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Experts: Plot detracts from race progress in South (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:14 AM CDT AP - Shades of the region's racist past came creeping back this week just as the South could be poised to play a pivotal role in electing the nation's first black president.

AP Exclusive: Hudson suspect had June drug arrest (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 12:47 AM CDT AP - The convicted felon suspected in the slayings of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew was arrested after police allegedly found crack cocaine in his car in June, but authorities declined to return him to prison on a parole violation, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Actress' death center stage again in Spector trial (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:49 AM CDT AP - The death of actress Lana Clarkson at Phil Spector's hillside castle stunned Hollywood five years ago. It is a distant memory now as Spector, the eccentric musical genius behind some of rock 'n' roll's biggest sounds, goes on trial for a second time.

Calif. man killed by police in mistaken identity (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 12:39 AM CDT AP - A newlywed killed by police after he stepped outside his home to confront suspected burglars was shot in a case of mistaken identity, police said.

Detroit's ex-Mayor Kilpatrick jailed for 4 months (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 08:45 PM CDT AP - A judge sentenced former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to four months in jail Tuesday for a sex-and-text scandal, calling him "arrogant and defiant" and questioning the sincerity of a guilty plea that ended his career at City Hall. Kilpatrick declined to speak in court, but his lawyers urged the judge to look at his entire career, not just the crimes that threw local government into disarray for months.

Jurors hear start of alleged plot in Fort Dix case (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:46 AM CDT AP - The paid informant who helped build the case against five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers in New Jersey took the witness stand Tuesday, but much of what jurors heard from him came in the form of secretly taped conversations with one of the accused.

Criminal charges possible in boy's Uzi death, says DA (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 10:00 PM CDT AP - A prosecutor said Tuesday he is investigating whether criminal charges should be filed after an 8-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair in western Massachusetts.

Harlem charity adapts as drug epidemic wanes (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:34 AM CDT AP - The toddler-sized beds are empty now at Hale House, the charity launched when cracked-addicted moms routinely abandoned their newborns in Harlem.

'America's sheriff' faces Calif. corruption trial (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 03:18 AM CDT AP - Six years ago, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona looked into national television cameras and told the abductor of a 5-year-old girl not to eat and not to sleep: Deputies were right behind him.

22nd child abandoned at Neb. hospital under law (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 09:22 PM CDT AP - A 15-year-old girl was abandoned by her father Tuesday night at an Omaha hospital, bringing to 22 the number of children left under the state's unique safe-haven law since it took effect in July.

Texas executes rapist, killer of 7-year-old girl (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT AP - A former plumbing supply salesman was executed Tuesday for strangling and raping a 7-year-old girl whose body he hid in his attic.

Northeast snowstorm closes major highways, schools (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 08:44 PM CDT AP - The first big snowstorm of the season in the Northeast closed sections of major highways Tuesday and blacked out more than 100,000 utility customers.

NJ actor focus of child-porn manhunt pleads guilty (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 06:32 PM CDT AP - A small-time New Jersey actor admitted in federal court Tuesday to producing child pornography images of himself having sex with boys as young as 6 years old in Thailand.

4 charged in Ark. college shooting that killed 2 (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 07:12 PM CDT AP - Four men were charged Tuesday with capital murder and other felonies for the fatal shootings of two students and wounding of a third near a University of Central Arkansas dormitory, and officials said the victims may not have been the assailants' targets.

Texas sect elder convicted of sex assault of child (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:46 PM CDT AP - A religious sect's elder who molested a girl under the guise of checking her for cervical cancer faces up to life in prison.

Battle for state legislatures carries high stakes (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 01:46 PM CDT AP - Political control of several key state legislatures could change hands on Election Day, raising the chance for one-party domination of swing states Michigan and Pennsylvania, booming Nevada and Northeast giant New York.

Gunman in notorious Alaska murder dies in prison (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:54 PM CDT AP - A man convicted of conspiring with an ex-stripper to kill her fiance more than a decade ago was found dead in an Alaska prison.

Texas A&M settles decade-old lawsuit over deaths (AP) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:57 PM CDT AP - Texas A&M University agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit over the collapse of a bonfire tower that killed 12 people and injured dozens more nearly a decade ago.

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