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• Smart storms from court during doctor's testimony (AP)
• Yogurt in, soda out: Army revamps training diet (AP)
• Lag in Wis. hostage response raises questions (AP)
• High School Graduation Rates See Small Boost, Report Finds (Time.com)
• The Unlikely Four Loko Alternative: 40-Proof Chocolate Milk? (Time.com)
• Holidays about survival as jobless benefits end (AP)
• Father of 3 missing boys fights return to Mich. (AP)
• Atty: Grandma accused in mall killing mentally ill (AP)
• Chicago shutters infamous public housing complex (AP)
• Ex-cop sentenced in Katrina shooting coverup (AP)
• Warren Jeffs arraigned in Texas on sex charges (AP)
• Jury grants big $30M award in Del. priest abuse (AP)
• Sister: Missouri shooter distraught over breakup (AP)
• Storm brings strong winds, rain to East Coast (AP)
• Starry starry starry night: Star count may triple (AP)
• Study says even being a bit overweight is risky (AP)
• Activist pastor: Funeral home gunfire `disturbing' (AP)
• NJ robbery suspect charged with killing police dog (AP)
• Opening statements given in AIM murder trial (AP)
• Fed worker pay freeze would ding DC-area economy (AP)

Smart storms from court during doctor's testimony (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart stormed from a Utah courtroom Wednesday as a psychiatrist testified that her alleged attacker had been motivated by a desire to have children and create a new race in an imaginary Zion.

Yogurt in, soda out: Army revamps training diet (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:04 PM PST AP - At Army training sites across the nation, the mess hall is beginning to look different. Milk and juice dispensers are replacing soda fountains, and whole grains are being substituted for white bread and pasta.

Lag in Wis. hostage response raises questions (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:40 PM PST AP - For about two hours, no one at Marinette High School knew Sam Hengel was holding his social studies class hostage with two pistols and a bag stuffed with a pair of knives and more than 200 rounds of spare ammunition.

High School Graduation Rates See Small Boost, Report Finds (Time.com) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST Time.com - A new report cites progress on the nation's dropout problem but shows that eight states still had graduation rates below 70% in 2008 and that 2.2 million students attend so-called dropout factories

The Unlikely Four Loko Alternative: 40-Proof Chocolate Milk? (Time.com) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST Time.com - Still sad over Four Loko being yanked from shelves? NewsFeed has a solution for you

Holidays about survival as jobless benefits end (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:42 PM PST AP - Shawn Slonsky's children know by now not to give him Christmas lists filled with the latest gizmos. The 44-year-old union electrician is one of nearly 2 million Americans whose extended unemployment benefits will run out this month, making the holiday season less about celebration than survival.

Father of 3 missing boys fights return to Mich. (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - A couple whose three sons have been missing since Thanksgiving had bickered over custody as they negotiated their divorce, but they still did things together as a family.

Atty: Grandma accused in mall killing mentally ill (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:08 PM PST AP - A woman accused of throwing her granddaughter several stories from an elevated walkway outside a northern Virginia mall has a history of mental illness, an attorney said Wednesday.

Chicago shutters infamous public housing complex (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:13 PM PST AP - For decades, Chicago's infamous Cabrini-Green high-rises — with their fenced-in balconies and horrific high-profile crimes — were a symbol of the failure of public housing in America. Their closure this month marks the end of an ugly era.

Ex-cop sentenced in Katrina shooting coverup (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - Michael Hunter stood quietly as a judge sentenced the former New Orleans Police officer Wednesday to eight years in federal prison for his role in the coverup and deadly shooting of unarmed civilians after Hurricane Katrina.

Warren Jeffs arraigned in Texas on sex charges (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was quietly extradited from Utah to Texas, where he was arraigned Wednesday to face trial on bigamy and sexual assault charges.

Jury grants big $30M award in Del. priest abuse (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:52 PM PST AP - A Delaware jury has awarded $30 million in damages to a man who claimed he was abused by a priest — a verdict that was exceptional for both the dollar value and for finding the local parish liable, not just the diocese.

Sister: Missouri shooter distraught over breakup (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST AP - The man police say burst into a Missouri duplex apartment and killed three people before fatally shooting himself was distraught over his breakup with one of the victims, the man's sister said Wednesday.

Storm brings strong winds, rain to East Coast (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST AP - A potent storm system that spawned tornadoes in the South reached the Northeast on Wednesday, where it knocked out power to thousands, closed the Statue of Liberty and delayed flights for hours. At least three people were killed.

Starry starry starry night: Star count may triple (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST AP - The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions. A new study suggests there are a mind-blowing 300 sextillion of them, or three times as many as scientists previously calculated. That is a 3 followed by 23 zeros. Or 3 trillion times 100 billion.

Study says even being a bit overweight is risky (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST AP - Lugging around a few extra pounds? One of the largest studies to look at health and weight finds that you don't have to be obese to raise your risk of premature death. Merely being overweight carries some risk, too.

Activist pastor: Funeral home gunfire `disturbing' (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST AP - Eleven days after being gunned down near an alley, David Davis didn't get a traditional funeral procession of family and friends. After bullets began flying outside the mortuary during his service, killing two men and critically injuring another, the 27-year-old father of three went to his grave with just the undertakers and the police who escorted his hearse present.

NJ robbery suspect charged with killing police dog (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 02:48 PM PST AP - Police on Wednesday mourned a decorated police dog that was killed just after it sank its teeth into the forearm of a robbery suspect it had tracked by scent for a half-mile.

Opening statements given in AIM murder trial (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST AP - After years of delays and legal wrangling, a murder trial began Wednesday for a man accused of shooting an American Indian Movement activist 35 years ago on South Dakota's Pine Ridge reservation.

Fed worker pay freeze would ding DC-area economy (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:13 AM PST AP - For the average federal worker, the Obama administration's proposed two-year pay freeze is likely to have a relatively modest impact — maybe $20 to $30 a week less than they would have received as part of their yearly raises.

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