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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)
Newark hopes Facebook gift translates to results (AP)
Some churches like Ga. pastor's thin on safeguards (AP)
Lindsay Lohan spends less than a day in LA jail (AP)
5 shot at party near Seton Hall in NJ; 1 killed (AP)
Cross-country paddler completes 4,300-mile trip (AP)
Hermit monks plan monastery on remote Wyo. ranch (AP)
Jumbo emerald at center of ownership debate (AP)
BP fund czar promises bigger, faster claims (AP)
ND police chief, ex-judge charged in abuse case (AP)
Lehman Brothers art auctioned off in NYC (AP)
Fla. bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller (AP)
Flood fight continues in parts of Minn., Wis. (AP)
Official: Shooter may have targeted Neb. workers (AP)
FBI serves terrorism warrants in Minn., Chicago (AP)
APNewsBreak: Remains identified as missing NM pair (AP)
Judge orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force (AP)
Lawyer questions CA execution set before election (AP)
Court appearance set Wednesday in acid hoax case (AP)
Cast of Lady Liberty's nose unsold at NYC auction (AP)

Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:49 PM PDT

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state.

Newark hopes Facebook gift translates to results (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:26 AM PDT

AP - New Jersey has already thrown enough money at its largest school district to make it among the nation's best-funded, yet it remains in the pits. Can a $100 million gift from the founder of Facebook really turn it around?

Some churches like Ga. pastor's thin on safeguards (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:51 AM PDT

AP - The 2006 scandal that ousted one of America's most prominent preachers forced independent charismatic and evangelical churches to consider how to keep a closer eye on their leaders, an issue raised again this week with lawsuits accusing another megachurch pastor of misconduct.

Lindsay Lohan spends less than a day in LA jail (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:15 PM PDT

AP - Lindsay Lohan was freed from a suburban Los Angeles jail late Friday night, well short of the nearly monthlong stay a judge had intended for the actress following a failed drug test.

5 shot at party near Seton Hall in NJ; 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT

AP - A man who was denied access to a private party at an apartment near Seton Hall University left and returned with a handgun, fatally shooting a university student and wounding four people, sending screaming partygoers rushing out the door and climbing out windows.

Cross-country paddler completes 4,300-mile trip (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:13 PM PDT

AP - An extreme paddler who launched a cross-country canoe trip in Portland, Ore., has completed the journey 4,300 miles later in Portland, Maine.

Hermit monks plan monastery on remote Wyo. ranch (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT

AP - Plans by a group of Roman Catholic hermit monks to erect an outsized monastery in northern Wyoming have pitted neighbor against neighbor and aroused debate with religious undertones.

Jumbo emerald at center of ownership debate (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:14 AM PDT

AP - An enormous emerald valued at upward of $400 million is at the center of a legal battle to determine ownership of the gem that was unearthed almost a decade ago in the jungles in eastern Brazil.

BP fund czar promises bigger, faster claims (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:57 PM PDT

AP - Victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill should start getting bigger payments faster, the administrator of the fund set up to help them said Saturday.

ND police chief, ex-judge charged in abuse case (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:32 AM PDT

AP - A North Dakota police chief and former state district judge has been charged with 52 felonies accusing him of molesting and attempting to rape a girl over the course of about five years, authorities said Friday.

Lehman Brothers art auctioned off in NYC (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT

AP - Lehman Brothers may have blundered its way to disaster on Wall Street, but at least the bank's art curators knew what they were doing.

Fla. bank robbers strap bomb to abducted teller (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:22 PM PDT

AP - Bank robbers pulled off a dramatic heist Friday, strapping a suspected bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault — all while his father was being held hostage.

Flood fight continues in parts of Minn., Wis. (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT

AP - With 240 guests expected, Luke Fischer and Rachel Smith weren't about to let the widespread flooding in southern Minnesota get in the way of their wedding Saturday.

Official: Shooter may have targeted Neb. workers (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:26 AM PDT

AP - Three employees wounded in a shooting this week at a cold-storage warehouse in southeast Nebraska don't appear to be random victims, a prosecutor said Saturday.

FBI serves terrorism warrants in Minn., Chicago (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:24 PM PDT

AP - The FBI said it searched eight addresses in Minneapolis and Chicago as part of a terrorism investigation Friday. Warrants suggest agents were looking for connections between local anti-war activists and terrorist groups in Colombia and the Middle East.

APNewsBreak: Remains identified as missing NM pair (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:53 PM PDT

AP - A New Mexico family finally has a small bit of closure with confirmation that skeletal remains found at El Malpais National Monument were their loved ones, but mystery lingers over how they died on a day hike among the rugged lava beds where five other people have gone missing in recent years.

Judge orders lesbian reinstated to Air Force (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:28 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge ruled Friday that a decorated flight nurse discharged from the Air Force for being gay should be given her job back as soon as possible in the latest legal setback to the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Lawyer questions CA execution set before election (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

AP - San Quentin Prison's warden walked to the death row cell of Albert Greenwood Brown on Aug. 31 and read a warrant informing him of his scheduled execution this week.