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Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 04:37 AM CDT AP - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary.

Factory had tension between union, immigrants (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:47 PM CDT AP - Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.

Poll: California voters oppose ban on gay marriage (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 12:02 AM CDT AP - A majority of California voters oppose a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, though they are evenly split on the practice itself, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Death for man who kidnapped, murdered Idaho boy (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:37 PM CDT AP - A longtime sex offender was sentenced to death Wednesday for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old northern Idaho boy after federal jurors who watched video of some of the brutality deliberated just three hours.

4 inmates accused of helping with NM jailbreak (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:49 PM CDT AP - Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others make a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept up the search for the five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer.

SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:21 PM CDT AP - A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were criminal.

Arrest reopens mystery of missing Calif. couple (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:28 PM CDT AP - Linda Sohus was a towering blonde fantasy buff who liked to paint unicorns. Her husband, Jonathan, was a diminutive computer programmer working at a NASA lab who shared his wife's passion for science fiction.

One small hitch for FAA, one giant mess for fliers (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 04:14 PM CDT AP - When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide disarray in the country's aging air traffic control system.

Border Patrol struggles to keep newly hired agents (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 03:29 PM CDT AP - Law enforcement officers wanted: must work graveyard shifts alone in remote towns along the Mexican border, put in long hours and perform well in triple-digit temperatures.

Husband gets guardianship in Schiavo-like case (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:10 PM CDT AP - A judge on Wednesday granted temporary guardianship to the husband of a woman on a feeding tube in a case similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive.

Obama set to woo nation with historic speech (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 05:04 AM CDT AP - Barack Obama stands before delegates and the nation Thursday — the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech — to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the first black man to claim such a prize.

Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level on record (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 06:23 PM CDT AP - More ominous signs Wednesday have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes: Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is at its second lowest level in about 30 years.

LA park to stand as tribute to Robert F. Kennedy (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:53 PM CDT AP - With a band of traditional Korean drummers, a Latin dance group and a martial arts exhibition, city officials broke ground Wednesday on a small urban pocket park at the site where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 40 years ago.

Soros behind Mass. effort to decriminalize pot (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:33 PM CDT AP - A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros.

Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 12:09 PM CDT AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.

Army opens prep school for dropouts to fill ranks (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:58 AM CDT AP - Austin Swarner left high school to care for his mother while she fought a losing battle with cancer. Tony Brown wanted to begin supporting himself and left two classes shy of a diploma. Haelee Holden got tired of trying to make it through school while flipping burgers until 1 a.m.

Arctic sea ice melts to second worst on record (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2008 10:35 AM CDT AP - New satellite measurements show that crucial sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has plummeted to its second lowest level on record.

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