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• Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters (AP)
• 5 men charged with sex crimes against children (AP)
• Stench returns near Ohio property that held bodies (AP)
• Oregon woman killed by husband filed for divorce (AP)
• Jury: Ill. man gets death penalty in 1983 slaying (AP)
• Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause (AP)
• Miami's police chief out as new mayor steps in (AP)
• Wedding ring found in dump amid 10 tons of trash (AP)
• Woman attacked by chimp reveals face on 'Oprah' (AP)
• Dog trainer to Seattle's famous presumed murdered (AP)
• NC school officials nix cash-for-grades fundraiser (AP)
• CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US (AP)
• Salt Lake approves gay-rights laws with Mormon support (AP)
• Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known (AP)
• Beyonce, Paul McCartney in Thanksgiving specials (AP)
• Subway driver prayed after woman fell on tracks (AP)
• Ron Paul's son borrows tactics for Ky. Senate bid (AP)
• Popular SC first lady endorses governor candidate (AP)

Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:25 PM PST AP - In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation's highest unemployment rate are slashing spending on schools and health care.

5 men charged with sex crimes against children (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:25 PM PST AP - Authorities on Wednesday searched a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family.

Stench returns near Ohio property that held bodies (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:25 PM PST AP - A stench around the home of a suspected serial killer returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door for more bodies and carried out bags of evidence.

Oregon woman killed by husband filed for divorce (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST AP - A woman killed by her estranged husband at the suburban Portland medical lab where she worked had filed for divorce a week earlier.

Jury: Ill. man gets death penalty in 1983 slaying (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:25 PM PST AP - A suburban Chicago jury said Wednesday that a convicted murderer should be executed for the rape and killing of a 10-year-old girl kidnapped from her home 26 years ago — a case that helped lead to landmark death penalty reforms in Illinois, including a moratorium on executions.

Mormons throw support behind gay-rights cause (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST AP - It looked like a stunning reversal: the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti-discrimination law in its own backyard.

Miami's police chief out as new mayor steps in (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 01:52 PM PST AP - Miami's police chief, a nationally recognized leader dubbed "America's Best Cop" by Esquire magazine, stepped down as one of his critics — the city's new mayor — was sworn into office.

Wedding ring found in dump amid 10 tons of trash (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 01:13 PM PST AP - Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple.

Woman attacked by chimp reveals face on 'Oprah' (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:24 AM PST AP - A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry.

Dog trainer to Seattle's famous presumed murdered (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:12 AM PST AP - Mark Stover was the Pacific Northwest's dog-trainer-to-the-stars. He taught obedience to the pets of Pearl Jam and Nirvana, Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz and Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. He also trained his own dog, Dingo — for protection.

NC school officials nix cash-for-grades fundraiser (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:24 PM PST AP - Administrators have nixed a North Carolina middle school's cash-for-grades fundraiser. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro.

CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:49 PM PST AP - Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they've been using.

Salt Lake approves gay-rights laws with Mormon support (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:36 AM PST AP - The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment.

Few Americans make end-of-life wishes known (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:03 PM PST AP - Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. Her final days saw her closest friend at her side and included occasional shots of her favorite whiskey, Canadian Mist.

Beyonce, Paul McCartney in Thanksgiving specials (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:32 PM PST AP - ABC says Paul McCartney and Beyonce (bee-AHN'-say) will star in back-to-back one-hour specials Thanksgiving night.

Subway driver prayed after woman fell on tracks (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:58 AM PST AP - The driver of a Boston subway train that stopped just inches short of a woman who had fallen onto the tracks says she expected the worst.

Ron Paul's son borrows tactics for Ky. Senate bid (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:05 PM PST AP - Former presidential candidate Ron Paul's son is borrowing a page from his father's playbook for his U.S. Senate bid, leaning heavily on Internet fundraising and tapping the enthusiasm of young Republicans on college campuses.

Popular SC first lady endorses governor candidate (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:43 AM PST AP - Disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might not have much political capital these days, but his wife is using hers.

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