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• Helicopter crash in north Phoenix kills 3 (AP)
• Weather halts Alaska search for avalanche victim (AP)
• Ala. prof's family, friends: No hint of violence (AP)
• Hundreds turn out for viewing of Murtha in W.Pa. (AP)
• Gunman opens fire at Calif. church, wounds 2 teens (AP)
• Pa. ice rink's roof collapses, but no one injured (AP)
• Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out (AP)
• Deep South braces for another round of snow (AP)
• Officials: 7 dead in Illinois apartment fire (AP)
• 'Valentine's Day' courts $52.4M opening weekend (AP)
• Mich. house fire kills 4 young kids; dad escapes (AP)
• Spacewalking astronauts turn plumbers, hook hoses (AP)
• Embracing history: Man sets hugs record in Vegas (AP)
• Police: Wife of slain Olympian arrested in Calif. (AP)

Helicopter crash in north Phoenix kills 3 (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - A helicopter crash just north of Phoenix killed at least three people on Sunday afternoon, including a child, and officials couldn't rule out the possibility of more victims.

Weather halts Alaska search for avalanche victim (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - Rain, low clouds and predicted high winds Sunday grounded searchers seeking the body of a ConocoPhillips Alaska employee missing and presumed dead in an avalanche that killed the head of the company.

Ala. prof's family, friends: No hint of violence (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST AP - An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure and the looming loss of her teaching post, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent.

Hundreds turn out for viewing of Murtha in W.Pa. (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - Hundreds of mourners braved light snow and bitter cold Sunday before slowly filing past the casket of late congressman John Murtha at a funeral home less than a mile from where he lived.

Gunman opens fire at Calif. church, wounds 2 teens (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:28 PM PST AP - Authorities say a man opened fire during a church service in the San Francisco Bay area, wounding two teenagers.

Pa. ice rink's roof collapses, but no one injured (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST AP - The roof of a skating rink partially collapsed while the ice was being resurfaced during a youth hockey tournament Sunday afternoon, but no one was injured.

Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:54 AM PST AP - The nation's public schools are falling under severe financial stress as states slash education spending and drain federal stimulus money that staved off deep classroom cuts and widespread job losses.

Deep South braces for another round of snow (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 12:56 PM PST AP - Several areas across the Deep South might soon be glazed with another coating of snow.

Officials: 7 dead in Illinois apartment fire (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:35 PM PST AP - An early morning fire that ripped through a suburban Chicago apartment building on Sunday left seven people dead, including a newborn baby, a 3-year-old and four teenagers.

'Valentine's Day' courts $52.4M opening weekend (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 03:35 PM PST AP - The star-studded romance "Valentine's Day" wooed audiences with a $52.4 million opening weekend, easily grabbing the No. 1 spot over the holiday that shares its name, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Mich. house fire kills 4 young kids; dad escapes (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:03 PM PST AP - A fire that apparently started after a man fell asleep while cooking swept through an apartment building, killing the man's young child and three others he was baby-sitting, authorities said.

Spacewalking astronauts turn plumbers, hook hoses (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:22 AM PST AP - The International Space Station's newest room came alive with power Sunday after spacewalking astronauts managed to hook up plumbing despite an ammonia leak.

Embracing history: Man sets hugs record in Vegas (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2010 06:07 AM PST AP - A 51-year-old Ohio man has embraced the Valentine's Day spirit faster than anyone before, giving 7,777 hugs in 24 hours for a new world record.

Police: Wife of slain Olympian arrested in Calif. (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 06:48 PM PST AP - The wife of an Olympic shot put medalist gunned down in his Southern California back yard last summer was arrested Saturday in the homicide case, authorities said.

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