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Calif. considers 30-day delay on state tax refunds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's controller said Friday he will be forced to impose a 30-day delay on tax refunds and some other payments starting Feb. 1 if lawmakers fail to agree on a plan to erase a nearly $42 billion budget deficit. (Updated 7:34 p.m. PT)
Elderly couple missing from cruise ship in SoCal
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A missing elderly couple likely fell off a Carnival Cruise ship between Long Beach and Mexico, company officials said Friday. (Updated 7:25 p.m. PT)
SF zookeeper mauled by tiger settles lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco Zoo employee who was mauled in 2006 by the same tiger that killed a 17-year-old boy a year later has settled a lawsuit against the city. (Updated 7:21 p.m. PT)
Teen gets 36 years in girl's 'Mortal Kombat' death
GREELEY, Colo. -- A Colorado teen has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the death of a 7-year-old girl during an apparent imitation of the "Mortal Kombat" video game. (Updated 7:19 p.m. PT)
Mass. priest in abuse case returns to ministry
BOSTON -- A Catholic priest who was accused of sexual abuse in a case that was settled last month by the Boston Archdiocese has returned to active ministry. (Updated 7:13 p.m. PT)
'Deep Throat' regarded at memorial as truth-teller
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who helped unlock the secrets of Watergate as the shadowy "Deep Throat," was remembered Friday by family and friends as a man who stood up for truth in deceptive times. (Updated 7:05 p.m. PT)
Thick mud hampers Hudson River plane investigation
NEW YORK -- Thick mud, menacing currents and bone-chilling temperatures stymied investigators Friday as they scoured the Hudson River for the two missing engines from a US Airways jetliner that crash-landed in the water after colliding with birds. The investigation ran into a series of obstacles one day after the pilot ditched the plane carrying 155 people. The collision apparently caused both of the engines to fail, forcing the aircraft to go down just a few hundred yards from the Manhattan skyline. All aboard survived. (Updated 6:50 p.m. PT)
EPA to regulate mercury from cement plants
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Federal regulators have settled a lawsuit with environmental activists and nine states over standards for mercury emissions from cement plants, the plaintiffs announced Friday. (Updated 6:38 p.m. PT)
Case dropped against aide accused of helping Iraq
NEW YORK -- The government has quietly dropped its case against a former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency but later ruled mentally unfit for trial. (Updated 6:35 p.m. PT)
Charged Fla. mom described herself as a victim
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida mother charged in the killing of her toddler daughter described herself as a victim when talking to her parents during a jailhouse visit last August. Casey Anthony, 22, told her parents she was just as much a victim as anyone else in the case during the recorded visit at the Orange County Jail in Orlando. Copies of the visit were released this week. (Updated 6:34 p.m. PT)
Additional headlines:
- Brrr, y'all: Temps startle South, blanket the East
- Mich. man accused of spying for Iraq pleads guilty
- 3 men held in Mass. election night church fire
- Former slaughterhouse CEO faces additional charges
- Blagojevich attorneys pull out of Senate trial
- Komodo dragon in Va. bites the hand that feeds it
- Man accused in Miss. of threat to president-elect
- Pilot's life had prepared him for 'miracle' flight
- Survivors offer praise, gratitude after NY crash
- Funeral held for victims of Christmas shooting
- Deliberations begin in Oklahoma sheriff's sex case
- Ex-OC sheriff acquitted of corruption conspiracy
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
- NJ man gets 2 years in prison for steroid ring
- Murky river will make it tough to find engines
- NYC adds man's cancer death to 9/11 victims' toll
- Wyeth's death reignites debate over his legacy
- Nevada district board seat picked by luck of draw
- Airports use cannons, dogs, guns to scare birds
