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• FBI: Vegas shooter had 'lengthy' criminal history (AP)
• Fugitive on run after fatal Utah officer shooting (AP)
• Octuplets mother defends accused fertility doctor (AP)
• Buffalo's debt collectors accused of bullying (AP)
• Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote (AP)
• From Oregon, a new nephew for the first couple (AP)
• Sheriff: Honey bottles cause Calif airport to shut (AP)
• No rape charges for 2 ex-Okla. gov mansion workers (AP)
• German woman charged in Fla. in grandson's death (AP)
• Lawyer: alleged Fla. Ponzi schemer to plead guilty (AP)
• Sheriff accused in murder scheme urged to resign (AP)
• Restaurant worker charged in deadly Mass. fire (AP)
• Tenn. officials want Davy Crockett document (AP)
• SC first lady's memoir to be released next month (AP)
• Small plane crashes near suburban Chicago airport (AP)
• Minn. airport official: Nothing suspicious in bag (AP)
• Athletes play for pride, coaches get bonuses (AP)
• Yale society's skull-turned-ballot box to be sold (AP)
• US forecasters to send hurricane warnings earlier (AP)
• Family center opens at base where war dead return (AP)

FBI: Vegas shooter had 'lengthy' criminal history (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - A disgruntled Social Security recipient, shot dead after killing a Las Vegas federal building security guard and wounding a U.S. marshal, had a "lengthy" criminal history in Tennessee and California, including a conviction for killing his brother, authorities said Tuesday.

Fugitive on run after fatal Utah officer shooting (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:40 PM PST AP - The man charged with Tuesday's fatal shooting of a Utah sheriff's deputy had just sold drugs to a relative of the slain officer on a remote desert road, according to court papers.

Octuplets mother defends accused fertility doctor (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST AP - Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman on Tuesday defended the fertility doctor who helped her conceive 14 children, saying in a video posted to RadarOnline.com that he did "absolutely nothing wrong."

Buffalo's debt collectors accused of bullying (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:06 PM PST AP - When Tobias "Bags of Money" Boyland went looking for a new career after serving 13 years in prison for armed robbery and drug dealing, he quickly found something that suited his sensibilities: He opened a collection agency.

Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:49 PM PST AP - Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

From Oregon, a new nephew for the first couple (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:34 PM PST AP - Oregon State University says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a new nephew.

Sheriff: Honey bottles cause Calif airport to shut (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:39 PM PST AP - The suspicious material found inside luggage that prompted the shutdown of a California airport Tuesday morning turned out to be five soft drink bottles filled with what appears to be honey, authorities said.

No rape charges for 2 ex-Okla. gov mansion workers (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST AP - Two former governor's mansion employees will not be charged with raping female prison inmates assigned to work on the grounds because there is insufficient evidence to support such charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

German woman charged in Fla. in grandson's death (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - A 71-year-old German woman drowned her 5-year-old grandson in a bathtub while they were vacationing in the Florida Panhandle because she didn't want to see the boy grow up in a divorced home, authorities said Tuesday.

Lawyer: alleged Fla. Ponzi schemer to plead guilty (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:39 PM PST AP - Disbarred South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea with federal prosecutors on charges of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using faked legal settlements, his attorney said Tuesday.

Sheriff accused in murder scheme urged to resign (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:15 PM PST AP - Federal charges that the longtime sheriff of Gallatin County in southern Illinois sold marijuana while in uniform seemed odd enough to county board chairman Randy Drone. But new allegations the sheriff plotted from jail to have someone killed made the case even stranger.

Restaurant worker charged in deadly Mass. fire (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST AP - A restaurant employee was charged with starting a fire that killed two of his neighbors — one of 15 apparently random blazes that were set within a 75-minute period, terrorizing residents of this western Massachusetts college town.

Tenn. officials want Davy Crockett document (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:56 PM PST AP - Officials in Tennessee want a 90-year-old Florida woman to turn over a marriage license application filed by legendary Alamo defender Davy Crockett more than two centuries ago.

SC first lady's memoir to be released next month (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST AP - South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford's memoir about dealing with her husband's infidelity will be published next month instead of in May as originally planned.

Small plane crashes near suburban Chicago airport (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:40 PM PST AP - A small cargo jet crashed into a forest preserve Tuesday afternoon shortly after being cleared to land at a suburban Chicago airport, with officials saying that it appears the two people aboard were killed.

Minn. airport official: Nothing suspicious in bag (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:59 PM PST AP - A spokesman for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport says nothing suspicious has been found in a bag that prompted a partial evacuation of the airport.

Athletes play for pride, coaches get bonuses (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST AP - The players at Texas and Alabama will compete Thursday night for the chance to be called national champions and for a beautiful crystal trophy to be placed outside their locker room.

Yale society's skull-turned-ballot box to be sold (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - A human skull that apparently was turned into a ballot box for Yale's mysterious Skull and Bones society is going on the auction block.

US forecasters to send hurricane warnings earlier (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST AP - The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday it will begin issuing storm watches and warnings about half a day sooner in the biggest change to its warning system in decades.

Family center opens at base where war dead return (AP) Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:44 AM PST AP - The military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, where U.S. war casualties from overseas are brought home, will open a new facility Wednesday to serve families who travel there to witness the return of their loved ones' remains.

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