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• Judge stands by closing ahead of death-row appeal (AP)
• US man says no regrets about Myanmar jailing (AP)
• Sen. Ensign says he did nothing 'legally wrong' in having affair (AP)
• Reality TV contestant sought in ex-model's death (AP)
• Hurricane Bill looms in Atlantic at Category 4 (AP)
• Mass. man: Lawyer parents knew I was drug dealer (AP)
• Lutherans move toward more open view on gays (AP)
• Milwaukee mayor says attack got 'ugly' quickly (AP)
• Md. lawmaker takes heat for marriage proposal (AP)
• Ind. money manager sentenced for Fla. plane crash (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Venus, Serena to own part of Dolphins (AP)
• WTC owner says $300K-a-day penalities almost over (AP)
• Army aims to improve soldiers' mental fitness (AP)
• Wrongfully convicted man to get $632,000 from Va. (AP)
• New Tech gunman records fail to predict bloodshed (AP)
• Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate (AP)
• Storm fells hundreds of trees in NY's Central Park (AP)
• Md. police: Man nicknamed 'Hitler' beat black man (AP)
• Funeral home mix-up: Pa. family mourns wrong body (AP)
• Schwarzenegger tours devastation after prison riot (AP)

Judge stands by closing ahead of death-row appeal (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - An embattled Texas judge stood by her decision to close her court before a death row inmate's last-minute appeal was ready, saying at her misconduct trial Wednesday that she would do the same thing again.

US man says no regrets about Myanmar jailing (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - American John Yettaw said Wednesday he has no regrets about taking a secret swim to the home of Myanmar's detained democracy leader — a decision that landed them both in prison — and indicated that he still believes his bizarre visit somehow saved her from being assassinated.

Sen. Ensign says he did nothing 'legally wrong' in having affair (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - Sen. John Ensign told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his affair with a friend's wife was a mistake but not as bad as former President Bill Clinton's relationship with a White House intern because he didn't lie about it under oath.

Reality TV contestant sought in ex-model's death (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - Ryan Alexander Jenkins was fulfilling his dream of becoming a star, with a small fortune stowed away, a marriage — albeit brief — to a former model, and two gigs in reality TV.

Hurricane Bill looms in Atlantic at Category 4 (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:41 PM PDT AP - Hurricane Bill howled over the open Atlantic as a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday, and it could be energized by warmer waters as it moves north. Forecasters said Bill should begin pushing large swells toward Bermuda and parts of the southeastern U.S. coast by the weekend, but it wasn't yet clear how close the storm will come to land.

Mass. man: Lawyer parents knew I was drug dealer (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - Two prominent attorneys are under police scrutiny after their son, arrested on charges he was dealing marijuana from home, told investigators his parents knew what he was doing. Police found a small smoking pipe, scale and baggies in their bedroom.

Lutherans move toward more open view on gays (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - Leaders of the country's largest Lutheran denomination have moved toward a more welcoming view of homosexuality.

Milwaukee mayor says attack got 'ugly' quickly (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - Milwaukee's mayor said Wednesday his decision to intervene in a domestic dispute got "very ugly" quickly but he did what any good citizen should do even though it left him with a bloody scab on his face and his shattered right hand bound by a bulky cast.

Md. lawmaker takes heat for marriage proposal (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - Democratic Delegate Jon Cardin was intent on creating the perfect night to propose to his fiancee, and the evening is certainly one she won't forget. Unfortunately, a fuss over his use of a Baltimore police helicopter and a police boat is likely to dog the couple long after the wedding.

Ind. money manager sentenced for Fla. plane crash (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - An Indiana money manger who crashed his plane and parachuted to safety in an elaborate scheme to fake his death and flee financial ruin was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in federal prison.

APNewsBreak: Venus, Serena to own part of Dolphins (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - Venus and Serena Williams have found a new sport: pro football.

WTC owner says $300K-a-day penalities almost over (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:47 PM PDT AP - The World Trade Center site's owner says it will soon be able to stop paying a $300,000-a-day penalty for missing deadlines to turn land over to the site's developer.

Army aims to improve soldiers' mental fitness (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - An Army program developed partly as a response to an increase in soldier suicides will test all active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers to determine how they handle stress, assess their resiliency and require follow-up training.

Wrongfully convicted man to get $632,000 from Va. (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - A Virginia man who spent 22 years in prison for two rapes he did not commit will get more than $632,000 in restitution, following a unanimous decision Wednesday by state lawmakers.

New Tech gunman records fail to predict bloodshed (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:25 PM PDT AP - Recently discovered mental health records released on Wednesday contain no obvious indications that the Virginia Tech gunman was a year and a half away from committing the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:12 PM PDT AP - The images are striking: One congressman's office defaced by a swastika, other congressmen heckled at public meetings, videos and placards likening Barack Obama to Hitler, private citizens with guns joining anti-Obama protests.

Storm fells hundreds of trees in NY's Central Park (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of century-old trees lay snapped in half and uprooted throughout Central Park on Wednesday after a severe thunderstorm with winds as high as 80 mph barreled through the city overnight.

Md. police: Man nicknamed 'Hitler' beat black man (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 01:37 PM PDT AP - A white supremacist accused of beating a 76-year-old black man has a tattoo of Adolf Hitler on his stomach with the words "He Lives" beneath it, and uses the Nazi dictator's last name as a nickname, according to police and court documents.

Funeral home mix-up: Pa. family mourns wrong body (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 01:48 PM PDT AP - The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man.

Schwarzenegger tours devastation after prison riot (AP) Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:26 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday toured the Southern California prison where 175 inmates were injured in a riot earlier this month, likening the devasation to a scene from one of his movies.

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