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• White ex-transit officer given 2-year prison term (AP)
• Scientists find damage to coral near BP well (AP)
• Shuttle launch off until end of month to fix leak (AP)
• Tanned, Tested, Ready: New Speaker John Boehner (Time.com)
• After the Bruising: Where Obama Goes From Here (Time.com)
• Officials: Suspect lived unnoticed after 'death' (AP)
• 2 nabbed in Halloween shooting of costumed LA boy (AP)
• Victims remembered 1 year after Fort Hood shooting (AP)
• Appeals court rejects effort to move Smart trial (AP)
• Removal of Iowa judges may inspire similar efforts (AP)
• No verdict yet on sentence in Conn. home invasion (AP)
• Chilean miner scopes out route before NYC Marathon (AP)
• Lesbian who sued over prom talks about gay bullies (AP)
• Ohio court reverses conviction in microvave death (AP)
• FBI to military buildings shooter: Call us (AP)
• ND president: School responsible in student death (AP)
• 3 gulls found with jagged beer cans around necks (AP)
• Ohio NASA lockdown spurred by test system glitch (AP)
• Democrat Malloy wins Connecticut governor's race (AP)
• NJ train worker who burned Quran sues over firing (AP)

White ex-transit officer given 2-year prison term (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - A white former transit officer was sentenced to the minimum possible prison sentence of two years Friday for fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a California train platform, angering the victim's family and friends, who demanded a much harsher punishment.

Scientists find damage to coral near BP well (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - For the first time, federal scientists have found damage to deep sea coral and other marine life on the ocean floor several miles from the blown-out BP well — a strong indication that damage from the spill could be significantly greater than officials had previously acknowledged.

Shuttle launch off until end of month to fix leak (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - Space shuttle Discovery's final voyage is off until at least the end of the month because of a large fuel leak that forced yet another launch delay.

Tanned, Tested, Ready: New Speaker John Boehner (Time.com) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PDT Time.com - Yes, John Boehner plays a lot of golf. Yes, he has a deep tan. And yes, he hangs out with corporate lobbyists. But there's more to him than that. Meet the Washington insider who's leading the opposition

After the Bruising: Where Obama Goes From Here (Time.com) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PDT Time.com - Barack Obama is bruised. Republicans are sounding humble. Is that a recipe for partnership?

Officials: Suspect lived unnoticed after 'death' (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - After the skeletal remains of a slain Las Vegas girl were found in the woods of central Louisiana, the investigation led authorities to a startling conclusion: The man suspected of kidnapping her was supposed to have died 16 years earlier.

2 nabbed in Halloween shooting of costumed LA boy (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Two reputed gang members were arrested in the Halloween killing of a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the head as he showed off his Spider-Man costume in his backyard, police said Friday.

Victims remembered 1 year after Fort Hood shooting (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - Parents, spouses and children reverently approached the 6-foot-tall granite memorial Friday, some kneeling and wiping away tears as they gently touched a name etched on the stone — each belonging to one of the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage a year ago.

Appeals court rejects effort to move Smart trial (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:22 PM PDT AP - The Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial is set to resume Monday after a federal appeals rejected defense efforts to move the proceedings out of Utah.

Removal of Iowa judges may inspire similar efforts (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Emboldened by the success of a ballot initiative to oust Iowa judges who supported gay marriage, conservative activists are looking for new ways to use the power of the vote to strike back against the courts.

No verdict yet on sentence in Conn. home invasion (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - Jurors deciding punishment for a man convicted in a deadly home invasion suggested Friday on their first day of deliberations that they were divided over whether special circumstances existed that could automatically spare him the death penalty.

Chilean miner scopes out route before NYC Marathon (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - Going from a half-mile underground to 1,050 feet above it, Chilean miner Edison Pena visited the Empire State Building on Friday and scoped out the route he will run in the New York City Marathon.

Lesbian who sued over prom talks about gay bullies (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:02 PM PDT AP - The lesbian who successfully challenged a rural Mississippi school district's ban on same-sex prom dates says she wept when she read about the recent spate of gay teen suicides linked to harassment.

Ohio court reverses conviction in microvave death (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:22 PM PDT AP - A state appeals court on Friday reversed a woman's murder conviction in her baby daughter's burning death in a microwave oven.

FBI to military buildings shooter: Call us (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - FBI investigators have a simple message for the shooter who has hit the Pentagon, a Marine museum and two military recruiting stations in the Washington area: Call us.

ND president: School responsible in student death (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - The president of the University of Notre Dame sent an e-mail to students, faculty, staff and alumni Friday saying that the school is responsible for a student videographer's death because it failed to protect him.

3 gulls found with jagged beer cans around necks (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:28 PM PDT AP - Three seagulls with jagged beer-can collar slipped around their necks have been discovered in the San Francisco area.

Ohio NASA lockdown spurred by test system glitch (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:46 PM PDT AP - A NASA research center was locked down and employees hunkered down in their offices for about an hour Friday because a misdirected phone call during a security test led them to believe there was a gunman on campus.

Democrat Malloy wins Connecticut governor's race (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Democrat Dan Malloy has won Connecticut's gubernatorial election after days of back-and-forth over vote totals and irregularities, yet his Republican opponent is reviewing the numbers to see if he can make up the margin.

NJ train worker who burned Quran sues over firing (AP) Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:17 PM PDT AP - A former New Jersey train worker fired after publicly burning pages from the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks filed a lawsuit Friday seeking reinstatement and monetary damages.

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