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More snow, ice vexes travelers in northern states (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:05:09 +0000

AP - Hundreds of holiday travelers spent the night in the nation's second busiest airport and others faced delayed or canceled flights and highways choked by snow and ice as storms kept up their assault on northern states.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Police: Dallas shooting suspect had troubled past (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:21:56 +0000

AP - A former Utah state trooper suspected in a series of fatal rush-hour shootings near Dallas had an addiction to painkillers and a warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with a recent robbery, according to Texas and Utah authorities.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

SoCal man killed by cops was 2004 murder suspect (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:50:38 +0000

AP - A man shot and killed by police after a two-hour standoff near Los Angeles where he held his 7-year-old son hostage in a restaurant was a suspect wanted for the 2004 murder of his girlfriend, authorities said Wednesday.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama’s time (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:42:18 +0000

AP - President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling his vacated Senate seat. Obama's hand-picked investigator agreed.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Inmate supposed to be free spends Xmas behind bars (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:47:41 +0000

AP - James S. Anderson is about to spend his fifth straight Christmas behind bars. The difference this time is he's no longer a convict.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Utah custody fight complicated by tribal law (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:29:44 +0000

AP - Heather and Clint Larson hoped they'd be spending Christmas with a newly adopted 6-month-old boy. Instead, after a monthslong court battle, the couple had to hand him over to representatives of the birth mother's American Indian tribe and watch him being driven away.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Soldier mom back to see daughter’s ‘miracle’ steps (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:46:24 +0000

AP - Little Cheyenne Leslie entered the Ocean Medical Center and ran into the arms of her physical therapist, to the cheers of smiling staff workers as the girl seemed unhindered by her arm and leg brace. It was a dress rehearsal of sorts.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Texas ranchers, farmers struggling after Ike (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:17:25 +0000

AP - Her boots, jeans and sweat shirt splattered with mud, Janet Lagow Lewis stretched barbed wire across metal posts, rebuilding a portion of her 38 miles of fencing that Hurricane Ike washed away.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Prosecutor limits Ill. governor impeachment probe (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:49:39 +0000

AP - Federal prosecutors have asked an Illinois House impeachment committee not to delve into the criminal charges against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a request that could hasten a decision on whether to boot Blagojevich from office.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Obama attends memorial for his grandmother, `Toot’ (AP)

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:42:45 +0000

AP - President-elect Barack Obama gathered with family and friends on Tuesday for a private memorial service for the beloved grandmother who helped raise him.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back