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• Monster-maker to Vt. brewer: No 'Vermonster' beer (AP)
• Chicago auction house all shook up over Elvis hair (AP)
• Inmates say Okla. gov's mansion workers raped them (AP)
• FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives (AP)
• Trial starts in slaying of 7 at Indianapolis home (AP)
• Defendants in Anna Nicole Smith case face hearing (AP)
• 2 Nobel winners may shape financial crisis debate (AP)
• Worker dies in Philly after 125-foot fall (AP)
• Schwarzenegger creates day honoring Harvey Milk (AP)
• Conn. police: Kidnapping-ransom story was a lie (AP)
• Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say (AP)
• NJ woman gets $570,000 from ex in dough-mixer suit (AP)
• Fla. to seek death for 4 accused of killing couple (AP)
• College cutbacks make it harder to earn degrees (AP)
• Amtrak ridership down, but still near record high (AP)
• Man held in 1968 hijacking faces NYC arraignment (AP)
• Cities lag in preparations for high-stakes census (AP)
• 'Die quickly' congressman hosts health care event (AP)
• Colo. insurer changes course on fat infants (AP)

Monster-maker to Vt. brewer: No 'Vermonster' beer (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - Forget David and Goliath. This fight's between Matt and Monster.

Chicago auction house all shook up over Elvis hair (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 02:04 PM PDT AP - The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair. Elvis Presley's hair, at least a clump of hair that Presley may have lost to an Army barber when he went into the service back in 1958, is going on the auction block this Sunday at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago.

Inmates say Okla. gov's mansion workers raped them (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors are investigating claims that the former head chef and chief groundskeeper at the Oklahoma governor's mansion raped three female prison inmates assigned to work on the mansion's grounds.

FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.

Trial starts in slaying of 7 at Indianapolis home (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 03:06 PM PDT AP - Investigators found no physical evidence linking a 31-year-old man to the 2006 slayings of seven family members in their home, but statements the man made before the attack and his actions afterward prove he fired the fatal gunshots, a prosecutor said Monday.

Defendants in Anna Nicole Smith case face hearing (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 01:58 PM PDT AP - Two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith are due in court to hear what government witnesses have to say about their alleged roles in supplying drugs that killed the celebrity model.

2 Nobel winners may shape financial crisis debate (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - One scholar studies how best to manage resources like forests, fisheries and oilfields. A fellow American looks at why some companies grow so large. Together they're winners of this year's Nobel Prize in economics for groundbreaking work that could affect efforts to prevent another global financial crisis.

Worker dies in Philly after 125-foot fall (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 03:45 PM PDT AP - A tall construction lift toppled over and struck a downtown Philadelphia apartment building Monday, killing a construction worker who fell 125 feet.

Schwarzenegger creates day honoring Harvey Milk (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - Slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk will get a special day of recognition in California, making him only the second person in state history — in addition to conservationist John Muir — to gain such a designation.

Conn. police: Kidnapping-ransom story was a lie (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 01:04 PM PDT AP - A Connecticut family made up claims that it rescued three immigrant relatives from a kidnapper by showing up with baseball bats at a ransom exchange meeting, according to police reports.

Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 12:35 PM PDT AP - Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold. Three days later, the Antioch, Tenn., boy was dead, apparently from swine flu. At least 76 American children have died from the new virus, and doctors are urging parents to watch for warning signs that the flu has become life-threatening.

NJ woman gets $570,000 from ex in dough-mixer suit (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - Twelve years after her divorce, Karin Seruga finally got what she really wanted: A dough mixer.

Fla. to seek death for 4 accused of killing couple (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for four of eight people charged in the killings of a Panhandle couple known for adopting children with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs.

College cutbacks make it harder to earn degrees (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:30 AM PDT AP - It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree.

Amtrak ridership down, but still near record high (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 08:53 AM PDT AP - Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than 1 million passengers during the past year, but was still the second-highest year in the railroad's history.

Man held in 1968 hijacking faces NYC arraignment (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 07:58 AM PDT AP - More than four decades after he hijacked a jetliner from Kennedy International to Cuba, Luis Armando Pena Soltren voluntarily returned to the same airport to surrender and face prosecution, authorities said Monday.

Cities lag in preparations for high-stakes census (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 08:04 AM PDT AP - With the 2010 census looming, major U.S. cities whose residents are at high risk of being missed are struggling with a shortage of money and manpower to prepare for an accurate count.

'Die quickly' congressman hosts health care event (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 08:27 AM PDT AP - The congressman who made waves by saying Republicans' health care plan is to hope sick people "die quickly" is holding a town hall meeting on health care.

Colo. insurer changes course on fat infants (AP) Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:58 PM PDT AP - A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies.

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