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Ike-battered Galveston allows residents to return (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:13 PM CDT AP - Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still lurks on the island — rotting cattle carcasses, snakes and swarms of mosquitoes — and what isn't there: drinking water, reliable electricity, medical care or sewer service.

Conn. Democrats delay plan to censure Lieberman (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:13 PM CDT AP - Connecticut Democrats, angry that Sen. Joe Lieberman is campaigning for the Republican presidential candidate and criticizing his own party's nominee, agreed Wednesday to circulate a resolution to censure the veteran politician but won't consider acting on it until after Election Day.

Kidnapped Mo. boy recounts captivity in interview (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 07:16 PM CDT AP - A Missouri teenager who was kidnapped and held for four years said he figured his days were numbered when his abductor decided to take another boy, according to transcripts from a television interview released Wednesday to The Associated Press.

Obama effigy found hanging from Ore. campus tree (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 05:43 PM CDT AP - Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act with racial undertones that outraged students and school leaders alike.

Calif. religious leaders push for gay marriage ban (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:19 PM CDT AP - Hundreds of pastors have called on their congregations to fast and pray for passage of a ballot measure in November that would put an end to gay marriage in California.

Fla. jury convicts teen in killing of classmate (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:22 PM CDT AP - A teenager who mental health experts say wanted to become a serial killer was convicted Wednesday of luring his 14-year-old friend to a middle school bathroom and stabbing him to death in 2004.

O.J. witness says he took plea after 'revelation' (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:29 PM CDT AP - A former defendant in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery case testified Wednesday that he decided to take a plea deal and accuse Simpson in court after God answered his prayers with a revelation telling him to do the right thing.

Calif. mom called vengeful at gang murder trial (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 10:37 PM CDT AP - A mother was seeking revenge for disrespect when she drove her son and his fellow gang members to a deadly confrontation with a rival gang, prosecutors said Wednesday at her murder trial. Her defense attorney claimed she was a mother trying to get by and got caught up in events.

Ga. officer's family angered by execution delay (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 06:16 PM CDT AP - After a Georgia inmate convicted of murdering a police officer was spared from execution a second time, the condemned man's widely publicized supporters erupted in joy. But far from television cameras, the victim's family seethed.

13 states protest abortion refusal rule (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:07 AM CDT AP - Attorneys general from 13 states on Wednesday protested a proposed Bush administration rule that would give stronger job protections to doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.

Woman who fled Mich. prison in '76 gets probation (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 02:35 PM CDT AP - A California woman who escaped from a Michigan prison 32 years ago and lived on the lam as a suburban mother was sentenced to probation Wednesday, five months after her capture. "I knew for years this was coming," said Susan LeFevre.

NY gym owner charged with 3 murders 9 years apart (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:51 PM CDT AP - An owner of a Long Island gym was arrested Wednesday on charges that he murdered an armored-van guard during a heist 14 years ago and later killed two other men to cover up the first shooting.

Report: Briefly stolen key helped in NM jailbreak (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:46 PM CDT AP - An agent investigating last month's escape of eight jail inmates says prisoners probably stole a key left in a door by a corrections officer doing plumbing work at the time, then returned it before anyone noticed.

'Virtual kidnappers' target immigrant families in U.S. (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 12:57 PM CDT AP - Families of illegal immigrants in Arizona are increasingly being targeted by an extortion scam in which criminals falsely claim to have kidnapped their loved ones as the immigrants tried to sneak across the U.S. border with Mexico.

Commuter train strikes, kills man in Los Angeles (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 02:17 PM CDT AP - A commuter train struck and killed a man in Los Angeles Wednesday and witnesses told police they saw him jump onto the tracks, police said.

US needs Russia for Iran, NKorea nuke deals (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 04:14 PM CDT AP - At a critical moment in the disputes over the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs, the Bush administration has found a newly emboldened Russia wielding uncomfortable leverage and the once promising partnership with Moscow in doubt.

US court: Monitoring Muslims was constitutional (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 01:02 PM CDT AP - A federal appeals court says it was constitutional for the United States to require visitors from two dozen Arab and Muslim countries and North Korea to register with immigration authorities.

Jimmy Carter says bailout plan is faulty (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 09:37 AM CDT AP - The Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry is "extremely faulty," Former President Jimmy Carter said at a Tuesday night town hall-style meeting.

Anthrax suspect was barred from labs after spill (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 12:09 PM CDT AP - Anthrax mailing suspect Bruce E. Ivins' access to Army biodefense laboratories was revoked in March after he spilled anthrax on his pants and went home to wash them instead of immediately reporting the accident, according to an Army report.

Lector removed from Mass. church after gay memoir (AP) Posted: 24 Sep 2008 11:03 AM CDT AP - A Roman Catholic church in Boston has removed a man from lay leadership posts over a book he wrote describing himself as "a happy porn-writing Sodomite."

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