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• Woman accused in Tenn. baby grab staying in jail (AP)
• Banned from churches, sex offenders go to court (AP)
• Prosecutors seek DNA sample in Craigslist killing (AP)
• Pot legalization gains momentum in California (AP)
• Father of Palin's grandson to pose for Playgirl (AP)
• Holder, Duncan plan to fight Chicago teen violence (AP)
• Thousands mob Detroit center in hopes of free cash (AP)
• AP Poll: Third of parents oppose swine flu vaccine (AP)
• Taped confession to child deaths played in court (AP)
• Pipe bombs, rifles found in car stopped in Conn. (AP)
• Soprano Sills' estate sells for more than $500K (AP)
• Fashion, celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies (AP)
• Slain Florida couple's daughter appears on `Oprah' (AP)
• Police probe disease exposure at Fla. hospital (AP)
• Montana legislator faces 3 felonies in boat crash (AP)
• NYC undercover stings expose 'gun show loophole' (AP)
• Ex-astronaut's attorneys get to depose accuser (AP)
• Acting head of US Olympic Committee to step down (AP)
• Fla. mayor's dad jailed after gun confrontation (AP)

Woman accused in Tenn. baby grab staying in jail (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:49 PM PDT AP - An Alabama woman accused of snatching a newborn from his Tennessee home will remain in federal custody while authorities Wednesday investigate whether she was the only person involved.

Banned from churches, sex offenders go to court (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - Convicted sex offender James Nichols said he was trying to better himself by going to church. But the police who arrested him explained: The church is off-limits because it has a daycare center.

Prosecutors seek DNA sample in Craigslist killing (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors said Wednesday they are seeking a DNA sample from a former Boston University medical student charged with killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist, but the man's lawyer would not say whether he will turn it over voluntarily.

Pot legalization gains momentum in California (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:19 PM PDT AP - Marijuana advocates are gathering signatures to get as many as three pot-legalization measures on the ballot in 2010 in California, setting up what could be a groundbreaking clash with the federal government over U.S. drug policy.

Father of Palin's grandson to pose for Playgirl (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:25 PM PDT AP - Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure — his bare body. The 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin's grandchild will pose nude for Playgirl, his attorney said Wednesday. To get ready for his close-up, Johnston is training three hours a day, six nights a week at an Anchorage gym with a local body builder.

Holder, Duncan plan to fight Chicago teen violence (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT AP - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday pledged federal support to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities, calling the brutal beating death of a teenager on the city's South Side a wake-up call for the country.

Thousands mob Detroit center in hopes of free cash (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:22 PM PDT AP - Scuffles erupted as several thousand Detroit residents jockeyed, pushed and shoved Wednesday to get free money being offered to only 3,500 of the city's recently or soon to be homeless.

AP Poll: Third of parents oppose swine flu vaccine (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don't want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

Taped confession to child deaths played in court (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - A Maryland man calmly described to detectives how he methodically drowned his three young children by holding them underwater in a hotel bathtub for 10 minutes each — a confession that was recorded by police and played in court Wednesday.

Pipe bombs, rifles found in car stopped in Conn. (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - Two Connecticut men face charges of bomb making and other offenses after police say they found them in a Mercedes with explosives in a residential New Haven neighborhood.

Soprano Sills' estate sells for more than $500K (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - An auction of the late soprano Beverly Sills' estate fetched more than a half-million dollars Wednesday — far more than expected for the costume designs, art and other personal items.

Fashion, celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:04 PM PDT AP - Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life or remote places of the world, died Wednesday at his Manhattan home. He was 92.

Slain Florida couple's daughter appears on `Oprah' (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - A Florida woman said she is fulfilling a promise she never thought she'd have to keep by raising nine special-needs children her parents had adopted before they were shot to death in their home in July.

Police probe disease exposure at Fla. hospital (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - Police were looking into possible criminal charges against a nurse at a South Florida hospital where officials say she may have exposed more than 1,800 patients to HIV and hepatitis by reusing medical supplies.

Montana legislator faces 3 felonies in boat crash (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors on Wednesday filed felony charges against a Montana state senator accused of recklessly endangering a U.S. congressman and three others when he allegedly crashed a boat at high speed onto a rocky embankment after a night of drinking.

NYC undercover stings expose 'gun show loophole' (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 01:28 PM PDT AP - Private unlicensed gun dealers were captured on video selling weapons to undercover investigators who admitted they couldn't pass background checks in a sting operation by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to highlight the "gun show loophole."

Ex-astronaut's attorneys get to depose accuser (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 01:02 PM PDT AP - Attorneys for a former astronaut will get another chance to question a romantic rival she allegedly drove 1,000 miles to confront.

Acting head of US Olympic Committee to step down (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting CEO said she would step down, bringing more chaos to an organization that was humiliated when Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Games fell flat.

Fla. mayor's dad jailed after gun confrontation (AP) Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT AP - Police say a Florida mayoral candidate upset because his politician daughter endorsed someone else was arrested after confronting her with a gun.

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