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Cold grips nation as crash in snowy Ohio kills 4 (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:01 PM PST

Vehicles travel in white out conditions caused by blowing snow on Interstate 80 west of Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. A storm system with sub-freezing temperatures and high winds is traveling through the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Steadily falling snow blanketed the Midwest on Thursday, part of a vicious cold snap engulfing much of the nation, and a tractor-trailer spun out of control on snow-slick roads in Ohio, killing four people and injuring seven.

Suspect in St. Louis plant shooting believed dead (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:50 PM PST

A member of the St. Louis Fire Department pushes a person on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance outside ABB Inc.,Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in St. Louis. Police were called to the scene after a gunman with a rifle walked into the business and began shooting. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - A disgruntled worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company showed up at the plant and opened fire Thursday, killing three people and wounding five before apparently killing himself.

Source: NBC weighing Leno return to late-night (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno speaks during the panel for 'The Jay Leno Show' at the NBC Universal Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif. Citing unnamed NBC executives, the network is considering reinstating Leno as host of 'The Tonight Show,' a job he turned over to Conan O'Brien last spring. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - NBC's disappointing experiment with Jay Leno's prime-time show may end with Leno back in late-night and the venerable "Tonight Show" and its freshman host, Conan O'Brien, pushed to a midnight slot.

Restaurant food has more calories than advertised (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

FILE-This July 18, 2008 file photo shows a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York printed with calorie counts for each food item. Calorie counters beware: Some chain restaurant food and frozen supermarket meals can be more fattening than the nutrition labels indicate, according to researchers. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)AP - Dieters can't believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised.

Blast at Ind. steel plant kills 1, injures 4 (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:37 PM PST

AP - An explosion at a steel plant in Indiana killed one worker and injured four more on Thursday, a fire official said.

Turner bid for Yellowstone bison draws protest (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:30 PM PST

AP - Ted Turner's bid to get 74 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park is drawing stiff opposition from those who say the animals are being given up for private profit instead of conservation.

Officials confirm probe of AZ sheriff, his office (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:22 PM PST

AP - Two top county officials said Thursday night they have been subpoenaed to answer questions next week before a federal grand jury about a high-profile Arizona sheriff and his office.

Arizona concert promoter accused in Ponzi scheme (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:05 PM PST

AP - A suburban Phoenix concert promoter has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked approximately 140 investors out of $25 million, federal authorities said Thursday.

High-stakes gay marriage trial to begin in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 06:41 PM PST

Supporters of gay marriage unfurl a rainbow flag before hearing the New Jersey Supreme court decision on same-sex marriage in front of the Supreme court building in Trenton, New Jersey, October 25, 2006. REUTERS/Tim ShafferAP - The national debate over same-sex marriage will take center stage in a California courtroom next week at a closely watched federal trial that could ultimately become the landmark case that determines whether gay Americans have a right to marry.

Man charged with posing as Secret Service agent (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:53 PM PST

AP - A man posing as a U.S. Secret Service agent flashed a fake badge and credentials to con his way past security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, demanding to meet Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, federal authorities said.

USB cable shock suspected in Colo. girl's injuries (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:44 PM PST

AP - A Colorado toddler is hospitalized with third-degree burns on her tongue after apparently being shocked by a USB cable connected to a laptop computer.

Ark. doc charged in bombing pleaded for Rx rights (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 08:09 PM PST

FILE - This photo released Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows Dr. Randeep Mann. A grand jury on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 indicted Mann in the 2009 car bomb attack that wounded the head of Arkansas Medical Board. (AP Photo/Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, file)AP - A doctor accused of setting off a bomb that severely wounded the head of the state medical board had pleaded with the panel to reinstate his permit to prescribe narcotics, saying he was unfairly targeted and that his life and business had gone downhill as a result of their decision.

Maine woman avoids prison for killing of husband (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:54 PM PST

Amber Cummings, center, is hugged by supporters as she leaves Waldo County Superior Court, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in Belfast, Maine. Cummings was released after receiving a 8-year suspended sentence for killing her husband after years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The killing lead to the discovery of her husband's Nazi memorabilia, radioactive materials and instructions for building a dirty bomb. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty).AP - A woman who shot her white supremacist husband while he slept — leading to the discovery of Nazi memorabilia, an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in their home — won't have to go to prison for killing the man she said subjected her and their daughter to years of extreme abuse.

Ohio executes man in second use of 1-drug method (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 05:31 PM PST

AP - Ohio executed a man Thursday for the shooting death of a shopkeeper during a 1993 robbery, successfully using its new one-drug lethal injection method for the second time.

Missing Utah woman's husband appears to be moving (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:33 PM PST

The gated community where Joshua Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, is reportedly visiting his father, Steven Powell, is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, in South Hill, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Police say it appears the husband of a missing Utah woman is moving out of the couple's Salt Lake City home.

Push to split away from Fulton County raises race (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga. is seen in a 1970 photo. A bill sponsored by Georgia state Rep. Jan Jones, an Alpharetta Republican, would amend the Georgia Constitution to allow the return of Milton County. (AP Photo/Journal Constitution, Robert Connell)AP - In the cradle of the Civil Rights movement, a new secession effort is under way that would break off Atlanta's predominantly white, wealthy suburbs to the north from poorer, black neighborhoods in the south.

2 ex-Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

Members of the US private security company Blackwater aboard a Hughes 500 helicopter in Baghdad in 2006. Four US senators have voiced AP - Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested Thursday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to a federal indictment.

Report: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

AP - Nearly one out of every three youths at 13 juvenile detention facilities have reported some type of sexual victimization, according to a government study issued Thursday that found widespread reports of youth sex abuse at correctional centers.

Conn. police: Ex-Bush lawyer tried to kill wife (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST

John Michael Farren, 57, of New Canaan, Conn, is arraigned in state Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Farren, a onetime top attorney to former President George W. Bush is accused of trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home by beating her with a flashlight and choking her. Farren, 57, is charged with strangulation and attempted murder. (AP Photo/Stamford Advocate, Kerry Sherck) MANDATORY CREDITAP - An attorney who worked in both Bush administrations was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife by beating her with a flashlight and choking her two days after she delivered divorce papers.
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