- Dog dies after being doused with toxins by burglar
- NY appeals court clears 10 nurses of neglect rap
- Top Detroit lawyer out after 'ghetto court' remark
- History links King holiday, Obama inauguration
- Feds to seek death penalty in UNC student slaying
- Jakes, Caldwell, Wuerl join inaugural services
- The stars will be out for inauguration party
- Correction: Inauguration Homeless story
- Ind. teacher fired for taping shut student's mouth
- Hearing in Minnesota Senate suit set for Wednesday
- Records: Ousted Mo. school chief a heavy gambler
- Correction: Zoo economy story
- 2nd parent jailed in Tony Alamo ministries case
- Judge refuses to halt case against ex-professor
- Author behind 'Slumdog Millionaire' heads home
- NYC mayor honors those who aided plane passengers
- Wait for disability appeal process over for vets
- Last year ranked in top 10 for heat
- Ill. gov's former top fundraiser pleads guilty
- Schwarzenegger to attend Obama inauguration
- Nevada casino '08 profits shrink by two-thirds
- Source: Pilot rejected 2 airport landings
- Jet lands safely in Baltimore after emergency call
- Wind hampers effort to free endangered right whale
- Man imprisoned in upstate NY body-parts case
- Wis. Wal-Mart reopens after suspicious odor scare
- Experts: Airliner crashes more survivable recently
- Ind. pilot expected to stay in Fla. hospital
- Senate veteran, Delaware everyman faces new role
- Boy George sentenced to 15 months
- British writer John Mortimer dead at 85
- Investigation begins in plane's NYC splash landing
- UN reports 2,201 cholera deaths in Zimbabwe
- Ask AP: Hedging gasoline, home at the White House
- Planes are designed to survive water landings
- Birds, an aviation hazard, hit 1 in 10,000 flights
- Former transit cop pleads not guilty to murder
- Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot
- 70 dead cats found in bags outside San Antonio
- Swift response, heroics in NY river landing rescue
- Next Det mayor faces crisis, public trust issues
- List of candidates in Detroit mayoral primary
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- Court upholds arrest of SKorean blogger
- Ditched jetliner: A boom, and then a jolt
- Conviction nixed in deadly botched Ga. drug raid
- Kaufman ready to take Biden's Senate seat
- Passengers in NY plane ordeal marvel they're alive
- Obituaries in the news
- 4 kids badly burned by sulfuric acid in Texas
- $50 million promised to soften border fence impact
- Ohio lawyer gets 4 years for stealing from clients
- Springer leads Iona past Niagara 71-65
- Immigration officials end RI detention contract
- Response to emergency landing has heroic results
- EPA finds toxins throughout Columbia Basin
- Moored boat sinks from Alaska rig; 14 evacuated
- How much clout would a Sen. Caroline Kennedy have?
- Suspects in alleged lesbian rape plead not guilty
- Vt. police: Poodle left inside vehicle for 19 days
- SoCal authorities arrest tax assessor in drug raid
- NYC lawyer accused of $380M scam argues for bail
- James Callahan executed in Ala. for rape, murder
- La. man indicted on charge he threatened Bush
- Ex-WSU provost makes $245K teaching part-time
- Jet's splashdown in NY keeps safety streak intact
- Study: NYPD stopped more than 500,000 last year
- Prosecutors: US atty should stay on Ill. gov case
- Ignore onboard safety demo? Not after plane crash
- Battery charges dropped against N. Idaho girl
- Cousins plead guilty in plot to kill US soldiers
- Ill. gov, flying on state dime, met with donors
- Recalls: play yards, dishwashers, rattles
- States try to strip crooked pols of their pensions
- Public wary of health reform trade-offs
- Groups sue over EPA change in farm emissions rule
- SEC seeks papers in alleged NM investment scheme
- Wis. mayor charged with plotting tryst with child
- Grand jury indicts man in slaying of Ohio mom
- ACLU challenges secrecy of US whistleblower law
- Schools make historic inaugural a teachable moment
- John 'Junior' Gotti is denied bail in NY court
- NASA to fly unmanned drone for science research
- 7 states sue over Bush rule on health workers
- Gov, Cuomo cite privilege to duck Senate scrutiny
- Exonerated Texas men drop suits, hope for new law
- Gunman robs Memphis college students, no injuries
- Baltimore city official pleads in gift card case
