage girl. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - A 38-year-old man from a polygamist sect sexually assaulted a teenager less than half his age at the Yearning For Zion Ranch, a prosecutor charged Wednesday to open the first criminal trial since the ranch was raided.

Murder counts tossed in Texas yogurt shop slayings (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:57 PM PDT

AP - A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop, after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury.

Economic growth expected, but can it be sustained? (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 04:34 PM PDT

In this photo made Oct. 26, 2009, a new development of townhouses is seen in Wakefield, Mass. Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started to wane.(AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - The Great Recession may be over, but the recovery is just beginning — and it doesn't promise to be much easier.

'I hate tennis': Agassi's book adds to his tale (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 06:25 PM PDT

Andre Agassi returns the ball to Pete Sampras during a friendly exhibition at the Venetian Hotel in Macau Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. The two American tennis greats revisited one of the sport's greatest rivalries in the 1990s. They last played in the U.S. Open final in 2002. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - So much of Andre Agassi's life has been spent in the public eye — the various highs and lows, on and off the court, during his transformation from tennis brat to elder statesman — that it was possible to wonder how much more there was to be said about it all.

Prosecutor: Bogus orders at heart of Ponzi scheme (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:20 PM PDT

AP - Businessman Tom Petters wanted to "live the life of a corporate tycoon," so he engineered a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of billions of dollars, prosecutors said at the start of his fraud trial Wednesday.

Gay-marriage supporters, opponents square off (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 04:31 PM PDT

AP - A supporter and an opponent of same-sex marriage made their respective cases on live television Wednesday, less than a week before a statewide referendum on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.

Navy jet with 2 crew members missing off Texas (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 04:16 PM PDT

AP - A Navy T-34 jet trainer with two people aboard has gone missing off the Texas gulf coast.

Mo. community mourns slain 'precious little girl' (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 04:10 PM PDT

FILE - An undated file photo provided by the Cole County Sheriff's Department shows Elizabeth Olten, who went missing near her home on Route D near St. Martins, just west of Jefferson City Wednesday evening, Oct. 21, 2009. A teenage suspect in the slaying of a 9-year-old Missouri girl will remain in juvenile custody while a judge decides whether the case should be tried in adult court. An attorney for the 15-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, waived a scheduled detention hearing Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Cole County Sheriff's Department)AP - Mourners wore pink and released balloons Wednesday to honor a slain 9-year-old from Missouri who was remembered at her funeral as a "precious little girl" who liked horses and music.

Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 04:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, Grafton High School in Grafton, Mass. is empty after students were released early for the day due to what school officials said was a suspected swine flu outbreak. The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)AP - The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.

Woman in sex-for-tix case 'embarrassed' (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 03:54 PM PDT

AP - A Philadelphia woman charged with offering sex for World Series tickets says she's embarrassed about her arrest, but did nothing wrong and is still hopeful of attending a game.

Sexual assault, theft motive in Ill. family deaths (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 03:51 PM PDT

AP - Indictments released Wednesday claim two brothers armed with a tire iron broke into a family's home to rob them and assault a teenage girl before beating five people to death.
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