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Palin steps down as Alaska gov.; her plans unclear (AP)
4 kids, 4 adults die in NY parkway wrong-way crash (AP)
Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors (AP)
Past donors giving up on Ky. Sen. Bunning (AP)
Analysis: What they saw during the Gates arrest (AP)
Dillinger's derringer nets $95,600 at auction (AP)
Police: Ex-boxing champion Forrest killed in Ga. (AP)
Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo's long crime career (AP)
NASA patches air-purifying system on space station (AP)
Conn. home invasion survivor faces long court case (AP)
Toddler shot in head at Ind. wedding reception (AP)
Phelps off to winning start at worlds (AP)
Suspect in Kan. abortion killing faces hearing (AP)
In Hawaii, health insurance paid by employers (AP)
New direction in terror fight may stem from case (AP)
LAPD has shed scandalous image, city leaders say (AP)
Mexico police name suspect in border agent death (AP)
Texas man wins Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest (AP)
Scientists try to stop schizophrenia in its tracks (AP)
Events in Palin's political career (AP)

Palin steps down as Alaska gov.; her plans unclear (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has resigned from office.

4 kids, 4 adults die in NY parkway wrong-way crash (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:12 PM PDT

AP - A family's minivan going in the wrong direction crashed into two cars on a suburban parkway on Sunday, killing eight people, including four young children who were related to each other.

Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:19 PM PDT

AP - Soldiers from an Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to civilian life described a breakdown in discipline during their Iraq deployment in which troops murdered civilians, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Past donors giving up on Ky. Sen. Bunning (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:44 PM PDT

AP - Political contributors who donated thousands to Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning's past election campaigns have found a new Republican to support for Senate.

Analysis: What they saw during the Gates arrest (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:31 PM PDT

AP - Henry Louis Gates Jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at Sgt. James Crowley. Looking back at Gates, Crowley worried about making it home safely to his wife and three children.

Dillinger's derringer nets $95,600 at auction (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:23 PM PDT

AP - A gun once carried by bank robber John Dillinger has brought $95,600 at a Texas auction.

Police: Ex-boxing champion Forrest killed in Ga. (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Vernon Forrest, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat "Sugar" Shane Mosley, was shot to death during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday.

Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo's long crime career (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:56 PM PDT

AP - Of all the horrid accusations against evangelist Tony Alamo and the list is long it was the testimony of formerly loyal subjects, recounting "marriages" between their cult leader and girls as young as 8, that may end his 40-year rule and send him to prison for life.

NASA patches air-purifying system on space station (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:40 PM PDT

AP - A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13.

Conn. home invasion survivor faces long court case (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:29 PM PDT

AP - At 52, Dr. William Petit faces years perhaps decades of emotionally draining court hearings before the two men charged with murdering his family in a 2007 home invasion may be convicted and executed.

Toddler shot in head at Ind. wedding reception (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT

AP - Police say an 18-month-old girl was shot in the head when a man opened fire at a wedding reception in Indiana after scuffling with other guests.

Phelps off to winning start at worlds (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:49 PM PDT

AP - Michael Phelps had an off night. His new windmill stroke just slowed him down. He left his teammates with some catching-up to do. Heck, he didn't even get a world record when about all you had to do was squeeze into one of those newfangled suits and dive in at the Foro Italico.

Suspect in Kan. abortion killing faces hearing (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 11:50 AM PDT

AP - The man accused of killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers will get his first look this week at the evidence against him, even as he has called the shooting of Dr. George Tiller justified.

In Hawaii, health insurance paid by employers (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 11:13 AM PDT

AP - Hawaii's decades-old law aimed at increasing health coverage by requiring companies to provide insurance to their workers has brought something less than universal health care to the 50th state.

New direction in terror fight may stem from case (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:13 AM PDT

AP - When the American-born al-Qaida recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn't whisked off to a military prison or a secret CIA facility in another country to be interrogated.

LAPD has shed scandalous image, city leaders say (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 10:33 AM PDT

AP - Eleven years after an anti-gang cop was arrested for stealing six pounds of cocaine from an evidence room, city leaders believe the Los Angeles Police Department has dashed the image of corruption and abuse spawned by revelations of the theft investigation.

Mexico police name suspect in border agent death (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:23 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in Mexico have identified the man suspected of fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Texas man wins Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest (AP)

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:45 AM PDT

AP - A 55-year-old Texan wearing the requisite white beard and sporting a sweater won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest one of the highlights of a six-day annual festival honoring the late Nobel prize-winning author.