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Skinhead plot news sweeps suspect's Tenn. hometown (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT AP - In a rural Tennessee county where you can't buy alcohol or even find a Wal-Mart, residents of tiny Bells stopped each other to ask if anyone knew the pale-skinned young local accused of plotting to kill dozens of black people, including Barack Obama.

Boy, 8, fatally shoots self with Uzi at gun show (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:33 AM CDT AP - With an instructor watching, an 8-year-old boy at a gun fair aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and pulled the trigger as his dad reached for a camera.

Polygraphs tested mettle of agents in biker case (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 07:16 PM CDT AP - Weeks of drinking and carousing to win acceptance in a notorious motorcycle gang came down to a nerve-racking moment for three undercover federal agents: taking a polygraph examination in a room full of armed bikers.

Police seek clues in slayings of Hudson relatives (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:01 AM CDT AP - With two crime scenes, a suspect in custody and an outraged community, Chicago's top cop said he is confident investigators will find clues to solve the deaths of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew.

Alaskans turning against Stevens after verdict (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 07:25 PM CDT AP - Alaskans fondly call longtime Sen. Ted Stevens their "Uncle Ted" for his ability to steer gobs of federal money to his home state, but his conviction in a corruption case Monday had many residents crying: "Throw the bum out."

Iowa boy found dead, mother and brother hurt (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:08 PM CDT AP - A toddler was found dead and his mother and 7-year-old brother injured Monday, a day after the father and husband had reported them missing while on a trip, authorities said.

Schwarzenegger: Budget special session is needed (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:47 PM CDT AP - The revenue shortfall in California's five-week-old budget has grown beyond the $3 billion projected by state officials earlier this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday.

Witness: Warden's wife, prisoner lived as married (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:06 PM CDT AP - The wife of a deputy warden and the prisoner she's accused of helping escape lived as man and wife in a small trailer on a chicken ranch in east Texas for more than a decade, an investigator testified Monday.

2 charged in deadly shooting spree in Newark, NJ (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 09:12 PM CDT AP - Two reputed gang members were charged with murder Monday in connection with a drive-by shooting spree last week that prompted the mayor to vehemently deny that the slayings were part of a heightened drug war.

Wash. gov's GOP rival ordered to give deposition (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:51 PM CDT AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi must give a deposition before Election Day as part of a lawsuit alleging illegal campaign spending by his biggest backer, a judge ruled Monday.

1 dead, 4 wounded in NYC shooting; 2 suspects flee (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT AP - Police say two armed men stormed into a New York City beauty salon to shoot a man who had fled into the building to escape. He was killed and four other people were wounded.

Suspect's sister: Texas dragging death not racial (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 07:28 PM CDT AP - A white man accused in the dragging death of a black east Texas man was close friends with the victim and didn't kill him, the suspect's sister said Monday.

Atlantic City delays smoking ban for 1 year (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:37 PM CDT AP - Atlantic City's less-than-two-week-old ban on smoking in casinos will soon end under a change-of-heart measure narrowly approved Monday by the City Council and quickly signed by the mayor.

Police seek suspect in Ark. TV anchorwoman's death (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 08:16 PM CDT AP - Police said they have information they hope will lead them to the killer of a television anchorwoman who died days after a brutal attack in her home. Police said they do not yet know the suspect's identity, and would not say what evidence they have linking the person to the attack on Anne Pressly, 26, who died Saturday.

Alternate jurors sworn in for Phil Spector trial (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:52 PM CDT AP - Opening statements in the murder retrial of music legend Phil Spector have been set for Wednesday after six alternate jurors were chosen.

Georgian abandons 12-year-old son at Neb. hospital (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:50 PM CDT AP - A woman drove her troubled 12-year-old son from Georgia to Nebraska and abandoned him under the state's unique safe-haven law, which parents have used to leave 20 children at hospitals since the law took effect in July. The boy, from the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, was dropped off at BryanLGH Medical Center East in Lincoln on Saturday night, said Todd Landry of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Southern general's name may come off Fla. school (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 06:19 PM CDT AP - Nathan Bedford Forrest was a millionaire slave trader, a ruthless Confederate general, an early Ku Klux Klan leader — and the namesake of what is now a majority African-American high school.

Texas officials say FEMA 'insensitive' after Ike (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:13 PM CDT AP - Texas officials accused the Federal Emergency Management Agency of slow response and insensitivity on Monday, saying the agency has failed to provide timely help to town officials and Hurricane Ike victims who need temporary housing and money.

Md. teen pleads guilty to murder in family's death (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 04:31 PM CDT AP - An honor student and former Boy Scout pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting his sleeping family, then going back to a friend's house to play video games.

NCI: No prostate benefit from vitamin E, selenium (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2008 05:08 PM CDT AP - The government is stopping a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer — because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.

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