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• Enough already: Snow breaks mid-Atlantic records (AP)
• Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (AP)
• Chilling aerial photos of 9/11 attack released (AP)
• Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip (AP)
• Veteran attacks Ohio shelter director; both killed (AP)
• 3 Seattle bus tunnel guards watch brutal beating (AP)
• Report: Hundreds forced into labor, sex in Ohio (AP)
• Teacher accused of shooting 2 principals at school (AP)
• Police: Man held hostages at gunpoint in Neb. bank (AP)
• Ex-Edwards aide faces pressure after tell-all book (AP)
• Ex-Ill. cop's hearing feels like real murder trial (AP)
• LA ports add ship to screen for biological weapons (AP)
• Ex-Ill. gov. pleads not guilty to revised charges (AP)
• DNA used to charge mystery man in same-date deaths (AP)
• Stretched military halts cleanup of Fla. tire reef (AP)
• Scientists seek better way to do climate report (AP)
• NY senator who dragged girlfriend fights expulsion (AP)
• Latest plan to cut farm subsidies in trouble (AP)

Enough already: Snow breaks mid-Atlantic records (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:57 PM PST AP - Worst winter ever? The second blizzard in less than a week buried the most populous stretch of the East Coast under nearly a foot of snow Wednesday, breaking records for the snowiest winter and demoralizing millions of people still trying to dig out from the previous storm.

Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:53 PM PST AP - Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose backroom dealmaking funneled millions of dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allowing the country's underdog mujahedeen rebels to beat back the mighty Soviet Red Army, died Wednesday. He was 76.

Chilling aerial photos of 9/11 attack released (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week, offering a rare and chilling view from the heavens of the burning twin towers and the apocalyptic shroud of smoke and dust that settled over the city.

Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST AP - In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Laura Silsby made a series of calls around the country to mobilize a trip to rescue orphaned children from the disaster.

Veteran attacks Ohio shelter director; both killed (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:14 PM PST AP - An Air Force veteran who was told to move out of a homeless shelter because he had been uncooperative about attending counseling fatally attacked the center's director Wednesday and then was shot to death by police when he charged at them with a knife and an ax, authorities said.

3 Seattle bus tunnel guards watch brutal beating (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - A 15-year-old girl who was badly beaten in a Seattle bus tunnel as three unarmed security guards looked on told investigators that she thought the men would protect her.

Report: Hundreds forced into labor, sex in Ohio (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday.

Teacher accused of shooting 2 principals at school (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - An elementary school teacher is accused of shooting and wounding the principal and assistant principal at his school Wednesday about an hour after the children were dismissed because of snow.

Police: Man held hostages at gunpoint in Neb. bank (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:52 PM PST AP - Police arrested a man suspected of holding hostages at gunpoint in a south-central Nebraska bank Wednesday and a local television station said he was a former employee who was recently fired for making threats against the station.

Ex-Edwards aide faces pressure after tell-all book (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:57 PM PST AP - A former aide to John Edwards turned over the now infamous sex tape to a judge Wednesday, then faced tough questions from attorneys for the ex-presidential candidate's mistress who were frustrated with his changing story about where the tapes had been kept.

Ex-Ill. cop's hearing feels like real murder trial (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST AP - Family members, investigators, clergy and even a psychic have spent weeks testifying in a northern Illinois courtroom — and Drew Peterson's murder trial hasn't even started.

LA ports add ship to screen for biological weapons (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:39 PM PST AP - A new ship to detect chemical and biological weapons has been launched to protect the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Ex-Ill. gov. pleads not guilty to revised charges (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:47 AM PST AP - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Wednesday to revised federal corruption charges and challenged prosecutors to allow jurors to hear all of the FBI's recordings of his telephone conversations.

DNA used to charge mystery man in same-date deaths (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:38 AM PST AP - Utah prosecutors have used a DNA profile to file charges against a mystery man who police say strangled two women on the same date two years apart.

Stretched military halts cleanup of Fla. tire reef (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:19 AM PST AP - Military divers are being pulled off a project to clean up an artificial reef off the coast of Florida that turned into an environmental disaster.

Scientists seek better way to do climate report (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 11:42 AM PST AP - A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling "the weaker link" in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming.

NY senator who dragged girlfriend fights expulsion (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 12:59 AM PST AP - A Democratic state senator who betrayed his colleagues by joining Republicans in a brief coup and was convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge for dragging his girlfriend around during an argument at his apartment says he'll go back to court to fight his expulsion from the Senate.

Latest plan to cut farm subsidies in trouble (AP) Posted: 10 Feb 2010 03:43 PM PST AP - If history and the political lineup are any guides, President Barack Obama's latest effort to cut subsidies for wealthy farmers likely will fare no better than his first try — or his predecessor's attempt.

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