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Defiant Ill. governor fills Obama's Senate seat (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST AP - A defiant Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday named a black political trailblazer to Barack Obama's Senate seat, a surprise move that put the governor's opponents in the uncomfortable position of trying to block his choice from becoming the Senate's only black member.

Lawyer: Jena Six teen shot himself out of despair (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:15 PM CST AP - One of the central figures in the 2007 Jena Six civil rights case never gave up pursuing his football career, even after his well-publicized run-ins with the law.

Ex-wife's friend: Gunman distant after marriage (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 10:34 PM CST AP - When Roxanne Jauregui heard on Christmas Day that there had been a horrible shooting on her best friend's street in Covina, she picked up her cell phone and called her soul mate of 30 years to get some firsthand details.

Democrats' struggle over filling Obama seat (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:32 AM CST AP - Rep. Bobby Rush says he doesn't think any U.S. senator would be caught turning a black man away from serving alongside them.

Blagojevich's choice puts Burris back in spotlight (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST AP - Roland Burris was once a popular figure in every part of Illinois. But that was years ago.

More snow in forecast as Spokane, Wash., digs out (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 08:56 PM CST AP - Spokane residents were trying to dig out Tuesday after a record-breaking month of snow collapsed roofs and clogged streets. Bismarck, N.D., also set a snowfall record.

Madoff set to disclose list of holdings (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:19 AM CST AP - Investigators may get a clue Wednesday into how much money might be available for victims in the Bernard Madoff scandal.

Landowners sue TVA for $165M over coal ash spill (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:53 PM CST AP - A group of land owners sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million on Tuesday over a dike burst that spilled more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge.

Kennedy's 'you knows' become political fodder (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:52 PM CST AP - If Caroline Kennedy had, you know, only known. Tracking the would-be New York senator's verbal tics has become a political parlor game in the days since she gave her first round of in-depth interviews, even spawning a hip-hop-style mash-up online blending her "you knows" with President-elect Barack Obama's "uhs."

Franken lead at 49; Minn. absentees left to count (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 07:15 PM CST AP - Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away.

Ex-Army engineer pleads guilty in NY to spy charge (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:58 PM CST AP - An 85-year-old former Army mechanical engineer pleaded guilty to conspiracy Tuesday and admitted he passed classified documents to the Israelis in the 1970s and '80s.

Hundreds in Mich., NYC protest strikes on Gaza (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 10:11 PM CST AP - Close to 1,000 Arab-Americans and others marched through the Detroit suburb of Dearborn on Tuesday evening, waving Palestinian flags and shouting slogans to protest Israeli military strikes against the Gaza Strip.

Influx of black renters raising tensions in S.F. suburb (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:07 PM CST AP - As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.

Homicides down 15 percent in Philadelphia in 2008 (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:54 PM CST AP - Mayor Michael Nutter on Tuesday lauded a 15 percent drop in homicides in Philadelphia in his first year in office, a decline that came despite looming budget cuts and the on-duty deaths of four police officers.

Lawyer in Alamo case: Bible no defense for abuse (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 06:17 PM CST AP - Jailed evangelist Tony Alamo's right to religious freedom doesn't allow him to beat children, a lawyer suing the preacher over alleged abuse says.

New NASA report details final minutes of Columbia (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST AP - When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it.

Man charged in Hudson killings appears in court (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:29 PM CST AP - A murder indictment was issued Tuesday against the man charged with killing the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson.

Judge halts closure of 11 Philadelphia libraries (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 05:47 PM CST AP - A judge ruled Tuesday that Philadelphia's mayor cannot close 11 public library branches to save money because an ordinance requires City Council approve such actions.

Banned words list offers no 'bailout' to offenders (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 03:14 PM CST AP - A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.

Ohio anti-bias worker sent racist, sexist e-mails (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2008 04:54 PM CST AP - An Ohio state employee whose job is to prevent discrimination repeatedly sent racist and sexist e-mails from his government account, an investigation found, but kept his job.

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