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Lawyers says arrests coming in UConn stabbing (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:17 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the University of Connecticut, Jasper Howard is seen. Howard, 20, of Miami, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sponsored dance at the UConn Student Union just after 12:30 a.m., police said. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut)AP - A Bloomfield man will be arrested in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player, his lawyer said Monday night, as police continued to sort out what happened during a fight outside a school-sponsored dance over the weekend.

Pot advocates: Looser guidelines leave questions (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:52 PM PDT

Samuel Bagdorf of San Francisco, who suffers from anxiety disorders, lights his marijuana pipe at the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department. Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - A new Obama administration policy loosening guidelines on federal prosecution of medical marijuana on Monday signaled to users that they had less to fear from federal agents but still left their suppliers to contend with a tangled mesh of state laws and regulations.

Balloon boy charges may not come until next week (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 06:29 PM PDT

Richard Heene walks back to his home Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 in Fort Collins, Colo. The lawyer for Heene, who is accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show, said Monday that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the next day as investigators analyze e-mails that show Richard Heene and an associate discussing the stunt months ago. (AP Photo/Will Powers)AP - Investigators pored over e-mails, phone records and financial documents from the home of Richard Heene on Monday as they weighed felony charges and sought to determine who else might have helped the alleged balloon-boy hoax get off the ground.

Judge postpones another Ohio inmate's execution (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:27 PM PDT

AP - A fourth Ohio inmate has gotten a temporary stay of execution as state officials and defense lawyers continue to examine the state's lethal injection method.

Report: Students need more veggies, fewer calories (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:19 PM PDT

AP - School lunches need more fruits, veggies and whole grains and a limit on calories, says a report urging an update of the nation's 14-year-old standards for cafeteria fare.

Army review: Troop use in Ala. shootings broke law (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 06:40 PM PDT

AP - An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed in March during a shooting spree.

Transient arrested in fire probe (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT

AP - A homeless man was arrested and charged with arson for starting a tiny blaze in August near the spot where a gigantic wildfire erupted several days later, killing two firefighters, homicide detectives said Monday.

Rick weakens to tropical storm in Pacific (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

Tourists walk at the beach as hurricane Rick approaches Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Hurricane Rick was more than a day away from the resorts of Baja California on Monday but the 13-foot (4-meter) waves it kicked up have already killed one person in Los Cabos, which lies almost directly in the Category 1 storm's forecast path.(AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A dangerous category 5 hurricane just two days earlier, Rick weakened to a tropical storm late Monday as it headed toward the resorts on the southern tip of Baja California, where two people were killed by high waves.

3 who died in Detroit race described as healthy (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 06:29 PM PDT

In this Feb. 6, 2009 photo released by the River City Runners, location unknown, Rick Brown is shown. Brown, 65, of Marietta, Ohio, was one of of three half-marathoners who collapsed during the Detroit marathon and died, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/River City Runners) NO SALESAP - The deaths of three runners who collapsed during a 13.1-mile half marathon appear to have been an aberration, but at least six runners have died while competing in such events in the last two months.

Charges dropped against Ill. teen in beating death (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 04:39 PM PDT

FILE- This undated file photo released by the Chicago Police shows Eugene Bailey, 18, of Chicago. First-degree murder charges were dropped, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, against Bailey, one of four teens accused in the fatal beating of 16-year-old honors student Derrion Albert on Sept. 24, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Chicago Police, File)AP - First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student that was recorded in a cell phone camera video.

Birkhead: Prosecutor chastised my testimony (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 1, 2009 file photo, Larry Birkhead arrives at the Barnstable Brown Derby party in Louisville, Ky., . Saying he wanted to avoid 'a circus sideshow,' a judge barred prosecutors Thursday from asking a witness whether a sexual relationship existed between celebrity model Anna Nicole Smith and the woman psychiatrist accused of providing her with excessive medication. Larry Birkhead, the father of Smith's daughter, was ordered by the judge to be ready to be the next witness. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)AP - A prosecutor who was accused of trying to intimidate one of the star witnesses in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case was absent from the courtroom Monday afternoon, and the district attorney's office said her further role in the case was under discussion.

Phils beat Dodgers 5-4 on Rollins' double in 9th (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 10:55 PM PDT

Philadelphia Phillies' Jimmy Rollins (11) hits a two-run double off Los Angeles Dodgers' Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning to win Game 4 of the National League Championship baseball series Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Philadelphia. The Phillies won 5-4 to take a 3-1 lead in the series. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - They were one out from defeat. A moment later, Jimmy Rollins put the Fightin' Phils within one win of the World Series.

Feds worried about Blagojevich TV appearance (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors said Monday they are worried about what ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich might say on Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" TV show that could taint the jury pool for his federal corruption trial.

3 killed in train-car crash in southern Miss. (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 07:20 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say three people have been killed and another person critically injured after the car they were riding in collided with a passenger train in southern Mississippi.

L.A.'s top prosecutor vows to target pot shops (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:40 PM PDT

A person buys medical marijuana at Coffeeshop Blue Sky in Oakland, California in this July 23, 2009 file photograph. In a policy shift, the Obama administration told federal prosecutors not to go after patients who use medical marijuana or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized, as long as they comply with state and federal laws. A Justice Department official said the formal guidelines were sent on October 19, 2009 in a policy change reflecting President Barack Obama's views. The Bush administration had said it could enforce the federal law against marijuana and that it trumped state laws. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files (UNITED STATES HEALTH CRIME LAW SOCIETY)AP - Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authorities.

Troubled times for New England tobacco farmers (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:04 PM PDT

In this Sept. 23, 2009, photo, tobacco farmers John Arnold, left, checks his crop for moisture with his brother Fred Arnold at their family farm in Southwick, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - They're among the lucky few, John, Fred and Dave Arnold. There's a good supply of crisp broadleaf tobacco drying in their 14 curing sheds and over the next couple of weeks they'll be pulling it down, bundling it up and selling it for the best price they can get. Pretty much what their family has done every year since the 1830s in the Connecticut River Valley.

Mexican family finds work, then loss, in US (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:43 PM PDT

AP - Esteban Contreras had a bad feeling when his daughter and her husband said they were going to sneak across the border with their children.

Meeting considers future of SC Episcopal diocese (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:36 PM PDT

AP - Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina will consider resolutions this week to distance the diocese from the national Episcopal Church because of its positions on same-sex marriage and ordination of gays.

Marine to plead guilty in fake heroism case (AP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:25 PM PDT

In this July 22, 2008 photo, U.S. Marine Sgt. David Budwah, right, along with Marine Corp League Chaplain J.R. Hamilton, visit with children at Camp West Mar in Sabillasville, Md. According to charges obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, Budwah, a 34-year-old Springhill, La., native is being court-martialed by the Marines for faking war wounds for gain. (AP Photo/Herald-Mail, Yvette May)AP - A Marine sergeant charged with faking battle injuries to get freebies intended for wounded warriors will plead guilty, a Marine Corps spokeswoman said Monday.
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