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Rep: Jackson doctor to surrender Friday regardless (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:35 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2009 file picture, Dr. Conrad Murray arrives at his clinic in Houston. Michael Jackson's physician has arrived in Los Angeles in anticipation of a decision from the district attorney's office on whether to charge him for the singer's death, a spokeswoman said Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor plans to surrender to authorities Friday, regardless of whether prosecutors had filed a case against him, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Major snowstorm heads for the mid-Atlantic region (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:04 PM PST

This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM EST shows fairly widespread cloud coverage over most of the East as low pressure continues to interact with increasing gulf moisture. This combo continues to pound areas from eastern Texas through northern Georgia with long periods of substantial rainfall. Meanwhile, colder air to the north mixes with this rich stream of moisture to produce swaths of freezing rain and light snowfall in the Central Plains and the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Outside of this stormy weather activity, high pressure moves into the Northeast with drier and fair weather conditions. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - A storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, including Washington, D.C., was already pelting the Southeast with heavy rain Thursday.

Records: Palin cabins not noted in tax assessments (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pumps her fist during her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor. There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday Feb. 4, 2010, in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 — but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)AP - Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor.

Man is killed in shark attack in Florida (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:10 PM PST

A 2007 photo provided by Chris Shultz shows Stephen Schafer kiteboard surfing. Schafer, 38, was was fatally attacked by sharks off a Stuart, Fla., beach Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010. Schafer was the first person killed in a shark attack in Florida in five years, experts said. (AP Photo/The Stuart News, Chris Shultz)AP - There was blood in the water, the sharks were circling and a grievously hurt Stephen Schafer — his thigh gashed and his hand mauled — was screaming in pain by the time the lifeguard reached him.

Hynes concedes Dem. governor primary race in Ill. (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:46 PM PST

Illinois gubernatorial primary candidate Dan Hynes smiles as he addresses supporters election night in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Hynes trails incumbant Gov. Pat Quinn, but Hynes vowed to fight until every vote was counted.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)AP - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes conceded defeat Thursday in the Democratic primary for governor, promising to help Gov. Pat Quinn win in November.

2nd large quake in month hits off N. Calif coast (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:56 PM PST

A seismograph reading. A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake centered off the western Pacific coast shook northern California on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AP - Residents of Northern California's Humboldt County were rocked by a magnitude-5.9 earthquake Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of major injury or damage from the second large temblor to hit the area within a month.

2 stores pull necklaces on toxic cadmium concern (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:40 PM PST

This photo provided by Charles Margulis taken on Feb. 1, 2010 in Oakland, Calif. shows a black-colored link necklace purchased at the retailer Off 5th, the outlet chain of Saks Fifth Avenue. Concern about the heavy metal cadmium in jewelry grew Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, as a California environmental group said new testing of adult necklaces and bracelets bought at three leading retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Aeropostale, detected high levels of the toxic material, as much as 75 percent by weight. The teen fashion chain Aeropostale and outlet stores of the upscale Saks Fifth Avenue announced on Thursday Feb. 4, 2010, they are pulling from shelves necklaces that tests showed have high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. (AP Photo/Charles Margulis) NO SALESAP - The teen fashion chain Aeropostale and outlet stores of upscale Saks Fifth Avenue have pulled from shelves necklaces that an environmental group's tests showed have high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.

Asylum hearing for Obama aunt ends with no ruling (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST

President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, departs with an unidentified companion after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston. Onyango, half-sister of Obama's late father, moved to the United States in 2000. Her first asylum request was rejected, and she was ordered deported in 2004. She didn't leave and continued to live in public housing in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - An immigration hearing for President Barack Obama's African aunt ended Thursday without an immediate decision in her second bid for asylum in the United States.

Self-help guru in court on manslaughter charges (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:07 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows James Arthur Ray. Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 on manslaughter charges after three people died following a northern Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he led last year. (AP Photo/Yavapai County Sheriff's Office)AP - Self-help guru James Arthur Ray says it was all a tragic accident when his followers began collapsing one by one in a sweat lodge at his retreat, with three of them dying. As unfortunate as the ordeal was, he says the participants knew about the risks the ceremony presented.

