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• Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse (AP)
• Polish air crash puts spotlight on pilots' duties (AP)
• Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case (AP)
• Mine blast probe awaits recovery of final 9 bodies (AP)
• Va. paper wins Pulitzer for gas-royalties coverage (AP)
• DA: No charges against Steelers' Roethlisberger (AP)
• NYC terror probe nabs 4th suspect in Pakistan (AP)
• Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP)
• Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia (AP)
• Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP)
• Closing arguments start in NY hate crime trial (AP)
• Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads (AP)
• Kennedy cousin loses appeal in murder conviction (AP)
• Hitler book, weapons, ammo found in militia raids (AP)
• Orcas seen in rare Puget Sound gray whale attack (AP)
• New pre-abortion requirements passed in Neb. (AP)
• Ga. to skip premium help under new health law (AP)
• Mine owner flew W.Va. governor home after blast (AP)
• 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists (AP)
• 13 astronauts celebrate 2 big space anniversaries (AP)

Vatican to bishops: follow law, report sex abuse (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - The Vatican on Monday responded to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bishops and clerics worldwide should report such crimes to police if they are required to by law.

Polish air crash puts spotlight on pilots' duties (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - Even up against tough weather and tight schedules, pilots are supposed to have the last word on when, where and how to land their aircraft. But aviation veterans, trying to make sense of the fog-shrouded crash that killed Poland's president, say pressures on pilots to keep VIP passengers on schedule can sometimes override safety considerations.

Mother testifies at hearing in Nev. ax attack case (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - A 28-year-old woman said through tears and a translator that a Las Vegas man laughed as she pleaded for him to stop striking her and her 4-month-old son with a medieval-style battle ax on a residential street.

Mine blast probe awaits recovery of final 9 bodies (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:11 PM PDT AP - Federal investigators arrived Monday at the West Virginia mine where 29 men died in an explosion last week to begin piecing together what caused the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1970.

Va. paper wins Pulitzer for gas-royalties coverage (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - The Bristol Herald Courier, a small paper in the coalfields of Appalachia, beat out journalism's powerhouses to win the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for uncovering a scandal in which Virginia landowners were deprived of millions in natural gas royalties.

DA: No charges against Steelers' Roethlisberger (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who won't face criminal charges after a 20-year-old college student accused him of sexually assaulting her inside a nightclub's bathroom, said Monday he knows he'll have to work to regain the trust of teammates and fans.

NYC terror probe nabs 4th suspect in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT AP - A fourth suspect in a disrupted plot to bomb New York City subways has been arrested in Pakistan, law enforcement officials said Monday.

Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

Okla. tea parties and lawmakers envision militia (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty.

Beneath NYC, police protect tunnels from terror (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:37 AM PDT AP - The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestone block in Brooklyn, but it isn't. It's a fake, leading directly to the belly of the nation's largest subway system.

Closing arguments start in NY hate crime trial (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - The lawyer for a Long Island teenager accused in the hate crime stabbing of an Ecuadorean immigrant told jurors Monday that his client didn't inflict the fatal blow and that even if they found him culpable, the crime didn't rise to the level of intentional murder.

Washington state moves to ban copper in brake pads (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT AP - When a driver hits the brakes, friction releases copper shavings that fall onto the road and are eventually washed into rivers, where environmentalists say the metal could pose a hazard to marine life — especially salmon, one of the Pacific Northwest's most prized products.

Kennedy cousin loses appeal in murder conviction (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - The state Supreme Court on Monday rejected Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's bid for a new trial in the 1975 killing of his 15-year-old neighbor, ruling that a claim implicating two other men, including a large black man, was not credible.

Hitler book, weapons, ammo found in militia raids (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:20 PM PDT AP - Federal agents investigating what they describe as a Christian militia bent on violence against police seized suspected crack cocaine and steroids, weapons, gas masks and a book of Adolf Hitler's speeches during raids of members' homes last month, according to search warrant records.

Orcas seen in rare Puget Sound gray whale attack (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - Whale watchers in Puget Sound caught a rare and dramatic sight from their tourist boat: a pod of orcas speeding by in attack mode and then ramming a gray whale under water.

New pre-abortion requirements passed in Neb. (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - Nebraska could become the first state to require doctors to screen women for possible mental and physical problems before performing abortions under a bill that received final approval from the nonpartisan Legislature on Monday.

Ga. to skip premium help under new health law (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT AP - Georgia's insurance commissioner will keep the state out of the first phase of a new federal health care law that would offer subsidized premiums to people with health problems.

Mine owner flew W.Va. governor home after blast (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:25 PM PDT AP - West Virginia's governor flew back to the state hours after last week's deadly mine explosion on a jet provided by the mine's owner.

2010 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:31 PM PDT AP - The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, with comments from the Pulitzer board:

13 astronauts celebrate 2 big space anniversaries (AP) Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex celebrated two big anniversaries Monday as they geared up for the third and final spacewalk of their mission.

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