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• Legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92 (AP)
• Emotional comments from man held in cruise death (AP)
• Feds arrest felon in sale of gun in McNair killing (AP)
• Sister: NJ shooting suspect knew he was wanted (AP)
• As slain couple is buried, fuller portrait emerges (AP)
• Judge rules against Atlanta in regional water wars (AP)
• AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style (AP)
• Woman says she feared Alamo would hurt her sister (AP)
• Teen fined $25,000 for cost of NH mountain rescue (AP)
• Maine town fights phase-out of curbside mailbox (AP)
• Life's journey from hotel to hotel ends in mystery (AP)
• Medieval-style Fla. 'castle' damaged in blaze (AP)
• Pa. youths want tainted convictions tossed (AP)
• Spokesman for embattled SC gov to leave state job (AP)
• Aldrin reflects on 'the climax of my life' (AP)
• New NASA photos show Apollo leftovers on the moon (AP)
• 1st day of Fla. hunt nets nearly 10-foot python (AP)
• Coal miners boycotting Tennessee tourist sites (AP)
• Mementos of MJ buried at storied Detroit cemetery (AP)
• Palin promises to keep on tweeting (AP)

Legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92 (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:46 PM PDT AP - Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks' golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called "the most trusted man in America," has died. He was 92. CBS vice president Linda Mason says Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. Friday with his family by his side at his home in New York after a long illness.

Emotional comments from man held in cruise death (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:16 PM PDT AP - Robert McGill, the man accused of killing his wife on a Mexican cruise, made a dramatic first court appearance in San Diego, arguing with public defenders as family members sobbed loudly in the gallery.

Feds arrest felon in sale of gun in McNair killing (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - Ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair's mistress bought the gun she used to kill him from a convicted murderer whose fiancee was afraid to have it in the house, authorities said Friday.

Sister: NJ shooting suspect knew he was wanted (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - The last time Monique Hosendove spoke to her brother, Hassan Shakur, she begged him to turn himself into South Carolina police.

As slain couple is buried, fuller portrait emerges (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - He was a 66-year-old entrepreneur who dabbled in used cars, boats and the adult entertainment industry before finally hitting it big. She was a 43-year-old country music lover who fed the homeless and was devoted to her MySpace page.

Judge rules against Atlanta in regional water wars (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - Metro Atlanta and its 4 million residents have almost no rights to a massive federal reservoir and must stop taking water from it within three years unless Congress authorizes continued withdrawals, a federal judge ruled Friday.

AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 03:28 PM PDT AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while his aides sat in coach.

Woman says she feared Alamo would hurt her sister (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - A woman who said evangelist Tony Alamo had sexually abused her since she was 8 acknowledged to jurors Friday that she hates him, but said the reason she agreed to testify was because she is afraid he will molest her little sister.

Teen fined $25,000 for cost of NH mountain rescue (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:27 PM PDT AP - A Massachusetts teenager who spent three nights alone on Mount Washington in April after he sprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been fined more than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue.

Maine town fights phase-out of curbside mailbox (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - The folks of Otisfield are so fond of their lone public mailbox that they blocked it with a snowplow and a backhoe to prevent the Postal Service from taking it away in the gloom of night. Town officials also threatened to chain themselves to the blue box if necessary.

Life's journey from hotel to hotel ends in mystery (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:32 PM PDT AP - Ben Novack Jr. grew up in the penthouse of Miami Beach's famous Fontainebleau Hotel, pampered by the staff, patted on the head by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope, and whisked off to school in a limousine.

Medieval-style Fla. 'castle' damaged in blaze (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:03 PM PDT AP - A waterfront mansion known as the "North Bay Road Castle" for its quirky medieval decor was engulfed in flames on Friday in a morning blaze that authorities said spread quickly throughout the sprawling home.

Pa. youths want tainted convictions tossed (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - For years, prosecutors in northeastern Pennsylvania stood by and did nothing as a corrupt judge systematically violated the rights of more than 6,000 youth offenders who appeared in his courtroom, lawyers for some of the children asserted in court Friday.

Spokesman for embattled SC gov to leave state job (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:14 PM PDT AP - The spokesman for South Carolina's philandering governor plans to leave his state job, the first high-profile departure since the scandal over Mark Sanford's international dalliance broke.

Aldrin reflects on 'the climax of my life' (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:13 PM PDT AP - Buzz Aldrin still has the felt-tipped pen he used as a makeshift switch needed to fire up the engines that lifted him and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong off the moon and started their safe return to Earth nearly 40 years ago.

New NASA photos show Apollo leftovers on the moon (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - New NASA photos of the moon show the leftovers from man's exploration 40 years ago. For the first time, photos from space pinpoint equipment left behind from Apollo landings, and even the well-worn tracks made by astronauts on the moon surface. The images are from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was launched last month and now circles the moon in search of future landing sites.

1st day of Fla. hunt nets nearly 10-foot python (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - A program to eradicate invasive pythons from Florida's Everglades began Friday with a slithering success: Trappers caught a nearly 10-footer within about an hour of setting out, a shock to even the experts.

Coal miners boycotting Tennessee tourist sites (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:02 PM PDT AP - Angry Appalachian coal miners are refusing to vacation in Tennessee because they say one of that state's political leaders wants to eliminate needed jobs by banning mountaintop removal.

Mementos of MJ buried at storied Detroit cemetery (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:54 PM PDT AP - Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place for civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks and many of the Motor City's musical elite, including members of the Four Tops and living legend Diana Ross also has a site reserved.

Palin promises to keep on tweeting (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:13 AM PDT AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to stay in touch using Twitter even after leaving office on July 26.

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