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• NY county creating list of animal abusers (AP)
• Friends: Missing girl had happy life in Australia (AP)
• 2 men convicted in Pa. hate-crime beating death (AP)
• Should Tennessee Firemen Have Let the House Burn? (Time.com)
• Video Games: When Girl Gamers Go Pro (Time.com)
• Appeals court stops hearing in Texas arson case (AP)
• AP Investigation: Nearly $1B in NYC police payouts (AP)
• Dead animals are Exhibit A in Gulf investigation (AP)
• Neb. senator seeks talks in Congress on fetal pain (AP)
• Soldiers reacted at Fort Hood as if in combat (AP)
• Phoenix police officer charged with murder (AP)
• Lawyers: NYC gay hate crime suspects are innocent (AP)
• Soaring Hoover Dam bypass bridge finally complete (AP)
• US urges delay in 'don't ask, don't tell' ruling (AP)
• Ole Miss picks bear for new, un-Confederate mascot (AP)
• Judge: Parts of lawsuit over health overhaul can go to trial (AP)
• Crowd hurls rocks, epithets at Pa. school band (AP)
• 'Green' burials require no coffins or chemicals (AP)
• Conn. judge: Jury can't consider execution cost (AP)
• AP Enterprise: BP stations consider other brands (AP)

NY county creating list of animal abusers (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - You've heard of Megan's Laws, designed to keep sex offenders from striking again. Now there's a law created in the hope of preventing animal abusers from inflicting more cruelty — or moving on to human victims.

Friends: Missing girl had happy life in Australia (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT AP - Though Zahra Clare Baker was battling cancer that forced her to wear hearing aids and a prosthetic leg, friends who knew her in Australia say she was an outgoing, caring, happy girl.

2 men convicted in Pa. hate-crime beating death (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:27 PM PDT AP - A jury convicted two Pennsylvania men Thursday of a federal hate crime in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant, finding they attacked the man primarily out of hatred for Hispanics.

Should Tennessee Firemen Have Let the House Burn? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT Time.com - Some conservatives are praising a bunch of rural Tennessee firemen for letting a house burn down. But what does it say about our country?

Video Games: When Girl Gamers Go Pro (Time.com) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT Time.com - Competitive female video gamers like top-rated pro Katherine Gunn are putting the guys on notice -- and advertisers are starting to pay attention

Appeals court stops hearing in Texas arson case (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - A state appeals court halted a hearing Thursday that was to determine whether Texas wrongfully executed a man based on faulty arson evidence.

AP Investigation: Nearly $1B in NYC police payouts (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - The fiancee and friends of an unarmed man killed in a 50-bullet police shooting on his wedding day said they wanted justice. The legal system gave them money — more than $7 million.

Dead animals are Exhibit A in Gulf investigation (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - Dead birds are wrapped in foil or paper, then sealed in plastic bags to avoid cross contamination. Dolphin tissue samples and dead sea turtles are kept in locked freezers. Field notebooks are collected and secured.

Neb. senator seeks talks in Congress on fetal pain (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - Bolstered by the passage of unique abortion restrictions in his home state of Nebraska, U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is pushing for a new federal discussion of the notion of fetal pain.

Soldiers reacted at Fort Hood as if in combat (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:39 PM PDT AP - Unarmed soldiers caught up in a deadly shooting rampage as they prepared to deploy from Fort Hood reacted as though they'd already reached a combat zone, playing dead to avoid gunfire and refusing to leave fallen comrades behind, according to testimony Thursday at a military hearing.

Phoenix police officer charged with murder (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - A Phoenix police officer has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge for the on-duty shooting of an unarmed suspect during a violent encounter in which he also shocked the victim with a stun gun and killed his dog, officials said Thursday.

Lawyers: NYC gay hate crime suspects are innocent (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:48 PM PDT AP - A suspected gang member accused of participating in what's being called the city's worst case of anti-gay violence in recent memory is not a monster and should be given a chance to tell his side of the story, his lawyer said Thursday.

Soaring Hoover Dam bypass bridge finally complete (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - A soaring bridge that will let drivers bypass Hoover Dam — and steer clear of its security checkpoints and gawking tourists — is set to open after nearly eight years and $240 million worth of work.

US urges delay in 'don't ask, don't tell' ruling (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - After two days of silence, the Obama administration urged a federal judge on Thursday to let the military press on with its "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military. Still, President Barack Obama insisted the policy that has divided the nation for two decades "will end on my watch."

Ole Miss picks bear for new, un-Confederate mascot (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:20 PM PDT AP - It took seven years, but the University of Mississippi has a substitute for a beloved and reviled mascot who brought the Confederacy to mind. The new guy is still a rebel, only cuddlier.

Judge: Parts of lawsuit over health overhaul can go to trial (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - Crucial pieces of a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care overhaul can go to trial, with a judge ruling Thursday he wants to hear more arguments over whether it's constitutional to force citizens to buy health insurance.

Crowd hurls rocks, epithets at Pa. school band (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:39 AM PDT AP - Parade organizers apologized to a high school band after people in a predominantly white crowd threw rocks at the students and insulted them with rude comments and racial epithets.

'Green' burials require no coffins or chemicals (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:08 AM PDT AP - Steve Sall moved forward on uneven, rocky terrain in his motorized wheelchair and came to a stop at the edge of a sweeping vista of ponderosa pines and bright pockets of yellow wildflowers.

Conn. judge: Jury can't consider execution cost (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:13 AM PDT AP - A burglar who killed a woman and her two children in a home invasion cannot bring up the high cost of executions to try to avoid the death penalty, a judge ruled Thursday, saying it "makes no moral sense" to select a punishment based on dollars and cents.

AP Enterprise: BP stations consider other brands (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:23 AM PDT AP - Oil has stopped spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, but BP remains unusually vulnerable to the prospect of U.S. gas stations defecting to other brands.

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