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• Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants (AP)
• Conn. jury hears words of home invasion defendant (AP)
• Nevada Senate race turns uglier with Hispanic ad (AP)
• Q&A: 'Our Patchwork Nation' Maps America's Demographics (Time.com)
• Delaware's At-Large Congressional Seat: John Carney vs. Glen Urquhart (Time.com)
• No mandatory cadmium limits; Shrek glasses were OK (AP)
• 2 inmates shot as some 120 brawl at Calif. prison (AP)
• Suspect in NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing out on bond (AP)
• No Scout leadership post in NC for Mormon parents (AP)
• Family skeptical of police account of NY shooting (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Beef industry woes may mean poorer meat (AP)
• Fed-up flight attendant pleads guilty, avoids jail (AP)
• Nurse: 3 soldiers unafraid facing Fort Hood gunman (AP)
• Kan. families blame doctor for relatives' deaths (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Texas judge feels vindicated (AP)
• Mom of US hiker jailed in Iran expects Nov. trial (AP)
• Big VA study shows surgery checklist saves lives (AP)
• Dad of missing NC girl says kidnappers set fire (AP)
• NY police: 77-year-old is beaten for comics, dies (AP)

Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 06:17 PM PDT AP - The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Conn. jury hears words of home invasion defendant (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:28 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for a Connecticut man trying to avoid the death penalty for a fatal home invasion cited the writings of his co-defendant who described how his "dark shadow was let loose" as he beat a doctor and the pleasure he got from terrorizing the man's wife and two daughters.

Nevada Senate race turns uglier with Hispanic ad (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:55 PM PDT AP - A Republican campaign urging Latinos not to vote was yanked from the airwaves Tuesday amid an outcry from Democrats that it was a dirty trick against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his hotly contested race against Republican Sharron Angle.

Q&A: 'Our Patchwork Nation' Maps America's Demographics (Time.com) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Dante Chinni and James Gimpel, authors of the book Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the "Real" America, break down the country's demographics

Delaware's At-Large Congressional Seat: John Carney vs. Glen Urquhart (Time.com) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - Delaware's At-Large Congressional Seat: John Carney vs. Glen Urquhart

No mandatory cadmium limits; Shrek glasses were OK (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - The 12 million "Shrek" glasses pulled by McDonald's last spring amid federal concerns about cadmium did not have unsafe levels of the toxic metal, judging by revised intake limits regulators unveiled Tuesday.

2 inmates shot as some 120 brawl at Calif. prison (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:48 PM PDT AP - Two inmates were shot and a dozen others injured as guards used pepper spray and gunfire Tuesday to break up a brawl among about 120 inmates at a Southern California prison, authorities said.

Suspect in NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing out on bond (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - A college student charged with a hate-fueled attack on a Muslim taxi driver was freed on bail Tuesday, staying silent about a stabbing that helped heighten concerns about tolerance in the weeks before the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

No Scout leadership post in NC for Mormon parents (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - A Presbyterian church was happy to have Jeremy and Jodi Stokes as Cub Scout leaders, at least until officials there found out they are Mormons and told them they would have to step down because the church does not consider them real Christians.

Family skeptical of police account of NY shooting (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - Relatives of a Pace University football player who was shot and killed by police said Tuesday they are skeptical of official accounts of the shooting and have hired a civil rights lawyer.

AP IMPACT: Beef industry woes may mean poorer meat (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - In this Great Plains ranching town, cowboys still lasso steers as part of their daily routine and cattle producers like Bob Sears still take pride in the long tradition of raising American beef.

Fed-up flight attendant pleads guilty, avoids jail (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT AP - The fed-up flight attendant who waved goodbye to his career in a spectacular exit down an emergency chute made a soft landing in court Tuesday.

Nurse: 3 soldiers unafraid facing Fort Hood gunman (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:49 PM PDT AP - Three young soldiers were fatally shot while protecting civilian nurses hiding under a desk during last year's deadly rampage at Fort Hood, witnesses testified Tuesday at a military hearing for the Army psychiatrist charged with the shootings.

Kan. families blame doctor for relatives' deaths (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - A woman whose mother died in 2006 of a drug overdose took the stand Tuesday and told a Kansas doctor and his wife at their sentencing that she had more hatred for them than anyone else.

AP Exclusive: Texas judge feels vindicated (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - Texas' top criminal judge said Tuesday she feels vindicated that a special court dismissed a public reprimand of her for closing her court and preventing lawyers from filing a last-minute appeal hours before their client was executed.

Mom of US hiker jailed in Iran expects Nov. trial (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:19 PM PDT AP - The mother of one of two American hikers still jailed in Iran said Tuesday that she's been told they will stand trial in November and that she's relieved they will get to formally deny the espionage charges against them.

Big VA study shows surgery checklist saves lives (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT AP - Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools?

Dad of missing NC girl says kidnappers set fire (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - The father of a disabled missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl told an emergency dispatcher he thought a fire set in his backyard may have been meant to distract him while kidnappers abducted his daughter.

NY police: 77-year-old is beaten for comics, dies (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - An unassuming 77-year-old bachelor who had hoped to sell a valuable comic book collection and leave the money to his family was robbed by a Rochester businessman's thugs, was roughed up and hours later died of a heart attack, authorities said.

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