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• Drivers complain that Toyota's fixes didn't work (AP)
• Sex offender charged in Chelsea King case (AP)
• 3 LA teachers removed over choice of black heroes (AP)
• Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Utah mountains (AP)
• Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)
• Hoyer says he knew of allegation against Dem (AP)
• Inspector: US fishery officer shredded documents (AP)
• FAA suspends pair after kids radio pilots at JFK (AP)
• Informant's death throws artifacts case into doubt (AP)
• Govt slow to force safer designs for window blinds (AP)
• Bicycle injuries keep Colo. governor in hospital (AP)
• RI school leader calls for talks, not mass firing (AP)
• Social workers guilty of fraud in starvation case (AP)
• 3 kids die, 2 injured in Detroit house fire (AP)
• First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP)
• Fired workers' comp panel staff cries foul (AP)
• Anti-government voters factor in Texas race (AP)
• 150 same-sex couples seek marriage licenses in DC (AP)
• US survey finds sharp drop in children's bullying (AP)

Drivers complain that Toyota's fixes didn't work (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - At least 15 Toyota drivers have complained to U.S. safety officials that their cars sped up by themselves even after being fixed under recalls for sticky gas pedals or floor mat problems, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Sex offender charged in Chelsea King case (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:15 PM PST AP - A 30-year-old convicted sex offender was charged Wednesday with murdering and raping or attempting to rape 17-year-old Chelsea King, who disappeared last week after heading out for a run in a park.

3 LA teachers removed over choice of black heroes (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:22 PM PST AP - Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Utah mountains (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:47 PM PST AP - A Coast Guard helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in remote Utah mountains after providing security at the Winter Olympics, and three people were airlifted to local hospitals, officials said.

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good.

Hoyer says he knew of allegation against Dem (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:59 PM PST AP - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he received a report last month of allegations of misconduct against a New York congressman who has announced he will not seek a second term.

Inspector: US fishery officer shredded documents (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:09 PM PST AP - The inspector general for the U.S. Department of Commerce said Wednesday that the nation's top fishery cop destroyed documents while his office was under investigation for possible unfair enforcement of fishery laws.

FAA suspends pair after kids radio pilots at JFK (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - As planes waited to take off from Kennedy Airport, the jargon-packed radio chatter between controllers and pilots was interrupted by a young boy's voice: "JetBlue 171, cleared for takeoff."

Informant's death throws artifacts case into doubt (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:27 PM PST AP - The prosecution of the largest-ever American Indian artifacts looting case has been rattled by the apparent suicide of the government informant who broke open the investigation during more than two years of undercover work.

Govt slow to force safer designs for window blinds (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:23 PM PST AP - Shopping for her nursery, Kelly Horvath bought a new window shade because its label advertised its child safety features. She later found her 16-month-old son dead in his crib, the shade's cord wrapped around his neck, another young victim of what U.S. government records show are some of the deadliest recalled consumer products.

Bicycle injuries keep Colo. governor in hospital (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:29 PM PST AP - Gov. Bill Ritter will stay in the hospital for three or four days recovering from broken ribs and a separated shoulder he suffered in a bicycle wreck, doctors said Wednesday.

RI school leader calls for talks, not mass firing (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:32 PM PST AP - A district superintendent who fired all the teachers from one of the state's most troubled schools said Wednesday she's willing to negotiate with its teachers' union after it publicly pledged to support reforms.

Social workers guilty of fraud in starvation case (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:47 PM PST AP - Four social workers were convicted Wednesday of fraud for submitting phony paperwork for visits they never made to a disabled teenage girl who weighed only 42 pounds and was covered in maggot-infested sores when she was found dead in her home.

3 kids die, 2 injured in Detroit house fire (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - Piercing screams drowned out the snap and pop of burning wood and exploding glass as the blaze raced through the rickety wooden house on Detroit's west side.

First lady tours Miss. schools to tout health (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama visited Jackson on Wednesday and watched children play on swings and a jungle gym at a school whose programs have been lauded for fighting obesity by keeping kids active.

Fired workers' comp panel staff cries foul (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:35 PM PST AP - After a sweeping scandal nearly five years ago that cost the state's insurance fund for injured workers $300 million because of investments in Beanie Babies, rare coins and other risky assets, Ohio beefed up oversight and created a panel to help lawmakers look out for the health of the fund.

Anti-government voters factor in Texas race (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - Debra Medina was hardly the ideal candidate in Tuesday's Republican primary: She didn't raise much money and came under fire for suggesting the U.S. might have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, she won nearly one out of every five votes, harnessing some support in the nascent tea party movement.

150 same-sex couples seek marriage licenses in DC (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:45 PM PST AP - One gay couple met on a Star Trek fan site, another dancing at a country western bar. Some have been together for months, others more than a decade.

US survey finds sharp drop in children's bullying (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:21 PM PST AP - There's been a sharp drop in the percentage of America's children being bullied or beaten up by their peers, according to a new national survey by experts who believe anti-bullying programs are having an impact.

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