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• Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP)
• 9 years later, signs of life emerge at ground zero (AP)
• 'Vapor trail' leads to Paris Hilton's Vegas arrest (AP)
• For Obamas, a (mostly) uninterrupted vacation (AP)
• W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem US Senate nomination (AP)
• W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP)
• Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center (AP)
• La. residents rid grief in symbolic Katrina burial (AP)
• Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit (AP)
• 5 Calif. inmates shot during riot, 2 others hurt (AP)
• Carter's diplomacy helps free American prisoner (AP)
• Architectural gems languish on Calif. home market (AP)
• Numbers confirm it: Summer was a scorcher (AP)
• Founder of Florida A&M Marching 100 dies at 91 (AP)
• NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one (AP)
• Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home (AP)
• Florida woman decapitated; boyfriend arrested (AP)
• US ambassador's daughter, 17, dies in NYC fall (AP)
• Fundraising effort begins for NYC Islamic center (AP)
• Theft charges filed in probe of Kan. girl's death (AP)

Beck: Help us restore traditional American values (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:40 PM PDT AP - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.

9 years later, signs of life emerge at ground zero (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 03:07 PM PDT AP - After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.

'Vapor trail' leads to Paris Hilton's Vegas arrest (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:40 PM PDT AP - Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip set off Paris Hilton's latest legal troubles when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine later fell out of the 29-year-old socialite's purse.

For Obamas, a (mostly) uninterrupted vacation (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wrapped up a 10-day vacation Saturday that was blissfully free of the news emergencies that have interrupted some of his past getaways.

W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem US Senate nomination (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:52 PM PDT AP - Popular West Virginia Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin easily won his party's nomination and will face Republican primary winner John Raese (RAY'-see) in the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.

W.Va. Gov. Manchin wins Dem primary for US Senate (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 06:12 PM PDT AP - Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.

Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, be they fissures between interfaith husbands and wives or political chasms separating the United States and the Muslim world. The 61-year-old clergyman is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over plans for a multistory Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero.

La. residents rid grief in symbolic Katrina burial (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of mourners dropped notes, cards and letters — many of them stained with tears — into a steel-gray casket on Saturday in a symbolic burial of Hurricane Katrina.

Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT AP - They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up. Medicare is finally catching up to most private insurers by providing counseling for anyone on the program who's trying to kick the habit.

5 Calif. inmates shot during riot, 2 others hurt (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Prison guards shot into a crowd to stop 200 rioting inmates at California's Folsom State Prison, wounding five, authorities said Saturday. Another two inmates were injured by other prisoners during Friday's riot, which began at about 7 p.m. in the main exercise yard and ended after 30 minutes. Prison spokesman Lt. Anthony Gentile said officers fired after other efforts to break up the riot failed.

Carter's diplomacy helps free American prisoner (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:55 AM PDT AP - Jimmy Carter has for years worked behind the scenes to secure the release of political prisoners. But this week he had to do it in person and in the public spotlight, traveling to North Korea to bring an American home.

Architectural gems languish on Calif. home market (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 01:38 AM PDT AP - The home sale slump has left some dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and other architectural luminaries languishing on the Southern California market.

Numbers confirm it: Summer was a scorcher (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - New numbers confirm what the sweaty brows of Northeasterners have been saying for months: The summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher.

Founder of Florida A&M Marching 100 dies at 91 (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - William P. Foster, credited with innovating a much-imitated high-stepping style as founder and longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band, died Saturday. He was 91.

NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:20 AM PDT AP - Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.

Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:36 PM PDT AP - A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs.

Florida woman decapitated; boyfriend arrested (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:24 PM PDT AP - Authorities are saying a 48-year-old north Florida woman was decapitated and dismembered, and her boyfriend has been charged with murder in her death.

US ambassador's daughter, 17, dies in NYC fall (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2010 02:27 AM PDT AP - The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand slipped off her shoes and climbed out onto a window ledge Friday at a Manhattan apartment before plummeting more than 20 stories to her death, police said.

Fundraising effort begins for NYC Islamic center (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:55 PM PDT AP - The developer behind plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from ground zero kicked off fundraising for the project Friday by raising $10,000 in just a few minutes from a congregation of Muslim worshippers.

Theft charges filed in probe of Kan. girl's death (AP) Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:53 PM PDT AP - Authorities filed burglary and theft charges Friday against the man they were seeking in connection with the death of a 14-year-old central Kansas girl whose charred body was discovered at an asphalt plant.

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