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• Snow lets up in West, Plains; South gets drenched (AP)
• Colo. ski town could push marijuana legalization (AP)
• Grave thefts: An age-old problem that won't die (AP)
• Investigators seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash (AP)
• Philly transit talks on hold as Series approaches (AP)
• SCLC elects MLK's daughter as 1st female president (AP)
• SF Mayor Newsom ends run for Calif. governor (AP)
• Retailers suspend business with Mich. fruit grower (AP)
• Wait for steel delays repair work on Bay Bridge (AP)
• Police: Ariz. dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter (AP)
• School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix (AP)
• Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case (AP)
• CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114 (AP)
• APNewsBreak: ND Air Force base commander fired (AP)
• Man sentenced to death in Tenn. torture slaying (AP)
• UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack (AP)
• Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP)
• Prof, wife accused of receiving bogus contracts (AP)
• Arts agencies to get highest funding in 16 years (AP)

Snow lets up in West, Plains; South gets drenched (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - While residents in some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow, heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.

Colo. ski town could push marijuana legalization (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - Voters in this Rocky Mountain resort town will decide next week whether to legalize pot for all adults at a time when the movement to allow medical marijuana is gaining steam around the country.

Grave thefts: An age-old problem that won't die (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies.

Investigators seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.

Philly transit talks on hold as Series approaches (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - Talks aimed at avoiding a Philadelphia transit strike were on hold Friday evening, just hours before a threatened strike could disrupt bus and subway services during the World Series.

SCLC elects MLK's daughter as 1st female president (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - The Rev. Bernice King embraced the legacy and leadership of her parents on Friday as she became the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father.

SF Mayor Newsom ends run for Calif. governor (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who propelled the debate over gay marriage but struggled to find a popular message outside the San Francisco Bay area, dropped his bid for California governor on Friday.

Retailers suspend business with Mich. fruit grower (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

Wait for steel delays repair work on Bay Bridge (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT AP - Crews trying to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ran into problems Friday, stopping work as they waited for new steel plates needed to strengthen the troubled span.

Police: Ariz. dad ran over 'Westernized' daughter (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernized" has been arrested in Georgia, authorities said Friday.

School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.

Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith were ordered Friday to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years and the alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her addiction to prescription drugs.

CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114 (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:08 PM PDT AP - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.

APNewsBreak: ND Air Force base commander fired (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - The military says the commander at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota has been relieved of his command.

Man sentenced to death in Tenn. torture slaying (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:20 PM PDT AP - A Tennessee man convicted of kidnapping, rape and murder charges in the fatal carjacking of a couple on a date has been sentenced to death.

UN says police, NATO slow to respond to attack (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - The United Nations demanded to know Friday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with U.N. staff in Kabul.

Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.

Prof, wife accused of receiving bogus contracts (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:03 PM PDT AP - A University of Florida professor and his wife are accused in a federal indictment of receiving some $3.7 million in bogus contracts from NASA and other government agencies.

Arts agencies to get highest funding in 16 years (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:00 PM PDT AP - The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.

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