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• Conditions improving for W.Va. mine rescue effort (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Mine safety fixes fall short (AP)
• Nancy Kerrigan's brother charged with manslaughter (AP)
• Gingrich: Obama administration most radical ever (AP)
• States push to pay teachers based on performance (AP)
• NC GOP wants national party head Steele to quit (AP)
• Prosecutors: Pelosi feared for family after calls (AP)
• Triple-death trial revisits Newark's turning point (AP)
• Enola Gay crewman who helped arm atomic bomb dies (AP)
• Defendant blames fellow teen in NY stabbing death (AP)
• Stepdad of NJ girl defends 3 accused of raping her (AP)
• 1 survivor of W.Va. mine explosion out of hospital (AP)
• Feds find problems at Central Calif toxic dump (AP)
• CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year (AP)
• Report pans parole oversight of Calif sex offender (AP)
• Spacewoman asked about career, hair on talk radio (AP)
• Feds: Texas explosives suspect was angry at gov't (AP)
• 3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty (AP)
• States target payday lenders and their high rates (AP)
• EPA tightens rules on pesticide linked to deaths (AP)

Conditions improving for W.Va. mine rescue effort (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - Levels of noxious gas dropped Thursday in a coal mine where 25 workers died in an explosion, giving rescuers hope that they might be able to get inside soon to look for four still missing.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Mine safety fixes fall short (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - After a 2006 West Virginia mine explosion killed a dozen miners, coal companies spent more than $1 billion on new safety measures that did nothing to save the lives of at least 25 more men under similar circumstances this week.

Nancy Kerrigan's brother charged with manslaughter (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:28 PM PDT AP - The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was charged with manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father in what prosecutors called a drunken rage during a trivial argument over use of the family telephone, the Middlesex district attorney's office said Thursday.

Gingrich: Obama administration most radical ever (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:08 PM PDT AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling Barack Obama "the most radical president in American history."

States push to pay teachers based on performance (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - For parents and politicians hungry for better schools, the idea of paying teachers more if their students perform better can seem as basic as adding two and two or spelling "cat."

NC GOP wants national party head Steele to quit (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:10 PM PDT AP - The head of the North Carolina Republican Party asked Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to step down Thursday, saying the resignation is the only way to end scrutiny of the national party over lavish spending.

Prosecutors: Pelosi feared for family after calls (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:39 PM PDT AP - The man charged with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so livid over the health care overhaul that he made at least 48 calls to her offices and homes, leading the Democrat to fear that her family might be in danger, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Triple-death trial revisits Newark's turning point (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - The bodies of the three friends were found slumped near a playground wall, each killed by a shot to the head. Nearby, a fourth lay clinging to life after being shot and stabbed.

Enola Gay crewman who helped arm atomic bomb dies (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - The weapons test officer aboard the Enola Gay who helped arm the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima has died in a Las Vegas hospital. Morris Jeppson was 87.

Defendant blames fellow teen in NY stabbing death (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - A Long Island teenager accused of stabbing an immigrant to death testified Thursday that an acquaintance he had just met delivered the fatal blow and insisted he wasn't even carrying a knife the night of the killing, despite admitting the crime to police.

Stepdad of NJ girl defends 3 accused of raping her (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - A horrifying case — a gang rape of a 7-year-old allegedly sold by her teenage stepsister to armed men — grew more bizarre when the girl's stepfather showed up outside the Trenton courthouse Thursday to say that three of the five accused men had actually tried to help the girl.

1 survivor of W.Va. mine explosion out of hospital (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - A miner who survived an explosion that killed at least 25 people at a West Virginia coal mine has been released from the hospital.

Feds find problems at Central Calif toxic dump (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - A federal investigation found that a major hazardous waste facility at the center of a birth defects controversy improperly disposed of a chemical known to cause cancer and reproductive problems.

CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - Fourteen states, the nation's capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry that tobacco company discounts are keeping prices down.

Report pans parole oversight of Calif sex offender (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - Parole officers should have done a better job watching a paroled California sex offender, but closer scrutiny may not have stopped the murder of one teenage girl and the assault of another woman, a draft report released Thursday said.

Spacewoman asked about career, hair on talk radio (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT AP - Discovery's space station visit took a sudden pop-cultural turn Thursday when one of the four record-breaking female astronauts went on talk radio from orbit to chat about her career, iPod selections and even her hairdo.

Feds: Texas explosives suspect was angry at gov't (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:51 PM PDT AP - A man accused of dropping more than 30 explosive devices into mailboxes and other locations across east Texas did so out of anger toward the government and was acting alone, federal authorities said Thursday.

3 girls in Mass. bullying case plead not guilty (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT AP - Three teenage girls accused of participating in the bullying of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide pleaded not guilty through their lawyers Thursday to charges including civil rights violations and criminal harassment.

States target payday lenders and their high rates (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT AP - When Jeffrey Smith needed some quick cash to pay a medical bill, he turned to a payday loan store near his home outside Phoenix.

EPA tightens rules on pesticide linked to deaths (AP) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - Federal officials have moved quickly to clamp down on the use of potent rodent-killing pesticides after one was linked to the deaths of two Utah girls earlier this year.

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