Blagojevich charged in fresh corruption indictment (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST

FILE- This Jan. 14, 2009 file photo shows Gov. Rod Blagojevich presiding over the Illinois Senate in Springfield, Ill. Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor, and his brother, Robert, were charged Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in a fresh corruption indictment that contains no new allegations of misconduct but that prosecutors hope will help avoid delays to the start of Blagojevich's trial. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brother were charged Thursday in a fresh corruption indictment that contains no new allegations of misconduct but that prosecutors hope will help avoid delays to the start of Blagojevich's trial.

Driver's daughter surprised to hear of Nev. crash (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:21 PM PST

This picture provided by the Bullhead City Fire Department shows damaged slot machines after a speeding car, right, crashed through the entrance of the Edgewater Hotel & Casino Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin. (AP Photo/Bullhead City Fire Department) NO SALESAP - A daughter of a 70-year-old Washington state man said Thursday she was stunned to hear her father was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle that crashed into a southern Nevada casino, killing two people and injuring at least eight.

DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:30 PM PST

AP - A mentally ill New York man who spent nearly six years behind bars for a 1976 rape he insisted he didn't commit was exonerated Thursday after DNA testing showed he was innocent.

First Internet, now bay window at space station (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST

This illustration provided by NASA shows a view of the new Cupola which will be installed on the International Space Station. Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better. Just two weeks after the arrival of the Internet, the space station astronauts are getting an observation deck that will offer panoramic views of Earth. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better.

Superstar farewell for US-born, China-bound pandas (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:22 PM PST

Senior Zoo Curator Brandie Smith feeds 4 and a half-year-old giant panda Tai Shan a piece of pear shortly before the panda left the National Zoo for China in a steel crate in Washington, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. 'I wanted to feed him pear because it's his favorite,' says Smith, 'he's a great bear with a great personality and he did a great job today.' On Thursday, 3-year-old Mei Lan of Atlanta and 4½-year-old Tai Shan of Washington will fly to new homes in Sichuan, China, to become part of a panda breeding program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)AP - They were treated like pop idols — except for being stuck in travel crates.

New ketchup packet allows for dunking or squeezing (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:11 PM PST

In this product image provided by H.J. Heinz Co., the new Dip & Squeeze Heinz Tomato Ketchup package is shown. The new design has a base that's more like a cup for dipping and also a tear-off end for squeezing, plus it holds three times as much ketchup than a traditional packet.(AP Photo/H.J. Heinz Co.)AP - For decades there was only one way to use the humble ketchup packet, and it was messy. Now, fast-food lovers have a choice: the traditional squeeze play — or the option to dunk.

No charge for La. police officer in shooting death (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:54 PM PST

AP - A grand jury has declined to indict a white police officer who shot an elderly black man to death in a case that sparked protests in a small Louisiana town.

Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST

In this June 5, 2009 file photo, a Toyota Motor Corp. worker gives the final examination on an newly assembled Prius at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. The Japanese government said Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 it has received 14 complaints in Japan about brake problems with the popular hybrid. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)AP - Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the rearview mirrors.

Coroner: Pneumonia killed Murphy, drugs had role (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:03 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2008 file photo, actress Brittany Murphy attends the Max Azria 2008 Fall Collection during Fashion Week, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - Brittany Murphy, the star of "Clueless" and "8 Mile," died from pneumonia, with prescription drugs and anemia also playing a role, a coroner's official said Thursday.

Mistrial declared in alleged cartel hit man's case (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:29 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the Laredo Police Department shows Gerardo Castillo Chavez in Laredo, Texas. Castillo — indicted in 2008 under the assumed name 'Armando Garcia' and known as 'Cachetes,' or 'cheeks' in Spanish, faces up to life in prison if convicted in U.S. District Court on conspiracy, drug and weapons charges. Jurors deliberated for about five hours Wednesday and were scheduled to resume discussions Thursday morning Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Laredo Police Department via Laredo Morning Times)AP - A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of an alleged drug cartel hit man after a jury in the Texas-Mexico border town of Laredo acquitted him on a gun charge and deadlocked on other charges.

Pete Townshend defends himself against criticism (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST

Roger Daltrey, left and Pete Townshend of The Who perform during a press conference at the Super Bowl XLIV media center, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale , Fla. The band will perform durning halftime at the Super Bowl football game Sunday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - The Who gave an energetic, acoustic preview of Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show Thursday_ but things turned serious when Pete Townshend defended himself against some children's advocates who say he should not be performing.
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