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• Woods withdraws from tourney, citing injuries (AP)
• Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP)
• Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee's clemency record (AP)
• Image gurus to Woods: Go public like Letterman (AP)
• Texas inmate pulls gun on guards, takes off (AP)
• Lawyers: Ex-soldier should have had military trial (AP)
• 9/11 families back Afghan surge, but some are wary (AP)
• Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP)
• Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths (AP)
• Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper (AP)
• German tourist arrested in Disney fake bomb threat (AP)
• Buying all the items from '12 Days of Christmas' would cost $87K (AP)
• Movement under way in California to ban divorce (AP)
• CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states (AP)
• Police: Christmas-hating Ohioan swipes red kettle (AP)
• US goes after Fla. lawyer's RI, NY properties (AP)
• Brigade teams bring mental health to Fort Campbell (AP)
• Officials: Progress made on virtual fence project (AP)
• Boston brewer pushes new limits on extreme beer (AP)
• Maine man charged with stealing ATM from store (AP)

Woods withdraws from tourney, citing injuries (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:02 PM PST AP - Tiger Woods still isn't talking. Now he's not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday — questions that most certainly would have been asked of him had he played.

Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:10 PM PST AP - Using search dogs and going door to door, hundreds of police intensified the hunt Monday for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four officers after a SWAT team came up empty-handed in a raid on a house where he was thought to be holed up.

Wash. shooting re-opens Huckabee's clemency record (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST AP - As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them.

Image gurus to Woods: Go public like Letterman (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:35 PM PST AP - When it comes to dealing with a personal crisis, Tiger Woods could learn a lot from David Letterman, media experts say.

Texas inmate pulls gun on guards, takes off (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:40 PM PST AP - A convicted sex offender sentenced to life in prison pulled a gun on two guards during a prison transfer Monday and held them hostage temporarily before fleeing on foot in one of the guard's uniforms, authorities said.

Lawyers: Ex-soldier should have had military trial (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:13 PM PST AP - A former U.S. Army soldier who raped a girl and killed her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday, saying he was wrongly tried in a civilian court and should have faced a military trial.

9/11 families back Afghan surge, but some are wary (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST AP - Families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks welcome President Barack Obama's plan to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan as a long-overdue surge that could win the war.

Defense official communicated with WH crashers (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 05:01 PM PST AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.

Man charged with capital murder in 3 Kan. deaths (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST AP - A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern Kansas.

Hurricane season ends with barely a whimper (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:51 PM PST AP - The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States.

German tourist arrested in Disney fake bomb threat (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 09:05 AM PST AP - A German tourist has been arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat while visiting Walt Disney World.

Buying all the items from '12 Days of Christmas' would cost $87K (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:18 AM PST AP - Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

Movement under way in California to ban divorce (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:33 PM PST AP - Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way.

CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:39 PM PST AP - Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.

Police: Christmas-hating Ohioan swipes red kettle (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:37 PM PST AP - A man who claimed to hate Christmas shoved a Salvation Army bell ringer to the ground and swiped one of the charity's red kettles stuffed with hundreds of dollars, police said.

US goes after Fla. lawyer's RI, NY properties (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:22 AM PST AP - Federal authorities are seizing two Rhode Island mansions and a New York City apartment from a Florida lawyer accused of masterminding a $1 billion fraud scheme.

Brigade teams bring mental health to Fort Campbell (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:23 AM PST AP - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.

Officials: Progress made on virtual fence project (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST AP - Government officials overseeing the construction of a "virtual fence" along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border hope to turn over the first segment to the Border Patrol in January, while beginning construction on a second stretch in coming weeks.

Boston brewer pushes new limits on extreme beer (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:30 AM PST AP - It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack.

Maine man charged with stealing ATM from store (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:13 AM PST AP - Maine police say a man took a cash machine from inside a convenience store and drove off with it in the back of a stolen pickup truck.

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