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WHO warns swine flu threatening to become pandemic (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:51 PM PDT AP - Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared to stabilize at its epicenter. A toddler who succumbed in Texas became the first death outside Mexico.

Little boy, far from home, 1st US swine flu death (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:25 PM PDT AP - He was not yet 2, far from home and dying. The first victim of swine flu in the U.S. was a Mexican toddler who struggled to survive for weeks in Texas hospitals — long before it was known doctors were dealing with an international outbreak.

Montana fires a warning shot over states' rights (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:57 AM PDT AP - Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control — and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government.

Notre Dame alums receive anti-abortion mailings (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:28 PM PDT AP - Thousands of University of Notre Dame alumni have received letters by an anti-abortion group urging them to demand the university cancel President Barack Obama's upcoming commencement appearance.

Attorney in 2007 tuberculosis scare sues CDC (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 05:36 PM PDT AP - An Atlanta attorney at the center of an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding even though he was infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis is suing federal health officials, claiming they invaded his privacy.

Bakery group leader accused of ordering 3 murders (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:32 PM PDT AP - The former leader of an Oakland community group and an associate were indicted on three first-degree murder counts Wednesday involving the killing of a journalist investigating the group and two other deaths.

EPA raids Ill. city accused of using tainted water (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 05:55 PM PDT AP - Federal agents raided a Chicago suburb's government offices Wednesday to look for evidence of any crimes related to allegations the village knowingly drew drinking water from a tainted well for decades.

Driver in Calif. tour bus crash had 2005 accident (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:26 PM PDT AP - The driver of a tour bus that crashed in central California, killing himself and four French tourists, struck and seriously injured a woman in a Nevada crosswalk a little more than three years ago, police records show.

Some fear eviction in polygamous sect's land fight (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 05:34 PM PDT AP - Some former members of a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona line are worried they will lose their homes in the legal wrangling for control of the church's property trust.

Plane reports engine flames, lands safe in Seattle (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:11 PM PDT AP - A Boeing 777 has landed safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after its crew reported flames shot out of one of the two engines.

Founders of ritzy Montana club trade accusations (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 03:59 PM PDT AP - The founders of the Yellowstone Club are trading blame over who is responsible for the financial collapse of the Montana haven for the rich that has fallen more than $400 million into debt.

Judge: 1868 Sioux treaty covers pain, suffering (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - A nearly 150-year-old treaty between the United States and a number of Indian tribes requires the U.S. government pay for the treatment and other losses of a Sioux woman sexually assaulted by an Army recruiter, a federal judge ruled.

Republican group launches anti-Specter robocalls (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - A national Republican group unleashed a statewide telephone blitz Wednesday against newly Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter — reminding thousands of Pennsylvania Democrats that President George W. Bush endorsed him in 2004 and that Specter angered labor unions just weeks ago by opposing a bill to make it easier for workers to form unions.

Drowning deaths raise toll from Kan. storms to 5 (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - The death toll from days of heavy rain in Kansas rose to five Wednesday when authorities found the bodies of two people in a car submerged in a flooded creek.

Loggers see little sweet about Vt. syrup expansion (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 03:26 PM PDT AP - Maple syrup is almost holy in Vermont, but the trees it comes from are holey from being tapped every spring. Now some in the logging industry are chopping mad about a plan that would allow maple sugar makers to operate across a wider swath of state land.

4 life terms, 1 33-year sentence in Fort Dix case (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 01:19 PM PDT AP - A man who was the "epicenter of the conspiracy" to kill military personnel was sentenced to life in prison and a fellow plotter was sentenced to 33 years as a judge on Wednesday finished sentencing five Muslim immigrants who contemplated an attack on Fort Dix.

Track can't run from doping problem, retests show (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - With a gold medalist in one its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal.

US clash brewing over global Rights of Child pact (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:29 PM PDT AP - A global children's rights treaty, ratified by every U.N. member except the United States and Somalia, has so alarmed its American critics that some are now pushing to add a parental rights amendment to the Constitution as a buffer against it.

Scientists struggle to understand swine flu virus (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - Mexico's health secretary may have thought he was allaying fears about swine flu when he suggested that the nation's swine flu death rate was 6 or 7 percent. In reality, that would mean a monstrous killer virus — and no experts are close to saying that. The secretary's comment reflects how much remains unknown about the new flu virus — most notably how lethal it is and why it seems so much deadlier in Mexico than anywhere else.

Va. professor dies after being struck by baseball (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2009 12:01 PM PDT AP - An assistant professor at Liberty University in Virginia has died after being hit by a baseball at a neighboring college athletic field.

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