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4 killed in Ala. home; suspect later found dead (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - A man shot and killed his estranged wife, their teenage daughter and two other relatives in rural north Alabama before returning to his home in a nearby town and killing himself the day before their divorce trial, authorities said Tuesday.

Analysts: NY gunman's letter showed classic signs (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - A rambling letter from the gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant community center offers a glimpse inside the mind of an angry, paranoid man who saw himself as a victim and was intent on destroying other lives before he took his own, analysts say.

911 worker didn't warn Pittsburgh police of guns (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:02 PM PDT AP - Three police officers killed while answering a call about a woman fighting with her son didn't know the man had weapons, but a 911 operator did. She just didn't tell anyone.

Licensed to kill? Gunmen in killings had permits (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - They had more in common than unleashing carnage — nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons.

Police probing Calif. child slaying search church (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - Police investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in a pond searched a church Tuesday, a day after questioning its pastor and taking a computer and other items from his home.

Former sheriff's deputy on America's Most Wanted (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - A former sheriff's deputy accused of killing his wife and a day laborer has joined the ranks of "America's Most Wanted" after cutting the leather strap of his electronic monitoring device and fleeing from house arrest.

Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - Vermont, the state that invented civil unions, on Tuesday became a pioneer once again as the first state to legalize gay marriage through a legislature's vote. The House barely achieved the votes necessary to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill that will allow gays and lesbians to marry beginning September 1. Four states now have same-sex marriage laws and other states soon could follow suit.

Demjanjuk tries again to avoid deportation (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:52 PM PDT AP - The deportation of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk should be blocked because forcing the frail 89-year-old to go to Germany would amount to torture, his attorney said in a court filing Tuesday.

Flight student charged with piloting plane into US (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT AP - Suicide by fighter jet was the goal of a flight student who stole a plane in Canada, entered U.S. airspace and flew an erratic path over the Midwest with the military on his tail before he landed safely on a rural Missouri road, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Push for transgender protections reaches NH, Mass. (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - For Ethan St. Pierre, allowing someone who is biologically female but self-identifies as male to use the men's bathroom is a no-brainer.

$3.5M award reviewed over crooked Pa. judges' role (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - Pennsylvania's highest court is revisiting a $3.5 million defamation verdict against The Citizens' Voice newspaper because of the role played in it by two former judges at the center of a juvenile justice scandal.

Bidders' bounty? Storage unit auctions on the rise (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT AP - The auctioneer slides the steel door up, and a small crowd at the storage facility steps forward for a peek.

Gingrich: Iowa ruling shows `judicial arrogance' (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:32 PM PDT AP - Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage was "outrageously wrong," but called a legislative override that made it legal in Vermont "healthier."

Suleman: Wages, inheritance paid for in vitro (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman says she used money from an inheritance and overtime wages from her job as a psychiatric technician to pay for her early fertilization procedures.

CDC: Mild flu season apparently winding down (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT AP - The flu season is winding down and turning out to be one of the mildest in years, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Epic drought bids most of South adieu after rains (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - The epic southern drought has bid most of the region adieu after sucking reservoirs dry and shriveling crops for three years.

Apostles, not apostates: BYU paper's ungodly typo (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University's student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.

Ex-Army nurse pleads guilty in hepatitis C case (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - A former Army hospital nurse accused of infecting more than a dozen patients with hepatitis C pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and theft.

FEMA housing aid runs out for storm victims May 1 (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 01:48 PM PDT AP - Thanh Nguyen will soon give up the cramped travel trailer that's been her home for more than four years, pack her belongings into an old Toyota Corolla and rely on the kindness of others for a place to live.

Sex offender who posed as boy, 12, gets 70.5 years (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools was sentenced Tuesday to 70 1/2 years in prison.

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