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• Emanuel says he's preparing run for Chicago mayor (AP)
• Verizon Wireless plans $30M-$90M customer refunds (AP)
• After 2 NY jumps, aiming to prevent public suicide (AP)
• Police: NYC mosque's imam, wife get death threats (AP)
• Conn. prison inmates have choice of violent books (AP)
• Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves (AP)
• Pa. men face 2nd trial in immigrant beating death (AP)
• Pastor says he won't be pulled into 'street fight' (AP)
• Missing pilots cast pall over balloon fiesta in US (AP)
• NJ school holds vigil for student who killed self (AP)
• DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats (AP)
• Whitman, Brown tangle on immigration, illegal maid (AP)
• Stop-sign cameras catch Calif. drivers off guard (AP)
• US terror warning could hurt Europe's economy (AP)
• Chicago mayor's race may be battle of shoe leather (AP)
• Comic book collector learns fine art of letting go (AP)
• Depomed gets $500K milestone payment from Covidien (AP)
• Official known for criticizing BP, feds re-elected (AP)
• Details emerge on no-tax California budget pact (AP)

Emanuel says he's preparing run for Chicago mayor (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:59 PM PDT AP - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that he's preparing to run for mayor of Chicago, a position he has said he long desired.

Verizon Wireless plans $30M-$90M customer refunds (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT AP - Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years.

After 2 NY jumps, aiming to prevent public suicide (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - Eighteen-year-old Tyler Clementi typed his intention to millions on the Internet: "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." His body was found days later floating in the Hudson River beneath the George Washington Bridge.

Police: NYC mosque's imam, wife get death threats (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT AP - The wife of an imam planning an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero said Sunday that she and her husband have received death threats.

Conn. prison inmates have choice of violent books (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:08 AM PDT AP - Inmates in Connecticut prisons have access to true crime books and works of fiction that depict murder and graphic violence, with no apparent restrictions based on a reader's criminal history, according to a review of the prison library system by The Associated Press.

Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - Two decades after the federal government spent a half-million dollars to study the reintroduction of gray wolves to the Northern Rockies, lawmakers say it's time for Congress to step in again â€" this time to clamp down on the endangered animals.

Pa. men face 2nd trial in immigrant beating death (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:19 AM PDT AP - One night two summers ago, an illegal immigrant from Mexico brawled with a gang of white teens from Shenandoah, an old mining town in the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Pastor says he won't be pulled into 'street fight' (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:48 AM PDT AP - A megachurch pastor accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships said Sunday that he won't be pulled into a street fight over the allegations and vowed that his faith has been strengthened.

Missing pilots cast pall over balloon fiesta in US (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:48 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of balloonists in New Mexico lifted off Saturday at dawn amid a somber mood, opening the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta while search crews on the other side of the globe scoured the seas for two of the sport's most acclaimed pilots.

NJ school holds vigil for student who killed self (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - Rutgers University held a silent vigil Sunday night to remember a student who committed suicide after his sexual encounter with a man in his dormitory room was secretly streamed online.

DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:48 AM PDT AP - Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched by the thousands Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support Democrats struggling to keep power on Capitol Hill.

Whitman, Brown tangle on immigration, illegal maid (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 06:19 AM PDT AP - GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Democratic rival Jerry Brown traded barbs over immigration policy and Whitman's illegal immigrant housekeeper during a heated debate that was aimed at California's growing Latino population.

Stop-sign cameras catch Calif. drivers off guard (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:49 PM PDT AP - Ashley Wilson's mission to drive to a park above Beverly Hills and hike every morning for a week came with a cost that eclipses the burg's famously pricey lifestyle.

US terror warning could hurt Europe's economy (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT AP - A rare advisory for U.S. travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats in Europe drew American shrugs Sunday from Paris to Rome, but tourism officials worried that it could deter would-be visitors from moving ahead with plans to cross the Atlantic.

Chicago mayor's race may be battle of shoe leather (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT AP - It used to be that getting elected in Chicago meant relying on the ward boss, the precinct captain and the small armies they deployed to fix potholes, hand out frozen turkeys and even drive people to the polls.

Comic book collector learns fine art of letting go (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:40 AM PDT AP - Jose Alaniz spent about a week sorting and packing each comic book — carefully, lovingly. There were 12 boxes of them, comics he'd collected since his mother bought him his first one at age 6.

Depomed gets $500K milestone payment from Covidien (AP) Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:34 AM PDT AP - Depomed received a $500,000 payment from its partner Covidien PLC, which has started human testing of an extended-release painkiller using its technology.

Official known for criticizing BP, feds re-elected (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:24 PM PDT AP - A local official who emerged as a leading critic of efforts to clean up the oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico has easily won re-election as president of his coastal Louisiana parish.

Details emerge on no-tax California budget pact (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:09 PM PDT AP - After a record-long impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a no-new-taxes budget that relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial projections to close a $19 billion deficit.

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