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• Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars (AP)
• Gay marriage is put to a vote in Maine (AP)
• Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond (AP)
• La. justice resigns after interracial wed flap (AP)
• Police: 4 more bodies found at Ohio rapist's home (AP)
• Feds: Gun, cash seizures up at Mexican border (AP)
• Mich. looks at worst-case 20 percent budget cuts (AP)
• Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India (AP)
• DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution (AP)
• Police: Pair stole up to 1k bags at Ariz. airport (AP)
• Man gets 2 years for flying stolen plane to US (AP)
• LA Clippers owner agrees to pay $2.73 million (AP)
• Philly transit strike a tough sell in down economy (AP)
• Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting (AP)
• Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia (AP)
• Detainees in NYC post-9/11 reach $1.26M settlement (AP)
• Baseball 'Champagne goggles' make some fans groan (AP)
• Police: NC father killed wife, 2 children, self (AP)
• Bloomberg favored to win 3rd term as NYC mayor (AP)
• Program will monitor Md. doctors' hand-washing (AP)

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST AP - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.

Gay marriage is put to a vote in Maine (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:19 PM PST AP - Gay marriage was put to a vote in Maine on Tuesday in a closely watched referendum that gay-rights activists across the country hoped would prove that public opinion is turning in their favor. Voters had to decide whether to repeal or affirm a state law that would allow gay couples to wed. The law was passed by the Legislature last May but never took effect because of a petition drive by conservatives.

Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:33 PM PST AP - Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep pulled from a pond, and police said they believed the women were in the vehicle when they made two desperate calls to friends for help.

La. justice resigns after interracial wed flap (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:34 PM PST AP - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.

Police: 4 more bodies found at Ohio rapist's home (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:19 PM PST AP - Remains of four more people were unearthed from the backyard of a rapist's home Tuesday, raising to 10 the number of bodies found in and near the house, as police also searched boarded-up homes in the neighborhood where residents complained for years of a stench that one even said "smelled like a dead body."

Feds: Gun, cash seizures up at Mexican border (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:59 PM PST AP - U.S. authorities on Tuesday reported a spike in seizures of guns and cash along the Mexican border since they began assigning more agents to stem the flow of southbound contraband.

Mich. looks at worst-case 20 percent budget cuts (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST AP - Michigan's governor warned Tuesday of a possible 20 percent cut in state spending next year, a draconian step after billions in cuts since 2003 have already dented police and fire services, pushed schools toward insolvency and reduced oversight of prison inmates.

Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:19 PM PST AP - A Chicago man charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed a possible attack against a military college in India and advised a member of a Pakistan-based terrorist group on how to slip people into the U.S., prosecutors said Tuesday.

DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:16 PM PST AP - Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.

Police: Pair stole up to 1k bags at Ariz. airport (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST AP - Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.

Man gets 2 years for flying stolen plane to US (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:58 PM PST AP - A Turkish-Canadian man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.

LA Clippers owner agrees to pay $2.73 million (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:33 PM PST AP - Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.73 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Hispanics, blacks and to families with children, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Philly transit strike a tough sell in down economy (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:07 PM PST AP - Even in the best of times, waking up to a surprise transit strike is like a bad dream come true. When the sudden walkout comes during an economic downturn, it becomes more like a public relations nightmare.

Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:00 PM PST AP - Boycotts on either side of the Atlantic on Tuesday showed just how difficult it will be to clinch an agreement on global warming next month.

Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public's mood heading into an important midterm election year.

Detainees in NYC post-9/11 reach $1.26M settlement (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST AP - Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1.26 million settlement with the U.S. government.

Baseball 'Champagne goggles' make some fans groan (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:23 PM PST AP - When the New York Yankees clinched their spot in the World Series last week, the casual TV viewer might have wondered if they were about to go swim the 200-meter butterfly with Michael Phelps.

Police: NC father killed wife, 2 children, self (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:07 PM PST AP - A North Carolina businessman who coached basketball at the religious school where his teenagers attended classes fatally shot his family in their upscale home before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday.

Bloomberg favored to win 3rd term as NYC mayor (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:31 PM PST AP - A year after Mayor Michael Bloomberg orchestrated a change to city law so he could run for a third term, voters decided Tuesday whether to keep the billionaire in office for another four years.

Program will monitor Md. doctors' hand-washing (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:33 PM PST AP - Be sure to wash up, Maryland doctors and nurses. You're being watched.

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