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Sweat lodge victim's family says she was in shape (AP)
Dam breaching celebrated on famed Rogue River (AP)
Unknown Civil War soldier reburied in Tennessee (AP)
Columbine killer's mom: 'No inkling' son suicidal (AP)
'Die quickly' congressman new hero for Fla. Dems (AP)
Calif. top justice slams state referendum process (AP)
NYC Astor trial shines light on jury-room strife (AP)
Pollution an enduring legacy at old missile sites (AP)
An Iraqi's trek from Sadr City to Monterey, Calif. (AP)
Rep. Frank: Gays should lobby elected officials (AP)
Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)
Navy honors civil rights martyr Medgar Evers (AP)
New Lincoln exhibit tells how NYC shaped his image (AP)
Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP)
Police: Fla. man kills fiancee on eve of wedding (AP)
CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP)
Sheriff: Bones at Garrido home buried long ago (AP)
Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover (AP)

Sweat lodge victim's family says she was in shape (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 05:20 PM PDT

AP - A 38-year-old New York woman who died after sitting in a sauna-like sweat lodge at a scenic Arizona resort was an avid surfer and hiker who was "in top shape," took self-improvement seriously and had a passion for art, a family spokesman said.

Dam breaching celebrated on famed Rogue River (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 05:12 PM PDT

AP - The wild and scenic Rogue River has become even wilder with the demolition of a dam that had hindered passage of salmon and steelhead to their spawning grounds for 88 years.

Unknown Civil War soldier reburied in Tennessee (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT

AP - A Civil War soldier whose remains were found in a battlefield grave last spring was reburied Saturday by admirers who knew neither his name nor even what side he fought on.

Columbine killer's mom: 'No inkling' son suicidal (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:44 PM PDT

AP - In the first detailed public remarks by any parent of the two Columbine killers, Dylan Klebold's mother says she had no idea her son was suicidal until she read his journals after the 1999 high school massacre.

'Die quickly' congressman new hero for Fla. Dems (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:52 PM PDT

AP - Weeks after his harsh remarks toward the GOP, a Florida congressman's popularity with Democrats isn't dying quickly.

Calif. top justice slams state referendum process (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:05 PM PDT

AP - The chief justice of the California Supreme Court criticized the state's reliance on the referendum process Saturday, saying it has "rendered our state government dysfunctional."

NYC Astor trial shines light on jury-room strife (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT

AP - Jurors in the epic criminal case about philanthropist Brooke Astor's fortune seemed to have hit a breaking point.

Pollution an enduring legacy at old missile sites (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:16 AM PDT

AP - As U.S. Air Force officials marked the 50th anniversary of the deployment of nuclear missiles to sites in the rural United States this past week, residents in some of these communities are still grappling with another legacy — groundwater pollution from chemicals used to clean and maintain the weapons.

An Iraqi's trek from Sadr City to Monterey, Calif. (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:15 AM PDT

AP - On one of his first days in America, Hussein Albayati visited the Statue of Liberty.

Rep. Frank: Gays should lobby elected officials (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:48 PM PDT

AP - Rep. Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, says he'd rather see gay rights supporters lobbying their elected officials than marching in Washington this weekend, calling the demonstration "a waste of time at best."

Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.

Navy honors civil rights martyr Medgar Evers (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:04 AM PDT

AP - The widow of slain civil-rights pioneer Medgar Evers fought tears Friday as Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, announced he's naming a new Navy supply ship for Evers' late husband.

New Lincoln exhibit tells how NYC shaped his image (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 11:27 AM PDT

AP - Abraham Lincoln visited New York City only five times in his life, and only once as president, yet the growing 19th-century metropolis played a central role in burnishing his enduring public image.

Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:39 PM PDT

AP - The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies said Friday that an Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn't go on a field trip.

Police: Fla. man kills fiancee on eve of wedding (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT

AP - A man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to be married, police said Friday.

CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:41 AM PDT

AP - Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.

Sheriff: Bones at Garrido home buried long ago (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT

AP - The Contra Costa County Sheriff's office said Friday that bone fragments dug up from the backyard of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido's home and a neighboring property probably belonged to American Indians buried a long time ago.