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Officials: 1 dead, 134 rescued from Lake Erie ice (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:33 PM CST AP - A miles-wide ice floe broke away Saturday from Lake Erie's shoreline, trapping more than 130 fishermen offshore, some for as long as four hours. One man fell into the water and later died of an apparent heart attack.

Navy takes off fuel, water, people to lighten ship (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:28 PM CST AP - The Navy offloaded fuel, water and personnel from a grounded, $1 billion guided missile cruiser so tugboats and a salvage ship can try again early Sunday morning to free it from a rock and sand shoal.

NTSB: Door distracted tour bus driver before crash (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:19 PM CST AP - A tour bus driver had tried to fix a problem door and was blinded by the sun's glare just before the bus crashed near Hoover Dam last month, killing seven passengers, an investigator said Saturday.

Hudson 'miracle' pilot gets applause on Broadway (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2009 12:27 AM CST AP - Weeks after starring in his own story of bravery and heroism, the pilot who safely ditched his jetliner in the Hudson River received a standing ovation Saturday from the audience at a Broadway performance of "South Pacific."

Deadly standoff closes Nevada freeway junction (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:59 PM CST AP - A police standoff that ended in the apparent suicide of a motorist shut down a ramp at a busy freeway intersection for more than 12 hours Saturday, authorities said.

Small company in salmonella scandal had wide reach (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:31 PM CST AP - From school lunches to nutrition bars and ice cream, the nationwide salmonella outbreak has reached deep into the American food supply — even though many people had never heard of the small company at the center of the investigation until a few weeks ago.

NYPD says 3 fatally shot in Manhattan apartment (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:24 PM CST AP - Two men and a woman were shot and killed in an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West side, police said Saturday.

Few crime victims helped by visa law OK'd in 2000 (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:55 PM CST AP - A 2000 federal law promised visas to illegal immigrants who were crime victims if they came out of the shadows to help police catch their attackers. More than 13,000 people took the government's offer but so far only 65 — just 0.5 percent — have gotten their reward.

Legions facing layoffs turn to parties, Internet (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 11:41 PM CST AP - The bar was crowded with well-dressed professionals enjoying drinks and conversation, a typical evening — except that many of them had no job.

Texas prison keeps jobs, but riots bring scrutiny (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:08 PM CST AP - A remote western Texas county secured its finances and kept jobs at home by turning over its sprawling prison to private management, but two inmate riots in the last six weeks have increased scrutiny on the facility.

Artist of famed Obama poster arrested in Boston (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST AP - A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.

New York's GOP urges Giuliani to help them rebound (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:57 PM CST AP - New York Republicans are completely out of power for the first time in four decades. Democrats rule the executive and legislative branches and hold 26 of the state's 29 congressional seats.

LAPD officers' names mistakenly put on Internet (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 09:07 AM CST AP - Authorities in Los Angeles say a confidential report on police misconduct that included the names of hundreds of officers was mistakenly posted on the Internet.

Senators debate stimulus in rare Saturday session (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 01:24 PM CST AP - Republicans and Democrats offered starkly different assessments of President Barack Obama's newly renegotiated economic recovery plan Saturday, as the Senate held a rare weekend debate in advance of a key vote on Monday.

23rd arson of 2009 declared in Coatesville area (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:31 AM CST AP - Investigators in southeastern Pennsylvania have declared the 23rd arson of the year in the urban region that includes the Philadelphia suburb of Coatesville.

Man gets probation for Ohio nuke plant cover-up (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:08 PM CST AP - A former nuclear power plant engineer in Ohio has been sentenced to three years on probation and fined $4,500 for helping to cover up the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.

Woman arrested in 40-year-old Denver slaying (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 05:57 AM CST AP - A 65-year-old woman wanted in a 1968 slaying at a Denver bar was arrested Friday in Dayton, Ohio, where police say she had been living under an alias.

Escaped prisoner turns up in Mich. judge's trunk (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:29 AM CST AP - A Michigan judge says he's learned a lesson about locking his car after a 16-year-old prisoner who escaped from a courthouse cell was found hiding in the vehicle's trunk.

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California Medical Board probes octuplet birth (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:55 AM CST AP - The fertility doctor who helped a California woman have 14 children, including octuplets born last month, is now facing a state investigation on top of harsh criticism from medical ethicists.

Judge clears dead Texas man of rape conviction (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:59 AM CST AP - A man who died in prison while serving time for a rape he didn't commit was cleared Friday by a judge who called the state's first posthumous DNA exoneration "the saddest case" he'd ever seen.

