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• Self-help guru in court on manslaughter charges (AP)
• 2 stores pull necklaces on toxic cadmium concern (AP)
• Attorney says Jackson's doc is talking surrender (AP)
• Asylum hearing for Obama aunt ends with no ruling (AP)
• Driver's daughter surprised to hear of Nev. crash (AP)
• Blagojevich charged in fresh corruption indictment (AP)
• DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape (AP)
• Man is killed in shark attack in Florida (AP)
• First Internet, now bay window at space station (AP)
• Superstar farewell for US-born, China-bound pandas (AP)
• New ketchup packet allows for dunking or squeezing (AP)
• No charge for La. police officer in shooting death (AP)
• Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics (AP)
• Coroner: Pneumonia killed Murphy, drugs had role (AP)
• Major snowstorm heads for the mid-Atlantic region (AP)
• Mistrial declared in alleged cartel hit man's case (AP)
• Pete Townshend defends himself against criticism (AP)
• 2nd large quake in month hits off N. Calif coast (AP)
• SC man kills ex-wife's lawyer, then himself (AP)
• Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover (AP)

Self-help guru in court on manslaughter charges (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:42 PM PST AP - Self-help guru James Arthur Ray says it was all a tragic accident when his followers began collapsing one by one in a sweat lodge at his retreat, with three of them dying. As unfortunate as the ordeal was, he says the participants knew about the risks the ceremony presented.

2 stores pull necklaces on toxic cadmium concern (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:40 PM PST AP - The teen fashion chain Aeropostale and outlet stores of upscale Saks Fifth Avenue have pulled from shelves necklaces that an environmental group's tests showed have high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.

Attorney says Jackson's doc is talking surrender (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:46 AM PST AP - With a criminal charge looming, Michael Jackson's doctor is negotiating his surrender to Los Angeles authorities, his attorney said Thursday.

Asylum hearing for Obama aunt ends with no ruling (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 01:14 PM PST AP - An immigration hearing for President Barack Obama's African aunt ended Thursday without an immediate decision in her second bid for asylum in the United States.

Driver's daughter surprised to hear of Nev. crash (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:52 PM PST AP - A daughter of a 70-year-old Washington state man said Thursday she was stunned to hear her father was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle that crashed into a southern Nevada casino, killing two people and injuring at least eight.

Blagojevich charged in fresh corruption indictment (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brother were charged Thursday in a fresh corruption indictment that contains no new allegations of misconduct but that prosecutors hope will help avoid delays to the start of Blagojevich's trial.

DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:30 PM PST AP - A mentally ill New York man who spent nearly six years behind bars for a 1976 rape he insisted he didn't commit was exonerated Thursday after DNA testing showed he was innocent.

Man is killed in shark attack in Florida (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:10 PM PST AP - There was blood in the water, the sharks were circling and a grievously hurt Stephen Schafer — his thigh gashed and his hand mauled — was screaming in pain by the time the lifeguard reached him.

First Internet, now bay window at space station (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:57 PM PST AP - Life has never been so good off the planet, and it's about to get better.

Superstar farewell for US-born, China-bound pandas (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:22 PM PST AP - They were treated like pop idols — except for being stuck in travel crates.

New ketchup packet allows for dunking or squeezing (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - For decades there was only one way to use the humble ketchup packet, and it was messy. Now, fast-food lovers have a choice: the traditional squeeze play — or the option to dunk.

No charge for La. police officer in shooting death (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:54 PM PST AP - A grand jury has declined to indict a white police officer who shot an elderly black man to death in a case that sparked protests in a small Louisiana town.

Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:19 PM PST AP - Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the rearview mirrors.

Coroner: Pneumonia killed Murphy, drugs had role (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:03 PM PST AP - Brittany Murphy, the star of "Clueless" and "8 Mile," died from pneumonia, with prescription drugs and anemia also playing a role, a coroner's official said Thursday.

Major snowstorm heads for the mid-Atlantic region (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - A storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, including Washington, D.C., was already pelting the Southeast with heavy rain Thursday.

Mistrial declared in alleged cartel hit man's case (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:29 PM PST AP - A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of an alleged drug cartel hit man after a jury in the Texas-Mexico border town of Laredo acquitted him on a gun charge and deadlocked on other charges.

Pete Townshend defends himself against criticism (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - The Who gave an energetic, acoustic preview of Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show Thursday_ but things turned serious when Pete Townshend defended himself against some children's advocates who say he should not be performing.

2nd large quake in month hits off N. Calif coast (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST AP - Residents of Northern California's Humboldt County were rocked by a magnitude-5.9 earthquake Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of major injury or damage from the second large temblor to hit the area within a month.

SC man kills ex-wife's lawyer, then himself (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST AP - A South Carolina man was distraught over drawn-out divorce proceedings and a recent order to sell a home he co-owned with his ex-wife when he killed the woman's attorney and then himself, authorities said Thursday.

Hubble sees Pluto changing color, ice sheet cover (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball surface here and there.

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