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• It's a subdued holiday season for SC first family (AP)
• Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10 (AP)
• Ga. speaker resigns after lobbyist affair claim (AP)
• Fort Hood cop says her career has been cut short (AP)
• Oregon tree hunters tell of 2 nights stuck in snow (AP)
• Economy poised for steady but slow recovery (AP)
• Woods' fall from grace rekindles role-model debate (AP)
• WWII vet fights homeowners group over Va. flagpole (AP)
• Cops: 4 kids hurt in crash at Ind. day care center (AP)
• Insider, centerfold lead in race for Kennedy seat (AP)
• Secret Service benches 3 over gatecrashing (AP)
• IRS sells SD Indian tribe's land to settle debt (AP)
• In some cities, this Christmas comes without tree (AP)
• 'Sexting' is more common than you might think (AP)
• Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP)
• Pilot who endured torture at 'Hanoi Hilton' dies (AP)
• Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day (AP)
• Pa. cops: Robber took own photo with stolen phone (AP)
• 2 workers hurt during fall on Cowboys Stadium roof (AP)

It's a subdued holiday season for SC first family (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:56 PM PST AP - In holiday seasons past, South Carolina's first family seemed like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting.

Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10 (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST AP - Ignoring his younger brother's plea of "Andrew, stop," a 17-year-old who told authorities he identified with a television serial killer strangled the boy, dragged the body to his car and drove to see his girlfriend, an Indiana prosecutor said Thursday.

Ga. speaker resigns after lobbyist affair claim (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:38 PM PST AP - Georgia's powerful House speaker resigned Thursday after a suicide attempt and allegations by his ex-wife of an affair with a lobbyist.

Fort Hood cop says her career has been cut short (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:16 PM PST AP - One of two civilian police officers who brought down the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood said her wounds from the attack will cut short her career as street police officer.

Oregon tree hunters tell of 2 nights stuck in snow (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:28 PM PST AP - Keith and Jennifer Lee were driving home on a remote mountain road, their prized Christmas tree strapped to the roof of their all-wheel-drive, when they rounded a backcountry corner and found themselves suddenly mired in snow.

Economy poised for steady but slow recovery (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:59 PM PST AP - New unemployment claims have fallen for a fifth straight week, boosting expectations that the economy shed fewer jobs in November and remains on a path to recovery.

Woods' fall from grace rekindles role-model debate (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST AP - Tiger Woods was different, or so he seemed, with his unmatchable talent and carefully burnished image. Unlike some pro athletes, he had welcomed being a role model. He was, it turns out, too good to be true, and his fall from grace calls into question the very idea of sports hero worship.

WWII vet fights homeowners group over Va. flagpole (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - One of the nation's oldest Medal of Honor winners was back in the fight Thursday, this time against a neighborhood association that wants him to take down a front-yard flagpole.

Cops: 4 kids hurt in crash at Ind. day care center (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:10 PM PST AP - Two robbery suspects fleeing police lost control of their sport utility vehicle and crashed into a day care center Thursday, injuring four children and an employee in a shower of bricks and other debris, police said.

Insider, centerfold lead in race for Kennedy seat (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:00 PM PST AP - The race for a Senate seat once held by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy and "liberal lion" Edward M. Kennedy is shaping up as a battle of relative national unknowns, led by a state Democratic insider and a Republican lawmaker perhaps best known as a male centerfold and father of an "American Idol" contestant.

Secret Service benches 3 over gatecrashing (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:37 PM PST AP - Three Secret Service officers have been put on administrative leave after the security breach at last week's White House dinner, an episode President Barack Obama said hasn't shaken his confidence in his protectors.

IRS sells SD Indian tribe's land to settle debt (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST AP - The Internal Revenue Service on Thursday auctioned off a large swath of land owned by an impoverished Indian tribe to help pay off more than $3 million in back taxes, penalties and interest — a sale the tribe says is illegal under federal laws protecting Indian land.

In some cities, this Christmas comes without tree (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:43 PM PST AP - It's beginning to look a lot like ... any other day.

'Sexting' is more common than you might think (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:34 PM PST AP - Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting — sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online — is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it.

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 01:31 PM PST AP - With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.

Pilot who endured torture at 'Hanoi Hilton' dies (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:11 PM PST AP - Retired Air Force Col. Jack Pitchford, a fighter pilot from Mississippi who survived seven years in the notorious Vietnamese prison camp known as the "Hanoi Hilton," has died. He was 82.

Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 02:47 PM PST AP - A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures — all in the same morning.

Pa. cops: Robber took own photo with stolen phone (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST AP - Philadelphia police are confident that a photo of a suspected robber taken on a stolen cell phone will lead them to an arrest.

2 workers hurt during fall on Cowboys Stadium roof (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:34 PM PST AP - Two workers doing maintenance on the roof of towering Cowboys Stadium slipped and tumbled at least 50 feet Thursday morning before coming to a stop atop a rain gutter that rings the structure, authorities said. Both suffered injuries believed to be non-life-threatening.

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