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Officials: 1 dead, 134 rescued from Lake Erie ice (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:33 PM CST AP - A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen offshore, some for as long as four hours. One man fell into the water and later died of an apparent heart attack.

Navy takes off fuel, water, people to lighten ship (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:28 PM CST AP - The Navy offloaded fuel, water and personnel from a grounded, $1 billion guided missile cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early Sunday morning to free it from a rock and sand shoal.

NTSB: Door distracted tour bus driver before crash (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:19 PM CST AP - A tour bus driver had tried to fix a problem door and was blinded by the sun's glare just before the bus crashed near Hoover Dam last month, killing seven passengers, an investigator said Saturday.

Hudson 'miracle' pilot gets applause on Broadway (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST AP - Weeks after starring in his own story of bravery and heroism, the pilot who safely ditched his jetliner in the Hudson River received a standing ovation Saturday from the audience at a Broadway performance of "South Pacific."

Deadly standoff closes Nevada freeway junction (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:59 PM CST AP - A police standoff that ended in the apparent suicide of a motorist shut down a ramp at a busy freeway intersection for more than 12 hours Saturday, authorities said.

Small company in salmonella scandal had wide reach (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:31 PM CST AP - From school lunches to nutrition bars and ice cream, the nationwide salmonella outbreak has reached deep into the American food supply — even though many people had never heard of the small company at the center of the investigation until a few weeks ago.

NYPD says 3 fatally shot in Manhattan apartment (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:24 PM CST AP - Two men and a woman were shot and killed in an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West side, police said Saturday.

Few crime victims helped by visa law OK'd in 2000 (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:55 PM CST AP - A 2000 federal law promised visas to illegal immigrants who were crime victims if they came out of the shadows to help police catch their attackers. More than 13,000 people took the government's offer but so far only 65 — just 0.5 percent — have gotten their reward.

Legions facing layoffs turn to parties, Internet (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:41 PM CST AP - The bar was crowded with well-dressed professionals enjoying drinks and conversation, a typical evening — except that many of them had no job.

Texas prison keeps jobs, but riots bring scrutiny (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:08 PM CST AP - A remote western Texas county secured its finances and kept jobs at home by turning over its sprawling prison to private management, but two inmate riots in the last six weeks have increased scrutiny on the facility.

Artist of famed Obama poster arrested in Boston (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST AP - A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.

New York's GOP urges Giuliani to help them rebound (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:57 PM CST AP - New York Republicans are completely out of power for the first time in four decades. Democrats rule the executive and legislative branches and hold 26 of the state's 29 congressional seats.

LAPD officers' names mistakenly put on Internet (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 09:07 AM CST AP - Authorities in Los Angeles say a confidential report on police misconduct that included the names of hundreds of officers was mistakenly posted on the Internet.

Senators debate stimulus in rare Saturday session (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:24 PM CST AP - Republicans and Democrats offered starkly different assessments of President Barack Obama's newly renegotiated economic recovery plan Saturday, as the Senate held a rare weekend debate in advance of a key vote on Monday.

23rd arson of 2009 declared in Coatesville area (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:31 AM CST AP - Investigators in southeastern Pennsylvania have declared the 23rd arson of the year in the urban region that includes the Philadelphia suburb of Coatesville.

Man gets probation for Ohio nuke plant cover-up (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:08 PM CST AP - A former nuclear power plant engineer in Ohio has been sentenced to three years on probation and fined $4,500 for helping to cover up the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.

Woman arrested in 40-year-old Denver slaying (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 05:57 AM CST AP - A 65-year-old woman wanted in a 1968 slaying at a Denver bar was arrested Friday in Dayton, Ohio, where police say she had been living under an alias.

Escaped prisoner turns up in Mich. judge's trunk (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:29 AM CST AP - A Michigan judge says he's learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle's trunk.

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