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Obama's grandmother remembered as calm, assured (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

AP - Barack Obama told millions watching him accept the Democratic nomination in Denver that his grandmother's influence on who he is and the way he views the world was substantial.

DNA links bones near plane crash site to Fossett (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:26 PM CST

AP - Authorities said Monday they have positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from where the adventurer's plane crashed in California's Sierra Nevada.

UN in uphill struggle to protect Congo civilians (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 01:53 AM CST

AP - The lopsided numbers tell the story of the U.N.'s uphill struggle to protect civilians caught up in the latest rebel assault in conflict-wracked eastern Congo.

Idaho killer Duncan gets 6 additional life terms (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 10:08 PM CST

AP - Confessed child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III received his final sentences Monday for the torture and slayings of an Idaho family with a judge telling him that his cruel rampage "exceeds the bounds of human understanding."

Mourners attend private Hudson family funeral (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 01:32 AM CST

AP - Hundreds of mourners attended a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's slain mother, brother and nephew Monday at a South Side church.

Flag-waving gunman closes Calif. highway for hours (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 09:34 PM CST

AP - A man in a ski mask waved an American flag and a handgun on a freeway overpass for about three hours Monday morning, forcing a massive traffic shutdown before he surrendered.

Long Beach, Calif., police baffled by 5 slayings (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 09:29 PM CST

AP - The crime scene, alongside a busy freeway off-ramp, was shielded from view by dense brush and tangled tree limbs.

Dad: Slain SC trick-or-treater saved him, siblings (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:25 PM CST

AP - The parents of a 12-year-old shot to death while trick-or-treating said Monday they hope the man accused of killing him suffers for the rest of his life.

Northwest chapter fighting Lung Association claims (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:35 PM CST

AP - The Northwest chapter of the American Lung Association said Monday it would fight the national charity's attempt to dissolve it over a building sale and other disagreements.

Soldier gets 10 years in slaying of fellow veteran (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:16 PM CST

AP - A soldier who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a fellow Iraq veteran apologized to the victim's family in court Monday before being sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Retired NYPD officer testifies at Spector retrial (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:55 PM CST

AP - A security guard for Joan Rivers testified Monday in Phil Spector's murder retrial that the music producer was ejected from two of the star's Christmas parties for brandishing a gun and declaring that all women should be shot.

Drumbeat for early voting pays off for Obama team (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 05:47 PM CST

AP - The drumbeat to vote early is paying dividends for Barack Obama, especially in key battleground states in the South and West where Democrats have cast many more ballots than Republicans and even in states where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats.

Dems fundraiser mourned by John Edwards, others (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:01 PM CST

AP - Prolific Democratic fundraiser Frederick Baron was mourned Monday by hundreds of former benefactors and friends, including John Edwards and cyclist Lance Armstrong, in a service that at times sounded like a hushed political pep rally.

CEO pleads guilty in shootings of neighbor's bison (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 05:38 PM CST

AP - A modern-day range war ended Monday when a Texas businessman who owns a ranch in central Colorado pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and animal cruelty in the slaughter of 32 bison that belonged to a neighbor.

Feds propose much fewer snowmobiles in Yellowstone (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 05:24 PM CST

AP - A cap on snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks would be lowered by 40 percent under a federal proposal released Monday in response to a judge's rejection of earlier plans.

Controversial ex-Chicago alderman pleads guilty (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 06:44 PM CST

AP - A former Chicago politician who led white aldermen in a spectacular feud with the city's first black mayor 25 years ago pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a real estate kickback scheme just as his trial was about to begin.

2 due in federal court in Vegas boy's abduction (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 03:28 PM CST

AP - The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who was abducted for four days was due in federal court Monday to face a racketeering charge, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

NYC mayor gets public scolding before signing bill (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 05:28 PM CST

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a scolding at a bill-signing ceremony Monday from New Yorkers furious over how he changed the city's term-limits law, but he signed the measure anyway and is now clear to seek a third term.