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Simpson could have taken plea deal for less time (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST AP - O.J. Simpson is headed to prison for at least nine years, but a prosecutor says the former football star could have spent less time behind bars if he had accepted a plea deal before he was convicted.

LBJ pushed Humphrey to mull Inouye as VP candidate (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:17 AM CST AP - President Lyndon Johnson urged Hubert Humphrey to consider picking U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye as his vice-presidential running mate in 1968, newly released tapes from the Johnson library reveal.

Report: South a big exporter of guns used in crime (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:00 AM CST AP - Ten states are responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes, according to a report released Friday by a national coalition of mayors.

Paper: Man forced to support someone else's child (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:04 AM CST AP - A Philadelphia man was forced to pay more than $12,000 in child support for another man's daughter and spent two years in jail for falling behind on payments.

Conn. sex offender charged with 1980s murders (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:05 AM CST AP - A registered sex offender was charged Friday with killing three Hartford girls in the 1980s, and a man who has served 20 years in prison for one of the deaths is seeking a new trial.

Teacher sorry for binding girls in slavery lesson (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:29 AM CST AP - A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl's mother and the local chapter of the NAACP. After the mother complained to Haverstraw Middle School, the superintendent said he was having "conversations with our staff on how to deliver effective lessons."

Quake hits Mojave Desert in Southern Calif. (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2008 12:12 AM CST AP - A moderate earthquake struck a sparsely populated area of California's Mojave Desert on Friday night. The shaking was felt from Southern California to the fringes of Nevada and Arizona, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Secret Santas in 3 states spread cheer, $100 bills (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:15 PM CST AP - At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark sunglasses and a wrapped winter scarf, and handed Settles two $100 bills stamped with the words "secret Santa." "The only condition," she said, "is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."

Woman swept to sea during proposal on Oregon coast (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:00 PM CST AP - A romantic marriage proposal on the Oregon coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea.

Amnesia victim 'HM,' who shed light on brain, dies (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:03 AM CST AP - Henry Molaison lived for decades with profound amnesia, but in death he will be remembered for his groundbreaking contributions to understanding the brain.

Kan. mayor muddies settlement by insulting ex-aide (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:47 PM CST AP - Just hours after Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser insulted a former aide when he announced the settlement of a lawsuit between the two, he was on the brink of another suit by the same ex-worker.

Border official accused of hiring illegal workers (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:13 PM CST AP - A top Homeland Security official in Boston was accused Friday of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, even warning one not to leave the country "'cause once you leave, you will never be back."

Iowa slaughterhouse pleads not guilty in raid (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:30 PM CST AP - A slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, has pleaded not guilty to a dozen federal immigration charges.

AP Enterprise: Deaths loom over self-defense laws (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:55 AM CST AP - A convenience store clerk chased down a man and shot him dead over a case of beer this summer and was charged with murder. A week later, a clerk at another Jackson convenience store followed and fatally shot a man he said tried to rob him, and authorities let him go without charges.

Kan. court orders abortion records returned to AG (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:11 PM CST AP - The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ordered a former state attorney general to turn over copies of abortion patients' medical records to his former office and suggested the abortion-rights foe should be disciplined for his conduct surrounding the documents.

Va. man accused of threatening official in letter (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:36 PM CST AP - A Virginia man apparently angered by the rejection of a visa application for his wife in Vietnam is accused of threatening a U.S. consular official with decapitation in a bloodstained letter mailed to a congressman's office, authorities said.

Workers recall the moment they became jobless (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:44 PM CST AP - Some were called in by the boss and told to close the door behind them. Others received a brisk and impersonal phone call from a manager. Another was asked to come in on his day off to talk about "some people issues."

Texas gov requests $300M for Ike temporary housing (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:21 PM CST AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has requested $300 million in federal money to get temporary housing for victims of Hurricane Ike.

Mass. man ticketed in gridlock while wife in labor (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:31 PM CST AP - A man in Massachusetts is appealing a $100 ticket he got for driving to a hospital in the breakdown lane of a gridlocked Boston highway while his wife was in labor.

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