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• Amid serial killer search, man recalls woman's cries (Reuters)
• BP Alaska president pleads for lower state taxes (Reuters)
• Connecticut governor offers middle-class $300 property tax break (Reuters)
• Catholic Controversy: Is 'Being' Superior to 'Substance'? (Time.com)
• The Big Lesson Of Cathie Black? That There Isn't One (Time.com)
• Accused California serial killer investigated in New York (Reuters)
• Congress OKs big budget cuts — bigger fights await (AP)
• Ark. police shooting suspect linked to '03 attack (AP)
• FAA tries to quell sleeping controller controversy (AP)
• NASA pioneer honored; says he regrets shuttle end (AP)
• World's oldest man dies in Montana at 114 (AP)
• Son: Mom cried NY river plunge 'terrible mistake' (AP)
• Civil War 150th: Fort Sumter re-enactors wind down (AP)
• Police search for Tenn. woman dragged from home (AP)
• Stab charge adds to Duke lacrosse accuser's slide (AP)
• AP Enterprise: Experts fear another oil disaster (AP)
• Official: FBI eyed computer in serial killer probe (AP)
• Disgraced official's downfall symbol of NY scandal (AP)
• Mo. lawmakers overhaul law aimed at puppy mills (AP)
• Small towns struggle to find enough candidates (AP)

Amid serial killer search, man recalls woman's cries (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:47 PM PDT Reuters - As an FBI plane flew overhead in search of more bodies, a Long Island man on Thursday recalled one of the suspected victims of a serial killer running screaming into his home.

BP Alaska president pleads for lower state taxes (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - Alaska must lower its state oil production taxes to attract the investment needed to boost dwindling flow in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, the president of BP's Alaska unit told a pro-industry group Thursday.

Connecticut governor offers middle-class $300 property tax break (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:42 PM PDT Reuters - Connecticut's middle-class would get a $300 property tax credit -- down from the current $500 break Governor Dannel Malloy initially wanted to abolish, under a revised budget plan he unveiled Thursday.

Catholic Controversy: Is 'Being' Superior to 'Substance'? (Time.com) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:40 AM PDT Time.com - The Vatican will be imposing a new liturgy on its English speaking faithful, one that rings tone-deaf to the ear -- and perhaps to the spirit

The Big Lesson Of Cathie Black? That There Isn't One (Time.com) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:40 AM PDT Time.com - The Big Lesson Of Cathie Black? That There Isn't One

Accused California serial killer investigated in New York (Reuters) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT Reuters - A California photographer charged with killing four women whose first and last names began with the same letter is also being investigated in the unsolved murders of three girls in Rochester, New York, police said on Wednesday.

Congress OKs big budget cuts — bigger fights await (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress.

Ark. police shooting suspect linked to '03 attack (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT AP - A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop in northeast Arkansas was accused seven years ago of attacking another officer who is now the town's police chief, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

FAA tries to quell sleeping controller controversy (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - Publicly fuming, the FAA chief collected Thursday the resignation of the head of the U.S. air traffic system, doubled controller staffing at more than two dozen airports and ordered a sweeping review of the entire system that ensures planes fly safely, as the government sought to reassure the public that air travel is safe despite at least four instances of controllers sleeping on the job.

NASA pioneer honored; says he regrets shuttle end (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:48 PM PDT AP - One of the giants of American space exploration said Thursday he regrets the coming end of the shuttle program and believes NASA's workhorses for the past three decades could be modernized to allow them to carry the load for three more.

World's oldest man dies in Montana at 114 (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:44 PM PDT AP - Walter Breuning's earliest memories stretched back 111 years, before home entertainment came with a twist of the radio dial. They were of his grandfather's tales of killing Southerners in the Civil War.

Son: Mom cried NY river plunge 'terrible mistake' (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT AP - A suicidal mother who loaded her four children into a minivan and drove off a boat ramp into the frigid Hudson River changed her mind as the van sank and cried, "I made a mistake, I made a terrible mistake," said her 10-year-old son, who survived by crawling out a window and swimming ashore.

Civil War 150th: Fort Sumter re-enactors wind down (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT AP - Re-enactors played "Yankee Doodle" as they took away the Union flag and recreated Fort Sumter's surrender to Confederate attackers 150 years ago Thursday, winding down a somber commemoration of America's plunge into the Civil War

Police search for Tenn. woman dragged from home (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:59 PM PDT AP - Police searched thick brush and rugged terrain in western Tennessee on Thursday for a bubbly, blonde-haired 20-year-old nursing student, a day after her older brother told authorities he saw a man in camouflage dragging her body toward the woods.

Stab charge adds to Duke lacrosse accuser's slide (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT AP - The label "discredited Duke lacrosse accuser" has been attached to Crystal Mangum for nearly four years since North Carolina's top prosecutor determined she'd falsely accused three players of raping her at a party. When the accusations unraveled, it marked the beginning of a slide into erratic and violent behavior. Now, a boyfriend she's accused of stabbing has died — which could land her in the most serious trouble yet.

AP Enterprise: Experts fear another oil disaster (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:38 AM PDT AP - With everything Big Oil and the government have learned in the year since the Gulf of Mexico disaster, could it happen again? Absolutely, according to an Associated Press examination of the industry and interviews with experts on the perils of deep-sea drilling.

Official: FBI eyed computer in serial killer probe (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - Authorities searched a computer belonging to a pimp linked to a dead prostitute found along a beach highway on New York's Long Island, hoping a record of her liaisons could lead them to a possible serial killer, a law enforcement official familiar with the probe told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Disgraced official's downfall symbol of NY scandal (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:49 PM PDT AP - Alan Hevesi groomed himself to be a model politician, a lawmaker with the expertise of a political scientist and the energy to take on difficult issues.

Mo. lawmakers overhaul law aimed at puppy mills (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:05 PM PDT AP - Missouri voters thought they scored a big win against some of the nation's most notorious puppy mills when they approved strict new dog breeding regulations last year. Now state lawmakers are changing the rules.

Small towns struggle to find enough candidates (AP) Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:20 PM PDT AP - Michael Mahar was the big winner in this month's village election, but it had nothing to do with his popularity. He was the only candidate on the ballot.

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