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• 4 police officers shot dead at Wash. coffeehouse (AP)
• For 3rd time, Woods cancels meeting with police (AP)
• Senators: Take action against White House crashers (AP)
• Report: FBI paid controversial NJ blogger for help (AP)
• Family: Slain public defender didn't speak of fear (AP)
• 4 kids among 5 killed in La. crash; 7 critical (AP)
• Black-white turnout key in Atlanta mayoral runoff (AP)
• Mo. man suspected in Kansas killing of wife, kids (AP)
• AP Impact: For-profit colleges haul in gov't aid (AP)
• Police: 4 die in CA crash as car runs red light (AP)
• Exec: Obama dinner crashers shopping interview (AP)
• RI museums consider relocating sarcophagus (AP)
• SC WWII vet's battle ends in gunshot at VA clinic (AP)
• 'New Moon' keeps top box office spot with $42.5M (AP)
• LA Times sports writer Mike Penner dead at 52 (AP)
• Police in Madison say 1 of 4 shot pulled trigger (AP)
• For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide (AP)

4 police officers shot dead at Wash. coffeehouse (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 05:58 PM PST AP - One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before the officer died just outside the doorway, a sheriff's spokesman said.

For 3rd time, Woods cancels meeting with police (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:01 PM PST AP - Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story Sunday — on his Web site, not to police — and took the blame for an "embarrassing" car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny like never before.

Senators: Take action against White House crashers (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST AP - Two senators said Sunday that authorities should pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed last week's state dinner at the White House.

Report: FBI paid controversial NJ blogger for help (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 03:32 PM PST AP - A New Jersey blogger about to stand trial on charges he made death threats against federal judges apparently was paid by the FBI in its battle against domestic terrorism, according to a published report.

Family: Slain public defender didn't speak of fear (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 02:26 AM PST AP - An assistant federal public defender found strangled in her Oregon home was strong and athletic and would not have been easily overpowered, family members say.

4 kids among 5 killed in La. crash; 7 critical (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 02:52 PM PST AP - A minivan packed with 13 children and two adults was likely overweight and not designed to carry so many, police said Sunday, a day after the vehicle crashed on a highway, killing five.

Black-white turnout key in Atlanta mayoral runoff (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:32 AM PST AP - Just a few weeks ago, some suggested Atlanta was about to name its first white mayor in a generation. Instead, the Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that's expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters return to the polls Tuesday.

Mo. man suspected in Kansas killing of wife, kids (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 05:49 PM PST AP - A former city official from Missouri who lost his job after he was charged with assaulting his wife was accused Sunday of fatally shooting her and their teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.

AP Impact: For-profit colleges haul in gov't aid (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:04 AM PST AP - Students aren't the only ones benefiting from the billions of new dollars Washington is spending on college aid for the poor.

Police: 4 die in CA crash as car runs red light (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 04:43 PM PST AP - A car raced through a red light and slammed into a minivan broadside, killing four family members including both parents and their two young children in Northern California, authorities said Sunday.

Exec: Obama dinner crashers shopping interview (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:55 AM PST AP - The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says.

RI museums consider relocating sarcophagus (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:06 PM PST AP - Gina Borromeo is well-versed in ancient artifacts, but one recent question from a museum curator caught her off-guard: "Do you want a sarcophagus?"

SC WWII vet's battle ends in gunshot at VA clinic (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:29 PM PST AP - On the last day of his long, troubled life, Grover Cleveland Chapman packed a black duffel bag, washed out his coffee cup, put it in the dish rack and fetched his Smith & Wesson.

'New Moon' keeps top box office spot with $42.5M (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:56 AM PST AP - Vampires and werewolves continued to howl at the box office with a $42.5 million weekend for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon."

LA Times sports writer Mike Penner dead at 52 (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:12 PM PST AP - Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who announced two years ago he was a transsexual and was changing his name to Christine Daniels, has died at age 52, the newspaper reported Saturday.

Police in Madison say 1 of 4 shot pulled trigger (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:11 AM PST AP - A police spokesman in Wisconsin says one of the four people wounded Saturday in a domestic shooting in Madison pulled the trigger.

For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 07:51 PM PST AP - So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 — and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.

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