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• Big-play D sends undefeated Saints past Jets 24-10 (AP)
• Somalia president condemns Minn. terror recruiting (AP)
• Firefighters try to protect Calif mountain town (AP)
• Tenn. mom left to wonder when she'll see 4 kids (AP)
• Reggae artist says NYC man slashed him with sword (AP)
• Neighbors: Accused Andrews stalker kept to himself (AP)
• Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims (AP)
• Waves of new fund cuts imperil US nursing homes (AP)
• Ill. treasure hunt halted as possible prank (AP)
• Car slides under trailer on I-95 in Philly; 4 dead (AP)
• NYC Chinatown could get 1st Chinese rep on council (AP)
• SD town gets rid of 44 tons of stinking bison meat (AP)
• Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind (AP)
• Arizona man's own actions led to murder confession (AP)
• Fans feast on undead as `Zombieland' opens to $25M (AP)
• Yale lab tech due in court to face murder charge (AP)
• Ex-Ala. judge accused of trading sex for leniency (AP)
• Health insurance bills could be hardship for many (AP)
• Southern California forest fire destroys 3 homes (AP)
• Police chiefs endorse anti-terror community watch (AP)

Big-play D sends undefeated Saints past Jets 24-10 (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - A vastly improved defense with a penchant for big plays has the New Orleans Saints undefeated through four games for the first time since 1993.

Somalia president condemns Minn. terror recruiting (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - The president of Somalia on Sunday denounced the recruiting of young men from Minnesota's huge Somali community for terrorist activity in his war-ravaged homeland, and said he plans to work with the U.S. government to bring those still alive back home.

Firefighters try to protect Calif mountain town (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - Firefighters launched an aggressive ground and air assault Sunday against a wind-fanned wildfire that erupted in the San Gabriel Mountains and threatened a popular resort community.

Tenn. mom left to wonder when she'll see 4 kids (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - A week ago, Maria Gurrolla was celebrating the birth of her fourth child. A blue yard sign announced: "IT'S A BOY!" She visited a local welfare office that helps low-income mothers.

Reggae artist says NYC man slashed him with sword (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel says he's been slashed in the head, arm and hand by a New York City man wielding a 2-foot sword.

Neighbors: Accused Andrews stalker kept to himself (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - The man accused of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews kept his yard manicured, played golf and enjoyed cooking on a gas grill on a patio behind his $300,000 suburban Chicago town house.

Samoans flock to churches to mourn tsunami victims (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 01:44 PM PDT AP - Islanders gathered Sunday to mourn victims of the South Pacific tsunami that obliterated entire villages on the shores of American Samoa and Samoa, leaving at least 176 dead.

Waves of new fund cuts imperil US nursing homes (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:14 PM PDT AP - The nation's nursing homes are perilously close to laying off workers, cutting services — possibly even closing — because of a perfect storm wallop from the recession and deep federal and state government spending cuts, industry experts say.

Ill. treasure hunt halted as possible prank (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 02:03 PM PDT AP - An Illinois woman who set out on a treasure hunt for buried gold coins after finding a cryptic note in an antique rocking chair may have been the victim of a prolific prankster who died more than 30 years ago.

Car slides under trailer on I-95 in Philly; 4 dead (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 01:06 PM PDT AP - State police in Philadelphia say a car has gone out of control and has slid under a tractor-trailer on a major highway, killing four people.

NYC Chinatown could get 1st Chinese rep on council (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT AP - Chinatown is likely to get its first Chinese-American representative on the City Council, and a Taiwanese immigrant is headed for citywide office — a dramatic change for the nation's largest city, which had no Asian-Americans in elected office just eight years ago.

SD town gets rid of 44 tons of stinking bison meat (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 01:39 PM PDT AP - Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, the 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its own for months, masked by the brutal chill of two South Dakota winters.

Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:45 AM PDT AP - With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.

Arizona man's own actions led to murder confession (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT AP - A scruffy 21-year-old walked into the police station in the small eastern Arizona town of Springerville, winded after running the 2 1/2 blocks there from his home. He wanted to tell the police chief that cops from out of town were in his jurisdiction.

Fans feast on undead as `Zombieland' opens to $25M (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:42 AM PDT AP - The undead were alive and well at movie theaters as Woody Harrelson's horror comedy "Zombieland" opened on top with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Yale lab tech due in court to face murder charge (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:31 AM PDT AP - A former Yale University lab technician is due in court this week on charges that he strangled a graduate student and stuffed her body inside a wall.

Ex-Ala. judge accused of trading sex for leniency (AP) Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:23 AM PDT AP - Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a county overwhelmingly white and increasingly Republican. The respected circuit judge once was the Democratic Party's choice to be the first black federal judge in south Alabama.

Health insurance bills could be hardship for many (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:52 PM PDT AP - Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.

Southern California forest fire destroys 3 homes (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 11:55 PM PDT AP - A fire driven by winds of more than 40 mph destroyed three homes and threatened dozens of others in a rugged warren of mountains and canyons northeast of San Bernardino on Saturday.

Police chiefs endorse anti-terror community watch (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 06:15 PM PDT AP - A store clerk's curiosity about why Najibullah Zazi was buying large quantities of beauty supply products indicated that something about the transaction wasn't quite right — and it's an example of the kind of citizen vigilance that can combat terror, a police commander said Saturday.

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