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Barbara Bush rests comfortably after heart surgery (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 07:37 PM PST AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush was resting comfortably after undergoing successful open heart surgery Wednesday to replace her aortic valve, a family spokesman and hospital officials said.

Terror conviction against ex-sailor partly tossed (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PST AP - A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a conviction against a former Navy sailor accused of passing along information about ship movements, dealing a post-mortem blow to a Bush administration that had praised the case as a success.

Calif. murder suspect killed after attacking judge (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 07:43 PM PST AP - A man accused of killing his girlfriend was shot to death in a Stockton courtroom Wednesday after he attacked the judge presiding over his murder trial, officials said.

NJ insurance workers' payout: $216M lottery win (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:47 PM PST AP - Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it.

For one-armed woman, court victory is bittersweet (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:18 PM PST AP - Some people would give their right arm for $6 million. Diana Levine would prefer the arm.

'Octomom' spawns bills limiting embryo implants (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:43 PM PST AP - Lawmakers in two states, outraged by California's "Octomom," are seeking to limit the number of embryos that may be implanted by fertility clinics.

Prosecutor: Killer of ex-Bear's girlfriend jealous (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PST AP - Marni Yang practiced at a gun range and bought a book titled "How to Make a Disposable Silencer" weeks before killing the pregnant woman she believed had taken her place in the life of a former Chicago Bears player, a prosecutor alleged Wednesday.

Pa. boy's bumpy ride from birth to homicide charge (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PST AP - Good student. Starting quarterback. Aspiring hunter. By most accounts, 11-year-old Jordan Brown was a typical boy in his rural Pennsylvania community, albeit raised mostly by his father after his mother gave him up.

Border violence leads to armor-plated vehicles (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PST AP - The drug violence in Mexico has gotten so bad that booming numbers of Mexican and American professionals are having their cars fitted with armor plates, bulletproof glass and James Bond-style gadgets such as electrified door handles and push-button smokescreens.

911 tape: Octuplet mom frantic in search for son (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:09 PM PST AP - Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman became unhinged with fear last year when she thought she had lost one of her children, repeatedly telling an emergency dispatcher, "Oh God, I'm going to kill myself," according to a recording of her 911 call released Wednesday by police.

1 dead in avalanche at Sierra ski resort (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 10:20 AM PST AP - A potent storm dumped as much as 6 feet of snow at higher elevations around Lake Tahoe in California's Sierra Nevada range, shutting down major highways for several hours.

NY county lawmakers vote to ban BPA baby bottles (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:05 PM PST AP - Lawmakers in a Long Island county have voted to approve what would be the nation's first ban on baby bottles and toddler sippy cups made with a chemical that some studies suggest may be harmful to infants.

Clash over unpaid water bill leads to ND standoff (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PST AP - Authorities say a North Dakota man who clashed with a city official over an unpaid water bill got into an 8 1/2-hour standoff with deputies that ended with a SWAT team member shooting him in the shoulder.

Kan. munitions plant deactivated ahead of schedule (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:02 PM PST AP - An ammunition plant in southeast Kansas built to assemble bombs for soldiers fighting in World War II was deactivated Wednesday, the first closure of an Army installation under the most recent congressional plan to shutter and reconfigure military bases.

Mystery terrorist in NYC plot deported to Sudan (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 12:51 PM PST AP - A recently released Black September terrorist convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported to Sudan, an African nation that once sheltered Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.

ATF offers $20K for information on Ark. bombing (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:26 PM PST AP - Police now have a $50,000 reward fund and new tips to help in their investigation into a bombing that critically injured the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board a month ago, authorities said Wednesday.

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry returns to hospital (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PST AP - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is back in the hospital after a recent kidney transplant, but doctors say complications don't mean his body is rejecting the organ.

Texts involving ex-Detroit mayor ordered released (AP) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:25 PM PST AP - A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of approximately 1,400 text messages sent or received by Detroit's disgraced former mayor and his ex-lover on their city pagers.

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