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• 2 die, 19 overcome at Arizona retreat sweat lodge (AP)
• Company run by ex-con drops Montana jail plan (AP)
• Video shows cars, trucks tossed by tsunami waves (AP)
• Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP)
• Idaho jury acquits dad in girl's hypothermia death (AP)
• Instructors rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim (AP)
• Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover (AP)
• Town abuzz: S. Ga. airport to be named for Carter (AP)
• CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP)
• NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler (AP)
• Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show (AP)
• Son: Slain 100-year-old mom, roommate had tension (AP)
• Western NY friends wear out all-you-can-fly passes (AP)
• New survey shows rising support for civil unions (AP)
• New US law helps ill students keep health coverage (AP)
• Husband killed Pa. gun advocate during video chat (AP)
• Federal official says time is right for gay rights (AP)
• Nation's pupils find few black men to call Mister (AP)
• Custody extended for US man for snatching own kids (AP)
• GOP member shoots target with Fla. Dem's initials (AP)

2 die, 19 overcome at Arizona retreat sweat lodge (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:34 PM PDT AP - A sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort meant to provide spiritual cleansing became a crime scene Friday after two people died and others became ill during a two-hour session inside the crude structure.

Company run by ex-con drops Montana jail plan (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - An obscure California company run by an ex-convict with a history of fraud has dropped its effort to take over a beleaguered Montana jail, days after state officials launched an investigation and several key participants backed away from the proposal.

Video shows cars, trucks tossed by tsunami waves (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - The FBI on Friday released video footage showing waves rushing in and violently tossing cars and trucks in a parking lot as a deadly tsunami struck American Samoa last week.

Lawsuit: Ind. teacher tried to sicken autistic boy (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - The mother of an 8-year-old autistic boy with severe peanut allergies filed a lawsuit that claims his Indianapolis teacher gave her son a peanut-filled candy bar in hopes of making him sick so he wouldn't go a zoo field trip.

Idaho jury acquits dad in girl's hypothermia death (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 04:20 PM PDT AP - An Idaho man who let his 11-year-old daughter walk several miles in freezing conditions along an isolated rural highway on Christmas Day was acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the girl's death from hypothermia.

Instructors rushed to help UCLA stabbing victim (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 05:04 PM PDT AP - Blood gushed from a student's neck and formed a puddle on the floor of a UCLA lab as instructors struggled to stanch the wound.

Aye Carumba! Marge Simpson poses for Playboy cover (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:29 PM PDT AP - Aye Carumba!

Town abuzz: S. Ga. airport to be named for Carter (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT AP - Former President Jimmy Carter is no stranger to global conflicts; now he's the flashpoint in a small-town argument.

CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.

NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it.

Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:04 PM PDT AP - Out of work since he was impeached by Illinois lawmakers, Rod Blagojevich is taking his job search to TV's toughest boss — Donald Trump.

Son: Slain 100-year-old mom, roommate had tension (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - The roommate of a 100-year-old woman found strangled in her bed at a nursing home had made "threatening" remarks to the centenarian, her son said Friday, and the slain woman's family had sought to have the women split up.

Western NY friends wear out all-you-can-fly passes (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:31 PM PDT AP - Two adventure-seeking college buddies are back on the ground in Buffalo after squeezing 50,000 miles — and a marriage proposal and new careers — out of a pair of all-you-can-fly plane tickets that took them to 30 cities in 31 days.

New survey shows rising support for civil unions (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - An increasing majority of Americans favors allowing same-sex couples to obtain most of the same rights as married straight couples, but only 39 percent support legalization of same-sex marriage, according to a poll released Friday.

New US law helps ill students keep health coverage (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.

Husband killed Pa. gun advocate during video chat (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:20 PM PDT AP - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her husband in a shooting witnessed online by her video chat partner, authorities said Friday.

Federal official says time is right for gay rights (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - The climate for passing gay civil rights laws has never been better, but it could be a decade before another chance comes around, the highest-ranking openly gay official in the Obama administration said Friday.

Nation's pupils find few black men to call Mister (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:22 AM PDT AP - Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him — an African-American male. Gregory Georges graduated from high school without ever being taught by a black man.

Custody extended for US man for snatching own kids (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:53 AM PDT AP - Japanese police said Friday that they are keeping an American man in custody for 10 more days before authorities decide whether to press charges against him for snatching his children from his ex-wife.

GOP member shoots target with Fla. Dem's initials (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - A South Florida Republican said it was a mistake to shoot at a target with the initials of the Democratic congresswoman he is trying to unseat.

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