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• Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal (AP)
• Cop parking card played role in Times Square scare (AP)
• Limbaugh: Tests show no ailments after chest pain (AP)
• FBI: Police fatally shoot suspected kidnapper (AP)
• Tobacco-rich NC bans smoking in bars, restaurants (AP)
• Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop (AP)
• Missouri house fire kills 5, including 3 children (AP)
• Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home (AP)
• Screening problem makes plane return to St. Louis (AP)
• Va. woman fails to give up child to ex-partner (AP)
• NYC mayor: 3rd term a 'special opportunity' (AP)
• Leach says player's father meddled frequently (AP)
• Official: Drunk man started fatal Detroit fire (AP)
• Officials: Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard (AP)
• Flight diverted because of Christmas ornament (AP)
• $2.5M for family of woman slain by Ohio officer (AP)
• GPS-led travel goes amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued (AP)
• CIA bombing intensifies focus on agents' safety (AP)

Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:58 PM PST AP - The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable reached a programming deal in principle on Friday, after leaving millions of people in the lurch about whether they'd be able to see an anticipated college football bowl game and other shows on cable TV.

Cop parking card played role in Times Square scare (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST AP - A fraternal group for police officers and other law enforcement buffs said Friday that it doesn't know how one of its identification placards ended up in the window of a van that caused a security scare in Times Square.

Limbaugh: Tests show no ailments after chest pain (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:17 PM PST AP - Conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh said Friday tests showed nothing was wrong with his heart after he was hospitalized with chest pains.

FBI: Police fatally shoot suspected kidnapper (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:35 PM PST AP - A Colorado man suspected of kidnapping his former fiancee and later fleeing a Wyoming hotel just before authorities moved in to rescue her was fatally shot by police Friday, the FBI said.

Tobacco-rich NC bans smoking in bars, restaurants (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST AP - In dozens of states, Gary Richards wouldn't have been able to light up a Marlboro before tucking into his meat-lover's pizza, as he did at Satisfaction Restaurant & Bar this week. But in North Carolina, the nation's leading tobacco producer, limits on indoor smoking have lagged behind those in much of the country.

Airport pat-downs often ineffective security stop (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:53 PM PST AP - With all the screening technology at U.S. airports, the last line of defense is still the human hand: the pat-down search.

Missouri house fire kills 5, including 3 children (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 06:50 PM PST AP - Authorities say five people, including three children, were killed in a New Year's Day house fire in northern Missouri.

Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:45 PM PST AP - On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power.

Screening problem makes plane return to St. Louis (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST AP - A company official says a United Airlines Express flight headed to Chicago had to return to St. Louis because of computer trouble in screening passengers.

Va. woman fails to give up child to ex-partner (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter Friday, opening the door to possible criminal charges.

NYC mayor: 3rd term a 'special opportunity' (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is striking a humble tone on the first day of his third term.

Leach says player's father meddled frequently (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:20 PM PST AP - Fired Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said the father of the player he was accused of mistreating after a concussion meddled more than any parent he's ever come across.

Official: Drunk man started fatal Detroit fire (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:19 PM PST AP - A Detroit fire official says a drunk man playing with fire started a blaze that killed at least two people in an apartment building and left one woman missing.

Officials: Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 07:50 AM PST AP - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cruise ship passenger who government officials say jumped overboard in the Bahamas.

Flight diverted because of Christmas ornament (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 08:33 AM PST AP - A spokesman says a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit was briefly diverted to Tennessee after someone found a suspicious package that turned out to be a Christmas ornament.

$2.5M for family of woman slain by Ohio officer (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:54 PM PST AP - The family of an unarmed black woman who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a drug raid has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the city for $2.5 million.

GPS-led travel goes amiss; 3 Ore. parties rescued (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:00 AM PST AP - In a holiday hurry, Jeramie Griffin piled his family into the car and asked his new GPS for the quickest way from his home in the Willamette Valley across the Cascade Range.

CIA bombing intensifies focus on agents' safety (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST AP - The brazen attack that killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in Afghanistan is likely to raise questions about whether the agency could do more to protect its operatives on dangerous assignments.

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