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• Border fence plagued by glitches, long delays (AP)
• Caseworker went to Texas home day before slayings (AP)
• Motivational speaker charged in sweat lodge deaths (AP)
• Man opens fire in Ill. store; may have hostages (AP)
• Penn St. proceeding with scientist e-mail scrutiny (AP)
• Scientist convicted of trying to kill Americans (AP)
• Vehicle plows into Nevada casino; 2 dead, 8 hurt (AP)
• Dallas-Seattle flight diverted to Oklahoma City (AP)
• 1 World Trade Center reaches 20th-floor level (AP)
• The wait goes on for Jackson's doctor (AP)
• Officials: Chaplain tried to get razors into jail (AP)
• Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness (AP)
• Obama aunt girds for new bid to avoid deportation (AP)
• Police: Woman hid triplet pregnancy, died in birth (AP)
• FBI: Unruly passenger blames medical pot cookies (AP)
• Jury gets case against alleged cartel hit man (AP)
• Few fireworks in Afghanistan over gays in military (AP)

Border fence plagued by glitches, long delays (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:36 PM PST AP - An ambitious, $6.7 billion government project to secure nearly the entire Mexican border with a "virtual fence" of cameras, ground sensors and radar is in jeopardy after a string of technical glitches and delays.

Caseworker went to Texas home day before slayings (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:40 PM PST AP - A child welfare caseworker visited the home of two young brothers the day before police say their mother stabbed them to death, officials said Wednesday.

Motivational speaker charged in sweat lodge deaths (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:58 PM PST AP - Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested Wednesday afternoon on three counts of manslaughter for deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in northern Arizona last year. Ray was taken into custody on an indictment at his attorney's office in Prescott, and was to be booked into the Yavapai County jail in Camp Verde, sheriff's officials said. His bond was set at $5 million.

Man opens fire in Ill. store; may have hostages (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:50 PM PST AP - A man opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon inside an Illinois farm supply store Wednesday, sending terrified customers bolting for the exits while others were kept hostage as police surrounded the building, witnesses and authorities said.

Penn St. proceeding with scientist e-mail scrutiny (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST AP - A Penn State University internal inquiry dismissed three allegations of research improprieties against a leading climate scientist but recommended further investigation into one allegation regarding leaked e-mails about global warming.

Scientist convicted of trying to kill Americans (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted Wednesday of charges that she tried to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008, shouting with raised arm as jurors left the courtroom: "This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America."

Vehicle plows into Nevada casino; 2 dead, 8 hurt (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST AP - A speeding car crashed through the entrance of a casino and into a bank of slot machines Wednesday in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin, killing two patrons and injuring at least eight other people, authorities said.

Dallas-Seattle flight diverted to Oklahoma City (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:43 PM PST AP - An American Airlines flight from Dallas to Seattle was diverted to Oklahoma City and landed without trouble Wednesday after passengers and crew heard "kind of a bang" and the plane lost cabin pressure, officials and passengers said.

1 World Trade Center reaches 20th-floor level (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:11 PM PST AP - Structural steel for the 1,776-foot tower that will be known as 1 World Trade Center has risen 200 feet above street level, a tangible sign of ground zero progress, redevelopment officials said Wednesday.

The wait goes on for Jackson's doctor (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:02 PM PST AP - Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor were meeting Wednesday to talk about their client's defense strategy in the event he's charged in the death of the singer.

Officials: Chaplain tried to get razors into jail (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:02 PM PST AP - A jails chaplain was arrested Wednesday after he tried to smuggle three razor blades and a pair of scissors into a lockup, authorities said.

Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST AP - Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people.

Obama aunt girds for new bid to avoid deportation (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenya native who once cared for his siblings, defied a deportation order in 2004 and became a political liability for her famous nephew, is preparing to make her case in federal Immigration Court that she be allowed to stay in the United States.

Police: Woman hid triplet pregnancy, died in birth (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST AP - A Connecticut woman managed to hide from her boyfriend and family members that she was carrying triplets, then bled to death while delivering the full-term but stillborn babies in her home, officials said Wednesday.

FBI: Unruly passenger blames medical pot cookies (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:51 AM PST AP - A San Francisco man claims he was high on a double dose of medical marijuana cookies when he screamed, dropped his pants and attacked crew members on a cross-country flight, forcing its diversion to Pittsburgh, the FBI said Wednesday.

Jury gets case against alleged cartel hit man (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:52 PM PST AP - Amid a hail of gunfire, the Gulf Cartel and its enforcers moved huge bundles of cocaine, marijuana and cash while working their way through a list of men that drug bosses wanted dead, a federal prosecutor said during closing arguments at an alleged hit man's trial Wednesday.

Few fireworks in Afghanistan over gays in military (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:59 PM PST AP - The Pentagon's move to consider letting gays serve openly is generating lively debate on social media sites and among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who've returned to the U.S. The fireworks are less evident among troops in Afghanistan.

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