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Attorney: Ill. governor won't fill Senate vacancy (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 10:58 PM CST AP - The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an effort to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich, rejecting what could have been the quickest way to force the Democrat from office. Blagojevich's lawyer, meanwhile, said the governor would not appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, potentially answering one of the key questions surrounding the scandal. |
Nursing home industry worries about new ratings (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST AP - Rating systems help people decide which restaurants to go to or hotels to stay at. So why not something similar from the federal government for the nation's 16,000 nursing homes? |
Oregon bomb expert's death leaves many questions (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST |
Ga. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:29 PM CST AP - A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta's west suburban outskirts. |
2 trains derail in crash along Mississippi River (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:26 AM CST AP - Two freight trains collided early Wednesday, derailing 26 cars and plunging a locomotive into the Mississippi River, authorities said. No one was seriously hurt. |
Calif. Dems try to pass budget without GOP votes (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:27 AM CST AP - Democrats were trying to break a weekslong impasse over California's multibillion-dollar deficit by making an end run around Republicans, offering a complicated mix of revenue cuts and increases that they said would raise billions without requiring two-thirds majority typically needed to raise taxes. |
Tumor in Colorado newborn's brain contained foot (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:59 AM CST AP - A pediatric neurosurgeon says a tumor he removed from the brain of a Colorado Springs infant contained a tiny foot and other partially formed body parts. |
Ex-cop suspected in wife's disappearance engaged (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:27 PM CST AP - A former suburban Chicago police sergeant who is suspected in his wife's disappearance is engaged to be married again even though he is still legally married, his publicist said Wednesday. |
Ex-fugitive pleads guilty; used daughter for porn (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:18 PM CST AP - A man who raped his daughter and posted videos of the abuse online before fleeing to China pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday and could face the rest of his life in prison. |
AP NewsBreak: Alaska investigates racist e-mails (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 08:25 PM CST AP - Alaska officials are investigating racist jokes about President-elect Barack Obama that have been circulating on state government e-mail accounts. |
Charity's red kettles can yield odd treasures (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST |
Company to pay millions in fatal Big Dig collapse (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:40 PM CST |
Ga. lawmakers pitch death penalty rule changes (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:18 PM CST |
Keep your cash: SC governor rails against bailouts (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:28 PM CST |
Questions surround firm that handled Madoff audit (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 04:27 PM CST |
No verdict in 1st day of Fort Dix deliberations (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 04:19 PM CST |
Woman gets near-total face transplant in Cleveland (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:32 PM CST AP - Her injuries were ghastly: no nose, no palate, no way to eat or breathe normally, a face so hideous that children who saw her screamed and ran away. From the moment they met earlier this year, Dr. Maria Siemionow knew the severely disfigured woman would be the one the first person in the U.S. to receive a face transplant. |
Texas man who tried to sell cyanide gets 70 months (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:28 PM CST AP - Federal officials say a Texas Panhandle man who tried to sell a 25-gallon drum of cyanide to an FBI informant will serve nearly six years in prison. |
Indiana students hurt in school bus crash (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST AP - A school bus carrying as many as 60 middle school and high school students on an icy road collided with a car Wednesday morning and landed on its side in a central Indiana farm field, the sheriff said. Dozens of children were hurt but authorities said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. |
4 Alamo ministry children to remain with state (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:15 PM CST |
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