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• AP: Major safety lapses at mine long before blast (AP)
• US woman silently pleads not guilty in terror case (AP)
• FBI arrests Calif man for alleged Pelosi threats (AP)
• Lethal gas stops rescuers from entering W.Va. mine (AP)
• LA mayor backs down, says shutdown a last resort (AP)
• 3rd ex-officer pleads guilty in Katrina probe (AP)
• Mich. Muslim leader: Pix of slain Imam troubling (AP)
• Ala. dental spat may foreshadow Obama plan effects (AP)
• Fire danger threatens where Northeast floods hit (AP)
• Va. man acquitted of indecent exposure in his home (AP)
• Developing test to warn smokers of cancer danger (AP)
• Denali details its pitch for $35B Alaska gas line (AP)
• Family men, outdoorsmen among W.Va. mine victims (AP)
• 2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park (AP)
• W.Va. basketball coach visits miners' families (AP)
• Abuse scandal means tough checks for future pope (AP)
• Sister: Man in Murray threat wasn't an intimidator (AP)
• Feds cited Massey mine twice on day of explosion (AP)
• Census ads seek to boost minority participation (AP)
• W.Va. miner talks about underground explosion (AP)

AP: Major safety lapses at mine long before blast (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Federal inspectors found a string of safety violations at a sprawling West Virginia coal mine in the months and days leading up to an explosion that killed 25 this week, including two citations the day of the explosion. Miners were so concerned about the conditions that several told their congressman they were afraid to go back into the mine.

US woman silently pleads not guilty in terror case (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 01:19 PM PDT AP - With a shake of the head, a pregnant Colorado woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of helping foreign terrorists who authorities say were plotting to kill a Swedish artist.

FBI arrests Calif man for alleged Pelosi threats (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - A California man angry about health care reform allegedly made threatening and harassing phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including at least one call in which he got through and spoke to her directly, law enforcement officials said.

Lethal gas stops rescuers from entering W.Va. mine (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:09 PM PDT AP - Two full days after the worst U.S. mining disaster in a generation, dangerous gases underground prevented rescuers Wednesday from venturing into the Upper Big Branch coal mine to search for any survivors of the explosion that killed at least 25 workers.

LA mayor backs down, says shutdown a last resort (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:25 PM PDT AP - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa backed down from his hardline stance over the budget crisis Wednesday, admitting he cannot shut down city services without the City Council's approval and requesting $20 million from the power utility to keep the city solvent.

3rd ex-officer pleads guilty in Katrina probe (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - A former New Orleans police officer told federal authorities he saw a fellow officer shoot and kick unarmed, wounded civilians in a deadly incident on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, marking the first time an officer has provided federal authorities with an eyewitness account of the events.

Mich. Muslim leader: Pix of slain Imam troubling (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT AP - A Muslim civil rights group released crime scene photos Wednesday of the body of a mosque leader shot 20 times during an FBI raid — images the group's director says suggest the imam likely had to defend himself against a vicious dog attack before he was killed.

Ala. dental spat may foreshadow Obama plan effects (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - Alone in a meeting room, trustees of the Alabama Dental Association complained about Sarrell Dental Center, a nonprofit corporation that treats thousands of needy children on Medicaid.

Fire danger threatens where Northeast floods hit (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - Officials in southern New England have issued fire danger warnings for some of the areas put underwater by record flooding just days ago.

Va. man acquitted of indecent exposure in his home (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - A man charged with indecent exposure after two women said they saw him naked inside his own home was acquitted Wednesday by a Virginia jury.

Developing test to warn smokers of cancer danger (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes.

Denali details its pitch for $35B Alaska gas line (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Everyone seems to agree there's room for only one major pipeline to move natural gas from Alaska's prodigious North Slope to North American markets. Now a high-stakes showdown is taking shape over who will be in charge and what it will take to make the long-hoped-for project economical and a reality.

Family men, outdoorsmen among W.Va. mine victims (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - As some families prayed that their loved ones might still be alive in West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine, others grappled with the certainty that they had lost a father, brother or cousin.

2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday.

W.Va. basketball coach visits miners' families (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - West Virginia men's basketball coach Bob Huggins delivered homemade pasta and Mountaineer T-shirts on Wednesday to the families of miners who have been killed or are missing following an explosion.

Abuse scandal means tough checks for future pope (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - The sex abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church will mean more vigorous background checks when it comes to appointing cardinals, and future popes. Among the requirements: no taint of scandal and the ability to speak comfortably to the world and the media.

Sister: Man in Murray threat wasn't an intimidator (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 12:49 AM PDT AP - The sister of the Washington state man charged with threatening to kill Democratic Sen. Patty Murray over her support for health care reform said her brother has no history of intimidation.

Feds cited Massey mine twice on day of explosion (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 02:51 PM PDT AP - The Massey Energy coal mine where 25 people died in an explosion was cited for violating two federal safety rules on the day of the blast.

Census ads seek to boost minority participation (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 12:21 AM PDT AP - Radio commercials blare ranchera tunes, beseeching Mexican-Americans to fill out their census forms. Print ads with a portrait of a Thai family with a carved elephant in the background implore Thais to do the same. So does a Congolese basketball hero in another.

W.Va. miner talks about underground explosion (AP) Posted: 07 Apr 2010 01:54 PM PDT AP - A West Virginia miner working underground when an explosion killed 25 colleagues saw the power go out, but only learned of the devastation when crews told him of flying debris.

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