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As NY gunman's life unraveled, he took others' (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT

AP - Jiverly Wong was upset over losing his job at a vacuum plant, didn't like people picking on him for his limited English and once angrily told a co-worker, "America sucks."

Analysis: Nation negotiates minefield of bad news (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Does the name Byran Uyesugi ring a bell? Odds are not. What about Robert A. Hawkins? Or Mark Barton? Terry Ratzmann? Robert Stewart?

Bus accident kills 1, injures 27 in Sierra Nevada (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:53 PM PDT

AP - A ski resort's employee shuttle bus crashed on the main highway through California's Sierra Nevada on Saturday, killing a passenger and injuring 27 others, authorities said.

States pull back after decades of get-tough laws (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:39 AM PDT

AP - For the last four decades, the laws of the land were all about dropping the hammer on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time.

One man's ambivalent retreat from his racist past (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:44 PM PDT

AP - Elwin Hope Wilson leans back in his recliner, a sad, sickly man haunted by time.

Fed indictment alleges new heights of corruption (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:34 AM PDT

AP - Rod Blagojevich's schemes and corruption stretch back beyond trying to sell a Senate seat, beyond handing out jobs to political donors and even beyond his first day in the Illinois governor's office, federal prosecutors say.

Maine lobster trap rope finds new use as doormats (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:44 AM PDT

AP - Rope once used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor soon will grace the entryways of people's houses.

Judge indicted, state to review cases he dismissed (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 11:49 AM PDT

AP - A prosecutor in Texas is promising to review about 100 drug cases that were dismissed by a state judge who has been indicted on federal charges.

Calif woman gets 6 years for fatal texting crash (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:02 AM PDT

AP - A woman who crashed into a line of stopped vehicles while text-messaging on her cell phone has been sentenced to six years in a California prison for killing a woman in one of the vehicles.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt has another large eruption (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:17 PM PDT

AP - The Mount Redoubt volcano in Alaska has had another large eruption after being relatively quiet for nearly a week.

Gunman 'lying in wait' kills 3 Pittsburgh officers (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:58 PM PDT

AP - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.

Maine lobstermen chafe at rope ban to help whales (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - Frank Thompson was among the scores of unhappy lobstermen who delivered millions of feet of rope to a warehouse in this fishing community.

National Guard is welcome sight in ND flood fight (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:54 AM PDT

AP - Staff Sgt. Matthew Mitzel has patrolled the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq, and now he's patrolled the Red River in Fargo.

Despite reversal, Stevens' political future cloudy (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT

AP - Former Sen. Ted Stevens may be clear of legal problems, but his future as an Alaska elected official could be over.

Gay marriages expected to begin in Iowa April 24 (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 06:34 AM PDT

AP - Gay marriage, seemingly the province of the nation's two coasts, is just weeks away from becoming a reality in the heartland and apparently it will be years before social conservatives have a chance to stop it.

Social worker tackles gunman at Detroit school (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:03 AM PDT

AP - A social worker at a high school in Detroit is being lauded as a hero after he stopped a 17-year-old boy who allegedly was carrying a sawed-off shotgun and wrestled the boy to the ground.

'Personhood' bill defeated in North Dakota Senate (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:50 AM PDT

AP - North Dakota's Senate has rejected legislation to bestow human rights on fertilized human eggs, whether they be in the womb or in a laboratory.

Jobless make TV ads pitching themselves for work (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:32 AM PDT

AP - Jayna Dinsmore dressed in a sharp pink blouse and black slacks and made the pitch she hoped would end her five months of unemployment: Experienced marketing manager and analyst. Diverse background. Trade show experience.