Alaska Senate: Palin's husband, staff in contempt (AP) Posted: 07 Feb 2009 12:59 AM CST AP - The Alaska Senate on Friday found Gov. Sarah Palin's husband and nine state employees, including some of her top aides, in contempt for ignoring subpoenas to testify in the Legislature's Troopergate investigation.

Utility provides dredging plan for Tenn. ash spill (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:06 PM CST AP - The nation's largest public utility wants to start dredging toxic-laden coal ash from a Tennessee river inundated by a massive sludge spill six weeks ago that destroyed homes in a rural neighborhood.

Calif. employees forced to take off without pay (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 05:37 PM CST AP - California drivers who needed to renew their licenses or registration found no one to help Friday at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The doors to the state health agency were locked, too.

Calif. cops seek gunmen in fatal cafe shooting (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:31 PM CST AP - Police on Friday searched for two gunmen who killed one man and wounded six others when they opened fire on a table full of people at a crowded coffee shop in an attack believed to be gang-related.

Ex-transit cop accused of murder posts $3M bail (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 08:56 PM CST AP - The former California transit officer charged with fatally shooting an unarmed man was freed Friday on $3 million bail as protesters gathered outside City Hall railed against his release.

Report: Speed caused deadly Calif. tunnel inferno (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:18 PM CST AP - A truck driver speeding on a rain-slicked interstate in 2007 lost control and crashed into a median barrier, setting off chain-reaction collisions that turned a tunnel into an inferno and left three people dead, investigators concluded Friday.

Chief: Police at 'dead end' in Ark. bombing case (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 07:14 PM CST AP - A police chief said detectives investigating a bombing that severely wounded a state medical-board official were at "a dead end" Friday as they waited for lab results, a chance to talk to the victim and for anyone who saw the attacker to come forward.

U There? iPhones, Web help Ky. talk post-storm (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:22 PM CST AP - When an ice storm brought down telephone poles and power lines across much of Kentucky, one small-town mayor pulled out his iPhone and began tapping away, posting rapid-fire updates on Facebook to let his constituents know what was going on.

Slain tourist told fiance she was 'going to die' (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST AP - A pregnant tourist who was abducted and killed while jogging in Puerto Rico told her fiance "she was going to die" in a frantic cell phone call from the trunk of her abductor's car, the victim's mother said Friday.

Gay women married in Canada can divorce in NJ (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 05:12 PM CST AP - Gay marriages performed outside New Jersey are recognized in the state for the purpose of divorce, according to a ruling Friday by a judge deciding whether a lesbian couple married in Canada can split.

AP CEO urges better press access to military ops (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:09 PM CST AP - The Bush administration turned the U.S. military into a global propaganda machine while imposing tough restrictions on journalists seeking to give the public truthful reports about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Associated Press chief executive Tom Curley said Friday.

Army looking for new ways to curb suicide rate (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:53 PM CST AP - To battle a growing suicide rate, the Army may have to start teaching soldiers how to handle stress from the first day they take their entry oath, the service's top trainer said Friday.

Fla. doctor loses license after botched abortion (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:30 PM CST AP - The Board of Medicine revoked the license of a Florida doctor on Friday accused of medical malpractice in a botched abortion in which a live baby was delivered, but ended up dead in a cardboard box.

Bottle up budget gaps? States seek more deposits (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:57 PM CST AP - Initially passed decades ago by states looking to promote recycling and help fight pollution, bottle bills are now becoming popular proposals for states looking for any extra infusion of cash.

Governor's daughter seeks answer on revoked degree (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:25 PM CST AP - The woman at the center of a scandal that forced West Virginia University's president to resign last year demanded an explanation Friday why her master's degree was revoked but 288 other apparently deficient degrees will be allowed to stand.

New round of Confederate disputes hits statehouses (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:55 PM CST AP - Confederate President Jefferson Davis, branded a traitor in his own country, is memorialized at statehouses across the South. But not in Mississippi, where he lived out his remaining days.

Vermont moves closer to legalizing gay marriage (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:49 PM CST AP - Nine years after becoming the first state to permit civil unions, Vermont moved a step toward legalizing gay marriage Friday.

Boss of escort biz tied to ex-NY gov gets 2 1/2 years (AP) Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:23 PM CST AP - The man who ran an escort business at the heart of the scandal that helped bring down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison.

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