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Yahoo! News: U.S. News

Ohio native, ex-Navy Seal among CIA workers killed (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:32 PM PST

AP - A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven CIA employees killed in a suicide bombing attack on an agency base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.

State budget pictures bleak as lawmakers head back (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:39 AM PST

AP - If you thought state budgets were in bad shape last year, just wait: 2010 promises to be brutal for lawmakers — many facing re-election — as they scramble to find enough money to keep their states running without raising taxes.

Networks blur policy of not paying for interviews (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:43 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2009 file photo, U.S. David Goldman, top, followed by his 9-year-old son Sean, gestures as he boards a plane at the Galeao airport, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Society of Professional Journalists condemned NBC News for practicing 'checkbook journalism' by chartering a jet that carried a New Jersey man involved in a bitter custody battle and his son home from Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)AP - Policies forbidding payment for news interviews increasingly seem like the network television equivalent of the 55 mph speed limit: a rule often winked at unless you're heading into a speed trap.

Advocate uses texting to warn of AZ crime sweeps (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:50 PM PST

AP - An advocate for immigrant and civil rights has started using text messages to warn residents about crime sweeps by a high-profile Arizona sheriff.

Passengers on US-bound flights face more screening (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST

Passengers wait to check in at Baltimore Washington International Airport on December 29, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. US authorities Sunday tightened security measures for all US-bound airline passengers, including enhanced mandatory screening of travellers from countries deemed to sponsor terrorism.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AP - Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

Rustlers ride wideopen range of Great Basin (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:07 AM PST

In this Dec. 22, 2009 photo Stacy Davies, left, manager of the Roaring Springs Ranch, and buckaroo Brandon Hoagland, work cattle in corrals at Three Mile Creek near Frenchglen, Ore. Two springs ago, Davies pulled up to these same corrals to find that dozens of weaned calves were gone, rustled, with truck tracks half-stomped by the remaining cattle the only clue to what had happened. Out of pride and a reluctance to point a finger at neighbors, ranchers in the vast Great Basin outback where Oregon, Idaho and Nevada come together have been slow to admit that someone in their midst, perhaps even someone they know from barbecues and brandings, has been stealing cattle. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)AP - Cruising down a two-lane blacktop where the Catlow Rim drops down into a broad valley of sagebrush and bunchgrass, ranch manager Stacy Davies pulls his pickup over to let pass a herd of young bulls being trailed along the road by a couple of his buckaroos, as ranch hands are called here.

Snowboarder remains in critical condition in Utah (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

In this photo taken on Sept. 11, 2009, halfpipe snowboarding competitor Kevin Pearce poses for a portrait during the USOC Media Summit in Chicago. A publicist for Pearce says the American snowboarder remains in critical condition at a Utah hospital after sustaining a head injury while training in Park City on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - American snowboarder Kevin Pearce remains hospitalized in critical condition in Utah after sustaining a severe brain injury in a training accident.

TV show led to arrest in 4 Thanksgiving killings (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:49 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Jupiter, Fla. Police Dept. suspect Paul Michael Merhige is shown. A Florida man suspected of killing four family members in a Thanksgiving shooting was arrested Saturday Jan. 2, 2010 in the Florida Keys, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jupiter Police Dept., File)AP - A secretive motel guest in the Florida Keys checked in under a fake name, paid in cash, stockpiled canned food and insisted on cleaning his own room. He even covered his car — all an attempt, authorities said, to elude police after he was accused of gunning down four relatives at Thanksgiving dinner.

Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Pastor Rick Warren signs his book 'The Purpose of Christmas' at Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York. Evangelical pastor Rick Warren says his call for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch has brought in $2.4 million. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.

Friends of missing Utah mom launch Web media blitz (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:41 AM PST

The gated community where Joshua Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, is reportedly visiting his father, Steven Powell, is shown Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, in South Hill, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - Friends and family of Susan Powell are launching a social media blitz in the search for the missing Utah mother of two.

Ariz. girl accidentally runs over, kills brother (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:56 AM PST

AP - Police say a teenage girl accidentally ran over and killed her 17-year-old brother as the two played around in an Arizona shopping mall parking lot.

Scores arrested in north Texas cockfight raid (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:54 PM PST

AP - About 169 people have been arrested in a cockfight raid northwest of Fort Worth.

Lessons of a weekend of free health care (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Daniel Drake waiting for doors to be opened at a clinic held by Remote Area Medical at Union County High School in Maynardville, Tenn. Drake drove 3 hours from his home in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. to have dental work done. Remote Area Medical is a nonprofit organization, whose volunteers offer free health care to the uninsured, the underinsured and the desperate. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running.

Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, teacher Carrie Cox from Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., protests along with other teachers opposing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts and new pension plan during a rally across the street from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, lay them off or close up shop. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal.

Welker leaves with left knee injury (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 11:50 AM PST

AP - New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker injured his left knee in the first quarter of Sunday's game in Houston and the team said he will not return.

Pioneering plaintiff wants DC's 1st gay marriage (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:35 PM PST

In this photo taken, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, Craig Dean, hold a photo of himself with his late partner, Patrick Gill, during an interview at Dean's home in Socastee, S.C. Dean and Gill sued the city in 1990 for the right to be legally wed. They lost their landmark case five years later, and Gill in 1997. (AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)AP - Craig Dean's first wedding was attended by thousands, and as he recited his vows, gay couples behind him on Constitution Avenue echoed their own.

Desperate Somalis seek 'back-door' route to US (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:26 PM PST

In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo, Somali asylum-seeker Mohamed Kheire, right, consults with Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project detention attorney, James Lyall, at the Los Angeles Catholic Charities. With the suspension of a U.S. refugee program and stepped-up security in the Gulf of Aden and along Mediterranean smuggling routes, more overseas migrants from Somalia are pursuing asylum through routes traditionally taken by Latinos. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - The asylum seeker from Somalia hung his head as an immigration judge grilled him about his treacherous journey from the Horn of Africa. By air, sea and land he finally made it to Mexico, and then a taxi delivered him into the arms of U.S. border agents at San Diego.

3rd body found after Detroit apartment fire (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 08:36 PM PST

Firefighters from Ladder No. 6 fight a fire at the Huntington Hotel in Detroit, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. One person is reported dead and several others, including a Detroit firefighter, have been injured in the New Year's Eve apartment fire. The Detroit News says the Huntington is a five-story building whose tenants rent rooms by the month. It is located near the Wayne State University campus on the city's near north side. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Fire investigators say they've found the body of a third person who died in a blaze at an apartment building in Detroit.

Feds probe Obama effigy in Jimmy Carter's hometown (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:56 PM PST

AP - The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging from a building in the hometown of former President Jimmy Carter.

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