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SC officials: Calm winds should help contain fire (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - South Carolina firefighters continued Saturday to snuff out the hotspots of a wildfire smoldering near the coast for four days and officials said the blaze that once came perilously close to the state's tourist mecca appeared to be mostly contained.

Officials: 2 Fla. sheriff's deputies fatally shot (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - Two north Florida sheriff's deputies were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who was later fatally shot by deputies, authorities said.

Swine flu worse in Mexico than US, but why? (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - Why has the swine flu engulfing Mexico been deadly there, but not in the United States?

3 dead, 2 hurt in Ga. shooting; professor sought (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - Authorities were on a nationwide manhunt for a marketing professor in the shooting deaths of three people Saturday at a community theater near the University of Georgia.

10-vehicle NJ Turnpike crash kills 5, hurts more (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - A 10-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed five people in one car and injured several others on Saturday afternoon.

Injured soldier gets new face — and anonymity (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - His first glimpse in the mirror was largely a blur.

Protesters, police clash near IMF meetings in DC (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 02:29 PM PDT AP - More than 100 protesters upset with the way world leaders have handled the economic crisis clashed with police Saturday outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings.

Polo team vet grief-stricken after horse deaths (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - When Argentine veterinarian Felix Crespo injected 21 elite polo horses with a vitamin supplement shortly before a championship match in Florida, he never imagined they would all be dead the next day.

2 swine flus in Kan., US total 11; 8 likely in NYC (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - At least two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas and one more in California, bringing the U.S. total to 11. At least eight students at a New York City high school probably have swine flu, but health officials said Saturday they don't know whether they have the same strain of the virus that has killed scores of people in Mexico.

Presbyterians reject gay clergy, but vote closer (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - Efforts to allow gays and lesbians to serve as clergy in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have been defeated again, sealed by votes Saturday.

4 children die in southwestern Michigan house fire (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - Fire broke out early Saturday in a home in southwestern Michigan, killing four young children and critically injuring two people, authorities said.

NYC's new archbishop hits the ground running (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 12:02 PM PDT AP - In his first days as head of the Roman Catholic Church in New York, Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrated Mass in prison, talked baseball in the Yankees and Mets broadcast booths, visited the World Trade Center site and nibbled matzo at a symbolic Seder.

LAPD past, future collide as new HQ name is sought (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 10:11 AM PDT AP - The most prominent feature of the new Police Department headquarters rising in downtown Los Angeles is its broad glass facade — a promise of transparency by a force with a reputation for resisting public scrutiny.

Stream of horrific crimes takes toll on town cops (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 01:38 PM PDT AP - Detective Nate Cogburn's last few months have been filled with the stuff of nightmares.

Teenager gets probation in NM hazing case (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - One of six New Mexico high school football players accused of sodomizing younger teammates with broomsticks during a preseason camp has been sentenced to two years probation.

Ex-Gov Brown: No rush to decide on governor's race (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 09:52 AM PDT AP - California Attorney General Jerry Brown says he's in no rush to decide whether to run again for the governor's office that he held three decades ago.

March, prayer hour remember `Precious Doe' (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - About 200 people gathered Saturday for a unity march and prayer hour in memory of a slain 3-year-old girl who for years was known only as "Precious Doe."

Interior secretary announces $500M for tribes (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 09:58 AM PDT AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $500 million in federal stimulus money will go to American Indian tribes across the U.S. for schools, housing, infrastructure improvements and job programs on reservations.

Freed hostage gets homespun homecoming in Vt. (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 01:16 PM PDT AP - Less than two weeks after the U.S. Navy rescued Capt. Richard Phillips from captivity by Somali pirates, the skipper got a hero's welcome Saturday from a crowd of about 500 of his neighbors and well-wishers from around New England.

Blagojevich back home after reality TV promotion (AP) Posted: 25 Apr 2009 05:13 PM PDT AP - After embracing his celebrity status and promoting a reality TV show in Los Angeles, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) is back in Chicago.

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