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• Police treating missing Utah mom as criminal case (AP)
• SC gov again dodges removal; lawmakers OK rebuke (AP)
• Texas parents battle school over son's long locks (AP)
• Dead rodents, skinny snakes found in Texas raid (AP)
• With demand up, charities face tough holidays (AP)
• Pa. police chief accused of cover-up ordered held (AP)
• Scandals' domino effect shakes Ga. GOP leaders (AP)
• Laredo could be largest US city without bookstore (AP)
• Hotel not source of fatal Legionnaires' disease (AP)
• Attorney: Fort Hood suspect moved out of ICU (AP)
• Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states (AP)
• ABC to interview ex-Edwards aide about sex scandal (AP)
• Company: Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies (AP)
• Maine investigates lobster price-fixing complaints (AP)
• Family kept corpse of NC woman in bed for months (AP)
• Reggae star Banton will be transferred to Tampa (AP)
• Laid-off Wall Streeters take stock, start fresh (AP)
• Fans can investigate Sherlock Holmes in Minn. (AP)

Police treating missing Utah mom as criminal case (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:03 PM PST AP - Investigators said Wednesday that they suspect foul play was involved in the disappearance of a Utah mother of two as they grew increasingly suspicious of her husband after he demonstrated an "unusual lack of cooperation" in the case.

SC gov again dodges removal; lawmakers OK rebuke (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:29 PM PST AP - Lawmakers voted Wednesday to formally rebuke Gov. Mark Sanford, again sparing him from impeachment over secret trips to see his Argentine mistress and his use of state planes.

Texas parents battle school over son's long locks (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST AP - Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh likes his floppy hair just how it is: long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

Dead rodents, skinny snakes found in Texas raid (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:24 AM PST AP - A raid on an exotic animal delivery company in Texas found starving snakes, hundreds of reptiles packed in shipping crates and rodents that had killed and eaten each other, officials said.

With demand up, charities face tough holidays (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:38 PM PST AP - For many of America's social service charities, this holiday season is providing a daunting mix of heavier demand for services, reduced funding and an ever-widening range of clients seeking help as economic woes persist.

Pa. police chief accused of cover-up ordered held (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:55 PM PST AP - A police chief ordered held without bail on charges he tried to cover up the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by white teenagers was named in a 2006 lawsuit that claimed police beat to death a Hispanic teenager, then made it look like a suicide.

Scandals' domino effect shakes Ga. GOP leaders (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:49 PM PST AP - What's going on at the Georgia Statehouse these days?

Laredo could be largest US city without bookstore (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:37 PM PST AP - The final chapter has been written for the lone bookstore on the streets of Laredo.

Hotel not source of fatal Legionnaires' disease (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST AP - A public health official says a guest who died from Legionnaires' disease after staying at a luxury Miami hotel did not contract the disease there.

Attorney: Fort Hood suspect moved out of ICU (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:55 AM PST AP - The Army psychiatrist charged in last month's deadly shooting at Fort Hood has been moved from a hospital's intensive care unit to a private room, his attorney said Wednesday.

Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:23 PM PST AP - After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.

ABC to interview ex-Edwards aide about sex scandal (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:59 PM PST AP - ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday.

Company: Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:53 PM PST AP - Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose powerful behind-the-scenes influence on The Walt Disney Co. led to the departure of former chief Michael Eisner, has died. He was 79.

Maine investigates lobster price-fixing complaints (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:21 AM PST AP - Maine's attorney general, responding to complaints by lobstermen suffering under rock-bottom prices, has opened an investigation into allegations of price-fixing among some lobster dealers.

Family kept corpse of NC woman in bed for months (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:54 PM PST AP - Relatives of an elderly North Carolina woman kept her corpse in their home for months, until authorities discovered the woman's body this week, and a prosecutor said Wednesday that one of the family members will face a criminal charge.

Reggae star Banton will be transferred to Tampa (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:29 PM PST AP - Grammy-nominated Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight a drug charge against him in Tampa instead of Miami.

Laid-off Wall Streeters take stock, start fresh (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:54 AM PST AP - Eighteen months without a job. Fourteen months. Twelve.

Fans can investigate Sherlock Holmes in Minn. (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:29 AM PST AP - Anyone searching for clues about the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes need not look only to his headquarters on London's Baker Street.

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