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D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:49 PM PST

A vehicle carrying the body of executed sniper John Allen Muhammad departs the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstAP - John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.

DC sniper said to be 'fearless' before execution (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST

FILE -This recent but undated photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. Muhammad, 48, is set to die by injection in a Virginia prison Nov. 10, 2009, seven years after he and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation's capital for three weeks. (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections, File)AP - Sniper John Allen Muhammad is meeting with relatives in the hours before his execution and one of his attorneys described the convicted killer as fearless.

Judge: Joe Jackson can't challenge will executors (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:46 PM PST

Michael Jackson fan Veronica Garcia holds banner with a picture of Michael Jackson at the front gate of Neverland in Los Olivos, California on June 25, 2009. REUTERS/Phil KleinAP - Michael Jackson's father does not stand to inherit any of his son's assets and cannot challenge the appointment of the executors chosen by the singer to handle his will, a judge said Tuesday.

No bail in case of slain pregnant woman from Ore. (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

AP - A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday.

2 dead, 2 wounded in Ore. office park shooting (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 09:13 PM PST

Police crime scene technicians work at the sight of a multiple shooting at a Legacy testing lab in Tualatin, Ore., Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)AP - A woman was killed and two of her co-workers were injured when the woman's estranged husband opened fire Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland before turning the gun on himself, police said.

1 dead in Kansas City, Mo., crane accident (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:08 PM PST

Kansas City Missouri police officers look at a portable boom lift that fell at the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in Kansas City, Mo. One worker was killed and another injured Tuesday when a crane tipped over at the construction site, police said. (Photo/Ed Zurga)AP - One worker was killed and another injured Tuesday when a crane tipped over at the construction site of a Kansas City, Mo., performing arts center, police said.

Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST

AP - With a historic endorsement from the Mormon church, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed a pair of ordinances making it illegal to discriminate against gays in housing and employment.

Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:52 PM PST

AP - A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defense attorney said Tuesday.

Families of Americans held in Iran plot each move (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST

This combination of three photos released by freethehikers.org shows from left: Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd. A senior Iranian prosecutor said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 that the three Americans, who were detained on the border with Iraq earlier in July 2009, have been accused of espionage. (AP Photo/freethehikers.org) NO SALESAP - The families of three Americans accused of espionage in Iran are attempting the delicate feat of keeping a spotlight trained on the plight of their loved ones while trying to avoid the tangled politics of the tense U.S.-Iran relationship.

Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnesses (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST

AP - Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case that an innocent man was wrongly convicted of murder.

911 tapes in Orlando shooting show chaos, panic (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST

Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is 'very mentally ill' and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)AP - A man wounded in last week's Orlando office shooting frantically told an emergency dispatcher to hurry because he worried the gunman would return, 911 tapes released by police Tuesday show.

No 'necessity defense' set for alleged abortion doctor shooter (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:57 PM PST

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder attends his preliminary hearing in court in Wichita, Kan. Roeder confessed to the Associated Press Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 to killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, saying he has no regrets. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool)AP - An anti-abortion activist says he's the one who killed a Kansas abortion provider — and did it because it was necessary to save lives. But one of his attorneys says there's no such thing as a "necessity defense" in state law, and that is not the strategy the defense team plans to present at his trial.

10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:13 PM PST

Raymond Jessop, the first man to face criminal charges following the raid of a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch in April 2008, is shown outside the courtroom while the jury deliberated in his trial Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Eldorado, Texas. Jessop was found guilty later Thursday of sexual assault of a child. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage."

Police surround office near Mo. governor's mansion (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:21 PM PST

Capt. Mike Smith, of the Jefferson City Missouri Police Department, right, briefs members of the media about what was initially believed to be a hostage situation at the Governor Office Building Tuesday morning, Nov. 10, 2009, in Jefferson City, Mo. with Capt. Tim Hull, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at his side.(AP Photo/Jefferson City News Tribune, Kelley McCall)AP - Police said they were investigating what led to an unfounded report of a hostage situation that prompted a lockdown and office building evacuation near the Missouri governor's mansion Tuesday.

DA: Sheriff cleared for comments in balloon case (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST

Richard Heene approaches photographer Barry Gutierrez outside the Heene family home, in Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. The sheriff in the runaway balloon case doesn't believe he broke the law when he disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the inquiry, his spokeswoman said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)AP - Boulder County's district attorney has decided no criminal charges are warranted against the sheriff who disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the investigation in the runaway balloon case.

Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

Robert 'Joe' Halderman, exits Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in New York. Halderman, who was charged with attempted grand larceny in the first degree for trying to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman, is trying to get a dismissal. ( AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting the comic was simply peddling a screenplay.

NY Senate fails to put gay marriage to vote (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. With New York's Legislature unable to agree on ways to address a $3.2 billion deficit in an extraordinary session, Gov. Paterson is setting additional sessions for next week. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York's Senate failed to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage during a special session Tuesday.

Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 07:04 PM PST

An Iraqi woman looks inside a blood-splattered car where two women were allegedly shot dead by private security guards in central Baghdad. Executives at US private security firm Blackwater approved secret payments of about one million dollars to Iraqi officials to AP - Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST

AP - Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions made anyone with ties to law enforcement or attorneys leave their seminars, and threatened investors with $1 million in fines if they told anyone about the massive returns they were making, a former bookkeeper testified Tuesday.

2nd fire at historic Vt. general store ruled arson (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:46 PM PST

AP - It was a heartwarming story: A 200-year-old general store suffers a fire, the owner can't afford to rebuild it and the town's historical society steps in to buy the building, hoping to make it the commercial and social hub of town once again.
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