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New Orleans mayor, wife quarantined in China (AP)
Shootout with Ala. escapees jolts tiny ND town (AP)
Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington (AP)
AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream (AP)
Calif. contemplating rewrite of social contract (AP)
Ore. woman charged in death of pregnant woman (AP)
Boston Globe union to vote on pay, benefit cuts (AP)
Ex-US Rep. Jefferson faces federal bribery charges (AP)
Fla. death row inmate sues to get victims' Chevy (AP)
`Up' maintains No. 1 box-office altitude with $44M (AP)
Carradine family takes action on probe, photos (AP)
Skydiver hurt in nighttime jump over western NY (AP)
Mexican day-care fire victim to undergo surgery (AP)
US Airways hero gets rousing hometown reception (AP)
Natural gas explosion at megachurch pastor's home (AP)

New Orleans mayor, wife quarantined in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:03 PM PDT

AP - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms.

Shootout with Ala. escapees jolts tiny ND town (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT

AP - Residents in this tiny North Dakota town were jarred from their sleep with calls from authorities: Lock your doors.

Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:21 PM PDT

AP - An activist who worked alongside slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk announced plans Sunday for a march on Washington this fall to demand that Congress establish equality and marriage rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:44 PM PDT

AP - At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping the man alive.

Calif. contemplating rewrite of social contract (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 11:40 AM PDT

AP - With empty pockets and maxed-out credit, California is debating whether it can continue honoring all parts of its social contract with the state's most vulnerable residents.

Ore. woman charged in death of pregnant woman (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

AP - A pregnant 21-year-old found dead with her baby no longer in her womb befriended the woman charged with killing her through Craigslist, her mother said Sunday.

Boston Globe union to vote on pay, benefit cuts (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 09:33 AM PDT

AP - The Boston Globe's largest employees union faces an important contract vote.

Ex-US Rep. Jefferson faces federal bribery charges (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 08:19 AM PDT

AP - Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson faces several obstacles to being acquitted of bribery, racketeering and other federal charges and topping the list is explaining the $90,000 cash stashed in his freezer.

Fla. death row inmate sues to get victims' Chevy (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 08:11 AM PDT

AP - A Florida death row inmate is suing to get a vintage Chevy pickup owned by the couple he is convicted of killing.

`Up' maintains No. 1 box-office altitude with $44M (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 08:23 AM PDT

AP - Two live-action comedies have been unable to bring down the animated adventure "Up."

Carradine family takes action on probe, photos (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 01:37 PM PDT

AP - David Carradine's family members, dissatisfied with Thai investigators and "profoundly disturbed" by the publication of a forensics photo in a Bangkok tabloid, are seeking help from the FBI and an independent pathologist and have threatened legal action against any media outlet that reprints images of the actor in death.

Skydiver hurt in nighttime jump over western NY (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 12:54 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say a skydiver who bungled the landing on a roughly 10,000-foot nighttime jump was flown to a hospital but ended up with little more than a broken nose.

Mexican day-care fire victim to undergo surgery (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AP - A 3-year-old boy who was badly burned in a fire that killed 40 infants and toddlers at a Mexican day care was scheduled to undergo several hours of skin graft surgery, a Sacramento pediatric hospital official said Sunday.

US Airways hero gets rousing hometown reception (AP)

Posted: 06 Jun 2009 09:52 PM PDT

AP - In a town that's no stranger to heroes, one stood out Saturday.

Natural gas explosion at megachurch pastor's home (AP)

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say they are investigating a natural gas explosion at the Fort Worth, Texas, home of megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes.