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• DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks (AP)
• DC sniper said to be 'fearless' before execution (AP)
• Families of Americans held in Iran plot each move (AP)
• Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnesses (AP)
• Police: Man opens fire at Ore. lab, killing woman (AP)
• Judge: Joe Jackson can't challenge will executors (AP)
• Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest (AP)
• 911 tapes in Orlando shooting show chaos, panic (AP)
• Lawyer: No `necessity defense' planned for Roeder (AP)
• 10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault (AP)
• Police surround office near Mo. governor's mansion (AP)
• DA: Sheriff cleared for comments in balloon case (AP)
• Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay (AP)
• NY Senate fails to put gay marriage to vote (AP)
• Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis (AP)
• Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns (AP)
• 2nd fire at historic Vt. general store ruled arson (AP)
• Intrepid Maine troop greeters age along with wars (AP)
• Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease (AP)
• Settlement falls through in Blackwater civil suit (AP)

DC sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacks (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:29 PM PST AP - The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region has been executed.

DC sniper said to be 'fearless' before execution (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - Sniper John Allen Muhammad is meeting with relatives in the hours before his execution and one of his attorneys described the convicted killer as fearless.

Families of Americans held in Iran plot each move (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST AP - The families of three Americans accused of espionage in Iran are attempting the delicate feat of keeping a spotlight trained on the plight of their loved ones while trying to avoid the tangled politics of the tense U.S.-Iran relationship.

Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnesses (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST AP - Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case that an innocent man was wrongly convicted of murder.

Police: Man opens fire at Ore. lab, killing woman (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:31 PM PST AP - A man opened fire with a rifle Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing a female employee and wounding two other workers before fatally shooting himself, police said. The gunman and the dead woman apparently had a "relationship," Tualatin Police Chief Kent Barker said. He did not elaborate.

Judge: Joe Jackson can't challenge will executors (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:46 PM PST AP - Michael Jackson's father does not stand to inherit any of his son's assets and cannot challenge the appointment of the executors chosen by the singer to handle his will, a judge said Tuesday.

Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:04 PM PST AP - A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defense attorney said Tuesday.

911 tapes in Orlando shooting show chaos, panic (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST AP - A man wounded in last week's Orlando office shooting frantically told an emergency dispatcher to hurry because he worried the gunman would return, 911 tapes released by police Tuesday show.

Lawyer: No `necessity defense' planned for Roeder (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:17 PM PST AP - An anti-abortion opponent says he's the one who killed a Kansas abortion provider — and did it because it was necessary to save lives. But one of his attorneys says there's no such thing as a "necessity defense" in state law, and that is not the strategy the defense team plans to present at his trial.

10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 06:13 PM PST AP - The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage."

Police surround office near Mo. governor's mansion (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:21 PM PST AP - Police said they were investigating what led to an unfounded report of a hostage situation that prompted a lockdown and office building evacuation near the Missouri governor's mansion Tuesday.

DA: Sheriff cleared for comments in balloon case (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST AP - Boulder County's district attorney has decided no criminal charges are warranted against the sheriff who disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the investigation in the runaway balloon case.

Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST AP - David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting the comic was simply peddling a screenplay.

NY Senate fails to put gay marriage to vote (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:28 PM PST AP - After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York's Senate failed to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage during a special session Tuesday.

Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:43 PM PST AP - Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Prosecutors: SC trio promised unrealistic returns (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST AP - Three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions made anyone with ties to law enforcement or attorneys leave their seminars, and threatened investors with $1 million in fines if they told anyone about the massive returns they were making, a former bookkeeper testified Tuesday.

2nd fire at historic Vt. general store ruled arson (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:46 PM PST AP - It was a heartwarming story: A 200-year-old general store suffers a fire, the owner can't afford to rebuild it and the town's historical society steps in to buy the building, hoping to make it the commercial and social hub of town once again.

Intrepid Maine troop greeters age along with wars (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:45 PM PST AP - Jerry Mundy rarely misses an opportunity to extend his hand and offer thanks to young soldiers and Marines returning home, or departing for the war zone, during their brief layovers at the nation's easternmost major airport, a refueling hub for military transports.

Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:16 PM PST AP - Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor.

Settlement falls through in Blackwater civil suit (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 02:57 PM PST AP - A settlement in a civil suit against the government contractor once known as Blackwater has apparently fallen apart after a plaintiff's lawyer said a faulty translation prompted the decision to settle. But lawyers for the company argue that a deal's a deal.

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