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Remains could bolster case against Casey Anthony (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:30 AM CST AP - Prosecutors looking to convict a central Florida mother in the death of her missing daughter are waiting to find out if they have the crucial evidence they need: a body.

Did Obama team have contact with Ill. governor? (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:48 AM CST AP - Barack Obama insists he didn't have any contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or anyone else who might have been scheming to sell the president-elect's U.S. Senate seat. But he has not yet given his transition staff the same clean bill of health — perhaps with good reason.

Calls to impeach embattled Illinois governor grow (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST AP - The movement to impeach Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is picking up steam almost by the hour, with voters and lawmakers alike demanding his ouster as the scandal-plagued politician boldly hangs on to power.

After-school cuts stir fears of kids home alone (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST AP - Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donations shrink.

Despite downturn, Calif. adopts tough climate plan (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 11:20 PM CST AP - California on Thursday adopted the nation's most sweeping plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, issuing rules that could transform everything from the way factories operate to the appliances people buy and the fuel they put in their cars.

Ill. governor parlor game: Psychotic or political? (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:45 AM CST AP - He's accused of talking about an ambassadorship, a Cabinet post in the Obama administration, even someday running for president — all while clearly aware of a federal corruption investigation hovering over his administration.

Forgotten no more: Schools cater to transfers (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST AP - For many new students, the first-year college experience is an academic and social buffet, a dizzying array of activities and opportunities to herald the passage into adulthood. Not so for transfer students, a growing but largely neglected group whose needs are as varied as the circumstances that bring them to campus in the first place.

Boston commission votes to ban cigar, hookah bars (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:12 PM CST AP - Boston officials approved some of the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the nation Thursday, extinguishing cigar bars and hookah bars and ending the sales of tobacco in pharmacies and on college campuses.

1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85 (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 10:56 PM CST AP - Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.

Ill. contenders for Senate seat walking fine line (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:37 AM CST AP - People interested in succeeding President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate find themselves in a delicate position: How do you campaign for a seat tainted by an allegedly corrupt governor?

California budget deficit to hit $41.8B by 2010 (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 05:55 PM CST AP - California's budget deficit will reach $41.8 billion over the next 18 months, potentially forcing the state to halt payment for services such as utilities for state offices and food for prison inmates if lawmakers don't solve the problem, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration said Thursday.

Ind. clinic aide fired after urging patient to lie (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 12:00 AM CST AP - Planned Parenthood of Indiana has fired a health center aide who was caught on video telling a woman who claimed to be a pregnant teen to lie about the age of the father.

Financially 'struggling' gov had big legal bills (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 05:31 PM CST AP - Rod Blagojevich is the third-highest-paid governor in the country, but you wouldn't know it from conversations recorded by federal authorities.

Top evangelical resigns after backing gay unions (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:05 PM CST AP - An outspoken and polarizing voice in conservative Christian politics resigned effective Thursday from the National Association of Evangelicals after a radio interview in which he voiced support for same-sex civil unions and said he is "shifting" on gay marriage.

No 3rd trial for agent in migrant's shooting death (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:09 PM CST AP - A U.S. Border Patrol agent won't be tried a third time for the shooting death of an illegal immigrant in the southern Arizona desert last year, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Report of smoke in cabin sends plane back to JFK (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:51 PM CST AP - American Airlines says a plane returned to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport shortly after takeoff because there was smoke or haze in the cabin.

Detroit Mayor Cockrel cleared in perjury probe (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 05:48 PM CST AP - Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. was cleared Thursday of criminal wrongdoing in a state investigation of his petitions to run for office.

Obama confident staff clear in Ill. gov scandal (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 12:07 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama declared Thursday he was "absolutely certain" his staff members engaged in no dealmaking concerning the filling of his former Senate seat, and he announced an investigation into whether they had contacts with anyone on the subject.

Patti Blagojevich's family rallies to her defense (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 10:51 AM CST AP - The family of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife said her profanity-laced comments recorded by federal prosecutors don't reflect who Patti Blagojevich really is.

2 suspects indicted in East Texas dragging death (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST AP - An East Texas grand jury has indicted two white men in the racially charged hit-and-run death of a black man who was dragged beneath a vehicle.

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