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Blagojevich indicted on federal corruption charges (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S.

New storm barrage causes train to hit fallen tree (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - Another barrage of storms hit the Southeast on Thursday, spawning possible tornadoes, causing a passenger train to hit a fallen tree and sending at least one person to the hospital after lightning struck a home.

Jury: University of Colorado wrongly fired prof (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - A jury ruled Thursday that the University of Colorado wrongly fired the professor who compared some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi, a verdict that gives the professor $1 and a chance to get his job back.

Ohio man fights possible deportation to Germany (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - An Ohio man accused of serving as a Nazi death camp guard asked a U.S. immigration court Thursday to stop his ordered deportation to Germany to face possible trial. A German arrest warrant accuses Ukrainian native John Demjanjuk of 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder at the Sobibor camp in occupied Poland during World War II.

Educators decry SC gov's anti-bailout stance (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - Parents and teachers in a state with one of the nation's worst graduation rates are predicting their governor's vow to reject federal cash for schools will cost hundreds of teaching jobs, crowd classrooms and hurt poor children.

Girl in father-daughter holdup safe in California (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:17 PM PDT AP - It probably happens every day: A man pulls out a gun and tells a convenience store clerk to open the till. But the little girl in a pink jacket standing forlornly by the robber's side made this crime anything but ordinary.

FDA eyes NY nut plant in pistachio recall probe (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT AP - The investigation into a nationwide salmonella scare over pistachio nuts spread Thursday from a California nut processor to its sister plant in New York, where inspectors last month found cockroaches and rodent droppings.

Galileo's telescope on historic visit to Philly (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin Institute science museum is a 400-year-old telescope used by Galileo Galilei, whose observations of the heavens ultimately changed the face of not only astronomy but all of science.

Alaska Republicans call for new Senate election (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - The Alaska Republican Party on Thursday called on Democratic Sen. Mark Begich to resign in light of the now-abandoned federal convictions that had crippled his GOP opponent, Ted Stevens, in last year's election. Begich rejected the idea and even his Republican colleague said what's done is done.

Mass. man charged in library rape gets life (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:18 PM PDT AP - A man who raped a 6-year-old boy in a public library, while on probation for an attempted rape, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.

Truck driver arrested in deadly LA-area crash (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - An out-of-state trucker ignored warning signs and used a forbidden mountain route before his brakes burned out on a steep grade and he smashed into cars and a bookstore in suburban Los Angeles, killing two and injuring a dozen others, authorities said Thursday.

Texas nurse charged with killing 5 with bleach (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:09 PM PDT AP - Kimberly Saenz worked eight months as a nurse at the busiest dialysis clinic in town. Her turbulent final month on the job is all anyone remembers. One patient after another died last April for reasons no one could explain. Ambulances had to rush people to the emergency room almost every day. Things got so grim at the Lufkin Dialysis Center that the clinic shut down to investigate.

Agent hopes Vick can return to NFL by September (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - An agent for suspended NFL star Michael Vick told a bankruptcy court on Thursday that he hopes the ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback could return to the league by September.

Police: Mom drugged girl, sought her impregnation (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - A western Pennsylvania mother has been charged with giving her 13-year-old daughter drugs and alcohol so the woman's boyfriend could impregnate the girl without her knowing, police said Thursday.

Deputies shoot chimp, then find squalid puppy mill (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:55 PM PDT AP - Officers shot and killed a rampaging chimpanzee in a rural area and then found a squalid, unlicensed puppy mill in the chimp owners' home, officials said.

In Fargo, alcohol sales rose along with Red River (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - In the debate over which businesses are essential during an emergency, many local liquor stores and bars had no doubt about where they fell during the Red River flood threat.

Madoff's home in Florida lost almost $2M in value (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - Even Bernie Madoff isn't exempt from the real estate slump. The Florida mansion that prosecutors seized from the Wall Street swindler appears to have lost a big chunk of its value since Palm Beach County officials assessed its worth last year at $9.3 million.

Sun has fewest sunspots since 1913, better GPS (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 02:20 PM PDT AP - The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century. A quiet sun is good for Earth: GPS systems are more accurate, satellites stay in orbit longer; even the effects of manmade global warming are marginally reduced, though just by three-tenths of a degree at most.

Fed. judge says courts can handle Gitmo cases (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:32 PM PDT AP - A federal judge who presided over the trial of a 9/11 conspirator said Thursday that civilian courts are capable of handling the cases of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Fire-plagued Pa. town becomes case study in arson (AP) Posted: 02 Apr 2009 01:53 PM PDT AP - Back in August, a volunteer firefighter was charged in connection with a string of fires just outside this distressed former steel town — in what turned out to be a false cause for hope that the worst was over.

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