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• Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu (AP)
• Sweat lodge deaths cast negative spotlight on guru (AP)
• Crowd retraces John Brown's incendiary footsteps (AP)
• EPA plans to veto surface mining permit in W.Va. (AP)
• Man's halt of interracial marriage sparks outrage (AP)
• Family at center of balloon saga faces scrutiny (AP)
• Minn. man suspected of encouraging suicides (AP)
• Lawmaker reposts revised anti-Obama 'RedNeck Rap' (AP)
• Ohio doc guilty of sex counts; twin awaits trial (AP)
• Questions remain after Obama's New Orleans visit (AP)
• Catholic priest who fathered child is suspended (AP)
• Confession stands in murder of Detroit cop's wife (AP)
• Conviction in doubt for DC mom who killed 4 girls (AP)
• Debris found during search for missing F-16 pilot (AP)
• Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights (AP)
• New plan for con man who lost Mont. jail deal (AP)
• Loma Prieta: 20 years after quake, is the Bay Area safer? (AP)
• Chicago police probed for posing with suspect (AP)
• Cruelty charges dropped against Michigan soldier (AP)
• Affidavit unsealed for teen accused in school plot (AP)

Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:04 PM PDT AP - Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the swine flu virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said Friday. They stressed the finding does not threaten food safety.

Sweat lodge deaths cast negative spotlight on guru (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:59 PM PDT AP - James Arthur Ray led a group of more than 50 followers into a cramped, sauna-like sweat lodge in Arizona last week by convincing them that his words would lead them to spiritual and financial wealth.

Crowd retraces John Brown's incendiary footsteps (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:55 PM PDT AP - Just as cold, damp weather couldn't quench John Brown's incendiary fervor, it didn't discourage those determined to follow the radical abolitionist's footsteps Friday, 150 years after he launched the raid that kindled the Civil War.

EPA plans to veto surface mining permit in W.Va. (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:50 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it planned to use its authority for the first time to revoke a previously issued permit for a West Virginia surface mine.

Man's halt of interracial marriage sparks outrage (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - Louisiana's governor and a U.S. senator joined Friday in calling for the ouster of a local official who refused to marry an interracial couple, saying his actions clearly broke the law.

Family at center of balloon saga faces scrutiny (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:40 PM PDT AP - But would he go so far as to hide his 6-year-old son in the rafters of his garage for five hours and make it seem like the boy floated away in a helium balloon?

Minn. man suspected of encouraging suicides (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:39 PM PDT AP - A nurse who authorities say got his kicks by visiting Internet suicide chat rooms and encouraging depressed people to kill themselves is under investigation in at least two deaths and could face criminal charges that could test the limits of the First Amendment.

Lawmaker reposts revised anti-Obama 'RedNeck Rap' (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - A Kansas legislator reposted his "RedNeck Rap" video criticizing President Barack Obama on YouTube on Friday after adding an introduction responding to critics who assailed it as racist.

Ohio doc guilty of sex counts; twin awaits trial (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - A pediatrician was convicted Friday of 16 sex-related charges involving former patients as his twin brother, a pediatrician awaiting trial on similar counts, looked on and embraced his brother after the verdict.

Questions remain after Obama's New Orleans visit (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:41 PM PDT AP - A day after an enthusiastic, almost-gushing crowd met President Barack Obama on his first visit to New Orleans since taking office, some in this still-suffering, hurricane-struck city wondered when platitudes and political speech would give way to greater progress.

Catholic priest who fathered child is suspended (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - A Wisconsin diocese late Friday suspended a Roman Catholic priest who fathered a child during a five-year relationship in Illinois and may have been involved separately with a minor.

Confession stands in murder of Detroit cop's wife (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:42 PM PDT AP - A judge on Friday refused to throw out a confession by a self-described hit man who is charged with killing the wife of a Detroit police officer, a crucial ruling that clears the way for his first trial in eight fatal shootings.

Conviction in doubt for DC mom who killed 4 girls (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - A woman who was expected to be sentenced Friday to life in prison for murdering her four daughters could instead walk free under a scenario outlined by the judge who found her guilty, though such an outcome still faces several legal hurdles.

Debris found during search for missing F-16 pilot (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - Debris and an oil slick were spotted in the Atlantic off the South Carolina coast as the search expanded Friday for an F-16 fighter pilot whose jet collided with another during night training exercises.

Judge says Va. violated absentee voters' rights (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of military service members and other Americans overseas when officials failed to mail more than 2,100 absentee ballots in time for last year's presidential election.

New plan for con man who lost Mont. jail deal (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:22 PM PDT AP - A convicted con artist from California who roiled a southeastern Montana community with his unlikely bid to take over its empty jail said he intends to return to the state and pursue a military training center.

Loma Prieta: 20 years after quake, is the Bay Area safer? (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:14 PM PDT AP - When an earthquake collapsed two 50-foot sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the 1989 World Series, the nightmares of hundreds of thousands of commuters who cross the Depression-era span each day were brought to life.

Chicago police probed for posing with suspect (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:11 PM PDT AP - The Chicago Police Department is investigating several of its officers accused of forcing a college student they arrested during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh to pose for a group photo with them.

Cruelty charges dropped against Michigan soldier (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:06 PM PDT AP - Charges have been dropped against one of four U.S. soldiers accused of mistreating others in their platoon in Iraq following an investigation into the suicide of an Ohio serviceman, the military said Friday.

Affidavit unsealed for teen accused in school plot (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:00 PM PDT AP - A teen accused of wanting to blow up a western Colorado school allegedly talked with others about going out "in a blaze of glory like Columbine High School," according to an arrest affidavit.

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