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• 'Spider-Man' stunt goes awry; is show in peril? (AP)
• Travel-trained: Americans take security with sigh (AP)
• Kayakers recount deadly crocodile attack in Congo (AP)
• Q&A: UConn Women's Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma (Time.com)
• Top Fleeting Celebrities of 2010 (Time.com)
• Ariz. hospital loses Catholic status over surgery (AP)
• Woman with gun at Charlotte TV station in custody (AP)
• Feds eye CA district's handling of bullying claim (AP)
• California braces for next wave of heavy rain (AP)
• Nearly 1 in 4 applicants fails military exam (AP)
• Man gets nearly 20 years in Haiti sex abuse case (AP)
• GOP objections threaten whistle-blower rights bill (AP)
• ACLU seeks to add 2 plaintiffs to Lindh's lawsuit (AP)
• Unemployed get another jobless benefit — free yoga (AP)
• 2 states probe use of models to lure marrow donors (AP)
• US executions drop by 12 percent in 2010 (AP)
• US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited (AP)
• Judge upholds conviction of ex.-Illinois Gov. Ryan (AP)
• Top NY court upholds dismissal of golf 'Fore' suit (AP)

'Spider-Man' stunt goes awry; is show in peril? (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST AP - Broadway might need a superhero to save the new Spider-Man musical. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the most expensive production in Broadway history, suffered its fourth accident in a month when a stuntman playing the web-slinger fell about 30 feet into a stage pit during a preview Monday night. The safety tether that clips to his back failed to prevent the spill.

Travel-trained: Americans take security with sigh (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:40 PM PST AP - Explosive snow globes? You've got to be kidding, Robyn Burford thought when security inspectors at the Portland, Ore., airport demanded she hand over her two glitter-filled souvenirs.

Kayakers recount deadly crocodile attack in Congo (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - For weeks, three kayakers exploring a series of rivers through the heart of Africa came together in a close formation designed to ward off hippo and crocodile attacks whenever they paddled the quiet green glides between thundering stretches of whitewater.

Q&A: UConn Women's Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST Time.com - University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma sat with TIME for several lengthy, colorful conversations

Top Fleeting Celebrities of 2010 (Time.com) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST Time.com - TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months

Ariz. hospital loses Catholic status over surgery (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:58 PM PST AP - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped a major hospital of its affiliation with the church Tuesday because of a surgery that ended a woman's pregnancy to save her life.

Woman with gun at Charlotte TV station in custody (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:45 PM PST AP - A woman distraught over her financial situation walked into the lobby of a TV station during its Tuesday evening news broadcast, pulled out what turned out to be an unloaded gun and put it to her head, the station's general manager said.

Feds eye CA district's handling of bullying claim (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 05:10 PM PST AP - Federal education officials are investigating a school district in a Central California town where a 13-year-old boy committed suicide after allegedly being harassed by classmates because he was gay, a spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan confirmed Tuesday.

California braces for next wave of heavy rain (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:27 PM PST AP - If six days of pounding rain wasn't enough to dampen holiday spirits, a seventh could prove to be downright dangerous. Forecasters expected heavy rains across California going into Wednesday, and authorities began evacuations late Tuesday as concern grew about potential mudslides in the wildfire-scarred foothills across the southern part of the state.

Nearly 1 in 4 applicants fails military exam (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST AP - Nearly one-fourth of the students who try to join the U.S. Army fail its entrance exam, painting a grim picture of an education system that produces graduates who can't answer basic math, science and reading questions, according to a new study released Tuesday.

Man gets nearly 20 years in Haiti sex abuse case (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:49 PM PST AP - A Colorado man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing children for more than a decade at a school he founded in Haiti, including some who faced him in the courtroom and testified that he threatened to put them back on the streets if they did not submit to his advances.

GOP objections threaten whistle-blower rights bill (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST AP - House Democrats scrambled on Tuesday to salvage legislation that would bar federal agencies from punishing employees who report corruption, waste and mismanagement after Republicans linked the bill to the WikiLeaks scandal.

ACLU seeks to add 2 plaintiffs to Lindh's lawsuit (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:25 AM PST AP - Two more Muslim inmates are trying to join American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another prisoner in a federal lawsuit asking for them to be allowed to hold daily group prayers in their highly restricted cell block.

Unemployed get another jobless benefit — free yoga (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 05:52 AM PST AP - The women snuggle into nests of pillows and blankets.

2 states probe use of models to lure marrow donors (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:09 AM PST AP - Justin Judkins was approached at a shopping mall by a pretty young model, "all dolled up," wearing high heels, a white lab coat and electric blue wig.

US executions drop by 12 percent in 2010 (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:10 AM PST AP - The number of executions in the United States dropped 12 percent in 2010, and the number of people sentenced to die is nearing historic lows, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says.

US teen birth rate at all-time low, economy cited (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:25 PM PST AP - The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping — a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession.

Judge upholds conviction of ex.-Illinois Gov. Ryan (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST AP - A federal judge upheld former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's convictions on Tuesday and denied his request to be released from prison on bond, ending his bid to spend his cancer-stricken wife's final days at her side.

Top NY court upholds dismissal of golf 'Fore' suit (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2010 07:47 AM PST AP - Slices, hooks and other errant shots are a common hazard on the links and a golfer can't expect to get a warning shout of "Fore!" every time a ball comes his way, New York's top court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a personal injury lawsuit.

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