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- First lady visits hospitalized children
- Sick Ohio kids take fantasy flight to North Pole
- Obama honors Lakers, joins them in service project
- Security camera snaps naked man in Miss. cemetery
- Medicaid cuts: teeth pulled, transplant called off
- Beltran, Tomlinson named to AP posts in Texas
- Abramoff concludes stint at kosher pizzeria
- SeaWorld crew saves struggling baby whale at beach
- Teen accused in stabbing of California girl, baby
- Feds say wolverines need protection
- Steele may make plans known
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- NH parents object to book that calls Jesus vagrant
- Top US officer says risk of war rising in Koreas
- Kagan says "steep learning curve" on Supreme Court
- Court won't get involved in NY lawyer ad fight
- Worst of heavy rains in Northwest is over
- Donated bike taken from ill western Pa. boy, 8
- AP Enterprise: Eagle concerns stymie wind farms
- Books about gay issues vandalized at Harvard
| First lady visits hospitalized children Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST If Michelle Obama is still trying to figure out what to get the president for Christmas, she got plenty of ideas while visiting sick children in the nation's capital.           |
| Sick Ohio kids take fantasy flight to North Pole Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST What was billed as a flight to the North Pole never left the ground, but that didn't matter to about 50 children and their families in Cleveland.  |
| Obama honors Lakers, joins them in service project Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST Honoring a second straight NBA title for the Los Angeles Lakers , President Barack Obama on Monday bypassed the traditional White House ceremony. This time he put the champs to work.  |
| Security camera snaps naked man in Miss. cemetery Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST A man caught naked in a south Mississippi church cemetery says he was trying to take photographs of spirits. Robert Hurst told The Picayune Item newspaper that he shed his clothes because he believes skin is the best canvas to show spirits' orbs of energy.  |
| Medicaid cuts: teeth pulled, transplant called off Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:10 PM PST In Illinois, a pharmacist closes his business because of late Medicaid payments. In Arizona, a young father's liver transplant is canceled because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In California, dentists pull teeth that could be saved because Medicaid doesn't pay for root canals.  |
| Beltran, Tomlinson named to AP posts in Texas Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST James Beltran, a supervisor in the Los Angeles bureau of The Associated Press, has been named news editor for Texas. Chris Tomlinson, the cooperative's former chief of bureau in Nairobi, Kenya, and a veteran foreign correspondent, is the AP's new correspondent in Austin.  |
| Abramoff concludes stint at kosher pizzeria Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:12 AM PST Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has finished his stint working at a kosher pizzeria in Baltimore and is now on probation.  |
| SeaWorld crew saves struggling baby whale at beach Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:12 AM PST A wounded baby sperm whale was treated with antibiotics and escorted back to sea early Monday after getting stranded on rocks north of San Diego.  |
| Teen accused in stabbing of California girl, baby Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:00 AM PST A teenage boy is accused of breaking into a Vacaville home and viciously attacking a 13-year-old girl and her infant brother.  |
| Feds say wolverines need protection Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST Wolverines should be added to the list of endangered and threatened species, but other species considered in greater danger will prevent the small, ferocious mammal from protection for now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday.  |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST Embattled GOP Chairman Michael Steele could disclose late Monday whether he'll seek re-election to the two-year post as a stream of challengers line up to challenge him in balloting next month.  |
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| NH parents object to book that calls Jesus vagrant Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST The parents of a New Hampshire teenager are asking school officials to stop teachers from using a book that refers to Jesus Christ as a "wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist."  |
| Top US officer says risk of war rising in Koreas Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST The top US military officer says the danger of war or hostilities is rising on the Korean peninsula.  |
| Kagan says "steep learning curve" on Supreme Court Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:10 AM PST Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she is facing a "steep learning curve" in her first months on the bench as she is drafting her first opinions and trying to acclimate to life as a judge.  |
| Court won't get involved in NY lawyer ad fight Posted: 13 Dec 2010 07:40 AM PST The Supreme Court will not get involved in a New York dispute over whether officials can curb some law firm television commercials.  |
| Worst of heavy rains in Northwest is over Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:40 AM PST Heavy rains that hit western Washington state over the weekend have eased and rivers that flooded roads and houses are on their way down or cresting.  |
| Donated bike taken from ill western Pa. boy, 8 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:30 AM PST The parents of an 8-year-old western Pennsylvania boy with leukemia say someone stole his donated bike during their Make-A-Wish trip to Florida.  |
| AP Enterprise: Eagle concerns stymie wind farms Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:20 AM PST APPLE VALLEY, Calif. -- Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions of dollars in wind farm developments.  |
| Books about gay issues vandalized at Harvard Posted: 13 Dec 2010 06:20 AM PST Police at Harvard University say they are investigating vandalism to about 40 books about lesbian and gay issues at a school library as a hate crime.  |
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