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• Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)
• Jury: Fmr. slaughterhouse manager guilty of fraud (AP)
• Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP)
• Ida's torrents dump floods along Atlantic coast (AP)
• Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP)
• AP sources: Insurance probed in census taker death (AP)
• Scuttled WWII Japanese subs found off Hawaii (AP)
• US reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 years (AP)
• Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP)
• Fla. man gets deal in dementia-plagued dad's death (AP)
• Va. gov out of town for DNC as his state floods (AP)
• Animal house of horrors is uncovered outside NYC (AP)
• Japan drops child-snatching case against Tenn. man (AP)
• Delta suspends GA pilot charged with plane assault (AP)
• ACORN lawsuit raises question: Can it survive? (AP)
• Friday the 13th phobia? You have plenty of company (AP)
• Prosecutors: Receipts prove Md. mayor stole gifts (AP)
• NC man says he's not guilty in girl's kidnapping (AP)
• NYC man's 1992 murder conviction tossed out (AP)

Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 05:05 PM PST AP - Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

Jury: Fmr. slaughterhouse manager guilty of fraud (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - A federal jury Thursday convicted the former manager of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse, which was the site of a massive immigration raid, on 86 of 91 financial fraud charges.

Fort Hood suspect charged with 13 counts of murder (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:57 PM PST AP - The Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood massacre was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder Thursday as he lay in a hospital bed and President Barack Obama ordered a review to determine if the government fumbled warning signs of the shooter's contacts with a radical Islamic cleric.

Ida's torrents dump floods along Atlantic coast (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST AP - A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools and causing three deaths in hard-hit Virginia and one in North Carolina.

Family: Mo. child sex abuse claims are `repulsive' (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:31 PM PST AP - Family members of five men charged in a bizarre child sex abuse case reacted with disbelief and sadness Thursday to the "unspeakable" string of alleged atrocities spanning two decades.

AP sources: Insurance probed in census taker death (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 04:10 PM PST AP - A census taker found hanging from a tree had named his son as his life insurance beneficiary, and investigators are looking into whether the father manipulated the death scene to make a claim possible, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Thursday.

Scuttled WWII Japanese subs found off Hawaii (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:48 PM PST AP - Two captured Japanese submarines scuttled by the U.S. Navy just after World War II have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean south of Pearl Harbor.

US reports largest mumps outbreak in 3 years (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - U.S. health officials say the largest U.S. outbreak of mumps in three years is occurring in New York and New Jersey.

Lawyers: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:59 PM PST AP - The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.

Fla. man gets deal in dementia-plagued dad's death (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:25 PM PST AP - A man charged with killing his dementia-plagued father by dragging him into the ocean has reached a plea deal, his attorney said Thursday, in a case that illuminated the stresses faced by those who care for people with Alzheimer's disease.

Va. gov out of town for DNC as his state floods (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:21 PM PST AP - With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser.

Animal house of horrors is uncovered outside NYC (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 02:02 PM PST AP - A mother of seven is accused of running a house of horrors for pets at her suburban Long Island home, forcing her children to help torture them and burying at least 20 dogs in her backyard — animals neighbors now fear were beloved pets that mysteriously disappeared over the years.

Japan drops child-snatching case against Tenn. man (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:59 PM PST AP - Authorities have dropped the case against a Tennessee father arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife, the man's spokesman said Thursday.

Delta suspends GA pilot charged with plane assault (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:57 PM PST AP - Delta Air Lines has suspended a pilot who was charged with trying to strike officers with his plane at a Georgia airport.

ACORN lawsuit raises question: Can it survive? (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 03:54 PM PST AP - ACORN has been cut off by banks, the government and most of its private foundation funders, severely hampering its housing operations and raising the possibility that it will not survive in its current form, according to a lawsuit the group filed Thursday against the U.S. government.

Friday the 13th phobia? You have plenty of company (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:55 PM PST AP - Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it's been a tough year to sell cars.

Prosecutors: Receipts prove Md. mayor stole gifts (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:42 PM PST AP - Store receipts prove Mayor Sheila Dixon used gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees, prosecutors said Thursday, though defense attorneys argued they were intended for her use.

NC man says he's not guilty in girl's kidnapping (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:29 PM PST AP - A North Carolina man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old girl told a judge he is not guilty Thursday as investigators scoured the town for any sign of the missing child and said they assume she is in danger.

NYC man's 1992 murder conviction tossed out (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2009 01:18 PM PST AP - A judge Thursday threw out a murder case against a man imprisoned for nearly two decades and declared he was innocent, saying a key witness lied and others influenced one other into identifying him as the shooter.

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