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Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 (AP)
Mom mourns young family killed in RI blaze (AP)
'Historic' snow strands countless in Mid-Atlantic (AP)
Sarah Palin assails Obama at 'tea party' gathering (AP)
Authorities investigate fatal Colorado plane crash (AP)
NASA fuels space shuttle 2nd time, weather iffy (AP)
US colleges court Hispanic families using espanol (AP)
US wants out of suit over Chinese detainee's death (AP)
Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP)
An engineering marvel takes shape near Hoover Dam (AP)
Tribe marks massacre with burial ground gathering (AP)
Mo. contractor charged in bungled NJ kidnapping (AP)
1 dead, 4 wounded in San Francisco shooting (AP)
Winning Powerball ticket bought in North Carolina (AP)

Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:12 PM PST

AP - An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible victims.

Mom mourns young family killed in RI blaze (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:23 PM PST

AP - Just days ago, Lynn Gaulin's only daughter and future son-in-law were living in her basement while they planned for their lives together and cared for their 7-month-old daughter.

'Historic' snow strands countless in Mid-Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:03 PM PST

AP - Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses weren't rolling in the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday, leaving stranded travelers wondering when they'll be able to escape the icy, gray mess created by a major snowstorm.

Sarah Palin assails Obama at 'tea party' gathering (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:17 AM PST

AP - Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution.

Authorities investigate fatal Colorado plane crash (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:07 PM PST

AP - Investigators plan to talk to other pilots to determine whether they heard any communications between two small planes just before an in-flight collision in Colorado killed all three people on board both planes.

NASA fuels space shuttle 2nd time, weather iffy (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:30 PM PST

AP - Despite more clouds on the horizon, NASA fueled Endeavour for the second straight night Sunday in hopes of sending the shuttle on the last big space station construction mission.

US colleges court Hispanic families using espanol (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 02:46 PM PST

AP - For some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy: Balancing high school coursework with essays and interviews, and then translating the whole system for their parents, who don't speak English.

US wants out of suit over Chinese detainee's death (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 05:28 PM PST

AP - The alleged neglect and death of a terminally ill Chinese immigrant detained in a Rhode Island jail two years ago triggered scathing reports and investigations, a wide-ranging federal lawsuit and hand-wringing over who was responsible.

Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 12:24 PM PST

AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.

An engineering marvel takes shape near Hoover Dam (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 10:50 AM PST

AP - Less than a mile downstream from one of the nation's best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.

Tribe marks massacre with burial ground gathering (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

AP - Tribal members descend in late January each year to the burial ground near the Bear River where soldiers felled hundreds of their ancestors in one of American history's bloodiest_ but little remembered_ massacres.

Mo. contractor charged in bungled NJ kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST

AP - Court documents allege kidnappers abducted a New Jersey resident thinking he was another man with the same name in a bungled effort to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of a Missouri contractor.

1 dead, 4 wounded in San Francisco shooting (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 04:17 PM PST

AP - Police say one person is dead and four critically injured after a shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.

Winning Powerball ticket bought in North Carolina (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST

AP - A winning Powerball ticket worth more than $140 million was sold in western North Carolina.