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Media allowed to witness return of war casualty (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT

AP - The media will be allowed to cover the arrival Sunday of an airman killed overseas, the first such opportunity since the Obama administration overturned an 18-year ban on news coverage of returning war dead.

Fight over urinating dog got police to Pa. ambush (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PDT

AP - A 911 call that brought two police officers to a home where they were ambushed, and where a third was also later killed during a four-hour siege, was precipitated by a fight between the gunman and his mother over a dog urinating in the house.

Police: Dad killed kids because wife was leaving (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 04:38 PM PDT

AP - A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday.

Freed American UN aid worker leaves Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:23 PM PDT

AP - The family of a New Jersey man abducted more than two months ago while working for the United Nations in Pakistan is eagerly awaiting his return, following news that his captors freed him this weekend.

AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT

AP - As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"

Pa. man, 73, accused of killing wife of few weeks (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:13 PM PDT

AP - A 73-year-old western Pennsylvania man was charged with killing his 73-year-old wife after authorities said he was upset by her decision to end their marriage of just a few weeks.

Volunteers help salamanders avoid roadway massacre (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:16 PM PDT

AP - The black salamander with yellow spots sat on the roadside in the dark, ready to make a go of it.

A pain in the ash: Volcano irritates Alaskans (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:23 AM PDT

AP - Mount Redoubt is getting under the skin of Alaska, and it's not just the irritation caused by volcanic ash.

Cleveland looks ahead to next Rock Hall ceremony (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 12:32 PM PDT

AP - Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich pointed up at thousands of rock fans in the public seating sections at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's 2009 inductions.

Binghamton officials defend response to massacre (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 03:34 PM PDT

AP - Even if police officers had immediately entered the immigrant center where a gunman had just shot down 13 people, the victims' injuries were so severe that none would have survived, a county prosecutor said Sunday.

Fargo students going back to school after flood (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT

AP - School bells are set to ring Monday for the first time in nearly two weeks for students who had joined the round-the-clock sandbagging effort to protect the Fargo area from a record Red River flood.

Strong wind hampers crews battling Texas fires (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 02:01 PM PDT

AP - Strong wind on Sunday hampered fire crews' efforts to control several Texas wildfires that had destroyed eight homes and damaged more than 20 smaller structures.

Spotlight focuses on 'squeaky clean' new Ill. gov (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:28 AM PDT

AP - Gov. Pat Quinn does not tolerate cheating, even if it only means shaving a few steps off a promised 170-mile hike.

Customs says art was framed with marijuana (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 11:34 AM PDT

AP - It wasn't the beauty of the paintings that caught of the eye of Customs agents.

'Fast & Furious' accelerates to $72.5M opening (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 11:49 AM PDT

AP - "Fast & Furious" left the competition in the dust with a $72.5 million opening weekend, the best so far this year.

Schools eye stimulus $$$ for energy efficiency (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 10:30 AM PDT

AP - The candy machine at Henry Sibley High School knows when students roam the halls and automatically powers down when they've gone home. The basketball court still shines, but under the glow of fluorescent tubes that suck up a fraction of the juice the old lights used.

Parents to visit detained US journalist in Iran (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 01:06 PM PDT

AP - The parents of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran will be allowed to visit their daughter Monday, and her case is to be reviewed by a court that normally handles security threats, their lawyer said Sunday.

FBI suspects link between truckers, serial killers (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2009 04:34 AM PDT

AP - The FBI suspects there's a link between long-haul truckers and serial killers, and runs a national program to track murders along popular trucking routes, according to a newspaper report.

Analysis: Negotiating a minefield of bad news (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:40 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?