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• NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor (AP)
• Harvard: Lab workers poisoned by tainted coffee (AP)
• Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 (AP)
• Video shows Calif. police beating of student (AP)
• Police vet more than 1,000 tips in girl's death (AP)
• Sheriff in balloon saga doesn't shy from soapbox (AP)
• RI tracking swine flu through electronic records (AP)
• AP bureau chief Mike McQueen dies at 52 (AP)
• Philly transit OKs strike ahead of World Series (AP)
• Alaskans await progress on Palin pipeline plan (AP)
• Tired from a tough hike? Rescuers fear Yuppie 911 (AP)
• Fla. gov's Obama hug lingers in US Senate primary (AP)
• Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case (AP)
• Federal trial looms in alleged $3.65B Ponzi scheme (AP)
• 'Paranormal Activity' slays 'Saw' with $22 million (AP)
• Global events mark magic number on climate change (AP)
• Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping (AP)

NJ town grieves for slain priest, accused janitor (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - An arrest in the brutal slaying of a Roman Catholic priest has brought little solace to his parishioners in this affluent community, who widely view the suspected role of the longtime church janitor as a second tragedy.

Harvard: Lab workers poisoned by tainted coffee (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT AP - Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, according to university officials.

Police: Madoff associate Jeffry Picower dies at 67 (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - Jeffry Picower, a philanthropist accused of profiting more than $7 billion from the investment schemes of his longtime friend Bernard Madoff, was found at the bottom of the pool at his oceanside mansion and died Sunday, police said. He was 67.

Video shows Calif. police beating of student (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:12 AM PDT AP - A cell phone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct, a San Jose police spokesman said.

Police vet more than 1,000 tips in girl's death (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - Investigators had more than a thousand tips but are still trying to figure out what happened when 7-year-old Somer Thompson disappeared on her walk home from a north Florida school last week.

Sheriff in balloon saga doesn't shy from soapbox (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 03:15 PM PDT AP - The sheriff at the center of the runaway balloon saga says he's not enjoying the media spotlight, but that's never stopped the John Wayne fan from using it to offer brash opinions on hot topics.

RI tracking swine flu through electronic records (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:01 PM PDT AP - State health officials are tracking the spread of swine flu through electronic prescription records, developing what they believe is a model that could help doctors more easily identify and respond to an outbreak of the illness.

AP bureau chief Mike McQueen dies at 52 (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - Mike McQueen, chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Louisiana and Mississippi, has died. He was 52.

Philly transit OKs strike ahead of World Series (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:57 PM PDT AP - Transit system workers in Philadelphia voted to authorize a union strike Sunday, less than a week before the Phillies play their first home game of the World Series, but a transit spokesman said he hopes a deal can be concluded before then.

Alaskans await progress on Palin pipeline plan (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 07:47 AM PDT AP - Sarah Palin hit the vice presidential campaign trail last year and touted what Alaska could provide for the rest of America — a natural gas pipeline to help lead the country to energy independence.

Tired from a tough hike? Rescuers fear Yuppie 911 (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:21 AM PDT AP - Last month two men and their teenage sons tackled one of the world's most unforgiving summertime hikes: the Grand Canyon's parched and searing Royal Arch Loop. Along with bedrolls and freeze-dried food, the inexperienced backpackers carried a personal locator beacon — just in case.

Fla. gov's Obama hug lingers in US Senate primary (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 04:32 AM PDT AP - Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn't worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.

Lawyer blasts release of affidavit in balloon case (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:54 AM PDT AP - A mother's confession that she and her husband faked their 6-year-old son's disappearance in a runaway balloon shouldn't have been made public, an attorney for the father said.

Federal trial looms in alleged $3.65B Ponzi scheme (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT AP - Until the Bernard Madoff scandal broke, it was a Minnesota businessman who stood accused of orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme authorities could ever recall.

'Paranormal Activity' slays 'Saw' with $22 million (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:23 AM PDT AP - "Paranormal Activity" has won a weekend battle of fright films over part six of the "Saw" franchise.

Global events mark magic number on climate change (AP) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:45 PM PDT AP - Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350.

Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:56 AM PDT AP - The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says he and the captain were not sleeping or arguing in the cockpit but he wouldn't explain their lapse in response and the detour.

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