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• W.Va. mine owner accused of putting safety second (AP)
• Black conservative tea party backers take heat (AP)
• Parents reunited with baby pulled rubble in Haiti (AP)
• Wash. man charged with threatening Sen. Murray (AP)
• Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs (AP)
• Miss. lesbian student's prom night falls short (AP)
• 3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case (AP)
• Gomez introduced as next leader of LA archdiocese (AP)
• O'Connor: More justices may skip State of Union (AP)
• 911 call: Gun in Easter fight was 'to prove point' (AP)
• Inmates: Anthony would drug daughter for sleep (AP)
• Antenna failure hampers crew's shuttle inspection (AP)
• LA mayor to close most departments 2 days a week (AP)
• Va. brings back Confederate month after 8 years (AP)
• Better food in schools aim of Colo. senator (AP)
• In coalfields, work, death in mines is way of life (AP)
• In Colorado town, voters decide fate of pot tax (AP)
• In down economy, older moms' births still up in US (AP)

W.Va. mine owner accused of putting safety second (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The coal mine rocked by an explosion that killed at least 25 workers in the nation's deadliest mining disaster since 1984 had been cited for 600 violations in less than a year and a half, some of them for not properly ventilating methane — the highly combustible gas suspected in the blast.

Black conservative tea party backers take heat (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:26 PM PDT AP - They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president.

Parents reunited with baby pulled rubble in Haiti (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT AP - The parents of a Haitian baby rescued from the rubble after January's devastating earthquake said Tuesday it was "a miracle" that their daughter survived, addressing reporters a day after their emotional reunion in the U.S.

Wash. man charged with threatening Sen. Murray (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - A Washington state man has been charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform, leaving voicemail messages at her office saying she had a target on her back and "it only takes one piece of lead."

Study: Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT AP - A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise — and sometimes done unnecessarily — for a common lower back condition caused by aging and arthritis.

Miss. lesbian student's prom night falls short (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - Senior prom fell far short of the rite of passage Constance McMillen was hoping for when she began a legal battle to challenge a ban on same-sex dates.

3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - Three Massachusetts teenagers pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Tuesday in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after what prosecutors call months of threats and harassment.

Gomez introduced as next leader of LA archdiocese (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - Archbishop Jose Gomez's appointment Tuesday to head the Archdiocese of Los Angeles underscores the growing importance of Latinos in the American church and promises to give the nation's largest Roman Catholic diocese an even stronger voice in the immigration debate.

O'Connor: More justices may skip State of Union (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - The first woman to sit on the nation's highest court said Tuesday she wouldn't be surprised if fewer justices attend State of the Union addresses after President Obama criticized a recent ruling at this year's address.

911 call: Gun in Easter fight was 'to prove point' (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - A woman who called 911 after a fatal shooting at an Easter party told a police dispatcher she shot a relative after she retrieved a gun to prove a point and it went off.

Inmates: Anthony would drug daughter for sleep (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT AP - A jail inmate claims a Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter would use drugs sometimes to put the toddler to sleep so that she could go out with friends, according to documents released Tuesday. A second inmate says the woman would use antihistamines on the toddler.

Antenna failure hampers crew's shuttle inspection (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - Discovery's astronauts surveyed their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage, but the job was complicated by the failure of the space shuttle's big dish antenna.

LA mayor to close most departments 2 days a week (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 01:34 PM PDT AP - The mayor of Los Angeles says all city departments except police, public safety and those that make money must close two days a week because of a budget crisis.

Va. brings back Confederate month after 8 years (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:37 PM PDT AP - Virginia's governor has brought Confederate History Month back to the state for the first time since 2001.

Better food in schools aim of Colo. senator (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 10:51 AM PDT AP - A Colorado senator and a federal official are hitting a public-school cafeteria for lunch to promote a bill to get healthier foods in schools.

In coalfields, work, death in mines is way of life (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - Down the road from the disaster scene at the Upper Big Branch Mine, two unassuming brick buildings stand side by side, hugging the bank of the Big Coal River. One is the Assembly of God Church; the other is the meeting hall of Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers Union.

In Colorado town, voters decide fate of pot tax (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 02:45 PM PDT AP - Voters were deciding Tuesday whether to make this rural western Colorado town the first in the state to tax medical marijuana.

In down economy, older moms' births still up in US (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2010 11:52 AM PDT AP - U.S. births fell in 2008, probably because of the recession, updated government figures confirm. The one exception to the trend was the birth rate among women in their 40s, who perhaps felt they didn't have the luxury of waiting for better economic times.

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