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FBI raids Ga. plant at center of salmonella scare (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:38 PM CST AP - Federal agents on Monday raided a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history.

Jar peanut butter sales fall amid salmonella fears (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 09:34 PM CST AP - Shoppers are leaving jarred peanut butter off their grocery lists, according to sales figures, even though familiar brands have not been affected by the salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds and led to one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history.

Captain of ship stuck off Hawaii relieved of duty (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 09:11 PM CST AP - The commanding officer of a $1 billion warship that ran aground along the coast of Honolulu has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Monday.

Smoking curbs clear hurdle in home of Marlboro man (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:23 PM CST AP - In a sign of how vilified smoking has become, lawmakers in Virginia — where the world's largest cigarette factory churns out Marlboros — passed curbs on smoking in restaurants.

Judges tentatively order Calif. inmates released (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:57 PM CST AP - A special panel of federal judges tentatively ruled Monday that California must release tens of thousands of inmates to relieve overcrowding.

Octuplet mom was treated at Beverly Hills clinic (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 10:27 PM CST AP - The mother of octuplets was implanted with those embryos at a Beverly Hills fertility clinic run by a well-known — and controversial — specialist who pioneered a method of implantation. Dr. Michael Kamrava's name emerged Monday as a result of an interview aired Monday on NBC with Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to eight babies Jan. 26.

Scholastic chided for selling toys in book clubs (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 04:05 PM CST AP - Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter books, has come under criticism from a children's advocacy group for using its vast, venerable network of school-based book clubs to market toys and other non-educational items such as video games to lip gloss.

Friends: Professor loved son charged in beating (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:48 PM CST AP - A Kent State University professor who was fatally beaten in her home was devoted to caring for her 18-year-old autistic son, who is charged with attacking her, friends say.

Disabled men put to work at Iowa plant for decades (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:26 PM CST AP - State officials say 21 mentally disabled men lived for 20 years or more in an old building with boarded-up windows and nothing but space heaters for heat. It wasn't some neglectful group home — it was the bunkhouse for Henry's Turkey Service.

Judge considers revoking bond for Miss. mayor (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 07:14 PM CST AP - Prosecutors asked a judge Monday to jail the mayor of Mississippi's largest city during his trial for destroying a suspected crack house with a sledgehammer.

Maine's GOP senators thrust into stimulus debate (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 05:24 PM CST AP - Thousands of lost jobs and a deep streak of independence have thrust Maine into the middle of the debate over President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.

Prosecutors: Jail ex-D.C. mayor Barry over taxes (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST AP - Prosecutors asked a federal judge Monday to send former Washington mayor Marion Barry to jail for failing to file his tax returns for the eighth time in nine years.

Friend: Doctor injured in bombing could soon talk (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 06:52 PM CST AP - The head of the Arkansas State Medical Board likely will speak by the end of the week to detectives investigating the bombing that severely wounded him, a family friend said Monday.

Conn. judge suspended 8 months for slurs at arrest (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 08:16 PM CST AP - A judge charged with drunken driving and videotaped using racial slurs while arguing with police officers was suspended without pay Monday for eight months by a judicial review panel.

Widow sues over man's death at immigration center (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 05:31 PM CST AP - A Chinese immigrant held at a privately operated detention center was denied medical care, abused and accused of faking his illness in the weeks before he died of cancer, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the man's widow.

Md. lab germ research halted for records probe (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 04:26 PM CST AP - The Army said Monday it has suspended much of the research at its flagship biological weapons defense laboratory at Fort Detrick while it makes sure it has accounted for all of its dangerous germs and poisons.

Minn. Senate trial judges hope to speed up process (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 06:21 PM CST AP - The judges in Minnesota's Senate trial rejected a complaint from Al Franken on Monday that Norm Coleman's lawyers weren't following trial rules and were slowing things down. But the judges said they would explore other ways to go faster.

Mexican drug violence spills over into the US (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 04:39 PM CST AP - Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.

Calif. artist sues AP over image of Obama (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2009 03:27 PM CST AP - An artist who created a famous image of Barack Obama before he became president sued The Associated Press on Monday, asking a judge to find that his use of an AP photo in creating the poster did not violate copyright law.

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