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Martin claims 3rd pole of season (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:37 PM PDT AP - Mark Martin won his third pole of the season Friday, taking the top spot at Phoenix International Raceway.

Sheffield hits 500th home run (AP) Posted: 18 Apr 2009 09:35 AM PDT AP - Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run Friday night to become the 25th player in major league history to reach the milestone, belting a drive to left off Milwaukee's Mitch Stetter leading off the seventh inning.

Money manager says he 'snapped' in letter to AP (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death by parachuting from his plane to escape financial ruin told The Associated Press in a letter that he "snapped," never got help and then "it all came crashing down around me."

Police: NY man beat, asphyxiated family in hotel (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - A New York tax attorney's investment dealings are being investigated by the FBI after he beat and asphyxiated his wife and daughters in a Maryland hotel room, then answered a call from his daughter's college roommate before killing himself, authorities said Wednesday.

Report: Ala. killer left note explaining spree (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - The man who killed 10 people during last month's shooting spree in south Alabama left a letter for relatives, writing that he wanted people to pay for making his mother and him suffer, according to a report published Wednesday.

Animal rescue groups settle over shelter makeover (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - An animal rescue group that won a $1 million makeover it claimed was never delivered has settled with the popular pet Web site that offered the prize, and is using the undisclosed sum to build a new shelter, the groups said Wednesday.

Prosecutors beefed up charges against scrawny teen (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - When U.S. prosecutors brought piracy charges against a teenager from Somalia, they dusted off a law that has been on the books since George Washington was president and used only sparingly since then.

Soldier leaps again after skydive instructor dies (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - Pfc. Daniel Pharr decided he'd tempt fate just once more to honor the parachute instructor who was tethered to him and died as the pair floated toward the ground a couple of months ago.

Beaten NY student unconcerned with Serbian suspect (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - A New York college student beaten into a coma in a case that reached the highest levels of the U.S. government said Wednesday that although he's now speech-impaired, he doesn't hate the young Serb facing trial in the vicious attack.

Texas boy, 12, charged with murder of thrown baby (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - A 12-year-old suspended from school for fighting killed a 10-month-old baby by throwing him to the floor at a home where several young children were unsupervised, officials said Wednesday.

AP: Viacom CEO compensation $28M in 2008 (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:13 PM PDT AP - Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate controlled by billionaire Sumner Redstone, awarded compensation in 2008 to Chief Executive Philippe Dauman valued by The Associated Press at $27.9 million, up 7 percent from a year ago, a securities filing showed Friday.

Ala. coffee shop customers pick up other's tabs (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 06:02 PM PDT AP - Some customers at Starbucks shops around the Birmingham area have been getting an extra ingredient with their coffee: Kindness. Customers at shops in eastern Birmingham, Hoover and Vestavia Hills are paying it forward by anonymously picking up the tabs of others.

FBI: Marine back in US to face NC murder charge (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 05:49 PM PDT AP - A Marine who fled to Mexico shortly before he was charged with killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina returned to the U.S. on Friday.

Colo. man convicted of murdering transgender woman (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.

CIA objections slowed torture memos release (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:13 PM PDT AP - Four former CIA directors opposed releasing classified Bush-era interrogation memos, officials say, describing objections that went all the way to the White House and slowed release of the records.

Lawyer in salmonella lawsuits tours Texas plant (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - A lawyer said he found leaks and places where animals could get in when he toured a Texas plant Wednesday that belongs to a company linked to a deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak.

Wis. school district sued over church graduations (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - A group of students and parents sued Wednesday to stop a Wisconsin school district from continuing to hold high school graduations in a Christian megachurch.

Ala. college president accused of plagiarism (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - The president of Jacksonville State University, whose use of a ghostwriter for newspaper columns caused a stir two years ago, now has been accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Alabama.

Backyard refineries blamed for fires, explosions (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 02:25 PM PDT AP - Trying to live green and beat high gasoline prices, some enterprising Americans are turning cooking oil into biodiesel in their garages. Problem is, some of these do-it-yourselfers are burning down the house.

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