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• Jury recommends death for dad, son in bank bombing (AP)
• Hillsides collapse as storm lashes SoCal (AP)
• Rust Belt states losing people, political clout (AP)
• When Viral Goes Creepy: Children's Choir Sings "Trololo" (Time.com)
• Report: Death Penalty Use and Support Is Dropping (Time.com)
• `Spider-Man' will resume with new safety measures (AP)
• Parents of NJ student who killed himself may sue (AP)
• Chicago panel ready to decide if Emanuel on ballot (AP)
• Ohio county fights extreme pill addiction problem (AP)
• Fight looms after Texas gets 4 new US House seats (AP)
• Alaska high court throws out Miller claims (AP)
• 2 firefighters dead, 17 injured in Chicago blaze (AP)
• UN looking into WikiLeaks suspect's treatment (AP)
• Kennedy cousin lawyer heading to prison over taxes (AP)
• Law grad pleads guilty in 9/11 remains tent fire (AP)
• Electronic info dominates George W. Bush's archive (AP)
• Texts, Web really do allow Santa to be everywhere (AP)
• SC archaeologists say Confederate wreck found (AP)
• Colo. family still in awe of mom, baby's recovery (AP)
• Border Patrol remembers slain agent as warrior (AP)

Jury recommends death for dad, son in bank bombing (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - A jury Wednesday recommended that a father and his son be sentenced to death for planting a bomb that exploded inside an Oregon bank two years ago, killing two police officers and maiming a third.

Hillsides collapse as storm lashes SoCal (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:12 PM PST AP - Axl Dominguez awoke early Wednesday to a bumping sound and looked out the window to a scary sight: plastic trashcans floating down the flooded street.

Rust Belt states losing people, political clout (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - After years of losing residents to more prosperous states, the nation's Rust Belt now confronts another blow to its economic prospects: losing some of its votes in Congress.

When Viral Goes Creepy: Children's Choir Sings "Trololo" (Time.com) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:40 PM PST Time.com - And the audience sings along. There's something disconcerting about this

Report: Death Penalty Use and Support Is Dropping (Time.com) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:40 PM PST Time.com - Statistics collected by the Death Penalty Information Center show that use of the death penalty was down across the country

`Spider-Man' will resume with new safety measures (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:25 PM PST AP - The curtain will go up again Thursday on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" after the producers of the accident-plagued Broadway musical agreed to new safety precautions to prevent another fall like the one that left a stuntman seriously injured.

Parents of NJ student who killed himself may sue (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:34 PM PST AP - The parents of a Rutgers University student who killed himself after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on him during a tryst with another man have filed notice that they're considering suing the school.

Chicago panel ready to decide if Emanuel on ballot (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:10 PM PST AP - A city elections panel is expected to decide Thursday whether former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's name will appear on the February ballot in the race to replace retiring Mayor Richard M. Daley, after scores of people challenged his candidacy.

Ohio county fights extreme pill addiction problem (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:35 PM PST AP - Nearly one in 10 babies were born addicted to drugs last year in southern Ohio's Scioto County. Rehab admissions for prescription painkiller addictions were five times the national average. In a rare step, the health commissioner declared a public health emergency, something usually reserved for disease outbreaks.

Fight looms after Texas gets 4 new US House seats (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:05 AM PST AP - A surge of Hispanic residents and other population gains have Texas poised to add more congressional clout than any other state, but a partisan fight now looms over exactly where the new seats should go.

Alaska high court throws out Miller claims (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST AP - The Alaska Supreme Court delivered another stinging setback to Republican Joe Miller, refusing to overturn election results that favored his GOP rival, Lisa Murkowski, in the state's U.S. Senate race.

2 firefighters dead, 17 injured in Chicago blaze (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:54 PM PST AP - Chicago Fire Department officials say five firefighters remain hospitalized after a blaze that left two dead and 17 injured.

UN looking into WikiLeaks suspect's treatment (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:52 PM PST AP - The United Nations' top anti-torture envoy is looking into a complaint that the Army private suspected of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks has been mistreated in custody, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Kennedy cousin lawyer heading to prison over taxes (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:46 PM PST AP - An attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his murder trial was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to pay about $420,000 in income taxes.

Law grad pleads guilty in 9/11 remains tent fire (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST AP - A Harvard Law School graduate admitted Wednesday to setting a fire at a temporary repository for Sept. 11 victims' remains, though he said he had been so drunk he barely recalled his actions.

Electronic info dominates George W. Bush's archive (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:21 PM PST AP - Archivists responsible for putting together the presidential library of former President George W. Bush are tasked with processing 80 terabytes of electronic information — 20 times the Clinton administration's four terabytes.

Texts, Web really do allow Santa to be everywhere (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 04:37 AM PST AP - He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, and he knows how many followers you have on Twitter.

SC archaeologists say Confederate wreck found (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:17 PM PST AP - The recent discovery of what is believed to be a Confederate gunboat scuttled by its own crew in the Civil War's waning days could yield valuable knowledge about the South's sputtering attempts to maintain its own Navy, South Carolina's state archaeologist said Wednesday.

Colo. family still in awe of mom, baby's recovery (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 05:42 AM PST AP - Strangers sometimes ask if they can touch 1-year-old Coltyn Hermanstorfer on the head or take his photo after he and his mother, Tracy, recovered from a near-death experience during childbirth last Christmas Eve.

Border Patrol remembers slain agent as warrior (AP) Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - Brian Terry once wrote to a friend that he trained, drilled and prepared himself to have the best chance of defeating his country's enemies.

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