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• Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims (AP)
• Teen's death prompts review of safety measures (AP)
• Are kids old enough to be playing adult games? (AP)
• NC farm produces emerald shaped into massive gem (AP)
• Fire at site of future Tenn. mosque troubles city (AP)
• US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides (AP)
• NYC community board head wants interfaith center (AP)
• Armed man fatally shot at Tennessee high school (AP)
• NY groups seek DC order blocking targeted killings (AP)
• Casino proposed near battlefield splits Gettysburg (AP)
• Clemens, in court, tells judge: `Not guilty' (AP)
• Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast (AP)
• Lawyer: Ga. soldier in shooting was on strict diet (AP)
• Victorious St. Lucia soccer player shot dead in NY (AP)
• Budget woes sowing discord at Detroit orchestra (AP)
• Report: Climate science panel needs change at top (AP)
• Woman saw slaying of officer son during ride-along (AP)
• Ga. woman convicted in 2 antifreeze deaths dies (AP)
• Nannies could testify in Anna Nicole Smith case (AP)
• NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam (AP)

Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - The jaunt didn't make for much of a war story, and there is no record it ever happened. But the man successfully argued that he may have been exposed to Agent Orange during his stopover and that it might have caused his diabetes — even though decades of research into the defoliant have failed to find more than a possibility that it causes the disease.

Teen's death prompts review of safety measures (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:15 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union is promising a review of its motorcycle racing safety rules, conceding it will never be able to eliminate the dangers in a high-speed sport where teenage competitors are the norm.

Are kids old enough to be playing adult games? (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - They sail solo around the world, climb the highest mountains and race around ovals at breakneck speeds.

NC farm produces emerald shaped into massive gem (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - An emerald so large it's being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine the Great was pulled from a pit near corn rows at a North Carolina farm.

Fire at site of future Tenn. mosque troubles city (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - A suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee has some local Muslims worried that their project has been dragged into the national debate surrounding Manhattan's ground zero.

US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.

NYC community board head wants interfaith center (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - The chairwoman of the community board that voted for an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero said she believes adding an interfaith dimension would help unite people, saying a nondenominational chapel built at the Pentagon as part of a Sept. 11 memorial did just that.

Armed man fatally shot at Tennessee high school (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:29 PM PDT AP - An armed man was fatally shot by deputies Monday at an east Tennessee high school after he went inside and pointed a gun at the principal's head, a sheriff said.

NY groups seek DC order blocking targeted killings (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - Two civil liberties groups sued the federal government on Monday to try to block its targeted killing overseas of a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired recent attacks in the United States.

Casino proposed near battlefield splits Gettysburg (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield and be named for the line that divided North and South.

Clemens, in court, tells judge: `Not guilty' (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT AP - Roger Clemens put his right hand on the lectern, leaned down toward the microphone and made what might be the most important pitch of his life: "Not guilty, your honor."

Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.

Lawyer: Ga. soldier in shooting was on strict diet (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:49 PM PDT AP - A soldier was fasting to meet strict military weight guidelines and nearly catatonic when he shot and killed a supervisor who denied his vacation request, his attorney said Monday.

Victorious St. Lucia soccer player shot dead in NY (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - A triumphant St. Lucian soccer player whose winning goal put his team in the final of a tournament for Caribbean teams has been shot and killed in a tragic end to an evening out celebrating.

Budget woes sowing discord at Detroit orchestra (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Despite all of Detroit's woes, the city has always been able to boast about one thing: its nationally recognized orchestra.

Report: Climate science panel needs change at top (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:37 PM PDT AP - Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel called Monday for a major overhaul in the way it's run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.

Woman saw slaying of officer son during ride-along (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - A friend of one of two police officers gunned down in a tiny Alaska village says the officer's visiting mother witnessed the fatal shootings because she was on a patrol ride-along with her son.

Ga. woman convicted in 2 antifreeze deaths dies (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - A woman who killed her husband and later her boyfriend by poisoning them with antifreeze died Monday at a state prison where she was serving a life sentence, prison officials said.

Nannies could testify in Anna Nicole Smith case (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT AP - The drug conspiracy trial of two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith entered its second month with the prosecution nearing the end of its case but for a lingering question: Will the nannies testify?

NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:07 PM PDT AP - Adnan Zulfiqar, a graduate student, former U.S. Senate aide and American-born son of Pakistani immigrants, will soon give the first khutbah, or sermon, of the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania. His topic has presented itself in the daily headlines and blog posts over the disputed mosque near ground zero.

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