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• Vick to hoops campers: 'Use me as an example' (AP)
• Gonzales says he would 'do some things over' (AP)
• Police: Drug informant was killed by informant (AP)
• Wis. girl, 13, charged in fatal stabbing over milk (AP)
• Birmingham mayor pardons civil rights protesters (AP)
• Police: Boy saves girl from NY fire; 3 found dead (AP)
• NYC crash renews fears about tourist helicopters (AP)
• Calif. struggles to desegregate its prison inmates (AP)
• JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88 (AP)
• Animal groups in court over Helmsley fortune (AP)
• Families: American hikers entered Iran by mistake (AP)
• Designs sought for mural on WTC construction fence (AP)
• Rapper 'C-Murder' convicted of 2002 fan shooting (AP)
• Ex-Madoff CFO pleads guilty in court in NYC (AP)
• US Sen. Nelson responds to TV ads on health care (AP)
• $500K prize divides 2 elderly sisters in Conn. (AP)
• Thais reject US request to extradite arms dealer (AP)
• Colombian drug kingpin pleads guilty in Fla. (AP)
• Mexican woman wins green card in trafficking case (AP)

Vick to hoops campers: 'Use me as an example' (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - Michael Vick told basketball campers at Hampton University on Tuesday to use his own story as an example as they work to follow their dreams.

Gonzales says he would 'do some things over' (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday he wishes he could "do some things over" from his years with the Bush administration, citing a memo he wrote that human rights groups contended led to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

Police: Drug informant was killed by informant (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - A man accused of hiring a U.S. Army soldier and another man to kill a Mexican drug cartel lieutenant who was cooperating with U.S. authorities was himself a government informant, police said Tuesday.

Wis. girl, 13, charged in fatal stabbing over milk (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:47 PM PDT AP - A long-simmering feud between a 13-year-old girl and her step-grandfather erupted after the man allegedly poured her milk down the drain, prompting the girl to fatally stab him in the neck, court documents said.

Birmingham mayor pardons civil rights protesters (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - Birmingham's mayor offered a blanket pardon Tuesday to thousands of demonstrators charged in this cauldron of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a mostly symbolic forgiveness he acknowledges few may actually want.

Police: Boy saves girl from NY fire; 3 found dead (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - Police say a 6-year-old boy rescued a 2-year-old girl from a fire at a Long Island house where three adults later were found dead.

NYC crash renews fears about tourist helicopters (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - Buzzing through some of the world's busiest airspace, New York's sightseeing helicopters give tourists a bird's-eye view of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty.

Calif. struggles to desegregate its prison inmates (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - The riot that ravaged a Southern California prison and injured 175 inmates began with a fight between black and Hispanic gang members, a stark reminder of the difficulty of race relations behind bars and the challenges of desegregating inmates.

JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88 (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics and helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triumph on the field of competition and lead rich and productive lives outside the walls of institutions, died Tuesday at age 88.

Animal groups in court over Helmsley fortune (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - Animal-welfare groups are accusing the trustees of hotel queen Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar estate of ignoring her wishes that the lion's share of the money should go to the dogs.

Families: American hikers entered Iran by mistake (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 04:20 PM PDT AP - Three American hikers detained in Iran for nearly two weeks entered the country by mistake and their families are hoping for a quick resolution that will reunite them with their children, the families said in a statement Tuesday.

Designs sought for mural on WTC construction fence (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:58 PM PDT AP - Artists looking for somewhere to display their work now have a chance to be seen at one of the city's most high-profile places — the World Trade Center site.

Rapper 'C-Murder' convicted of 2002 fan shooting (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:40 PM PDT AP - Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting of a fan during a nightclub brawl, capping tumultuous jury deliberations at his second trial in the killing.

Ex-Madoff CFO pleads guilty in court in NYC (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 02:46 PM PDT AP - The former chief financial officer for Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy, admitting he helped Madoff carry out a massive fraud that cost thousands of people billions of dollars by lying to investors and testifying falsely when it seemed the fraud might be discovered.

US Sen. Nelson responds to TV ads on health care (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat who has been under fire for being a less-than-enthusiastic backer of the Obama administration's health care reform plans, has launched an ad campaign to counter criticism.

$500K prize divides 2 elderly sisters in Conn. (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:11 PM PDT AP - A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.

Thais reject US request to extradite arms dealer (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:07 PM PDT AP - A Thai court on Tuesday rejected a U.S. request to extradite a Russian arms dealer who allegedly sold weapons to dictators and warlords around the world, raising the prospect that he could be freed by the weekend.

Colombian drug kingpin pleads guilty in Fla. (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 01:21 PM PDT AP - The boss of a Colombian cocaine cartel that smuggled some $10 billion worth of cocaine into the U.S. pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug charges that will send him to prison for at least 10 years.

Mexican woman wins green card in trafficking case (AP) Posted: 11 Aug 2009 05:21 PM PDT AP - A Mexican woman who served two decades in prison after being convicted of conspiring to kill a man authorities later said raped and tormented her has obtained a green card to remain in this country.

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