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Cops searching for missing Fla. girl find a body (AP)
Survivor of Ariz. sweat lodge ceremony speaks out (AP)
Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied (AP)
Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter (AP)
Obama hits campaign trail for NJ Gov Jon Corzine (AP)
Mass man accused of plot to kill U.S politicians (AP)
Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years (AP)
US marshal pick was already gay rights pioneer (AP)
Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind (AP)
Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery prize (AP)
Marine gets 18 months confinement for hero hoax (AP)
Navy petty officer to face punishment in hazing (AP)
Va. police: Student disappearance a criminal case (AP)
Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship (AP)
Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts (AP)
Analysis: Schwarzenegger reversals erode trust (AP)
Plane lands on taxiway at Atlanta airport (AP)
NY businessman gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme (AP)
'Widow penalty' provision to end under new law (AP)
AP Poll: Pet owners willing to go mouth-to-muzzle (AP)

Cops searching for missing Fla. girl find a body (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say they have not identified a child's body they found Wednesday in a landfill while searching for a missing 7-year-old girl. Family members were hopeful the girl is still alive, though neighbors in the girl's community feared the worst.

Survivor of Ariz. sweat lodge ceremony speaks out (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT

AP - More than 50 followers of spiritual guru James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a sweat lodge ceremony.

Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - An attorney for a black woman who claimed torture by a white group in West Virginia says his client fabricated the story to get back at a boyfriend who had beaten her up.

Grudgingly, young people finally flock to Twitter (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:32 PM PDT

AP - They think it's pointless, narcissistic. Some don't even know what it is.

Obama hits campaign trail for NJ Gov Jon Corzine (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged New Jersey to keep Democrat Jon Corzine as governor, calling him an honorable man who puts the people's interests first.

Mass man accused of plot to kill U.S politicians (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:57 PM PDT

AP - A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday.

Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

AP - A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.

US marshal pick was already gay rights pioneer (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - As a little-known Minneapolis police sergeant, Sharon Lubinski made headlines when she declared she was a lesbian on the front pages of the city's largest newspaper — a bold move that other gay officers say inspired them to come out, too.

Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT

AP - The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.

Store clerk accused of stealing $1M lottery prize (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT

AP - A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said.

Marine gets 18 months confinement for hero hoax (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:50 PM PDT

AP - A Marine Corps sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months confinement and fined $25,000 for pretending to be an injured war hero to get free seats at rock concerts and professional sporting events.

Navy petty officer to face punishment in hazing (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT

AP - The former leader of a bomb-sniffing dog unit in Bahrain will be removed from his current position and forced to retire after the Navy reviewed years-old allegations of hazing and sexual harassment against a gay sailor and others.

Va. police: Student disappearance a criminal case (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:18 PM PDT

AP - The search for a Virginia Tech student missing since she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday is being treated as a criminal investigation, police said Wednesday.

Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - An anchor from a shipwreck thought to be Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was so unstable that divers in North Carolina retrieved it Wednesday rather than waiting until next year.

Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:31 PM PDT

AP - Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them — legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier climes inside.

Analysis: Schwarzenegger reversals erode trust (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has never shied away from changing his mind. Lately, it seems that's all he's been doing, creating confusion in the capital as he tries to tackle an ambitious policy agenda before his time in office runs out.

Plane lands on taxiway at Atlanta airport (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:18 PM PDT

AP - The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why a Delta jet landed this week on a taxiway at Atlanta's airport.

NY businessman gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Victims of a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme who wanted the man who robbed them severely punished got their wish Wednesday when a judge sentenced the 83-year-old businessman to a 20-year prison term.

'Widow penalty' provision to end under new law (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:15 PM PDT

AP - A legal provision criticized for making personal tragedies worse by triggering the automatic deportation of a small group of widows and widowers of U.S. citizens will not be in effect for much longer.