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KC homicides on pace to be most this decade (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT AP - Killings in Kansas City are happening at an alarming rate, and police and residents say the slayings can be traced to the same urban maladies that have plagued the city for years.

4 killed in helicopter crash in Chicago suburb (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 03:26 AM CDT AP - Authorities say four people were killed when a medical evacuation helicopter crashed overnight in the Chicago suburb of Aurora.

One-time MLK lieutenant gets 15 years for incest (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 02:42 AM CDT AP - A one-time top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having sex more than a decade ago with his then-teenage daughter.

Guard planes not yet equipped to fight wildfires (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 07:55 PM CDT AP - Despite pressure from elected officials and the military, the Bush administration has yet to equip some California National Guard planes for firefighting — a delay that could have grave implications during the worst of the wildfire season.

Law experts: Fla. conviction possible without body (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT AP - Prosecutors have DNA tests and hair samples. They have testimony about "the smell of death" in the trunk of the suspect's car.

Nancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvis (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 06:38 PM CDT AP - Nancy Reagan suffered a broken pelvis in a fall at her home and will be hospitalized for several days, her spokeswoman said Wednesday. The 87-year-old former first lady fell last week, spokeswoman Joanne Drake said. She did not seek immediate medical care but decided Monday to get checked out because of persistent pain, Drake said.

Residents file back in as LA fire fears diminish (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 09:05 PM CDT AP - Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant blue skies.

Finding God at a beer festival (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 10:51 PM CDT AP - In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale.

Mexican workers in US during WWII can get back pay (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 07:13 PM CDT AP - Ramon Ibarra remembers his backbreaking days repairing railroads in the Southwest, a contract job for which he left Mexico in 1942 as part of a guest worker program. More than 60 years later, he's looking forward to the rest of his paycheck.

'Casino' movie inspiration Rosenthal dead at 79 (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:13 PM CDT AP - Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal — sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" — died Monday. He was 79.

In many US airports, guns are OK outside security (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:43 PM CDT AP - Flying in the U.S. has been transformed since Sept. 11, with passengers forced to remove their shoes, take out their laptop computers and put liquids and gels in clear plastic bags. Yet it's perfectly legal to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint at some of the nation's biggest airports.

US confronts possibility of long, deep recession (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:09 PM CDT AP - The U.S. has not endured a deep and prolonged recession in more than a quarter century — enough time for many Americans to forget what one feels like.

Mo. gov to give media free copies of old e-mails (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 06:14 PM CDT AP - Gov. Matt Blunt agreed Wednesday to give thousands of old e-mails for free to several media outlets who had sued his administration after initially being told the information would cost more than $23,000.

Grain prices slide back, but uncertainties loom (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT AP - World grain prices have been tumbling back down the steep slope they climbed early this year, but from Manila's food stalls to London's supermarkets, everyday consumers aren't seeing it yet. The experts worry, meanwhile, that the wild swings may turn uphill again.

Okla. mayor nixes plan to help fund Jesus statue (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 04:44 PM CDT AP - The mayor of this conservative Oklahoma City suburb on Wednesday retreated from a board's decision to help buy a bronze sculpture depicting Jesus Christ and said a private group will buy out the city's commitment.

Americans are too afraid to visit bloody Juarez (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:33 PM CDT AP - Mexican officials are trying to persuade Americans to visit Ciudad Juarez, touting the city in a new billboard campaign as a "land of encounters." But on this side of the border, that sounds like a cruel joke.

Govt wants kids to buckle up on small school buses (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 12:12 PM CDT AP - Smaller school buses will have to be equipped with lap-and-shoulder seat belts for the first time under a government rule drafted following the deaths of four Alabama students on a school bus that nose-dived off an overpass.

Dow plunges 733 on new disheartening economic data (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 06:52 PM CDT AP - The economy lurched deeper into the doldrums Wednesday and took the stock market down with it, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a staggering 733-point loss and erasing any hopes that the convulsions that have shaken Wall Street for a month were over.

Mass. man on trial in death of Mormon-devoted wife (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:46 PM CDT AP - Carla Souza was a dutiful member of the Mormon church, hosting dinner meetings at her house, taking care of children in the nursery school and going out with missionaries to spread the word about her faith.

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