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• Toxic plume spreading in water in 'Erin Brockovich' town (AP)
• Chicago trial promises peek inside modern-day mob (AP)
• First tugboat reaches ship stranded off Mexico (AP)
• TV Review: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' (Time.com)
• The Republican Revolution: Real This Time? (Time.com)
• Bush book praised in Dallas, criticized overseas (AP)
• Spill panel says management culture to blame (AP)
• 2 lawsuits challenge US Defense of Marriage Act (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Ex-Marines arrested in weapons scheme (AP)
• Vigil honors teen stomped to death in party brawl (AP)
• Elizabeth Smart testifies about day she was found (AP)
• San Fran bans toys in some fast-food kids meals (AP)
• Lawyer: Feds to reopen Mich. man's asylum case (AP)
• Minn. judge refuses to dismiss aided suicide case (AP)
• Holocaust survivor funds raided for $42 million (AP)
• NH teen gets life sentence for machete attack (AP)
• Publishing exec named new NYC schools chancellor (AP)
• Church says pastor didn't engage in sexual conduct (AP)
• Man ruled unfit for trial in NYC therapist slaying (AP)
• Abu-Jamal case back before Philadelphia court (AP)

Toxic plume spreading in water in 'Erin Brockovich' town (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:05 PM PST AP - A tiny desert town whose plight was made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich" has seen a dramatic increase in the size of a toxic plume of chromium as it has spread to multiple groundwater wells.

Chicago trial promises peek inside modern-day mob (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 04:23 PM PST AP - The trial of a reputed mob boss known for his wide girth and alleged penchant for violence will offer a peek into the inner workings of Chicago-area organized crime, laid low by prosecutions that sent older mobsters to prison for life.

First tugboat reaches ship stranded off Mexico (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 06:28 PM PST AP - A cruise line says the first of several tugboats has reached a ship stranded off the coast of Mexico and has begun pulling it to San Diego.

TV Review: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' (Time.com) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:30 AM PST Time.com - Mixing nature, family and politics, Sarah Palin's Alaska positions the Mama Grizzly in Chief for reality-TV fame

The Republican Revolution: Real This Time? (Time.com) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 09:30 AM PST Time.com - If congressional Republicans are truly serious about shrinking the deficit, they won't cut taxes

Bush book praised in Dallas, criticized overseas (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 06:27 PM PST AP - Autograph-seekers descended on a Dallas shopping center Tuesday as former President George W. Bush officially kicked off the release of his new memoir, receiving praise for his candor at a hometown bookstore even as his renewed defense of waterboarding as an interrogation tactic was greeted with derision overseas.

Spill panel says management culture to blame (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:58 PM PST AP - It wasn't just the botched technical decisions. BP and other companies' management, communication and overconfidence in dealing with risk led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, investigators for the presidential commission said Tuesday.

2 lawsuits challenge US Defense of Marriage Act (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - Gay civil rights groups trying to build momentum for a possible Supreme Court showdown filed two lawsuits Tuesday that seek to strike down portions of a 1996 law that denies married same-sex couples federal benefits.

APNewsBreak: Ex-Marines arrested in weapons scheme (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 06:27 PM PST AP - Federal agents have arrested three retired Marines suspected of selling illegal assault weapons to a notorious Los Angeles street gang, The Associated Press has learned.

Vigil honors teen stomped to death in party brawl (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - Two rows of lanky, purple-clad basketball players bounded out of practice Tuesday and quietly huddled in prayer for Bobby Tillman, the 18-year-old who was stomped to death in a shocking unprovoked attack over the weekend.

Elizabeth Smart testifies about day she was found (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST AP - Elizabeth Smart was so terrified of her abductor that on the day police found her, she told them she was someone else.

San Fran bans toys in some fast-food kids meals (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 06:27 PM PST AP - It's a happy moment for people who see the Happy Meal as anything but.

Lawyer: Feds to reopen Mich. man's asylum case (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST AP - The government has agreed to reopen the case of an asylum seeker who came to the U.S. from war-torn Yugoslavia 16 years ago and who was ordered deported after he was 40 minutes late to an immigration hearing, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Minn. judge refuses to dismiss aided suicide case (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST AP - A former Minnesota nurse who prosecutors say sought out depressed people in Internet chat rooms and encouraged two of them to kill themselves won't get his case dismissed on free speech grounds, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Holocaust survivor funds raided for $42 million (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - Two funds created to provide relief for cash-strapped Holocaust survivors were raided for more than $42 million with the help of several people who were supposed to administer the funds, federal authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against 17 people.

NH teen gets life sentence for machete attack (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - A teenager accused of killing a mother and maiming her daughter with a machete during a home invasion was found guilty Tuesday of murder and other charges and was sentenced to life in prison.

Publishing exec named new NYC schools chancellor (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 03:48 PM PST AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg named a top publishing executive with no background in education to head the nation's largest school system after announcing Tuesday that New York City's longtime chancellor was stepping down.

Church says pastor didn't engage in sexual conduct (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 11:52 AM PST AP - Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Eddie Long took four young men who claim he coerced them into sexual relationships on trips, but neither he nor any church employees had inappropriate sexual contact with the men, the church said in court filings.

Man ruled unfit for trial in NYC therapist slaying (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PST AP - A schizophrenic accused of murdering a psychotherapist with a meat cleaver was ruled mentally unfit Tuesday for trial, indefinitely delaying a trial that came close to starting but has long been rocked by uncertainty about his mental state.

Abu-Jamal case back before Philadelphia court (AP) Posted: 09 Nov 2010 02:44 PM PST AP - Police widows and supporters of death-row activist Mumia Abu-Jamal listened Tuesday as federal appeals judges debated whether the former Black Panther deserves a new sentencing hearing in a police officer's death.

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