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Natasha Richardson dies at 45 after ski accident (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:17 PM PDT AP - Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died Wednesday at age 45 after suffering a head injury during a beginners' ski lesson. Alan Nierob, the Los Angeles-based publicist for Richardson's husband Liam Neeson, confirmed her death in a written statement.

Death penalty recommended for Calif. arson killer (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:13 PM PDT AP - A jury recommended the death penalty Wednesday for a man convicted of murdering five federal firefighters who were overrun by one of several wildfires he ignited in Southern California in 2006. Jurors took less than a day to decide that Raymond Lee Oyler deserved to die. Prosecutors cited the horrific pain the fire crew suffered and the terror the auto mechanic's fires caused in rural areas of Riverside County.

New Mexico gov signs bill banning death penalty (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:41 PM PDT AP - Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation Wednesday repealing New Mexico's death penalty, making it the second state to ban executions since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

Officials ease restrictions on American-born Taliban soldier (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT AP - Federal prison officials are easing restrictions on American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh, moves that his attorney said Wednesday will allow Lindh to tell his story for the first time. U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Dean Boyd said the restrictions on Lindh, 28, will expire Friday. He said the current limits Lindh faces are not public and he cannot discuss them.

Suspect in NC slaying of family kills himself (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT AP - Answers to what led to the slayings of a mother and her three children in a western North Carolina home might have died along with the suspect, who killed himself as police closed in on him along a stretch of Utah highway, investigators said Wednesday.

Bullet in Pa. shooting said to match trooper's gun (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:32 PM PDT AP - A man shot dead by police over the weekend had four bullet wounds, and the fatal bullet was consistent with the gun used by a state trooper who killed an unarmed boy several years ago, autopsy results show.

Former 1970s radical returns to Minnesota (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 06:30 PM PDT AP - Former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson returned to her adopted home state of Minnesota on Wednesday amid controversy over whether she should have been allowed to serve out her parole outside of California.

Rescuers back off after NJ porpoise shows off (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Bobbing up and down in a placid lagoon, the young harbor porpoise faced off against a dozen people, four boats, two nets and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, all closing in on it Wednesday morning.

Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - Famed Appalachian moonshiner Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times as his hillbilly beard and overalls, took his own life rather than go to prison for making white lightning, his widow says.

Texas couple accused of running prostitution ring (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - Houston police say a couple arrested on prostitution charges ran a major call-girl ring that catered to "big players" in the city. The client list totals about 1,500, police say, and the Houston Chronicle and Houston television station KHOU reported that court documents indicate that the list includes professional athletes, doctors and lawyers. The names haven't been disclosed.

Army reviews troop use after fatal Ala. shootings (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:04 PM PDT AP - The Army said Wednesday it opened an inquiry into whether federal laws were broken when nearly two dozen soldiers were sent to a south Alabama town after 11 people died in a shooting spree last week.

Mich. man shoots self after killing 1, wounding 2 (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - Authorities in Michigan say a 78-year-old man apparently has taken his own life after shooting three people, killing one.

Federal judge denies release of alleged terrorist (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - An alleged al-Qaida operative held for nearly six years before being charged as a terrorist must remain behind bars as the criminal case against him continues, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Economy fuels gold rush — Tupperware party-style (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - The women gathered in the kitchen, enjoying brie and chocolate tortes as they told stories about their high school rings and pieces of jewelry given to them by ex-husbands and boyfriends. But they weren't just reminiscing for old times' sake.

Plea talks under way in Louisiana's Jena 6 case (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for some members of the "Jena Six" say prosecutors and defense attorneys are discussing the possible terms of plea agreements that would resolve the remaining criminal cases.

Prosecutor: Items in student's car could make bomb (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - An Egyptian college student and another man were carrying pipe bombs and other items that could be combined to build a destructive "incendiary bomb" when they were stopped by authorities during a multistate road trip, a federal prosecutor told a jury Wednesday.

Glimmer of hope for student aid in a bad economy (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - True, it's not a great time financially to be going or sending a kid to college. But from the success of a bailout to the federal student loan system, to the tuition "deals" some colleges are offering, there's more good news out there on college costs and financial aid than some families recognize.

Studies don't end prostate cancer test controversy (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - Screening for prostate cancer doesn't necessarily save lives, and any benefits can come at a high price, according to two, big long-awaited studies. The findings are unlikely to end the debate over the usefulness of routine testing.

What if the government bailed out of the bailouts? (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:01 PM PDT AP - What if the government got out of the bailout business?

Dreyfuss calls attention to neglected battlefields (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - Oscar-winner Richard Dreyfuss visited the nation's capital on Wednesday to call attention to the most endangered Civil War battlefields.

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