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• Grim end to Ohio mystery: 3 bodies in hollow tree (AP)
• AZ boycott over immigration law sees mixed results (AP)
• APNewsBreak: New Jonestown memorial going forward (AP)
• TIME/Pew Poll: What Is Marriage Good For? (Time.com)
• Congress's Lame Lame Duck (Time.com)
• Airports consider congressman's call to ditch TSA (AP)
• Twin shooting was suicide pact, survivor says (AP)
• Accused kidnapper's wife testifies at Smart trial (AP)
• Doc says he used 'Octomom' in fertility study (AP)
• Iraq vet convicted in slaying of college student (AP)
• NY Gitmo trial spurs fresh debate over detainees (AP)
• Palin's success raises tempers, boosts ratings (AP)
• Decades of stalking gets W.Va. man new prison term (AP)
• Judge plans to plead guilty to some charges (AP)
• Gov't says full-body scanners at airports are safe (AP)
• 'Barefoot Bandit' suspect pleads not guilty (AP)
• NY lawyer gets jail in Dead Sea Scrolls case (AP)
• Police: Miami skycaps took cash for extra bags (AP)
• Fla. woman: Debt collector harassed me on Facebook (AP)
• NASA craft braved comet ice storm during flyby (AP)

Grim end to Ohio mystery: 3 bodies in hollow tree (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - An unemployed tree-trimmer arrested after a teenage girl was found bound and gagged in his basement pointed the way Thursday to the bodies of her brother, mother and another woman, stuffed into garbage bags and hidden in a hollow tree, authorities said.

AZ boycott over immigration law sees mixed results (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - A boycott brought on by Arizona's controversial immigration crackdown raised the specter of vacant convention centers, desolate sports arenas and struggling businesses throughout the state.

APNewsBreak: New Jonestown memorial going forward (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:23 PM PST AP - A group of Peoples Temple survivors announced plans Thursday for a granite monument inscribed with the names of more than 900 people who died in the Jonestown tragedy 32 years ago to the day.

TIME/Pew Poll: What Is Marriage Good For? (Time.com) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:15 AM PST Time.com - The state of our unions is shifting in unexpected ways. A TIME/Pew special report shows how income, age and experience alter our chances of wedded bliss

Congress's Lame Lame Duck (Time.com) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:15 AM PST Time.com - The Democrats in the lame duck Congress, warned GOP candidates and incumbents alike, are going to try and sneak through controversial bills against the will of the American people

Airports consider congressman's call to ditch TSA (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:40 PM PST AP - In a climate of Internet campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and veteran pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: Ditching TSA agents altogether.

Twin shooting was suicide pact, survivor says (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:45 PM PST AP - The double-shooting of Australian twin sisters that left one of the women dead was a suicide pact, investigators said Thursday after interviewing the surviving sister.

Accused kidnapper's wife testifies at Smart trial (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST AP - The estranged wife of the man charged with the abduction of Elizabeth Smart testified Thursday that the beginning of their 25-year marriage was hellish because he was so controlling.

Doc says he used 'Octomom' in fertility study (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:37 PM PST AP - The fertility doctor for "Octomom" Nadya Suleman said Thursday she agreed to be implanted with 12 embryos and knew she was part of a study on fertility methods, disputing a prosecutor's assertion that Suleman was an unwitting human subject.

Iraq vet convicted in slaying of college student (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - A former Army soldier who claimed to be mentally disturbed from his deployment in Iraq was convicted of capital murder Thursday in the abduction and shooting death of an Auburn University student from Georgia.

NY Gitmo trial spurs fresh debate over detainees (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST AP - The near-acquittal of the first Guantanamo detainee tried in federal court is reigniting the debate over whether to bring terrorism suspects to justice in the civilian legal system. The Obama administration made it clear Thursday that its position has not changed.

Palin's success raises tempers, boosts ratings (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:35 PM PST AP - Conservative blogger Kevin DuJan is psyched. He's actually starting to think Palin can win the whole kit and kaboodle. No, not Sarah — though he hopes she'll be the next president. He means daughter Bristol, on "Dancing with the Stars."

Decades of stalking gets W.Va. man new prison term (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - A West Virginia man's obsession with an ex-girlfriend led him to kill her mother and a friend, and then to stalk her for decades — even after he went to prison, court officials say. Now his obsession has netted him a new prison sentence of nearly 20 years.

Judge plans to plead guilty to some charges (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:57 PM PST AP - A veteran federal judge who was arrested after authorities said he tried to buy cocaine and other drugs to use with a stripper is expected to plead guilty Friday in Atlanta to some of the charges he faces.

Gov't says full-body scanners at airports are safe (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:02 PM PST AP - They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist. As the government rolls out hundreds more full-body scanners at airports just in time for crowds of holiday travelers, it is working to reassure the public that the machines are safe.

'Barefoot Bandit' suspect pleads not guilty (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:23 PM PST AP - The attorney for the teenager accused of being the "Barefoot Bandit" is working with prosecutors to negotiate a plea deal the lawyer says could involve using movie- or book-deal profits to compensate the victims of an alleged two-year, cross-country crime spree.

NY lawyer gets jail in Dead Sea Scrolls case (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:59 PM PST AP - A lawyer was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail after being convicted of an ultramodern crime that was all about antiquity: using online aliases to harass people in an academic debate about the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Police: Miami skycaps took cash for extra bags (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:43 PM PST AP - Eighteen baggage handlers at the Miami airport are accused of taking cash to let people secretly check extra or overweight baggage, and authorities are investigating whether some of those bags made it onto planes without going through security.

Fla. woman: Debt collector harassed me on Facebook (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PST AP - A Florida woman claims a debt collector went far beyond the usual phone calls in an attempt to recoup $362 for an unpaid car loan by sending her messages on Facebook — and by telling family on the social networking site to have her call the agency.

NASA craft braved comet ice storm during flyby (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:36 PM PST AP - Talk about bad weather.

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