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• Several wildfires scorch Calif. as thousands flee (AP)
• Death to be sought in Ariz. home invasion killings (AP)
• Video shows plane, helicopter crash over NY river (AP)
• Long-lost pilot's remains return home to Florida (AP)
• Mourners pay respects to Eunice Kennedy Shriver at wake (AP)
• Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers (AP)
• Busy New York skies have history of close calls (AP)
• Runaway Christian convert claims life is in danger (AP)
• Conn. prep school dean accused of molesting pupils (AP)
• Taiwanese tycoon's 9 heirs duke it out in NJ court (AP)
• Jam band concerts banned at Pa. 'music church' (AP)
• College publishers get into book-rental business (AP)
• Who's that girl? Facebook entries stir jealousy (AP)
• California rail union plans to strike Sunday (AP)
• Calif. to stop issuing IOUs as budget stabilizes (AP)
• Fla. doc fired over 'doughnuts equal death' sign (AP)
• Wis. cold-case suspect led life of crime (AP)
• No charges in NYC friendly fire police shooting (AP)
• Woman sets self on fire, walks around Miami mall (AP)
• NY man convicted of killing 2 on Valentine's Day (AP)

Several wildfires scorch Calif. as thousands flee (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:38 PM PDT AP - Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires across California on Thursday, including a growing blaze that forced about 2,400 people to evacuate their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Death to be sought in Ariz. home invasion killings (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against three people charged in an Arizona home invasion that left a little girl and her father dead.

Video shows plane, helicopter crash over NY river (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - A video shot by a New York City tourist shows a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter colliding over the Hudson River, killing nine people.

Long-lost pilot's remains return home to Florida (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:41 PM PDT AP - The remains of Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher returned to his Florida home on Thursday, 18 years after his FA-18 Hornet was shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War.

Mourners pay respects to Eunice Kennedy Shriver at wake (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - Among the steady stream of mourners who flowed into a white and gray clapboard church Thursday to pay their respects to Eunice Kennedy Shriver was Mike Rhodes, a 25-year-old mentally disabled man who left a handmade card for the founder of the Special Olympics.

Mich. prison assessed for possible Gitmo transfers (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:40 PM PDT AP - Federal and state officials visited a maximum-security prison in rural Michigan on Thursday to begin assessing its suitability to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Busy New York skies have history of close calls (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - When a small plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River last week, it was only the second time in decades that crowded skies near Manhattan led to a midair crash.

Runaway Christian convert claims life is in danger (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - A 17-year-old girl who ran away from her Ohio home to Florida says she fears her parents will harm her for converting from Islam to Christianity, but her parents dismiss her claim and say she was brainwashed.

Conn. prep school dean accused of molesting pupils (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:01 PM PDT AP - The former dean of an exclusive boarding school has been charged with molesting three students, leading to a lawsuit, fears about additional victims and damage to the sterling reputation of the 159-year-old school.

Taiwanese tycoon's 9 heirs duke it out in NJ court (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - NEWARK, N.J. — When Taiwanese plastics magnate Wang Yung-ching died last year in New Jersey at age 91, he left behind a legacy as one of the world's 200 richest people, a wife and nine children born to other women — but no will.

Jam band concerts banned at Pa. 'music church' (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - Church is out, at least temporarily, for a group that claims its jam band concerts are religious services.

College publishers get into book-rental business (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - College students fed up with spending hundreds of dollars to buy textbooks they only use once are getting some new rental options.

Who's that girl? Facebook entries stir jealousy (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - Alice Connors-Kellgren was surprised by her boyfriend's new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the cheek.

California rail union plans to strike Sunday (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - The union representing train operators and station agents for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system says it's planning to call a strike at the close of business Sunday.

Calif. to stop issuing IOUs as budget stabilizes (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - California's top financial officers said Thursday they will stop issuing IOUs, ending a practice that became the most visible symbol of the state's fiscal crisis.

Fla. doc fired over 'doughnuts equal death' sign (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:41 PM PDT AP - Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera. He might still be leading the charge if he had only left the doughnuts alone.

Wis. cold-case suspect led life of crime (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:23 PM PDT AP - Edward Wayne Edwards' days of hitchhiking across the country, stealing cars, robbing gas stations and forging checks were behind him when he was released early from the federal prison in Lewisburg, Pa., in 1967.

No charges in NYC friendly fire police shooting (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - A white police officer who killed an off-duty black colleague in a friendly fire incident that raised questions about racial profiling will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said Thursday.

Woman sets self on fire, walks around Miami mall (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - A woman set herself on fire at a Miami mall Thursday, then walked around engulfed in flames as shocked shoppers watched, authorities said.

NY man convicted of killing 2 on Valentine's Day (AP) Posted: 13 Aug 2009 02:29 PM PDT AP - A nursing supervisor enraged at two co-workers who accused him of sexual harassment and got him fired from successive jobs was convicted Thursday of killing a couple during a Valentine's Day rampage that left four people dead.

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