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Defendant in doc's killing railed against abortion (AP)
Police: Recruiting center gunman targeted military (AP)
Police: Phoenix mom coached youthful armed robbers (AP)
Sotomayor would be 6th Catholic on Supreme Court (AP)
2009 Atlantic hurricane season begins quietly (AP)
AP Exclusive: Blago talked to Durbin about Senate (AP)
Another 'black man did it' hoax sparks outrage (AP)
Abortion foes worry shooting could silence debate (AP)
Border traffic moves easily with stricter ID code (AP)
Suspect jailed in Kansas abortion doctor's killing (AP)
Prosecutors: College student was budding terrorist (AP)
Ark. panel urges judge removed for probation issue (AP)
SC gov hints that stimulus fight may soon end (AP)
O.J. Simpson's Vegas memorabilia back in Calif. (AP)
Ark. prison guards on leave after 2 killers escape (AP)
Extend or end? Minn. Senate race up to high court (AP)
Ex-US Rep formally announces run for Ohio governor (AP)
Auto workers, communities ponder life without GM (AP)
Polly Klaas killer to remain on Calif. death row (AP)
Ex-officer Drew Peterson's case gets its 3rd judge (AP)

Defendant in doc's killing railed against abortion (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:38 PM PDT

AP - Scott Roeder harbored a burning, "eye-for-an-eye" anger toward abortion doctors. He once subscribed to a magazine suggesting "justifiable homicide" against them, and apparently likened Dr. George Tiller to the Nazi death-camp doctor Josef Mengele.

Police: Recruiting center gunman targeted military (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

AP - A man with "political and religious motives" killed a soldier just out of basic training and wounded another Monday in a targeted attack on a military recruiting center, police said. The shootings were not believed to be part of a broader scheme.

Police: Phoenix mom coached youthful armed robbers (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - Police in Phoenix say they've arrested a woman accused of leading an armed robbery gang involving her 12- and 14-year-old sons.

Sotomayor would be 6th Catholic on Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 10:55 AM PDT

AP - If Judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she will be the sixth Roman Catholic of the nine justices.

2009 Atlantic hurricane season begins quietly (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

AP - The "skinny black line," long a staple of forecasts showing a hurricane's projected path, could be a casualty of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season that began Monday.

AP Exclusive: Blago talked to Durbin about Senate (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:51 PM PDT

AP - Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to nominate to the U.S. Senate the daughter of his biggest political rival in return for concessions on his pet projects, people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press.

Another 'black man did it' hoax sparks outrage (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:09 PM PDT

AP - It's an old lie, claiming that The Black Man Did It.

Abortion foes worry shooting could silence debate (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - The slaying of a Kansas abortion doctor put the anti-abortion movement on the defensive Monday with prominent leaders delicately distancing themselves from the accused killer while positioning their stand as one shared by a majority of Americans.

Border traffic moves easily with stricter ID code (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:17 PM PDT

AP - Fears of stalled commerce and travel didn't materialize at U.S. border crossings Monday as people stayed home or were gently warned on the first day of stricter identification requirements for Americans returning from Mexico and Canada.

Suspect jailed in Kansas abortion doctor's killing (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A man suspected of fatally shooting abortion doctor George Tiller in church was in jail Monday while investigators sought to learn more about his background, including his possible connections to anti-abortion groups.

Prosecutors: College student was budding terrorist (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:26 PM PDT

AP - The videos are choppy and grainy, and some are just a few seconds long. Many were shot through an open window, and the herky-jerky technique was, at best, headache-inducing.

Ark. panel urges judge removed for probation issue (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:48 PM PDT

AP - An Arkansas judge should be kicked off the bench for operating a probation program that handled thousands of dollars collected from people found guilty in his court and for an improper relationship with a defendant, a judicial ethics panel said Monday.

SC gov hints that stimulus fight may soon end (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:23 PM PDT

AP - COLUMBIA, S.C. A federal judge dealt a major blow Monday to Gov. Mark Sanford's monthslong fight to stop South Carolina from taking $700 million in federal stimulus money, and the governor said the battle may be nearing an end.

O.J. Simpson's Vegas memorabilia back in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:18 PM PDT

AP - The footballs, jerseys and framed photographs that put O.J. Simpson in a Nevada prison are in the hands of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and likely headed for the auction block, an attorney for longtime Simpson nemesis Fred Goldman said Monday.

Ark. prison guards on leave after 2 killers escape (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:44 PM PDT

AP - Five correction officers were placed on leave Monday after two convicted killers escaped a high-security unit by wearing guard uniforms that are made at the prison and leaving in a car left for them.

Extend or end? Minn. Senate race up to high court (AP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:33 PM PDT

AP - An hourlong hearing before a feisty Minnesota Supreme Court put a new spark in the state's U.S. Senate race Monday, but Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman ended the day stuck in familiar waiting mode.