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• Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US (AP)
• NY police: Wrong-way crash driver was drunk, high (AP)
• Northwest flight hits turbulence, 2 aboard hurt (AP)
• Fla. teen: Teammates saw locker room sex assault (AP)
• Feds: NC terror suspect promoted jihad in home (AP)
• Minn. teacher suspected abuse before girl's death (AP)
• Developer sends ground zero impasse to arbitration (AP)
• Former coach Holtz mulls run for Congress in Fla. (AP)
• `Cash for clunkers' effect on pollution? A blip (AP)
• Slain teen's placement in foster home questioned (AP)
• In small towns, even 1 more cop makes a difference (AP)
• Lawmakers reach deal on Ala. county crisis (AP)
• RI students to cops: don't brand our party houses (AP)
• Post-trauma stress lingers in NYC 9/11 survivors (AP)
• Police car cameras don't lie, but did Fla. cops? (AP)
• Va. conviction overturned in Ga. woman's death (AP)
• Family of Gulf War pilot missing since '91 briefed (AP)
• Rep. Sestak will try to unseat Sen. Specter of Pa. (AP)
• Naomi Sims, among first black models, dies at 61 (AP)
• Felicia strengthens into hurricane in the Pacific (AP)

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:52 PM PDT AP - His mission accomplished, former President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang early Wednesday accompanied by American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pardoned the women from their 12-year prison sentences.

NY police: Wrong-way crash driver was drunk, high (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:56 PM PDT AP - A mother drank vodka and smoked marijuana while taking a vanload of children home from a weekend camping trip that ended in disaster when she went the wrong way on a highway and crashed into an SUV, killing eight people, police said Tuesday.

Northwest flight hits turbulence, 2 aboard hurt (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:37 PM PDT AP - A flight attendant and a passenger were injured aboard a Northwest Airlines plane when it hit turbulence during a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Detroit Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.

Fla. teen: Teammates saw locker room sex assault (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - Many members of a Florida middle school's flag football team were in the locker room when a 13-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by some of his teammates with a hockey stick and broomstick, according to court documents released Tuesday.

Feds: NC terror suspect promoted jihad in home (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - A North Carolina terrorism suspect who preached the virtues of jihad and fighting for Allah had access to more than two dozen guns and more than 27,000 rounds of ammunition, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Minn. teacher suspected abuse before girl's death (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - A special education teacher saw signs that something was wrong with her 10-year-old student. She was skinny, and sometimes the girl's diaper stayed dry all day, suggesting she was underfed. Her wheelchair was sometimes caked in ice, as if it had been left outside in the harsh northern Minnesota winter.

Developer sends ground zero impasse to arbitration (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:35 PM PDT AP - A monthslong dispute over who should pay to build office towers at the World Trade Center site is headed to arbitration after a developer called Tuesday for a binding ruling on a standoff that threatens to stall ground zero rebuilding.

Former coach Holtz mulls run for Congress in Fla. (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz is mulling a run for Congress in Florida as a Republican, a GOP strategist said Tuesday.

`Cash for clunkers' effect on pollution? A blip (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - "Cash for clunkers" could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country — every automobile, every factory, every power plant — for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now.

Slain teen's placement in foster home questioned (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the 15-year-old girl accused her father of abusing her, she was placed in a foster home while the allegations were investigated. That home was just two doors down.

In small towns, even 1 more cop makes a difference (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - In small towns, one more cop really does make a difference.

Lawmakers reach deal on Ala. county crisis (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - The sheriff in Alabama's most populous county may call for the National Guard to help maintain order, a spokesman said Tuesday, as a judge cleared the way for cuts in the sheriff's budget and lawmakers reached a compromise they hope will end the budget crisis.

RI students to cops: don't brand our party houses (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:41 PM PDT AP - The punishment, renters and homeowners in this beach town say, is tantamount to a scarlet letter: A large orange sticker plastered by police on homes that host raucous parties.

Post-trauma stress lingers in NYC 9/11 survivors (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - People who were heavily exposed to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center had elevated risks of developing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms even five years later, about four times that of the general public, according to a study released Tuesday.

Police car cameras don't lie, but did Fla. cops? (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - Veteran Hollywood Police Officer Dewey Pressley said he hated lying. But if bending the truth a little would keep a fellow officer out of trouble, well, he was all for it.

Va. conviction overturned in Ga. woman's death (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:11 PM PDT AP - An ex-Navy SEAL trainee had his murder and abduction convictions overturned Tuesday after spending 13 years in prison for killing a Georgia college student who was vacationing in Virginia.

Family of Gulf War pilot missing since '91 briefed (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:05 PM PDT AP - The family of Michael "Scott" Speicher received the first of a series of top-secret briefings Tuesday about the discovery of his remains in Iraq, 18 years after his Navy plane was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War, their attorney said.

Rep. Sestak will try to unseat Sen. Specter of Pa. (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - Three years after he knocked off a veteran House incumbent, Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak will seek a bigger prize and challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter for his long-held U.S. Senate seat.

Naomi Sims, among first black models, dies at 61 (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - Naomi Sims, whose 1968 Ladies' Home Journal cover shot was a breakthrough for black fashion models, has died. She was 61.

Felicia strengthens into hurricane in the Pacific (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:42 PM PDT AP - Forecasters say Felicia has strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane far out in the Pacific while Tropical Storm Enrique is getting stronger not far away.

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