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• Calls for softer tone in politics gets cool reception (Reuters)
• No bail for Alabama woman accused of child murder (Reuters)
• Tucson Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner: Marijuana and the Military (Time.com)
• After Tucson: Why Are the Mentally Ill Still Bearing Arms? (Time.com)
• Man arrested for threats to senator's staff (Reuters)
• `Band of Brothers' inspiration Winters dies at 92 (AP)
• Suspect in Texas rapes tried to flee before arrest (AP)
• Unclear whether shooter's motivation was political (AP)
• Sheriff in Giffords case lashes out about politics (AP)
• Congresswoman raises 2 fingers, gives thumbs-up (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Meth flourishes despite tracking laws (AP)
• Detective describes Jackson doc's timeline of meds (AP)
• Judge sentences Tom DeLay to 3 years in prison (AP)
• Southerners struggle to dig out from heavy snow (AP)
• Suspect in Arizona shooting held without bail (AP)
• Docs urge shots as flu season grabs the South, NYC (AP)
• Congresswoman's condition stable; 8 hospitalized (AP)

Calls for softer tone in politics gets cool reception (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:22 PM PST Reuters - Calls to reset the tone of politics in the aftermath of Saturday's shooting rampage in Arizona got short shrift on talk radio and elsewhere as left and right traded blame for the massacre.

No bail for Alabama woman accused of child murder (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:55 PM PST Reuters - An Alabama court on Monday denied bail to a woman accused of torturing and murdering her stepchildren.

Tucson Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner: Marijuana and the Military (Time.com) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST Time.com - Jared Loughner didn't fail a drug test when he tried to enlist. In fact, he passed one. But he claimed to use pot habitually and so was automatically disqualified.

After Tucson: Why Are the Mentally Ill Still Bearing Arms? (Time.com) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:00 PM PST Time.com - Arizona, like many other states, is way behind in submitting records to a national database that monitors gun sales to the mentally ill. Why that's a big problem

Man arrested for threats to senator's staff (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:55 PM PST Reuters - Federal prosecutors have charged a Colorado man with threatening gun violence and arson against staff of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet in the days before an unrelated shooting of an Arizona congresswoman.

`Band of Brothers' inspiration Winters dies at 92 (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:06 PM PST AP - Even as Parkinson's disease began taking its toll on Dick Winters, who led his "Band of Brothers" through some of World War II's fiercest European battles, the unassuming hero refused, as always, to let his men down.

Suspect in Texas rapes tried to flee before arrest (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST AP - A suspected serial rapist who Texas authorities believe may be linked to attacks on a dozen elderly women in the past two years fled from two policemen outside a nursing home and wrestled with them for five minutes before finally being subdued, the officers said Monday.

Unclear whether shooter's motivation was political (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:53 AM PST AP - Soften the political tone: that's been the message from lawmakers from across the nation since a gunman tried to assassinate an Arizona congresswoman and killed six people after posting confusing online rants about his views.

Sheriff in Giffords case lashes out about politics (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:25 PM PST AP - Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was thrust into the spotlight to face a nation demanding answers in the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. He didn't mince words.

Congresswoman raises 2 fingers, gives thumbs-up (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST AP - Doctors treating U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Monday the congresswoman was responding to verbal commands by raising two fingers of her left hand and even managed to give a thumbs-up.

AP IMPACT: Meth flourishes despite tracking laws (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:41 PM PST AP - Electronic systems that track sales of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine have failed to curb the drug trade and instead created a vast, highly lucrative market for profiteers to buy over-the-counter pills and sell them to meth producers at a huge markup.

Detective describes Jackson doc's timeline of meds (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:11 PM PST AP - A detective testified Monday that the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson told police he had given the singer a powerful anesthetic at least six nights a week for two months before he died.

Judge sentences Tom DeLay to 3 years in prison (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:24 PM PST AP - Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, once considered among the nation's most powerful and feared lawmakers, was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for a scheme to influence elections that already cost him his job, leadership post and millions of dollars in legal fees.

Southerners struggle to dig out from heavy snow (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:25 PM PST AP - Temperatures plummeted late Monday, turning slushy streets into sheets of ice across Southern states that are more accustomed to sunshine than snow. The wintry blast has grounded flights, cut power to thousands of homes and even forced Auburn University to cancel viewing parties for the national championship bowl game.

Suspect in Arizona shooting held without bail (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:27 PM PST AP - Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut on his right temple and his hands cuffed, stared vacantly at a packed courtroom Monday and sat down. His attorney, who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. It was the nation's first look at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Docs urge shots as flu season grabs the South, NYC (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST AP - Flu season's arrived with lots of coughing and fever in the South and New York City, and it's sure to spread to the rest of the country. The good news: There's still plenty of vaccine for procrastinators.

Congresswoman's condition stable; 8 hospitalized (AP) Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST AP - Doctors are breathing a sigh of relief as Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reaches a second day since her surgery without increased swelling in her brain.

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