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Officials: Abducted SoCal boy reunited with mom (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a 3-year-old boy abducted from his family home in San Bernardino nearly two weeks ago by two armed men has been reunited with his mother.

City: Bunkerlike DC church can be demolished (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 12:01 PM PDT AP - A historic downtown Washington church that more closely resembles a concrete bunker than a house of worship can be demolished because the structure's upkeep is so expensive it would eventually bankrupt the congregation, a city official has ruled.

Police make arrests at University of Notre Dame (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT AP - Graduation festivities got under way at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday — as well as another day of demonstrations over President Barack Obama's appearance Sunday.

Boy found buried in NM park still unidentified (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 09:50 AM PDT AP - An autopsy was conducted Saturday on the body of an unidentified small child found buried in the sand of a public park playground, as investigators looked for the boy's parents or guardian.

Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States.

Swine flu closes more NYC schools, spreads in Asia (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - The swine flu virus continues spreading in New York City — closing more schools and showing up in a jail — while the disease also reached further into Asia among travelers returning from the United States.

NH Supreme Court rejects student suicide lawsuit (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT AP - The New Hampshire Supreme Court says a local school district can't be blamed for the death of a middle school student who hanged himself after problems at school.

A makeover for Pa.'s notorious kids-for-cash court (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 10:23 AM PDT AP - For the first time since a jaw-dropping scandal involving crooked judges and troubled kids, voters in northeast Pennsylvania are getting a chance to assert themselves at the ballot box — and, perhaps, to start fixing the problems that have turned this former hub of coal mining into a hothouse of corruption.

DA says Wis. girl's diabetic death was 'needless' (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 02:24 PM PDT AP - The mother of a diabetic 11-year-old girl knew her daughter was dying but disregarded advice from other family members to seek medical attention, prosecutors said Saturday.

Final edition of Tucson Citizen hits the streets (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - The headline on the final print edition of Saturday's Tucson Citizen newspaper said it all: Our epitaph.

RNC chief: Gay marriage will burden small business (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 09:47 AM PDT AP - Republicans can reach a broader base by recasting gay marriage as an issue that could dent pocketbooks as small businesses spend more on health care and other benefits, GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Saturday.

Spacewalkers pull off toughest Hubble repairs yet (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument Saturday, then pulled off their toughest job yet: fixing a broken camera.

Portland's new chief loosens cop cap rule (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 10:52 AM PDT AP - Portland's new police chief is loosening a requirement that officers wear their caps at all times.

Marijuana proponents urge colleges to mellow out (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - Hey dude, can we talk?

Hot in recession: Cheaper wine, chocolate, Spam (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 03:53 PM PDT AP - It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves.

Celibacy questions haunt scandalized priest (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 09:26 AM PDT AP - He is the priest with the girlfriend, caught by paparazzi on a Miami beach and now caught, he says, between love for a woman and his church.

Towns find obstacles to saying 'I do' to mergers (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 08:03 AM PDT AP - It's a response to the recession and dwindling state aid that seems deceptively logical: Neighboring towns can merge into one to streamline services and save money.

Study looks at early Navajo use of smoke signals (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 03:39 AM PDT AP - Archaeologists and volunteers armed with special flares will fan out over part of the Four Corners region on Saturday to study how early Navajos could have used smoke signals to warn against invaders.

Poll: More Americans calling themselves pro-life (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 08:49 AM PDT AP - A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of abortion, the first time a majority gave that answer in the 15 years that Gallup has asked the question.

VA doc: Other possible equipment errors reported (AP) Posted: 16 May 2009 08:07 AM PDT AP - Federal officials have been warning thousands of former patients they might have been exposed to infection at three Veterans Affairs facilities, yet other VA patients are not being warned about less serious mistakes with the same equipment at more than a dozen other VA centers.

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