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• Police: Woods at fault in crash, will get citation (AP)
• Lone Seattle policeman kills slayings suspect (AP)
• Gate crashers spur WH security change (AP)
• Documents show ex-Conn. bishop downplayed abuse (AP)
• 'Junior' Gotti freed after mistrial declared (AP)
• Race part of decision for next Atlanta mayor (AP)
• Ohio man accused of living with bodies indicted (AP)
• Lawyer: Son's child sex admission drove dad insane (AP)
• Detainee seeks indictment dismissal after delays (AP)
• Mo. court overturns death penalty for 2002 slaying (AP)
• Baltimore mayor convicted of 1 gift card charge (AP)
• Most states have not adopted sex offender rules (AP)
• Va. instructors: Yoga regulations unconstitutional (AP)
• Tiny Maine community seeks answers after killings (AP)
• Dying man robbed in Philadelphia ER waiting room (AP)
• Kentucky panel changes horse drug testing rules (AP)
• DC Council takes first vote on same-sex marriage (AP)
• Dad of victim: 4 Thanksgiving killings preplanned (AP)
• 'Mr. Hyphen' redefines image of Asian-American men (AP)
• NY teen gets life for killing 4 at Christmastime (AP)

Police: Woods at fault in crash, will get citation (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST AP - Tiger Woods will be cited for careless driving in a car crash outside his Orlando-area mansion, but will not face criminal charges, the Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday.

Lone Seattle policeman kills slayings suspect (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:14 PM PST AP - A lone officer on patrol in the middle of the night Tuesday spotted a stolen car, its hood up and engine running, and pulled over to check it out. As the patrolman sat in his cruiser, a burly man with a large mole on his cheek came up from behind.

Gate crashers spur WH security change (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:15 PM PST AP - The White House will make at least one change to its screening practices for invitation-only events after an attention-hungry couple was able to crash the Obama administration's first state dinner.

Documents show ex-Conn. bishop downplayed abuse (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:43 PM PST AP - Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was a Connecticut bishop a decade ago, saying he found it "marvelous" that so few priests had been accused over the years, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

'Junior' Gotti freed after mistrial declared (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST AP - A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti after a jury failed to reach a verdict against the son of the notorious Gambino crime family mob boss — the case's fourth hung jury in five years.

Race part of decision for next Atlanta mayor (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:46 PM PST AP - The two candidates vying to become the city's next mayor hoped to grab a critical mass of racial crossover votes Tuesday, with victory likely hinging on black-versus-white turnout.

Ohio man accused of living with bodies indicted (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:07 PM PST AP - A registered sex offender attacked 14 women and killed 11 of them, leaving their remains in and around his home, a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing a grand jury indictment against the suspected serial killer.

Lawyer: Son's child sex admission drove dad insane (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:20 PM PST AP - A 15-year-old Michigan boy admitted raping a 3-year-old girl, so enraging his father that the man couldn't control himself when witnesses say he forced the teen to strip, marched him to an empty lot and shot him through the head, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.

Detainee seeks indictment dismissal after delays (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:25 PM PST AP - Citing a long wait for trial, lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee have asked a judge to dismiss charges against him in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Mo. court overturns death penalty for 2002 slaying (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:51 PM PST AP - The Missouri Supreme Court overturned a man's death sentence Tuesday because his attorney failed to question the character of a murder victim who had child pornography on his computer.

Baltimore mayor convicted of 1 gift card charge (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 02:57 PM PST AP - Baltimore's mayor was convicted Tuesday on a single charge of taking gift cards from a program intended for the city's poor children and using them to buy electronics, including an Xbox video game system.

Most states have not adopted sex offender rules (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:39 PM PST AP - More than three years after Congress ordered stepped-up monitoring of sex offenders, only one state has adopted the government's strict new requirements, and some others are weighing whether to ignore the law and just pay a penalty.

Va. instructors: Yoga regulations unconstitutional (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST AP - The state of Virginia wants to make sure that if you learn to be a yoga instructor, the people who teach you the Half Moon, the Sleeping Vishnu and the Upward Facing Dog poses know what they're doing.

Tiny Maine community seeks answers after killings (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:02 PM PST AP - A man who loaned money to friends despite his own financial troubles was killed along with his wife in their trailer home over the weekend, jolting this community that is home to about 70 people and only a couple of paved roads.

Dying man robbed in Philadelphia ER waiting room (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 02:34 PM PST AP - A school counselor suffering an apparent heart attack died in a Philadelphia emergency room after waiting nearly 80 minutes for help — and a trio of homeless drug addicts nearby stole his watch instead of seeking aid, police said.

Kentucky panel changes horse drug testing rules (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:25 PM PST AP - Kentucky racing officials say drug screening for horses will improve and become cheaper under a change to their testing system.

DC Council takes first vote on same-sex marriage (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:07 AM PST AP - In the first of two votes on allowing same-sex marriage in the nation's capital, the District of Columbia City Council has passed the bill 11 to 2.

Dad of victim: 4 Thanksgiving killings preplanned (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST AP - Paul Merhige sat through three hours of Thanksgiving Day dinner and sing-a-longs around the piano, plotting the moment he would fatally shoot four relatives, his cousin-in-law said Tuesday. After opening fire, Merhige was heard saying he had waited 20 years to kill them.

'Mr. Hyphen' redefines image of Asian-American men (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST AP - The six men on stage included a poet, a break dancer and a filmmaker. They pounded rhythms on the dhol drum, modeled fresh fashions, slathered whipped cream on bare skin and discussed their passion for community service.

NY teen gets life for killing 4 at Christmastime (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:01 AM PST AP - A smirking teenager drew a life sentence without the possibility of parole Tuesday for killing four people during two robberies over the Christmas holidays last year.

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