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• Father in Colorado balloon boy saga denies hoax (AP)
• NM family sues funeral home over brain in bag (AP)
• Persistent cold tightens grip on nation (AP)
• Accused Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospital (AP)
• Feds: Revenge drove attack on Ark. med board chair (AP)
• Nigerian man indicted in plot to blow up plane (AP)
• Fugitive caught after killing of Utah deputy (AP)
• Okla. boy says mom, her friend beat him over food (AP)
• Deputy marshal hurt in Vegas gunfight identified (AP)
• Fla. freezes as arctic blast makes its way south (AP)
• Tearful Baltimore mayor resigning under plea deal (AP)
• Calif. lawmakers pass major school-reform package (AP)
• AG Holder calls Sutton 1 of nation's 'true heroes' (AP)
• Fla. sheriff fears missing lottery winner killed (AP)
• Alaska tests nation's emergency alert system (AP)
• Study: US terror suspects mostly young men (AP)
• Midnight order halts Ala. raid of $87M casino (AP)
• Kentucky couple win $126M Powerball prize (AP)
• Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam (AP)
• Dodd, D-Conn., to retire from Senate; AG to run (AP)

Father in Colorado balloon boy saga denies hoax (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:44 PM PST AP - The Colorado father who pleaded guilty to a felony in the runaway balloon saga insisted in an interview set to air Friday that the event wasn't a hoax.

NM family sues funeral home over brain in bag (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST AP - A New Mexico family is suing after making a gruesome discovery — a bag of personal effects given to them after their mother's death contained her brain.

Persistent cold tightens grip on nation (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST AP - The freeze that lingered over much of the nation Wednesday was expected to be followed by strong winds and more bitter cold through the Midwest and deep into the South.

Accused Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospital (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST AP - The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he'd been held while awaiting trial, authorities said.

Feds: Revenge drove attack on Ark. med board chair (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:16 PM PST AP - A doctor who was punished after 10 of his patients fatally overdosed on drugs he prescribed sought revenge by bombing the chairman of the state medical board, leaving him severely burned and without an eye, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in announcing new charges in the case.

Nigerian man indicted in plot to blow up plane (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day was indicted Wednesday on charges including attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction to kill nearly 300 people.

Fugitive caught after killing of Utah deputy (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST AP - The man charged with killing a Utah sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop was captured while sleeping in a shed Wednesday, three days after saying in a MySpace posting that he was feeling "crazy" and "ready for whatever is next."

Okla. boy says mom, her friend beat him over food (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:41 PM PST AP - Bernell McCall used his scarred wrists to tell part of his story: Showing them to a judge Wednesday, he said his mother and her friend often bound him or locked him in a closet for "stealing" food from the family's kitchen.

Deputy marshal hurt in Vegas gunfight identified (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - A veteran deputy U.S. marshal wounded during a furious gunbattle that left a court security guard and a shotgun-wielding disgruntled Social Security recipient dead was identified Wednesday as Richard Gardner.

Fla. freezes as arctic blast makes its way south (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:45 PM PST AP - Across the so-called Sunshine State, oranges and strawberries are freezing, icicles are hanging off palm fronds, and iguanas paralyzed by the cold are falling out of trees.

Tearful Baltimore mayor resigning under plea deal (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - Mayor Sheila Dixon resigned as part of a deal with prosecutors Wednesday, ending a three-year tenure that began with promise but unraveled amid embarrassing allegations that she stole from the poor.

Calif. lawmakers pass major school-reform package (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:08 PM PST AP - The California Legislature on Wednesday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger landmark education reforms designed to overhaul the state's worst schools and let parents send their children elsewhere.

AG Holder calls Sutton 1 of nation's 'true heroes' (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST AP - Through his civic activism, business ventures and legal work, Percy Sutton touched many people's lives.

Fla. sheriff fears missing lottery winner killed (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST AP - In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare — a truck driver's assistant who lived with his mother — won $30 million in the Florida lottery. His good fortune may have cost him his life.

Alaska tests nation's emergency alert system (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST AP - Radio listeners and TV viewers in Alaska witnessed the first national emergency exercise of its kind Wednesday morning, but the test ran into distribution problems around the state.

Study: US terror suspects mostly young men (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST AP - A new study on homegrown terror found that most American Muslims who planned violent attacks in since 2001 were young, male U.S. citizens who became radical as part of a group.

Midnight order halts Ala. raid of $87M casino (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - About 40 Alabama state troopers assembled in the pre-down hours Wednesday for a raid approved by Gov. Bob Riley himself. Their target: the bingo machines at a new, $87 million casino near Dothan that the governor says is operating illegally.

Kentucky couple win $126M Powerball prize (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:46 PM PST AP - A central Kentucky autoworker is lucky he held on to the $126 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping — after all, it was printed by mistake.

Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:27 PM PST AP - An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his 20-year-old daughter because he believed she had become too westernized doesn't understand court proceedings and may need a mental-health evaluation, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Dodd, D-Conn., to retire from Senate; AG to run (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST AP - Christopher Dodd vowed just days ago that he was staying in the race for re-election to the Senate, but he announced Wednesday that he would not seek a sixth term and revealed the private soul-searching that led to his decision to end a four-decade career in Congress.

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