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• New case: Steelers QB investigated for Ga. assault (AP)
• NY gov faces legal minefield in conduct inquiries (AP)
• 2 missing teen cases, 2 different police responses (AP)
• Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution (AP)
• Gays in military ruling creates dilemma for brass (AP)
• Courts finally catching up to texting jurors (AP)
• Va. AG: Colleges can't ban gay discrimination (AP)
• Pentagon shooter little known by neighbors (AP)
• Woman bitten by bear at Wis. zoo, fingers severed (AP)
• Predictability out of the picture at Oscars (AP)
• Witness will testify in Broncos player's death (AP)
• Girl, 6, killed after wandering onto Minn. freeway (AP)
• Texas Gov. Perry must win in Nov. before 2012 talk (AP)
• 911 call reveals Mich. girl's pleas to help mother (AP)
• Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip (AP)
• Feds: 68 fatal ODs linked to scheme at Kan. clinic (AP)

New case: Steelers QB investigated for Ga. assault (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:48 PM PST AP - For the second time in a year, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is being accused of sexual misconduct, with a police investigating him Saturday for an alleged assault at a nightclub in a Georgia college town.

NY gov faces legal minefield in conduct inquiries (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:15 PM PST AP - Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov. David Paterson.

2 missing teen cases, 2 different police responses (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:27 AM PST AP - The disappearances of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King illustrate a sad fact: not all missing children cases are treated the same.

Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:57 PM PST AP - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.

Gays in military ruling creates dilemma for brass (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:31 PM PST AP - A pressing legal reality for the "don't ask, don't tell" standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States.

Courts finally catching up to texting jurors (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 02:52 PM PST AP - Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches.

Va. AG: Colleges can't ban gay discrimination (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:03 PM PST AP - Virginia's attorney general has advised the state's public colleges that they don't have the authority to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying only the General Assembly has that power.

Pentagon shooter little known by neighbors (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:25 AM PST AP - John Patrick Bedell was a brilliant and seemingly gentle computer whiz, yet so withdrawn that people in this rural community where his parents and grandparents are civic leaders knew little about him — until he opened fire at the Pentagon this week.

Woman bitten by bear at Wis. zoo, fingers severed (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 12:57 AM PST AP - Police say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal.

Predictability out of the picture at Oscars (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PST AP - Too predictable. That's the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts.

Witness will testify in Broncos player's death (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:14 PM PST AP - A witness too afraid to testify against the man accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has changed his mind after a night in jail.

Girl, 6, killed after wandering onto Minn. freeway (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 10:14 AM PST AP - The Minnesota State Patrol says a 6-year-old girl wandered into freeway traffic near Minneapolis, where she was struck and killed by an SUV.

Texas Gov. Perry must win in Nov. before 2012 talk (AP) Posted: 06 Mar 2010 03:09 PM PST AP - Before Rick Perry can parlay his tea party-powered victory in the Texas governor's primary into something bigger — a 2012 Republican presidential ticket, perhaps — he'll have to actually win a record-setting, third four-year term.

911 call reveals Mich. girl's pleas to help mother (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:55 PM PST AP - Her mother shot and dying in a Detroit home, an 8-year-old girl desperately pleaded to a 911 dispatcher for help. But Monica Botello's daughter didn't know where she was or how to tell police to get there.

Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:33 PM PST AP - More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.

Feds: 68 fatal ODs linked to scheme at Kan. clinic (AP) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:43 PM PST AP - A new federal indictment implicates a Kansas doctor and his wife in nine additional patient deaths, bringing to 68 the number of fatal overdoses the government contends are linked to illegal prescription writing and a moneymaking conspiracy at their clinic.

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