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• Storm socks Midwest, cancels flights, closes roads (AP)
• Dome disaster: Snow wrecks Vikings' home (AP)
• Hundreds safe after winds ground Mo. showboat (AP)
• Handyman admits to killing at least 8 Mass. women (AP)
• Hunting traditions sag as land, desire disappear (AP)
• 'I'm not a witch' picked as top quote of year (AP)
• Failure of 9/11 health bill could hurt NY clinics (AP)
• AP EXCLUSIVE: Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim (AP)
• Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class (AP)
• Woman extradited to Ala. in child deaths case (AP)
• Pastor who threatened to burn Quran plans UK visit (AP)
• Storms bring flood threat to Wash., Ore. rivers (AP)
• Jailed Ga. man released early in soldier's beating (AP)
• Beau held without bail in designer's NYC tub death (AP)
• `Strippermobile' delivers Christmas donations (AP)

Storm socks Midwest, cancels flights, closes roads (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST AP - A powerful, gusty storm dumped mounds of snow across the upper Midwest on Sunday, closing major highways in several states, canceling more than 1,600 flights in Chicago and collapsing the roof of the Minnesota Vikings' stadium.

Dome disaster: Snow wrecks Vikings' home (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:35 PM PST AP - The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.

Hundreds safe after winds ground Mo. showboat (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:58 PM PST AP - More than 600 passengers and crew members of the Branson Belle showboat walked off the vessel Sunday morning after spending more than 15 hours aboard the boat, which ran aground in strong winds and choppy water.

Handyman admits to killing at least 8 Mass. women (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:22 AM PST AP - He's killed more people than the Son of Sam, but there are no made-for-TV movies about Alfred Gaynor.

Hunting traditions sag as land, desire disappear (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST AP - Classroom desks and office cubicles stand empty. Hunters in blaze orange stand out like drops of bright paint against brown fields. Pub parking lots are crowded with pickup trucks draped with deer carcasses.

'I'm not a witch' picked as top quote of year (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST AP - Christine O'Donnell's TV ad declaration "I'm not a witch" during her U.S. Senate campaign topped this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian.

Failure of 9/11 health bill could hurt NY clinics (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 08:47 AM PST AP - The network of health centers providing free medical tests and treatment to 58,000 people exposed to World Trade Center dust faces a less certain future if Congress doesn't pass legislation aimed at helping victims of 9/11's toxic legacy.

AP EXCLUSIVE: Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:06 AM PST AP - He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from crashing.

Moms, dads of gang kids ordered to parenting class (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST AP - It's a Saturday morning and a half-dozen adults are sitting in a high school classroom, staring at grim photos of sickly drug addicts and hearing about the deadly consequences of gang crime. They'd rather not be here, but a judge made them come.

Woman extradited to Ala. in child deaths case (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST AP - The woman accused of torturing two young children who were later killed and dumped in rural Mississippi and Alabama is expected to return to Alabama to face charges.

Pastor who threatened to burn Quran plans UK visit (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST AP - Britain's interior minister said Sunday she will consider barring from the country a Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11.

Storms bring flood threat to Wash., Ore. rivers (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST AP - Record rainfall in the Pacific Northwest triggered mudslides and threatened to cause severe flooding of some Western Washington rivers Sunday.

Jailed Ga. man released early in soldier's beating (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:25 PM PST AP - A white man who was sentenced to six months in a Georgia jail for beating a black Army Reservist in front of her daughter and yelling racial slurs has been released early.

Beau held without bail in designer's NYC tub death (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:48 PM PST AP - An Oscar-winning songwriter's son was having trouble accepting his breakup with his swimsuit designer girlfriend, prosecutors said Saturday as he was charged with trying to kill her at a swanky New York City hotel.

`Strippermobile' delivers Christmas donations (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:35 PM PST AP - The "strippermobile" has made another run in Las Vegas, this time with properly dressed Santa's helpers riding for a good cause.

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