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• Most 9/11 responders settle suits over WTC dust (AP)
• Astronauts open up world to Earthlings via photos (AP)
• Arizona worker fired for euthanizing war hero dog (AP)
• The Last Temptation of Facebook: Pastor Advises Congregation to Abandon Adulterous Social Network (Time.com)
• Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. (Time.com)
• George's house, not Mickey's, for pardoned turkey (AP)
• Slain Ohio woman's boss knew something was wrong (AP)
• Anger builds in case of NC disabled girl's death (AP)
• Federal judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges (AP)
• Chicago-area sheriff resumes foreclosure evictions (AP)
• 'Legally dead' man pleads not guilty to kidnapping (AP)
• APNewsBreak: BLM rules not followed in race deaths (AP)
• Police: Twins in suicide pact had Columbine image (AP)
• New California parole team targets sex offenders (AP)
• Rangel censure specter draws sadness, scorn in NY (AP)
• Shoppers shrug off fears about toxic reusable bags (AP)
• Economic hurdles plague public art (AP)

Most 9/11 responders settle suits over WTC dust (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - More than 10,000 workers exposed to the tons of toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the World Trade Center fell have ended their bruising legal fight with New York City and joined a settlement worth at least $625 million, officials said Friday.

Astronauts open up world to Earthlings via photos (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - Earthlings are seeing their planet in a whole new light, thanks to NASA and its astronauts aboard the Internet-wired space station. They're beaming down dazzling images and guess-this-mystery-location photos via Twitter and have even launched a game. Landlubbers the world over are eating it up. From schoolchildren to grown-up business entrepreneurs and artists, the public is captivated and can't seem to get enough.

Arizona worker fired for euthanizing war hero dog (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:57 PM PST AP - A county employee in Arizona has been fired after mistakenly euthanizing a dog that saved soldiers in Afghanistan and lived through explosions in the war-torn country, officials announced Friday.

The Last Temptation of Facebook: Pastor Advises Congregation to Abandon Adulterous Social Network (Time.com) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST Time.com - Facebook makes it a tad too easy for 'friends' to become friends with benefits, a New Jersey pastor claims. That's why he's given his married staff an ultimatum: log-off, or lose your job

Meet The New Boss. Same As The Old Boss. (Time.com) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST Time.com - Yesterday, Senate Dems reelected the same leaders and today the House followed suit, voting Nancy Pelosi in as minority leader

George's house, not Mickey's, for pardoned turkey (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PST AP - The turkey President Barack Obama will pardon this year for Thanksgiving is going to George Washington's house, not Mickey Mouse's, after his life is spared.

Slain Ohio woman's boss knew something was wrong (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - The first indication that something had gone terribly wrong in this tiny town came when a Dairy Queen manager went to check on a friend who didn't show up for work.

Anger builds in case of NC disabled girl's death (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:18 PM PST AP - After a disabled 10-year-old girl went missing in this small city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, her family's former home became an impromptu memorial piled with stuffed animals and birthday cards.

Federal judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - A veteran federal judge who was arrested on charges that he bought and used drugs with a stripper pleaded guilty Friday to two-drug related charges, including a felony count of giving her cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon.

Chicago-area sheriff resumes foreclosure evictions (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PST AP - An Illinois sheriff who halted foreclosure evictions last month because some bank employees weren't following the proper procedures said Friday he's been forced to order his deputies to carry them out, but he will continue investigating the matter and could charge banks and their employees with crimes.

'Legally dead' man pleads not guilty to kidnapping (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:56 PM PST AP - A Mississippi man who authorities thought had been dead for more than 15 years pleaded not guilty Friday to kidnapping a 12-year-old girl whose body was found by hunters in remote Louisiana woods.

APNewsBreak: BLM rules not followed in race deaths (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:45 PM PST AP - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Friday its staff failed to properly monitor and prepare for an off-road race in which eight spectators were killed in the Mojave Desert.

Police: Twins in suicide pact had Columbine image (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:18 PM PST AP - A photocopy of a magazine cover about the Columbine school shooting was found among the belongings of Australian twin sisters who shot themselves in a suicide pact at a Colorado shooting range, authorities said Friday.

New California parole team targets sex offenders (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 11:38 AM PST AP - Michael Harden's problems were just beginning when agents rolled up to his cluttered trailer to arrest him for letting the battery in his GPS ankle bracelet run low, making it difficult to track the movements of the paroled child molester.

Rangel censure specter draws sadness, scorn in NY (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:22 PM PST AP - The prospect of a public scolding in Washington for Rep. Charles Rangel over ethics violations has drawn both sadness and scorn in his Harlem neighborhood, where he was just re-elected with 81 percent of the vote and remains an icon to residents who say they'll be the ones to decide his political fate.

Shoppers shrug off fears about toxic reusable bags (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:08 AM PST AP - So you care about the environment, and you take a reusable shopping bag with you to the grocery store to avoid polluting the planet with countless plastic sacks. Now you find out your bag is made with potentially harmful lead. What's an environmentalist to do?

Economic hurdles plague public art (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:10 AM PST AP - Public art remains a tough sell in towns where workers and services are being reduced — even when the art projects were paid for in better times.

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