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Woman gives birth to octuplets in SoCal hospital (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:18 AM CST AP - A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours, doctors said.

Ill. Senate begins trial as governor hits TV shows (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 11:25 PM CST AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial opened Monday with a vacant chair reserved for the governor, who boycotted the proceedings and instead spent the day on the TV talk-show circuit in New York, complaining he is being railroaded.

Markings on ballot copies upset Minn. Senate case (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 07:52 PM CST AP - The trial on Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount stalled on its first day Monday when the judges said photocopies of 5,000 excluded absentee ballots couldn't be used as evidence because Republican Norm Coleman's campaign workers had marked on them.

Reputed mobster gets 20 years in Chicago case (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:57 PM CST AP - A longtime organized crime figure accused by the government of helping to murder a friend to keep him from talking was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison by a judge who called the punishment lenient.

New Orleans to scale back French Quarter cleanups (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:45 PM CST AP - A multimillion-dollar budget hole is forcing New Orleans to scale back rigorous cleaning in the city's famed French Quarter.

Suspect's note doesn't explain Portland shootings (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:28 PM CST AP - The suspect in a shooting rampage outside an under-21 nightclub in downtown Portland left a note giving his car and PlayStation 3 to a roommate and said he was sorry but gave no motive, police said Monday.

5 pardoned after wrongful conviction in Neb. crime (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:26 PM CST AP - Five people imprisoned for the 1985 rape and murder of a 68-year-old woman were pardoned Monday, two months after investigators said DNA evidence proved they were innocent.

Jury to visit Spector's home in 2nd murder trial (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 08:44 PM CST AP - The jury in Phil Spector's second murder trial will visit the music producer's home where actress Lana Clarkson died, but the judge set strict rules Monday on the presence of Spector's wife and the operation of an outdoor fountain.

RI prosecutors: No charges over detainee death (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:39 PM CST AP - Rhode Island prosecutors said Monday they would not bring any criminal charges in the cancer-related death of an immigration detainee at a detention facility where federal officials acknowledged the man was mistreated.

Former church member: Haggard performed sex act (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2009 01:06 AM CST AP - A young man who formerly attended New Life Church says that then-pastor Ted Haggard performed a sex act in front of him in a hotel room in 2006 and sent him explicit text messages.

Illinois governor undertakes surreal media tour (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 09:20 PM CST AP - The women of "The View" yukked it up with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, mussed his often-mocked helmet of hair and asked him to do his impersonation of President Richard Nixon.

Feds join arson investigations in Pa. town (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 10:16 PM CST AP - Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are joining the investigation into a suspicious fire that tore through a block of row houses in this Philadelphia suburb.

Teen pleads not guilty to impersonating officer (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 06:32 PM CST AP - A 14-year-old aspiring police officer who allegedly donned a uniform and managed to go on a real traffic patrol pleaded not guilty on Monday to impersonating an officer.

Ky. coach pleads not guilty in player's death (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 06:41 PM CST AP - At a church where he's a deacon and the high school where he coaches football, David Jason Stinson is well-liked enough to find himself surrounded by supporters despite prosecutors charging him in a player's death.

Elder Bush: Son held to principles after attacks (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 08:35 PM CST AP - Former President George H.W. Bush says he's proud of how his son held to his principles during his presidency and kept the U.S. safe after the 2001 terror attacks.

Mass. House Speaker latest to leave under cloud (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 07:07 PM CST AP - When Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi was elected to the powerful post in 2004, he promised reforms, saying "government can only be as good as the people who serve in it."

2 Pa. judges to plead guilty to public corruption (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 07:22 PM CST AP - Two Pennsylvania judges agreed Monday to plead guilty to fraud charges accusing them of taking $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for placing juvenile offenders into certain detention facilities.

NFL: Super Bowl security to be tight in Tampa (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 03:38 PM CST AP - At least 20 federal agencies will help local police secure Raymond James Stadium for Sunday's Super Bowl, with duties ranging from protecting airspace and the port to arresting peddlers of counterfeit souvenirs, officials said Monday.

Airports testing radar that could spot birds (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 03:00 PM CST AP - Some of the nation's busiest airports will soon begin testing experimental radar systems designed to track flocks of birds and help pilots avoid the type of collision believed to have crippled a US Airways jet nearly two weeks ago.

Dad's confession baffles cops in missing-boy case (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST AP - For months, Ernesto Gonzalez Jr. sat in jail, refusing to say anything about the weekend last summer when his 5-year-old son, Giovanni, disappeared.

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