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• Texas investigators stunned by child dismemberment (AP)
• Judge orders guardian for octuplets' finances (AP)
• 7 charged with terror conspiracy in North Carolina (AP)
• Gates 911 call: Witness not sure she sees crime (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Slain Juarez lieutenant was informant (AP)
• NJ man charged in 'American Idol' contestant death (AP)
• Man grins while charged in deaths of 2 deputies (AP)
• Cops: NY driver in deadly wrong-way crash felt ill (AP)
• Atlanta close to tearing down last housing project (AP)
• Famed choreographer Merce Cunningham dies at 90 (AP)
• Madonna's love letters, erotic tapes in NY auction (AP)
• US jury favors hospital that deported immigrant (AP)
• Ga. man kills wife, grandson, self on anniversary (AP)
• Trial reveals evangelist's hidden cash, properties (AP)
• 12 shot, injured at Baltimore cookout in drug feud (AP)
• Police arrest 19 in Conn. finch-fighting ring (AP)
• Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly (AP)
• Melee at bullfight renews animal cruelty debate (AP)
• American al-Qaida sentenced to life for Bush plot (AP)
• Vets affected by VA hospital errors to file claims (AP)

Texas investigators stunned by child dismemberment (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - The scene was so gruesome investigators could barely speak: A 3 1/2-week-old boy lay dismembered in the bedroom of a single-story house, three of his tiny toes chewed off, his face torn away, his head severed and his brains ripped out.

Judge orders guardian for octuplets' finances (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 03:56 PM PDT AP - A California judge has appointed a guardian to oversee the estate of Nadya Suleman's octuplets.

7 charged with terror conspiracy in North Carolina (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - A father, his two sons and four other men living in North Carolina are accused of mililtary-style training at home and plotting "violent jihad" abroad, federal authorities said Monday.

Gates 911 call: Witness not sure she sees crime (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - The 911 caller who reported two men possibly breaking into the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not describe their race, acknowledged they might just be having a hard time with the door and said she saw two suitcases on the porch.

APNewsBreak: Slain Juarez lieutenant was informant (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 03:23 PM PDT AP - The eight bullets that leveled Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana outside his home just doors from the city's police chief were fired at close range and left little doubt about their message.

NJ man charged in 'American Idol' contestant death (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - A man has been charged with drunken driving following a New Jersey shore car accident that killed an "American Idol" contestant whose angry rejection rant became an Internet sensation.

Man grins while charged in deaths of 2 deputies (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - A man accused of killing two deputies who were trying to arrest him grinned and chuckled to himself as he appeared in court Monday and learned prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.

Cops: NY driver in deadly wrong-way crash felt ill (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - A Long Island mother who plowed into an SUV, killing eight people in a fiery crash, drove nearly two miles in the wrong direction on a familiar highway after telling her brother she wasn't feeling well, police said.

Atlanta close to tearing down last housing project (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - The nation's bulldozer attack on crime and poverty will soon make Atlanta — home of the first public housing development — the first major city to eliminate all of its large housing projects.

Famed choreographer Merce Cunningham dies at 90 (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:59 PM PDT AP - Choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham was hailed Monday as a revolutionary artist who remade the very definition of dance.

Madonna's love letters, erotic tapes in NY auction (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:59 PM PDT AP - Madonna's love letters and erotic answering machine messages to an ex-boyfriend are up for sale in New York City.

US jury favors hospital that deported immigrant (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:36 PM PDT AP - A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala — over the objections of his family and legal guardian — did not act unreasonably, a jury found Monday.

Ga. man kills wife, grandson, self on anniversary (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - George Doby had been married to Edna 57 years on the day authorities say he shot her to death in the back yard. Police say he also killed their 12-year-old grandson before taking his own life. The gunshots rang out as two of the couple's children and four of their grandchildren were visiting for a Sunday dinner to celebrate the anniversary. The couple's son ran outside to find both his parents and his son Jacob dead.

Trial reveals evangelist's hidden cash, properties (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 12:51 PM PDT AP - Evangelist Tony Alamo, awaiting sentencing on sex abuse charges, has been running a multimillion-dollar empire that hums along without a trace of his fingerprints.

12 shot, injured at Baltimore cookout in drug feud (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 12:24 PM PDT AP - A gunman burst into a backyard cookout held in the memory of two men who'd been shot to death a year earlier, wounding 12 people in a shooting police say was sparked by a gang feud, Baltimore police said Monday.

Police arrest 19 in Conn. finch-fighting ring (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - The birds have long been popular for their brilliant colors and beautiful songs, but Connecticut authorities say hundreds of saffron finches and canaries drew a crowd betting on a brawl.

Final frontier: Crowd sees spaceship launcher fly (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of earthlings turned their faces to the sky Monday to see an airplane built to launch a ship into space, watching the gleaming white craft soar overhead.

Melee at bullfight renews animal cruelty debate (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 12:03 PM PDT AP - It was supposed to be a "bloodless bullfight," a dangerous dance between a pirouetting matador and an enraged bull that would not end in death.

American al-Qaida sentenced to life for Bush plot (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 01:16 PM PDT AP - A U.S. man who became an al-Qaida terrorist while attending college in Saudi Arabia and plotted to assassinate then-President George W. Bush was defiant Monday as he was sentenced to life in prison.

Vets affected by VA hospital errors to file claims (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2009 11:14 AM PDT AP - An attorney is preparing to ask the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to pay disability benefits and damages for hospital mistakes that may have exposed veterans to infectious body fluids — a complaint that he said could ultimately multiply into many more such demands.

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