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Hanna roars ashore near North-South Carolina line (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2008 03:42 AM CDT AP - Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early Saturday at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could dump heavy rain from Virginia to New England.

Wash. rampage suspect in court: 'I kill for God' (AP) Posted: 06 Sep 2008 01:08 AM CDT AP - "I kill for God. I listen to God," a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against him.

Minor earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay area (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 11:39 PM CDT AP - A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area Friday night.

Police: Suspect in Illinois bank standoff dead (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:07 PM CDT AP - A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said.

Murder trial opens in Tenn. love triangle case (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 06:10 PM CDT AP - A prosecutor described a schoolteacher's husband as a jealous, calculating killer as trial opened Friday on charges he murdered his wife's teenage lover. But a defense lawyer told the jury that the defendant was a victim himself of a spouse who flaunted her infidelity.

Bomb scare spurs search of freight train in NJ (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 08:26 PM CDT AP - A suspicious package found aboard a freight-train Friday evening contained an electronic device that bomb squad members doused with a water cannon, but it wasn't immediately clear if was capable of causing damage, authorities said.

Charges dismissed against cyclist in YouTube shove (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 01:08 PM CDT AP - A judge dismissed charges Friday against the bicyclist who was body-checked and knocked to the pavement by a police officer in a widely viewed YouTube video.

UC Berkeley begins felling disputed trees (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 11:38 PM CDT AP - The University of California, Berkeley has begun cutting down trees at the center of a dispute over its plans to clear the area to make way for a new sports center.

Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 08:10 PM CDT AP - The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo — her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.

Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:06 PM CDT AP - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.

Suspect in deaths of 3 Wis. teens pleads insanity (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:28 PM CDT AP - A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border pleaded insanity to 10 felonies Friday, including new counts that he tried to kill six other teens.

Dentist charged with dumping waste on Jersey Shore (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:42 PM CDT AP - A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with the Jersey Shore's most serious beach-dumping case in two decades, medical waste that sullied the coast in a popular area and forced beach closures at the height of vacation season.

Voters in 11 states to choose governors this fall (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:54 PM CDT AP - Although most Americans are focused on the presidential campaign, voters in 11 states are also choosing governors this fall in races that offer an important prelude to 2010, when most of the nation's governors' offices are up for grabs.

Last dance: Ga. town closes its only strip club (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 01:56 PM CDT AP - The windowless building that once housed the town's only strip club sits empty in the middle of a sprawling gravel parking lot, made all the uglier by the scars from its final party.

Alaskans to receive state payouts topping $3,200 (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT AP - It's the season for Alaskans to be rewarded just for living here and this year's take is extra sweet: $3,269, a record share of the state's oil wealth combined with a special cash payout to help with stratospheric energy prices.

Jail terms for 4 San Diego men in surfer's death (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:35 PM CDT AP - Four San Diego men have been sentenced to between 90 and 349 days in jail for their roles in the beating death of professional surfer Emery Kauanui (kow-ah-NOO'-ee) last year.

Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:04 PM CDT AP - The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five years — and it's likely to go even higher in the months ahead, possibly throwing the economy into a tailspin as Americans pick a new president.

3 killed, 1 missing in Coast Guard copter crash (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:45 PM CDT AP - Rescuers on Friday searched for a missing crew member from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in ocean waters off Oahu, killing the three others on board.

David Pryor tapped to head Ark. Democratic Party (AP) Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:11 PM CDT AP - Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor will lead the state Democratic Party after the shooting death of its chairman, Bill Gwatney.

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