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• Toddler among 6 killed as storms pound Southeast (AP)
• Suspect in 4 Va. killings had run-ins with police (AP)
• Yale: Lab tech had building access until arrest (AP)
• Man wanted in Florida slayings detained in Haiti (AP)
• Charges filed in Oklahoma wreck that killed 10 (AP)
• Obama flies into epicenter of NY political flap (AP)
• SC man confesses to slayings of 4 family members (AP)
• 'Family' ties at issue in Merlino casino work bid (AP)
• NY prosecutor:'Junior' Gotti left trail of victims (AP)
• Remains of missing Oregon woman found (AP)
• Ga. deputy accused in 2 slayings caught in Belize (AP)
• The president and the potato (AP)
• Kennedy successor bill nearing debate in Senate (AP)
• Study tries to detect flu before the first sneeze (AP)
• Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids (AP)
• NY man fights IBM firing over chat room visit (AP)
• Students warned to prove Texas residence or leave (AP)
• Ex-NBA player "Pooh" Richardson testifies in Pa. (AP)
• Abortion-rights forces vexed by health care debate (AP)

Toddler among 6 killed as storms pound Southeast (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - A two-year-old Georgia boy swept from his father's arms Monday was among six people killed by storms pounding the Southeast, and more rain was expected after the historic dumping that also forced drivers to scramble onto the roofs of cars on Atlanta's main artery.

Suspect in 4 Va. killings had run-ins with police (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - An aspiring California rapper who is suspected of killing a Virginia pastor and three other people had two run-ins with police in the days before his arrest, but authorities said he never acted strange or raised suspicions.

Yale: Lab tech had building access until arrest (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - Even after police suspected lab technician Raymond Clark was the man who killed a Yale University graduate student and stuffed her body behind a wall, he had unfettered access to the Ivy League campus — but was under constant surveillance, officials confirmed Monday.

Man wanted in Florida slayings detained in Haiti (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - A Haitian man detained in the Florida slaying of his wife and their five children said Monday that he returned to his native Caribbean nation "to say goodbye to my family."

Charges filed in Oklahoma wreck that killed 10 (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - A prosecutor has filed 10 counts of negligent homicide against a trucker who slammed into a line of stopped cars in northeastern Oklahoma. Ten people died in the June 26 wreck.

Obama flies into epicenter of NY political flap (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama called Gov. David Paterson "a wonderful man" Monday, a day after apparently throwing him into a fight for his political career — then praised Paterson's chief rival for the job: state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

SC man confesses to slayings of 4 family members (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - A South Carolina man confessed Monday to methodically stalking and murdering four family members in their home, reloading his shotgun five times before firing the final shot into his father as the man said "I love you."

'Family' ties at issue in Merlino casino work bid (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - Joseph N. Merlino's construction company has done work at sensitive sites, including two nuclear power plants and a New Jersey State Police building — but so far has been barred from working in the casino industry.

NY prosecutor:'Junior' Gotti left trail of victims (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:33 PM PDT AP - The fourth racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti began Monday with the government portraying the mob heir as a maniacal killer and chronic criminal who has dodged prison by intimidating witnesses and obstructing justice.

Remains of missing Oregon woman found (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - Five years after college student Brooke Wilberger disappeared, a man pleaded guilty Monday to her murder and led police to her body.

Ga. deputy accused in 2 slayings caught in Belize (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - A former DeKalb County sheriff's deputy who fled after he was charged with killing his wife and a day laborer has been caught in Central America.

The president and the potato (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - Add this one to the presidential collection: the heart-shaped potato.

Kennedy successor bill nearing debate in Senate (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:29 PM PDT AP - Massachusetts could have a new U.S. senator by the end of the week.

Study tries to detect flu before the first sneeze (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:06 PM PDT AP - Coughed on by somebody with the flu? Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine — with a mere drop of blood — who will get sick before the sniffling and fever set in. And they're turning to hundreds of dorm-dwelling freshmen this fall to see if it works.

Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:53 PM PDT AP - Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.

NY man fights IBM firing over chat room visit (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:43 PM PDT AP - A former IBM employee who was fired for visiting an adult chat room while at work is appealing a court decision against him.

Students warned to prove Texas residence or leave (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:15 PM PDT AP - Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks but no student visas, he figured he had to do something.

Ex-NBA player "Pooh" Richardson testifies in Pa. (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:38 AM PDT AP - Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson reluctantly testified Monday that his close friend, a Philadelphia police officer, tipped him about an imminent drug raid involving his half-sister.

Abortion-rights forces vexed by health care debate (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:13 PM PDT AP - For some abortion-rights activists, the debate over health care reform has been frustrating, even disheartening, as they see their political allies on the defensive and their anti-abortion rivals on the attack.

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