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• Police: Feuds led Pa. woman to shoot colleagues (AP)
• Islam controversies cast shadow over 9/11 events (AP)
• Woman, child feared dead in massive Calif. blast (AP)
• Crews search ash-covered homes after blast kills 4 (AP)
• Senate urged to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
• Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan (AP)
• Officer involved in deadly shooting being sued (AP)
• First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet (AP)
• Conductor's arm amputated after Calif. derailment (AP)
• Wis. agrees to extend deadline for some voters (AP)
• Ga. Rep. Bishop awarded scholarships to family (AP)
• Ind. man accused of posing as vet to scam money (AP)
• Family questions why Wash. execution took 17 years (AP)
• NTSB: Duck boat calls unanswered before collision (AP)
• Pa. mosque opens peacefully near synagogue, church (AP)
• Revolutionary museum swap: Valley Forge for Philly (AP)
• Report: US must deal with homegrown terror problem (AP)
• Iran postpones American woman's release (AP)
• Fla. pastor's son: no Quran burning on 9/11 (AP)

Police: Feuds led Pa. woman to shoot colleagues (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:23 PM PDT AP - A Kraft Foods plant worker who had been suspended for feuding with colleagues, then escorted from the building, returned minutes later with a handgun, found her foes in a break room and executed two of them with a single bullet each and critically wounded a third, police said Friday.

Islam controversies cast shadow over 9/11 events (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - They will read the names, of course, the names of every victim who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. The bells will ring. And then that moment of unity will give way to division as activists hoist signs and march, some for and some against a planned mosque two blocks from ground zero.

Woman, child feared dead in massive Calif. blast (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT AP - A 44-year-old woman and her young daughter are among those feared dead after a massive explosion ripped through a Northern California neighborhood.

Crews search ash-covered homes after blast kills 4 (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:23 PM PDT AP - All that was left of some houses Friday were chimneys, rising from still smoldering ruins. Burned-out cars sat along ash-covered streets. And a rescue worker with a dog searched door to door for missing people.

Senate urged to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - Elated by a major court victory, gay-rights activists are stepping up pressure on Congress to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy this month. They want to avoid potentially lengthy appeals and fear their chances for a legislative fix will fade after Election Day.

Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:25 PM PDT AP - Far from the din and controversy roiling interfaith relations in the West, Muslims worldwide thronged mosques, cafes and parks Friday in a solemn and joyful end to the fasting month of Ramadan.

Officer involved in deadly shooting being sued (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - The police officer who shot and killed a Guatemalan immigrant who authorities said was threatening people with a knife is being sued by a man claiming he was unlawfully shot by the officer in 2008.

First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:40 PM PDT AP - A 25-year-old soldier from Iowa who exposed himself to enemy gunfire to try to save two fellow soldiers will become the first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday.

Conductor's arm amputated after Calif. derailment (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:15 AM PDT AP - A surgical team amputated the arm of a conductor Friday to free him from the wreckage of a locomotive that struck a slow-moving freight train on tracks 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

Wis. agrees to extend deadline for some voters (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Wisconsin residents in the military or living overseas will have until Nov. 19 to return ballots they cast in the Nov. 2 election under an agreement the state reached Friday with the federal government.

Ga. Rep. Bishop awarded scholarships to family (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - A Georgia congressman awarded his stepdaughter, a niece and an aide's future wife college scholarships through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, making him the second House Democrat known to use the group to steer money to relatives and associates.

Ind. man accused of posing as vet to scam money (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:47 PM PDT AP - A man masquerading as a down-on-his-luck soldier needing travel funds scammed good Samaritans out of nearly $500 before police caught up with him, a prosecutor said Friday.

Family questions why Wash. execution took 17 years (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - Nearly two decades after Holly Washa was raped, tortured and murdered by an Oregon convict who had skipped out on his parole, her family is satisfied that the killer has been put to death, but they question why it took so long.

NTSB: Duck boat calls unanswered before collision (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:00 PM PDT AP - An idled tour boat and other vessels made repeated, unanswered calls to the tugboat guiding the massive barge that struck the smaller craft in the Delaware River, killing two Hungarian students, according to a federal report released Friday.

Pa. mosque opens peacefully near synagogue, church (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:45 AM PDT AP - A new mosque recently opened in this well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia, but not many people noticed.

Revolutionary museum swap: Valley Forge for Philly (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 02:01 PM PDT AP - A land swap that will bring a Revolutionary War museum to Philadelphia and preserve 78 acres of land at nearby Valley Forge was heralded as a victory by those on both sides of what had been a contentious battle over the historic battlefield.

Report: US must deal with homegrown terror problem (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:49 AM PDT AP - The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission.

Iran postpones American woman's release (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - Iran on Friday postponed the planned release of an American woman jailed along with two friends for more than a year, state media reported, dealing a blow to the hopes of three U.S. mothers who have pleaded for the trio's release.

Fla. pastor's son: no Quran burning on 9/11 (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - The son of a pastor who suspended plans to burn copies of the Quran to mark the 9/11 anniversary says Islam's holiest text will not be torched at their Florida church Saturday.

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