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Ky. attorney general sues Ohio over rock squabble (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:56 PM CST AP - The fight over a rock that lay for years at the bottom of the Ohio River spilled into federal court Tuesday when Kentucky sued an Ohio city, seeking the boulder's return.

Helping 'mafia cops' case gets accountant leniency (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:54 PM CST AP - A Connecticut accountant who stole more than $5 million from clients was sentenced Tuesday to just one year in prison because he risked his life by informing against two former New York City detectives accused of mob killings.

5K rejected Minn. Senate ballots get another look (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 11:56 PM CST AP - The judges in Minnesota's Senate election trial threw Republican Norm Coleman a lifeline on Tuesday, opening the door to adding nearly 5,000 rejected absentee ballots to a race that Democrat Al Franken leads by just 225 votes.

Job prospects unclear for the ousted Blagojevich (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2009 12:39 AM CST AP - Ousted as Illinois governor and looking for a job, Rod Blagojevich returned to national television on Tuesday to proclaim his innocence on corruption charges — perhaps angling for a future book deal or talk show.

Survey: College increasingly important but pricey (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 11:36 PM CST AP - The number of Americans who think a college degree is essential for success has risen dramatically in recent years, a new survey shows, but two-thirds of them also believe that higher education is priced out of reach for some qualified students.

Bill would require paid Confederate holiday in SC (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 06:32 PM CST AP - A black state senator is pushing a bill that would require South Carolina cities and counties to give their workers a paid day off for Confederate Memorial Day or lose millions in state funds.

Bat-killing syndrome spreads in Northeast (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST AP - A mysterious and deadly bat disorder discovered just two winters ago in a few New York caves has now spread to at least six northeastern states, and scientists are scrambling to find solutions before it spreads across the country.

Herbal tea ingredient helps beetle-plagued trees (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 07:18 PM CST AP - Would a dose of herbal tea slow the march of beetles killing millions of acres of pine trees across the West?

Octuplets mom is not getting showered with gifts (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:19 PM CST AP - Where is the unlimited supply of diapers, formula and baby wipes? The free van? The brand-new house?

Guard troops find 92-year-old ice storm survivor (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 05:13 PM CST AP - As Sgt. Michael Franks pulled up to a shack resting among the ice-coated limbs of a forest in northeast Arkansas, he said he couldn't believe that anyone was living on the property located miles from any major road — let alone a 92-year-old woman waiting for something to eat. But there was Jewel Kitrel, sitting on a tattered couch, warming herself by a wood-burning stove.

Robin Carnahan enters Missouri's US Senate race (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 07:17 PM CST AP - Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan entered the U.S. Senate race Tuesday, seeking to follow in the political footsteps of her mother and late father.

NM man arrested in suspicious powder mailings (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 06:51 PM CST AP - A man apparently upset about losing more than $60,000 in a bank failure has been arrested on charges of mailing threatening letters containing suspicious powder to banks and federal offices, authorities said Tuesday.

Ind. murder case dropped after change in testimony (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 07:33 PM CST AP - Prosecutors dropped a murder charge Tuesday against a man accused of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend after a forensic pathologist reversed himself and said he didn't know how the woman died.

Prison for Md. man who put ex's nude photos on Web (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 06:43 PM CST AP - A Maryland man is going to prison for posting nude photos of his ex-wife on the Internet.

Valve concerns push back space shuttle launch (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:29 PM CST AP - NASA on Tuesday delayed next week's launch of space shuttle Discovery while it runs tests to determine whether newly installed valves would cause serious damage if they broke during liftoff.

Phoenix confirms he's walking the hip-hop line (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:16 PM CST AP - Joaquin Phoenix says there's no hoax about it: He really has given up acting to become a hip-hop musician. Phoenix has been spending his time laying down tracks for a rap album in the recording studio he built at his home, the two-time Academy Award nominee said Tuesday in an interview to promote what he claims is his final movie, "Two Lovers."

Girl, 4, dies in washing machine with button start (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 05:32 PM CST AP - A 4-year-old girl in Southern California has died after she climbed into a washing machine that began tumbling when her toddler brother hit its simple push-button start.

Jet lands safely in Denver after bird hits engine (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 05:48 PM CST AP - A United Airlines jet returned safely to the Denver airport Tuesday after a bird was sucked into one of its engines shortly after takeoff.

NH senator-in-waiting is used to being called upon (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 04:14 PM CST AP - Bonnie Newman has made a career out of being plucked from one high-profile job and plugged into another.

NH gov crosses party lines in picking GOP senator (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 05:04 PM CST AP - Democratic Gov. John Lynch on Tuesday named Republican Bonnie Newman as his pick for the U.S. Senate, a selection that allows departing GOP Sen. Judd Gregg to become U.S. commerce secretary without handing his old Democratic colleagues a filibuster-proof majority.

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