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Pirate hostage captain praises SEAL 'superheroes' (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - The unassuming ship captain who escaped the clutches of Somali pirates made a triumphant return home Friday, insisting he's no hero, just an ordinary seaman. Richard Phillips said the U.S. Navy, which pulled off the daring high-seas rescue that ended his five-day captivity, deserves the credit.

Pilot dies as plane splits Florida home in half (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed. The plane, believed to be a twin-engine Cessna 421, crashed around 11:20 a.m., and the house burst into flames. The owner's nephew barely escaped the catastrophe, leaving just before the aircraft hit to visit his aunt.

Test of Lincoln DNA sought to prove cancer theory (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - John Sotos has a theory about why Abraham Lincoln was so tall, why he appeared to have lumps on his lips and even why he had gastrointestinal problems.

VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - Three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at Veterans Affairs hospitals have tested positive for HIV, the agency said Friday. Initial tests show one patient each from VA medical facilities in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Augusta, Ga.; and Miami has the virus that causes AIDS, according to a VA statement.

Plant fire forces evacuation of entire Minn. town (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - Authorities evacuated this southeastern Minnesota town of about 3,600 Friday afternoon as a large fire at a meat processing plant threatened the anhydrous ammonia tanks inside.

Spring snowstorm shuts down Colo., Wyo. roads (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - More than a foot of wet, heavy snow closed highways and canceled flights in parts of Colorado and Wyoming on Friday, snarling traffic and forcing school closures and flight cancellations.

Police: Hospital rampage motive may never be known (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - Disbelief shrouded a modest cluster of nondescript bungalows Friday where Mario Ramirez had lived with his wife and two sons, sometimes jogged through the neighborhood and seemed to have a smile, a wave or a joke for everyone he met.

King family draws fees from DC memorial project (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT AP - The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image — an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found offensive.

Mom suspected of killing daughter, stabbing fetus (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT AP - Fang Chi-Xue's neighbors in her modest Quincy neighborhood didn't know her well. Once in a while, they would see her outside with her children. She would wave and say hello politely in Mandarin. On Friday, Chi-Xue lay in a hospital bed after she allegedly killed her 9-year-old daughter, tried to strangle her 14-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the abdomen, killing her unborn fetus.

Military chief: No plan to ramp up border presence (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff toured a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border Friday but said there are no plans to send troops there as some politicians are seeking.

Sewer system fails in flood-threatened ND town (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - The mayor of a flood-threatened North Dakota town asked all residents to leave Friday after the sewer system backed up, flooding buildings in a four-block area with murky water.

2 families suing Va. Tech to find out truth (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 03:23 PM PDT AP - The parents of two students slain at Virginia Tech said Friday they filed lawsuits because they want someone held accountable for the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

3 children found dead in central Mo. house fire (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - Three young siblings were found dead after a fire swept through their home early Friday morning, just three months after another fire killed two children in this rural central Missouri town.

FBI: Marine back in US to face NC murder charge (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - A Marine who fled to Mexico shortly before he was charged with killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina returned to the U.S. on Friday.

'Dancing with the Stars' champ acquitted of tax evasion (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - Brazilian race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves was acquitted Friday of most charges that he worked with his sister and lawyer to evade more than $2.3 million in U.S. income taxes.

Police charge suspect in triple stabbing deaths (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - Three people were stabbed to death and two others wounded during an early morning fight Friday at a suburban Chicago home, authorities said. One of the wounded was charged in the slayings.

Fla. to test air in homes with Chinese drywall (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - Officials in Florida will soon begin air quality tests in homes to determine whether fumes emitted from Chinese-made drywall can make people sick, the state Health Department said Friday.

Miss. woman survives being shot in head, makes tea (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - A Mississippi woman who was shot in the head not only survived but made herself tea and offered an astonished deputy something to drink, authorities said Friday.

Security on governor's travels costs La. taxpayers (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 12:38 PM PDT AP - When Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gabbed with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" about how he adopted his first name from one of "The Brady Bunch" kids, taxpayers paid for his state trooper security detail watching from the wings.

Texas company: We want nation's radioactive waste (AP) Posted: 17 Apr 2009 01:44 PM PDT AP - A company that recently received approval to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from two states in rural west Texas wants permission to dump such material from across the country.

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