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• Feds find association between drywall, corrosion (AP)
• Atty: Fort Hood suspect may seek insanity defense (AP)
• Hundreds mourn Mich. boy allegedly slain by father (AP)
• Kan. nurse resentenced in `nude therapy' case (AP)
• Ex-NY politician's corruption trial wrapping up (AP)
• Alleged Hawaii spy found competent to stand trial (AP)
• SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws (AP)
• Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg (AP)
• Charges unsealed in missing Somalis terror probe (AP)
• Wis. man with alleged child porn shrine charged (AP)
• Police: Pa. man killed puppy before Steelers game (AP)
• 2 men charged after 3 men found slain in rural Ky. (AP)
• Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers (AP)
• Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe (AP)
• New Macy's Parade route means no cutting corners (AP)
• Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag (AP)
• Jackson's doctor returns to his Houston clinic (AP)
• Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair? (AP)
• FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings (AP)

Feds find association between drywall, corrosion (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.

Atty: Fort Hood suspect may seek insanity defense (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:02 PM PST AP - An attorney for an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood says his client will likely plead not guilty and may pursue an insanity defense at his military trial.

Hundreds mourn Mich. boy allegedly slain by father (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:10 PM PST AP - An impromptu memorial of artificial flowers and dozens of stuffed animals remained Monday near strands of yellow crime-scene tape in a vacant lot where relatives say 15-year-old Jamar Pinkney Jr.'s father shot him in the head while he begged for mercy.

Kan. nurse resentenced in `nude therapy' case (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST AP - A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after a federal judge acknowledged the original seven-year term was too short.

Ex-NY politician's corruption trial wrapping up (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST AP - The corruption case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he used his power to line his pockets and deprive New Yorkers of honest government.

Alleged Hawaii spy found competent to stand trial (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:34 PM PST AP - A Maui man accused of selling military secrets to China has been found competent to stand trial.

SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:11 PM PST AP - Gov. Mark Sanford is accused of breaking 37 ethics laws regarding campaign finances and travel, including using taxpayer money for high-priced airplane tickets that took him around the world and to Argentina for a rendezvous with the woman he once called his "soul mate."

Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.

Charges unsealed in missing Somalis terror probe (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST AP - Promising both "true brotherhood" and "fun," several Somali men convinced fellow immigrants in Minneapolis to return to their East African homeland and take up arms with a terrorist group, according to federal charges unsealed Monday against eight individuals.

Wis. man with alleged child porn shrine charged (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering every flat surface with pictures and setting up a bed covered with stuffed animals, investigators said Monday.

Police: Pa. man killed puppy before Steelers game (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST AP - Police say a western Pennsylvania man told them he kicked his girlfriend's puppy to death because he was upset that the pit bull wouldn't behave before the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers game.

2 men charged after 3 men found slain in rural Ky. (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 08:53 AM PST AP - Kentucky State Police say two arrests have been made following the discovery of three bodies in rural Kentucky.

Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 11:38 AM PST AP - A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.

Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 05:51 AM PST AP - At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" — a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry.

New Macy's Parade route means no cutting corners (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 12:21 PM PST AP - It won't be just the balloons, marching bands and floats on display in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The laws of physics will also be on parade.

Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 02:05 PM PST AP - A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, helping to install a 1,200-pound oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

Jackson's doctor returns to his Houston clinic (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without reservation.

Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair? (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 01:17 PM PST AP - Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2009 03:38 AM PST AP - Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.

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