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• Stakes are high in Maine's vote on gay marriage (AP)
• Report: Problems continued at Ill. VA hospital (AP)
• 82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld (AP)
• Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski's CA appeal (AP)
• Woman hit with car by Iraqi father in Ariz. dies (AP)
• Soldier arrested over explosives in Tenn. field (AP)
• EBay removes anti-abortion memorabilia from site (AP)
• Election complaint filed against ex-wrestling exec (AP)
• Attorney: Tenn. kidnapping suspect tried suicide (AP)
• Man charged with stalking Ryan Seacrest (AP)
• Infant missing from home in Florida Panhandle (AP)
• Agencies: Glitch with foreign SS numbers is fixed (AP)
• Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry' (AP)
• Texas clinic: Headscarf ban was misunderstanding (AP)
• Imam pleads not guilty to NYC terror charges (AP)
• Inquiry of 6 bodies in Ohio focuses on 8-9 women (AP)
• Court rejects Pa. buffer law on abortion clinics (AP)
• CDC: Tainted ground beef may be linked to 2 deaths (AP)
• Appeals court: Detained Canadian cannot sue the US (AP)

Stakes are high in Maine's vote on gay marriage (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:50 PM PST AP - Bolstered by out-of-state money and volunteers, both sides jockeyed Monday to boost turnout for a Maine referendum that could give gay-rights activists in the U.S. their first victory at the ballot box on the deeply divisive issue of same-sex marriage.

Report: Problems continued at Ill. VA hospital (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:21 PM PST AP - Serious safety issues continued to plague a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital even after major surgeries were suspended two years ago because of a spike in patient deaths, according to a federal report released Monday.

82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:21 PM PST AP - The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help.

Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski's CA appeal (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:09 PM PST AP - A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.

Woman hit with car by Iraqi father in Ariz. dies (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST AP - A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday after laying in a coma for nearly two weeks.

Soldier arrested over explosives in Tenn. field (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested Monday after a pair of hunters found about 100 pounds of explosives outside his home near Fort Campbell.

EBay removes anti-abortion memorabilia from site (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:56 PM PST AP - Online auction house eBay has removed items that were posted for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise money for defense of a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider, the company said Monday.

Election complaint filed against ex-wrestling exec (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:44 PM PST AP - The head of the Connecticut Democrats has filed an elections complaint against Republican Linda McMahon and her family's wrestling empire, claiming the company illegally helped her U.S. Senate campaign by removing potentially embarrassing videos from a Web site.

Attorney: Tenn. kidnapping suspect tried suicide (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:37 PM PST AP - The attorney for a woman charged with kidnapping a Tennessee newborn says his client has tried to kill herself while in jail.

Man charged with stalking Ryan Seacrest (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:32 PM PST AP - Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the "American Idol" host's studio and attacking one of his bodyguards.

Infant missing from home in Florida Panhandle (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:08 PM PST AP - Search teams looking for a missing 7-month-old girl scoured dense vines and marshes for a second day Monday.

Agencies: Glitch with foreign SS numbers is fixed (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:53 PM PST AP - Two federal agencies that put Americans at risk for identity-theft-like problems have fixed a glitch that linked U.S. Social Security numbers to those issued by three foreign countries, officials said.

Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry' (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:36 PM PST AP - A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.

Texas clinic: Headscarf ban was misunderstanding (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:42 PM PST AP - A Texas health clinic operator said it regrets telling a Muslim doctor applying for a job that she couldn't wear her traditional headscarf and will clarify its policy regarding religious accommodations for employees.

Imam pleads not guilty to NYC terror charges (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:58 PM PST AP - An imam accused of lying to FBI agents investigating an alleged bomb plot against New York City by a suspected al-Qaida associate pleaded not guilty Monday.

Inquiry of 6 bodies in Ohio focuses on 8-9 women (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:20 PM PST AP - Investigators trying to identify the bodies of six women found in the home of a convicted rapist are focusing the inquiry on eight or nine missing women, the coroner said Monday.

Court rejects Pa. buffer law on abortion clinics (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:29 PM PST AP - A federal appeals court has struck down an ordinance that created two types of buffer zones around medical facilities after a Christian legal group challenged the law on behalf of a nurse who protests abortions.

CDC: Tainted ground beef may be linked to 2 deaths (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:20 PM PST AP - Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday.

Appeals court: Detained Canadian cannot sue the US (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:43 AM PST AP - A Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in New York a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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