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• Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million (AP)
• 2 men sentenced in Ind. for online child porn ring (AP)
• Blagojevich retrial looms; will it be different? (AP)
• Mum's the word? Likely not for broke Blagojevich (AP)
• Feds: No timeline for completing Gulf relief well (AP)
• Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive (AP)
• Muslims pray daily at Pentagon's 9/11 crash site (AP)
• Muslim employee: Disney banned her head scarf (AP)
• Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero (AP)
• Lawyer: SC mom accused of killing sons remorseful (AP)
• NYC bank jobs suspect: Flowers deflected suspicion (AP)
• Future of Nebraska's other abortion law murky (AP)
• Tenn. flash flooding reported, more rain coming (AP)
• Texas gunman worked security, often praised police (AP)
• Review finds flawed NC cases, including executions (AP)
• Texas youths charged in woman's shooting death (AP)
• First oiled turtles released in Gulf after rehab (AP)
• AP poll: BP image recovering from spill, still low (AP)
• Infant skeletons found in Calif. basement trunk (AP)
• Poll: NY voters opposed to mosque near ground zero (AP)

Egg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:16 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as a company dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs.

2 men sentenced in Ind. for online child porn ring (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - A Baltimore man who helped run an online message board where members shared millions of child pornography images insisted Wednesday that he only took part so he could bust the ring.

Blagojevich retrial looms; will it be different? (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:25 PM PDT AP - "Blago on Trial, The Sequel" promises to be as circus-like and nearly as expensive as the first trial of the former Illinois governor. And in a state with a huge budget deficit, some people would prefer not to see it at all.

Mum's the word? Likely not for broke Blagojevich (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT AP - Rod Blagojevich surely hopes talk is anything but cheap.

Feds: No timeline for completing Gulf relief well (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - The government's point man for the Gulf oil spill said Wednesday he cannot provide a timeline right now for when BP's blown-out well will finally be plugged for good.

Lockerbie bomber fuels anger just by staying alive (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:23 PM PDT AP - A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.

Muslims pray daily at Pentagon's 9/11 crash site (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT AP - While Americans are bitterly debating the proposed building of a mosque near New York's ground zero, Muslims have been praying for years less than 80 feet from where another hijacked jetliner struck.

Muslim employee: Disney banned her head scarf (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - A Muslim woman who works as a hostess at a Disneyland restaurant alleged Wednesday the theme park would not allow her to appear in front of customers while wearing her head scarf.

Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:48 PM PDT AP - American Muslims who support the proposed mosque and Islamic center near ground zero are facing skeptics within their own faith — those who argue that the project is insensitive to Sept. 11 victims and needlessly provocative at a time when Muslims are pressing for wider acceptance in the U.S.

Lawyer: SC mom accused of killing sons remorseful (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - The mother accused of suffocating her two young sons and trying to cover it up by staging an accident says she is remorseful and has been speaking with the family minister, her attorney said Wednesday.

NYC bank jobs suspect: Flowers deflected suspicion (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:51 PM PDT AP - The city's so-called Bouquet Bandit told police he used plants as props to deflect suspicion in a series of bank robberies spurred by drinking and drug use, newly released documents show.

Future of Nebraska's other abortion law murky (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:54 PM PDT AP - One of two controversial abortion laws put on the books in Nebraska this spring was likely blocked for good on Wednesday, and the future of the other law is murky.

Tenn. flash flooding reported, more rain coming (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - Heavy rainfall has soaked some of the same parts of Middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, and forecasters are warning that more rain is expected.

Texas gunman worked security, often praised police (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - The man who killed himself during a shootout with a suburban Dallas police department once worked as a jailer and security guard and even praised the very officers he attacked, according to associates and records.

Review finds flawed NC cases, including executions (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - Analysts at North Carolina's crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions and another where two men were imprisoned for murdering Michael Jordan's father, according to a scathing review released Wednesday.

Texas youths charged in woman's shooting death (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - A 13-year-old boy and his 12-year-old girlfriend were charged Wednesday with murder and aggravated assault in a shooting that killed a suburban Dallas woman and critcally wounded her husband.

First oiled turtles released in Gulf after rehab (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 01:27 PM PDT AP - The first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP's massive leak were released back into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, with scientists saying that animals taken in by rescuers — including birds — appear more resilient than first feared.

AP poll: BP image recovering from spill, still low (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - BP's image, which took an ugly beating after the Gulf oil spill, is recovering since the company capped the well, though the oil giant's approval level is still anything but robust. A majority of Americans still aren't convinced it is safe to eat seafood from parts of the Gulf or swim in its waters, a new AP poll shows.

Infant skeletons found in Calif. basement trunk (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:02 PM PDT AP - Two infant skeletons wrapped in 1930s newspapers and placed in doctor's bags were found inside an unclaimed steamer trunk by a woman cleaning out the basement of a 1924 building that's being converted to condominiums, authorities said.

Poll: NY voters opposed to mosque near ground zero (AP) Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:25 PM PDT AP - A majority of New Yorkers remain opposed to a mosque proposed as part of a planned Islamic cultural center near ground zero, and the issue will be a factor for many voters this fall, according to a statewide poll released Wednesday.

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