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• Judge lifts offshore drilling ban as `overbearing' (AP)
• Storms spew funnel clouds, flash floods in Midwest (AP)
• Bin Laden hunter to be released by Pakistan (AP)
• Crews try to keep Arizona wildfire from Flagstaff (AP)
• Son of Dallas chief dies in shootout with police (AP)
• San Francisco board passes cell phone emission law (AP)
• Madoff's ex-finance chief released on bail in NYC (AP)
• Newspaper, writer of Palin editorial part ways (AP)
• Utah Supreme Court: Online petition signatures OK (AP)
• Chicago mayor defends handgun ban after shootings (AP)
• For sale: Fallen money manager's prized posessions (AP)
• Pa. city fights crime with soccer, strict curfews (AP)
• Immigration vote stirs emotions in Neb. town (AP)
• Oil spill puts the Gulf oyster industry on ice (AP)
• Mexico asks court to reject Ariz. immigration law (AP)
• Philadelphia: Scouts should pay for excluding gays (AP)
• Oil threatens key Gulf algae and its ecosystem (AP)
• 5 militia men must stay locked up awaiting trial (AP)
• Wrestler's widow suing WWE, Conn. Senate candidate (AP)

Judge lifts offshore drilling ban as `overbearing' (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:48 PM PDT AP - A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as rash and heavy-handed Tuesday, saying the government simply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an imminent danger, too.

Storms spew funnel clouds, flash floods in Midwest (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - A wave of severe storms crashed through the Midwest Tuesday, forcing residents in central Indiana to flee their homes because of rising floodwaters and frantically ease the pressure on an earthen dam before a new band of storms came rumbling through.

Bin Laden hunter to be released by Pakistan (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT AP - The brother of an American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden says the Colorado man is being released by the Pakistani government without charges.

Crews try to keep Arizona wildfire from Flagstaff (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:33 PM PDT AP - Massive clouds of smoke choked Flagstaff on Tuesday as firefighters battled to keep a nearly 19-square-mile wildfire from heading toward the mountain town of about 60,000 people.

Son of Dallas chief dies in shootout with police (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - The city's new police chief faces one of the worst tragedies that could befall a law enforcement officer: living with the knowledge that his dead son was a cop killer.

San Francisco board passes cell phone emission law (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - The city's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave final approval to the country's first law requiring cell phone retailers to post the amount of radiation emitted by the phones they sell.

Madoff's ex-finance chief released on bail in NYC (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - The former finance chief for jailed financier Bernard Madoff was released on $10 million bail Tuesday, months after he admitted his role in an epic fraud that cost thousands of investors billions of dollars and agreed to cooperate with investigators.

Newspaper, writer of Palin editorial part ways (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:24 PM PDT AP - The managing editor of the newspaper in Sarah Palin's hometown has left his job, just weeks after he wrote an editorial noting Alaska's protective "deadly force" law in reference to the former governor's new neighbor, an author who is writing a book about her.

Utah Supreme Court: Online petition signatures OK (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:45 PM PDT AP - The Utah Supreme Court said Tuesday that state election officials must accept online petition signatures to qualify individuals for the ballot.

Chicago mayor defends handgun ban after shootings (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:48 PM PDT AP - Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley defended the city's handgun ban Tuesday after a spate of shootings that left 10 people dead and dozens wounded, saying the violence bolsters the city's argument that the 1982 ordinance is needed.

For sale: Fallen money manager's prized posessions (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Looking for an escape vehicle? You could soon own the red motorcycle an Indiana money manager used to speed off into the Gulf Coast wilderness after crashing his plane in a bogus suicide attempt to avoid his legal and marital woes.

Pa. city fights crime with soccer, strict curfews (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - Marjorie Clark lost her husband to the swing of a baseball bat against his skull after he dared confront a drug dealer in 1993. Her daughter, who has cerebral palsy, was attacked about 12 years later by a man who broke into their home. Last week, her 2-year-old neighbor was shot in the head and killed just outside.

Immigration vote stirs emotions in Neb. town (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:10 PM PDT AP - While busy running a general store that caters to the growing number of Latinos in this Nebraska meatpacking town, Alfredo Velez had new concerns Tuesday after his neighbors voted for an ordinance to crack down on illegal immigrants.

Oil spill puts the Gulf oyster industry on ice (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:29 AM PDT AP - Whether they're deep-fried, baked or served on the half-shell, most of the oysters eaten by Americans start their journey to the gullet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico asks court to reject Ariz. immigration law (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country's own interests and its citizens' rights are at stake.

Philadelphia: Scouts should pay for excluding gays (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:44 PM PDT AP - A Boy Scouts chapter in Philadelphia may have ousted just one gay scout in the decade since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the organization's right to ban gays, but that doesn't mean untold others haven't been shut out, a city lawyer told jurors Tuesday.

Oil threatens key Gulf algae and its ecosystem (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:52 AM PDT AP - It looks dirty and muddy, a brown mass of weeds with gas-filled berries that allow it to float on the Gulf of Mexico's waters. Sometimes it washes ashore, getting caught in the toes of barefoot beachgoers or stuck to the bottom of flip-flops.

5 militia men must stay locked up awaiting trial (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:19 PM PDT AP - Five members of a Midwest militia charged with conspiring to rebel against the government and use weapons of mass destruction will remain in jail while awaiting trial, an appeals court said Tuesday, reversing a decision by a federal judge.

Wrestler's widow suing WWE, Conn. Senate candidate (AP) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:51 PM PDT AP - The widow of a World Wrestling Entertainment performer who died in a televised 1999 stunt filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Connecticut-based company and its leaders, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon.

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