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• Romney still up in New Hampshire; Trump a wild card (Reuters)
• Wisconsin lawmakers approve budget and bond fix (Reuters)
• Arkansas NPR transmitter fire investigated as arson (Reuters)
• Obama's Climbdown on Guantanamo Continues (Time.com)
• Study: The 'Best Years of Our Lives' Could Be In Our Eighties (Time.com)
• A New Mexico chile from China? Absolutely not (Reuters)
• Storms fell trees, crush homes in South, killing 9 (AP)
• Space junk safely passes space station; crew OK (AP)
• 2 bodies found after Tenn. sewage plant gives way (AP)
• Cell carriers to roll out "mobile wallets" in Utah (AP)
• Bells, tears mark year since mine blast killed 29 (AP)
• Obama presses Congress to avoid shutdown (AP)
• Release date set for man in Calif. bus kidnapping (AP)
• Bristol Palin earns $262K for teen pregnancy work (AP)
• USDA: Delay in meat sales could prevent recalls (AP)
• 1st trial starts in Conn. doctor sex-abuse case (AP)
• Vt. collegian recounts detention in Syrian jail (AP)
• GOP budget plan would revamp Medicare, Medicaid (AP)
• Fan beaten at Dodger game may have brain damage (AP)

Romney still up in New Hampshire; Trump a wild card (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney leads potential Republican primary opponents in the early voting state of New Hampshire, but celebrity candidate Donald Trump has substantial support, according to a new poll.

Wisconsin lawmakers approve budget and bond fix (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday approved proposals to close a gap in the state budget that were not voted on when majority Republicans pushed through a controversial anti-union measure last month.

Arkansas NPR transmitter fire investigated as arson (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:53 PM PDT Reuters - Federal officials are investigating a fire as a possible arson at the transmitter site of Little Rock's National Public Radio affiliate, the station manager said on Tuesday.

Obama's Climbdown on Guantanamo Continues (Time.com) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT Time.com - Liberals have long-bemoaned Obama's transformation from would-be demolisher of Bush's "War On Terror" architecture to its most effective buttress

Study: The 'Best Years of Our Lives' Could Be In Our Eighties (Time.com) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT Time.com - It turns out that, rather than reminisce about the 'golden age' of youth, we should look forward to turn our grandparents' age to be happy

A New Mexico chile from China? Absolutely not (Reuters) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - Chile eaters in New Mexico will now know whether the beloved pepper is grown locally or flown in from China or India.

Storms fell trees, crush homes in South, killing 9 (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:21 PM PDT AP - An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family's bedroom killed a father and the young son he was holding in his arms Tuesday as a fast-moving storm system pounded the South with tornadoes, hail and spectacular lightning. At least nine people were killed around the region, including several who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines.

Space junk safely passes space station; crew OK (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT AP - After monitoring a small piece of space junk for 11 hours, NASA determined it posed no danger Tuesday to the International Space Station and its three residents.

2 bodies found after Tenn. sewage plant gives way (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:12 PM PDT AP - Crews on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two workers from the rubble of a wastewater-treatment plant wall that collapsed earlier in the day, while officials continued to investigate what caused the breach that released sewage into a rain-swollen river at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Cell carriers to roll out "mobile wallets" in Utah (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - A joint venture between three of the nation's four largest cell phone carriers will soon offer the United States' first commercially available mobile fare payment program to a public transportation system.

Bells, tears mark year since mine blast killed 29 (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:55 PM PDT AP - Family members wept and church bells pealed across West Virginia for 29 fallen coal miners on the first anniversary of the powerful explosion that tore apart the Upper Big Branch Mine.

Obama presses Congress to avoid shutdown (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:27 PM PDT AP - Prodded by an insistent President Barack Obama, Congress' top two lawmakers sought to reinvigorate compromise talks Tuesday aimed at cutting tens of billions in federal spending and averting a partial government shutdown Friday at midnight.

Release date set for man in Calif. bus kidnapping (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - California's parole board on Tuesday granted parole for a man convicted of hijacking a school bus and holding 26 children and their driver captive underground in 1976, the latest turn in a years-long debate over whether the three men involved in the crime have served enough time.

Bristol Palin earns $262K for teen pregnancy work (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:48 PM PDT AP - Tax documents show unwed mother Bristol Palin earned more than $262,000 for her role in helping raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention in 2009.

USDA: Delay in meat sales could prevent recalls (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration is aiming to prevent meat recalls by withholding meat and poultry products from grocery store shelves until government testing is complete.

1st trial starts in Conn. doctor sex-abuse case (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:41 PM PDT AP - Middle-age men took the witness stand Tuesday and recounted how they were sexually abused when they were children by a late Connecticut doctor who police believe molested hundreds, if not thousands, of young victims over three decades.

Vt. collegian recounts detention in Syrian jail (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - An American college student who was arrested on a Syrian street after he pulled out his smartphone near a demonstration and then spent two weeks in jail told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he was interrogated, threatened with violence and packed so tightly with other prisoners that everyone had to sleep on their sides on the floor.

GOP budget plan would revamp Medicare, Medicaid (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - House Republicans set up a politically defining clash over the size and priorities of government Tuesday, unveiling a budget plan that calls for both unprecedented spending cuts and a fundamental restructuring of taxpayer-financed health care for the elderly and the poor.

Fan beaten at Dodger game may have brain damage (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT AP - A San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten at Dodger Stadium after last week's opening game shows signs of brain damage and remains in critical condition, a doctor said Tuesday.

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