- Vatican: Gay 'behavior' in seminaries declines
- DA: Suspect in deadly Calif. arson set 46 fires
- Going green: Communities make their own currencies
- Baltimore mayor may count on sympathetic jurors
- Ex-Blago chief of staff may cooperate with feds
- LA sued over provisions for disabled in disasters
- Sleepwalker who froze to death had Ambien bottle
- Mich. couple now face murder charges in fire death
- Man accused in TV anchor's death pleads not guilty
- Okla. surgeon halts practice while probe under way
- Ex-FBI agent sentenced to 40 years in 1982 killing
- AP names new sports columnist; Seward leads Paris
- Woman dies after freight train crashes into SUV
- Second victim of helicopter crash at A&M dies
- Small earthquake shakes Northern California
- Suspected shooter of 8 on LA street to stand trial
- Police: Ohio man ran hooker-review Web site
- Breakdown of missing pilot's financial problems
- 945 LA cases under review due to fingerprint exams
- Carter still active 30 years after Camp David
- Panel: Police restrained in handling RNC protests
- Impeached Ill. gov. gets cold reception in Senate
- Lawmakers want to ban Ariz. highway speed cameras
- Passions heating up over New Jersey river dolphins
- Tribes want more American Indians on federal bench
- Oklahoma lawmakers try for official English law
- Schwarzenegger plans upset environmental groups
- Firefighters mull letting homeowners fight flames
- In Hawaii, the doctor is always in _ online
| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009 |
- Families await sharpest tuition increases in years
- Sheriff says Kan. father killed children, self
- Regulators OK disposing radioactive waste in Texas
- Amtrak train partially derails, delays travelers
- Murder charges dropped in Idaho girl's snowy death
- 'Most Wanted' Mo. woman gets 3 years for shooting
- Bush to work from 8,000-square-foot Dallas office
- LAPD reveal 2nd murder case against Japanese man
- Texas carries out nation's first execution of 2009
- Police: 2 die, 4 saved after boat capsizes off Va.
- Saint Joseph's beats St. Bonaventure 62-51
- Government makes decision on gray wolf protection
- Alaska plans to sue over beluga whale protection
- NJ kids with Nazi-inspired names removed from home
- Man gets prison in frying pan attack on judge wife
- Police, missing Mo. woman's family hope for leads
- Judge OKs therapist for boy charged with murder
- Shots fired at Chicago school bus; 2 students hurt
- Va. company recalls peanut butter nationwide
- Neb. couple gives up fight to keep adopted son
- Miss. casino, slot player argue over $1M jackpot
- NY Senate poll favors Cuomo, but gov doesn't care
- Ill. governor handed summons for impeachment trial
- For some, inauguration a time to reflect, not work
- No credible terror threats seen for Super Bowl
- Study: Electricity savings are possible
- Blowing snow and frigid temperatures assail nation
- $75M bond for Ohio man accused of poisoning wife
- USDA worker accused of running prostitution ring
- Police: Pa. couple spent windfall from bank error
- Muslim woman, rabbis to pray at inaugural service
- States and D.C. may be working at cross-purposes
- Correction: Missing Boy Search story
- Pa. man charged in fatal collision with lawmaker
- Man who fell ill at Philly New Year's parade dies
- Noriega fights transfer to France before US court
- UN finds 217 sex abuse claims against blue helmets
- Baltimore works to accommodate crowds for Obama
- Biographical information on Joe Biden
- Poll: Cuomo pulls ahead for Senate appointment
- Obama: A political journey _ at warp speed
- Coroner IDs last 2 Christmas Eve massacre victims
- Group urges Obama to focus on human rights
- Mass. governor unveils big push for wind power
- Tenn. presses TVA for details of ash spill cleanup
- NJ church shooting suspect attempts jail suicide
- Wis. lawmaker hit with 3rd drunken driving charge
- Police: Calif. dad sold 14-year-old into marriage
- Feds: Mexican gray wolf plan needs updating
- Prosecutors to try again to put Madoff behind bars
- Bison make a new home on the range _ in Utah
- Agency can't link Great Lakes pollution, illness
- Calif. health insurers must provide interpreters
- NYC church plans rare full bell peal for Obama
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