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• Schwarzenegger tours Calif. gas line blast site (AP)
• One for the establishment: Ayotte wins NH GOP nod (AP)
• Poor berry crop pushes hungry bears near humans (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Wis. prosecutor 'sexted' abuse victim (AP)
• O'Donnell in spotlight after Del. primary victory (AP)
• Washington cracks down on abandoned Gulf wells (AP)
• States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees (AP)
• Dallas police charge 3 officers in alleged beating (AP)
• Lawsuit: Gas drilling fluid ruined Pa. water wells (AP)
• Doctor: Ind. boy fought as brother strangled him (AP)
• Chicago police officers rally against dept. head (AP)
• Oman in rare spotlight after bail deal with Iran (AP)
• Jackson's mother sues concert promoter AEG Live (AP)
• Bans on fake pot do little to deter business (AP)
• Fort Hood suspect's attorney seeks closed hearing (AP)
• APNewsBreak: NC lab halts work after PETA video (AP)
• Mediocre berry crop pushes bears near humans (AP)
• DA dropping charges in Mass. Craigslist killing (AP)
• Tropical storm Karl hits Mexico's Yucatan (AP)
• Who's a family? New study tracks shifting US views (AP)

Schwarzenegger tours Calif. gas line blast site (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:56 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got a close look at the site of the massive gas line explosion in a San Francisco suburb.

One for the establishment: Ayotte wins NH GOP nod (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - In the last turn of a tumultuous primary season, former New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte narrowly won her state's Republican Senate primary, to the relief of party officials in Washington who were struggling to adjust to the demise of their preferred candidate in another big race in Delaware.

Poor berry crop pushes hungry bears near humans (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - Without their usual diet of berries and nuts as hibernation approaches, mama, papa and baby bears in the West are turning to cars and cabins and finding the leftovers are juuuust right.

APNewsBreak: Wis. prosecutor 'sexted' abuse victim (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - A prominent Wisconsin district attorney sent repeated text messages trying to spark an affair with a domestic abuse victim while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend, a police report shows.

O'Donnell in spotlight after Del. primary victory (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:15 PM PDT AP - She has used campaign contributions to help pay the rent, taken more than 20 years to get her bachelor's degree and equated masturbation with adultery. And she just stunned the GOP establishment by beating a nine-term congressman and two-term governor in Delaware's U.S. Senate primary election.

Washington cracks down on abandoned Gulf wells (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration moved to head off another catastrophic leak like the BP disaster Wednesday, ordering oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico to plug or dismantle thousands of wells and platforms no longer in use.

States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:11 PM PDT AP - William Liberty began as a trash collector in Lindenwold 37 years ago and worked his way up to public works supervisor. Until recently, he figured he would hold on to the job until he turned 65.

Dallas police charge 3 officers in alleged beating (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - Three Dallas police officers, including one who was fired, will face criminal charges for their alleged roles in the beating of a suspect, which was caught on video by dashboard cameras, the police chief said Wednesday.

Lawsuit: Gas drilling fluid ruined Pa. water wells (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - Thirteen families in the heart of the gas-rich Marcellus Shale say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a drilling company using a technique at the center of a fierce nationwide debate.

Doctor: Ind. boy fought as brother strangled him (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - Fingernail marks on a 10-year-old Indiana boy's neck showed he tried to pry his teenage brother's arm loose as the older boy strangled him, a doctor testified during a Wednesday sentencing hearing.

Chicago police officers rally against dept. head (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT AP - Several hundred officers rallied outside Chicago police headquarters on Wednesday and called for the city's top police official to step down, saying initiatives he pushed through after joining the force three years ago have put their lives in danger and the community at risk.

Oman in rare spotlight after bail deal with Iran (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - Oman's royal leaders have long preferred the understated approach: No high-rises like their Gulf neighbors and policies that quietly balance close ties with both Washington and Tehran.

Jackson's mother sues concert promoter AEG Live (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Michael Jackson's mother on Wednesday sued the promoter of what were intended to be the pop star's comeback concerts for fraud and other claims related to the singer's death.

Bans on fake pot do little to deter business (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT AP - Authorities in 13 states thought they were acting to curb a public health threat when they outlawed a form of synthetic marijuana known as K2, a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals.

Fort Hood suspect's attorney seeks closed hearing (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - The media and others should not be allowed to hear testimony next month from about three dozen survivors of last year's Fort Hood shooting rampage because the suspect, an Army psychiatrist, will be unable to get a fair trial, his attorney said Wednesday.

APNewsBreak: NC lab halts work after PETA video (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - A North Carolina lab has stopped doing research and is surrendering all of its animals a week after an undercover video showed what activists allege were workers cruelly treating dogs, cats and rabbits, federal regulators said Wednesday.

Mediocre berry crop pushes bears near humans (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - In north-central Washington, black bears have emerged from the hills to gorge on Wenatchee's famous apples.

DA dropping charges in Mass. Craigslist killing (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:08 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors will formally drop their case against a man who committed suicide while awaiting trial on charges of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist. On the same day, the slain woman will be honored with a memorial stone in a memorial garden to homicide victims.

Tropical storm Karl hits Mexico's Yucatan (AP) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 02:41 PM PDT AP - A strong Tropical Storm Karl made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, hitting a sparsely populated stretch of Caribbean coast, while two powerful hurricanes roared further out in the Atlantic.

Who's a family? New study tracks shifting US views (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:01 PM PDT AP - As much as Americans revere the family, they differ sharply on how to define it.

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