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SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor

Published: 11/20/09

South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chair…

Lawyer: Ohio's legal injection a human experiment

Published: 11/20/09

An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experi…

Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful

Published: 11/20/09

An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing prog…

Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect

Published: 11/20/09

An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first cou…

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman

Published: 11/20/09

The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gu…

Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what's the show?

Published: 11/20/09

Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight…

Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits

Published: 11/20/09

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles,…

CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

Published: 11/20/09

A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenag…

Wrongfully convicted NYC man freed after 17 years

Published: 11/20/09

A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder befo…

Militia movement resurfaces across nation

Published: 11/20/09

Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather e…

U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes

Published: 11/20/09

The University of Nebraska's governing board has voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryon…

1 dead, 3 injured in Arizona mobile home fire

Published: 11/20/09

A 2-year-old boy dragged a 1-year-old Arizona girl Friday from a house fire that killed her mother and injured two othe…

NY man convicted in hot-car death of father, 85

Published: 11/20/09

A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot…

Atty seeks psych care for Mo. teen murder suspect

Published: 11/20/09

A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of…

Indy man convicted of killing 7 gets life sentence

Published: 11/20/09

An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago …

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

Published: 11/20/09

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or in…

FBI investigating use of stun gun on 10-year-old

Published: 11/20/09

The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer's use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old gir…

Emergency landing on tundra as smooth as runway

Published: 11/20/09

An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska's Bering Se…

Island's bison given birth control to control herd

Published: 11/20/09

Birth control for bison?

Arizona burglars steal box holding baby's ashes

Published: 11/20/09

An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.

AP IMPACT: Some lawmakers send few to academies

Published: 11/20/09

As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congre…

Small SC county reels from corruption scandal

Published: 11/20/09

When federal officials descended on this small South Carolina town to investigate a kickback scheme that had caught up …

Former smoker to discuss $300 million Fla. verdict

Published: 11/20/09

A former smoker in Fort Lauderdale is speaking out about her $300 million verdict against Philip Morris.

NYC model who married doorman sues upscale co-op

Published: 11/20/09

A foot model in New York City is suing her upscale apartment building, claiming the co-op board is trying to force her …

Woman who had nearly 370 animals gets probation

Published: 11/20/09

A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has be…

Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency

Published: 11/20/09

A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?

US House districts with fewest academy nominations

Published: 11/20/09

A list of congressional districts with the fewest military academy nominations for the classes of 2009 to 2013, the off…

Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers

Published: 11/20/09

Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electri…

Volunteers strive to save Santa letter service

Published: 11/20/09

Santa's "elves" at the North Pole have been given their walking papers _ but they're not going quietly.

The nation's weather

Published: 11/20/09

New England was expected to see another dreary day, while the Pacific Northwest remains under wintry conditions on Friday.

San Francisco's health care a model during debate

Published: 11/20/09

This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefi…

Biologists save fish after landslide

Published: 11/20/09

A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range lef…

Obituaries in the news

Published: 11/20/09

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Police arrest 3 suspected of killing Vegas officer

Published: 11/20/09

Three people were arrested on suspicion of killing an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in a shootout in his garage, No…

Leonardo da Vinci exhibit opens in Times Square

Published: 11/20/09

An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is openin…

Hearing begins for Maui man accused of being spy

Published: 11/20/09

A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert…

Published: 11/20/09

Teenager pleads guilty to murdering Border Patrol agent shot 4 times in head in July

NYC stamp auction raises $3.2 million for museum

Published: 11/19/09

A New York City gallery has auctioned over 200 rare postage stamps to raise $3.2 million for the Smithsonian National P…

UN committee criticizes NKorea rights violations

Published: 11/19/09

A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human r…

Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show

Published: 11/19/09

California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home …

Bus company: Driver in Minn. crash had aneurysm

Published: 11/19/09

A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crash…

NJ dad to testify before human rights panel

Published: 11/19/09

A New Jersey man who's been battling in Brazilian courts to get custody of his 9-year-old son is scheduled to testify b…

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

Published: 11/19/09

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Plea deal reached in Pa. steel town arson case

Published: 11/19/09

A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has w…

Al-Qaida suspect promises NY trial boycott

Published: 11/19/09

A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January t…

Texas inmate executed after gov. rejects clemency

Published: 11/19/09

Inmate Robert Lee Thompson was executed Thursday evening for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after the Texas g…

Couple charged in Phoenix airport luggage thefts

Published: 11/19/09

Authorities say an Arizona couple has been indicted in the theft of nearly 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim c…

Jurors in Md. mayor's trial keep asking questions

Published: 11/19/09

A judge in Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's theft trial told jurors they must stop deliberating and asking questions afte…

Judge: Freed ex-sailor can be retried in murder

Published: 11/19/09

Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years i…

Police officers shot, suspect killed after chase

Published: 11/19/09

A shootout left two bank robbery suspects dead and two police officers wounded Thursday in suburban Denver, police said.