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• Drug war sends bullets whizzing across the border (AP)
• 10 hurt when van crashes into Tenn. beauty salon (AP)
• Oil spill panel hears about Halliburton warning (AP)
• Salmonella vaccine may help prevent egg recalls (AP)
• Experts check stranded whale for injuries in Fla. (AP)
• Experts: Gators in northern waters probably pets (AP)
• Report faults air controllers for CA midair crash (AP)
• NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate (AP)
• Witness says he felt safe around Arizona fugitives (AP)
• Train troubles again strand Northeast commuters (AP)
• Five years later: Katrina a tale of SBA failure (AP)
• Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina (AP)
• Judge: Troy Davis failed to prove innocence (AP)
• 5 in intensive care after Ala. plant ammonia leak (AP)
• Supporters: Church ignored in NYC mosque furor (AP)
• No parole for Ala dog torturer; victim wags tail (AP)
• States use K-9s to search for smuggled cell phones (AP)
• RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge (AP)
• Report: NYC, Philly, Detroit top bedbug list (AP)
• US sheriffs struggle with high extradition costs (AP)

Drug war sends bullets whizzing across the border (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:37 PM PDT AP - The first bullets struck El Paso's city hall at the end of a work day. The next ones hit a university building and closed a major highway. Shootouts in the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border are sending bullets whizzing across the Rio Grande into one of the nation's safest cities, where authorities worry it's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or killed.

10 hurt when van crashes into Tenn. beauty salon (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - A driver who appeared to be having a seizure plowed his van into a busy Tennessee beauty salon on Tuesday, injuring at least 10 people and trapping some behind debris, witnessess and hospital officials said.

Oil spill panel hears about Halliburton warning (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:07 PM PDT AP - Federal investigators probing the blowout that led to the Gulf oil spill grilled a Halliburton official Tuesday about concerns the petroleum services firm raised over the potential for a severe gas flow problem if a BP plan was used.

Salmonella vaccine may help prevent egg recalls (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - Low-cost vaccines that may help prevent the kind of salmonella outbreak that has led to the recall of more than a half-billion eggs haven't been given to nearly half the nation's egg-laying hens.

Experts check stranded whale for injuries in Fla. (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT AP - Marine mammal experts are examining a stranded sperm whale for injuries in waters next to a South Beach marina.

Experts: Gators in northern waters probably pets (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - Two gators in the Chicago River. One strolling down a Massachusetts street. Another in bustling New York City. And that's just in the past few weeks.

Report faults air controllers for CA midair crash (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - A failure by Navy air traffic controllers to follow standard procedures contributed to a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members and two Marines off Southern California last year, according to a Coast Guard report released Tuesday.

NY archbishop worries about tone of mosque debate (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:03 PM PDT AP - The tense climate around a proposal for an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero could put New Yorkers in danger of losing their sense of tolerance and unity, values they embraced in the days after Sept. 11, the leader of the area's Roman Catholics said Tuesday.

Witness says he felt safe around Arizona fugitives (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Handcuffed face down on the ground, Hugh Murray quickly realized who he had been hanging out with for two days at a remote campsite as he overheard law enforcement officials say that a man detained near him was the last of the three.

Train troubles again strand Northeast commuters (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - In a snag all too familiar to commuters in a rail-dependent region, Amtrak and regional transit agencies halted trains throughout the Northeast for more than an hour at the height of the morning rush Tuesday because of power problems that apparently began in the Washington area.

Five years later: Katrina a tale of SBA failure (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT AP - Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Jay Young is still haunted by the desperate voices on the other end of the telephone crying and begging for help.

Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - The moment cut sharply through the chaos, suffering and fear of Hurricane Katrina — a small boy sobbed hysterically as he was separated from his dog Snowball while departing the wretched Louisiana Superdome.

Judge: Troy Davis failed to prove innocence (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT AP - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Georgia death row inmate whose case attracted international support failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name.

5 in intensive care after Ala. plant ammonia leak (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - An ammonia leak at a plant that freezes chickens left five people in intensive care as federal officials on Tuesday sought the cause of the spill a day earlier that prompted dozens of people to seek medical attention.

Supporters: Church ignored in NYC mosque furor (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:25 AM PDT AP - Supporters of a Greek Orthodox church destroyed on Sept. 11 say officials willing to speak out about a planned community center and mosque near ground zero have been silent on efforts to get the church rebuilt.

No parole for Ala dog torturer; victim wags tail (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - A scarred but friendly pit bull named "Louis Vuitton" was the star witness Tuesday as an Alabama state board denied parole for the man convicted of spraying him with lighter fluid, setting him on fire and beating him with a shovel.

States use K-9s to search for smuggled cell phones (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:00 AM PDT AP - They've been finding hidden bombs, drugs and corpses for years, using their sense of smell to locate what their human handlers would otherwise have to see in plain sight.

RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:46 AM PDT AP - The wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs one month after her license was suspended following her guilty plea to driving while impaired by alcohol, state police said Tuesday.

Report: NYC, Philly, Detroit top bedbug list (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT AP - A leading pest control company has released a list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities, and New York, Philadelphia and Detroit have scratched their way to the top.

US sheriffs struggle with high extradition costs (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Authorities in Michigan's Genesee County were jubilant when Atlanta police arrested a suspect in a spate of serial stabbings that left five people dead. They weren't so thrilled about picking up the tab to get him back.

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