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• Scholars study Springsteen during weekend event (AP)
• Texas panel reviews ruling that led to execution (AP)
• G-20 lockdown gone, Pittsburgh gets back to normal (AP)
• Feds: Zazi trips, shopping led to NY terror threat (AP)
• Attorney: No evidence of bomb-making by suspect (AP)
• Murder-suicide confirmed in Md. family's deaths (AP)
• Calif. mourners remember Yale student's fun spirit (AP)
• Crew of 3 killed in medical helicopter crash in S.C. (AP)
• NY congresswoman's husband dies on mountain climb (AP)
• Mich. stares down 2nd govt. shutdown in 3 years (AP)
• Conservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays (AP)
• Clergy abuse settlements can lead to new suffering (AP)
• Wrong-embryo baby's parents laud 'guardian angel' (AP)
• Cab driver: Slayings suspect, girlfriend had fight (AP)
• NY students suspended over raw-meat hazing ritual (AP)
• Sheriff seeks public's help in Ill. family slaying (AP)
• Boston's black history being unburied at cemetery (AP)
• Friends: Hanging victim devoted his life to kids (AP)
• Army issues hand gel, cough orders in flu fight (AP)
• Ex-wife: DC sniper said 'you have become my enemy' (AP)

Scholars study Springsteen during weekend event (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - Hold still, Bruce — this won't hurt a bit!

Texas panel reviews ruling that led to execution (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - More than five years after his final act from the Texas death chamber gurney was a profanity-filled tirade, the murder case of executed inmate Cameron Todd Willingham refuses to die.

G-20 lockdown gone, Pittsburgh gets back to normal (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - Merchants and motorists reclaimed their city Saturday as a vast police presence dissolved, barricades vanished and traffic started flowing after a gathering of world leaders that had turned the downtown area into a well-protected fortress.

Feds: Zazi trips, shopping led to NY terror threat (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - It was midsummer in suburban Denver when an unassuming, bearded man pushed a red shopping cart between shelves stacked with hair coloring and nail polish remover.

Attorney: No evidence of bomb-making by suspect (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 01:33 PM PDT AP - Claims that an Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks are missing a key element: explosives or the chemicals allegedly used to make them, the man's attorney said.

Murder-suicide confirmed in Md. family's deaths (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - A home-improvement worker and school janitor who apparently was struggling to survive the recession killed his sleeping wife and two children before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself, Maryland State Police said Saturday.

Calif. mourners remember Yale student's fun spirit (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Family members of the Yale University doctoral student found murdered on what was to be her wedding day said they'll always remember the beaming smile and fun-loving spirit of the brilliant woman who hoped to change the world through her medical research.

Crew of 3 killed in medical helicopter crash in S.C. (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 03:17 PM PDT AP - A medical transport helicopter that crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three crew members on board, was damaged last year after scheduled maintenance on the aircraft was delayed, authorities said Saturday.

NY congresswoman's husband dies on mountain climb (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Saturday.

Mich. stares down 2nd govt. shutdown in 3 years (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:54 PM PDT AP - Economically beleaguered Michigan faces a possible government shutdown — shuttering highway rest areas, state parks, construction projects and the state lottery — if lawmakers fail to reach a budget deal in the next few days.

Conservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - Conservative members of the nation's largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy.

Clergy abuse settlements can lead to new suffering (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 01:10 PM PDT AP - David Guerrero lies curled like a small child in bed, his teeth chattering and his fever spiked at 104 degrees. He has left his room only once since he crawled home from his latest crystal meth binge three days ago, to let his mother drive him to the emergency room for his soaring temperature.

Wrong-embryo baby's parents laud 'guardian angel' (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:59 AM PDT AP - An Ohio woman who gave birth to a baby boy after a fertility clinic implanted her with the wrong embryo is a "guardian angel," the boy's biological parents said Saturday.

Cab driver: Slayings suspect, girlfriend had fight (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:31 AM PDT AP - An aspiring horrorcore rapper suspected of killing his girlfriend and three others in Virginia told a cab driver that he had a fight with the teenager over a text message he found from another man.

NY students suspended over raw-meat hazing ritual (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 11:07 AM PDT AP - A western New York high school has been roiled by a hazing ritual that entailed hurling raw meat at new players on the girls' varsity soccer team.

Sheriff seeks public's help in Ill. family slaying (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:59 AM PDT AP - Authorities are seeking the public's help in solving the slayings of five members of a central Illinois family, saying the suspect or suspects may be injured.

Boston's black history being unburied at cemetery (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 10:59 AM PDT AP - Somewhere among the grassy hills, canopy trees and 19th century angel sculptures rest Butler and Mary Wilson.

Friends: Hanging victim devoted his life to kids (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:24 AM PDT AP - Even while fighting cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, Bill Sparkman would show up for work wearing his customary smile and a toboggan cap to cover his balding head.

Army issues hand gel, cough orders in flu fight (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:09 AM PDT AP - Soldiers in boot camp are getting something new this year besides rigorous basic training — Army-green bottles of hand sanitizer gel, part of a stepped-up effort by the military to ward off swine and seasonal flu.

Ex-wife: DC sniper said 'you have become my enemy' (AP) Posted: 26 Sep 2009 09:06 AM PDT AP - As the ex-wife of the notorious D.C. sniper emptied herself during a 30-day fast five years ago, one question tormented her — why did he want to kill her?

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