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- Audio: Pilot struggled for altitude before crash
- AP names Hunt deputy bureau chief in Washington
- US official: No record of woman said held by Iran
- Crews stop acid leak after train tips in Michigan
- Arizona car auction to offer JFK ambulance
- Silky-voiced homeless man copes with sudden fame
- Town known for '76 bus kidnapping defaults on bond
| Showers of blackbirds air out conspiracy theories Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST The moon turns blood red in an eclipse. The earth shakes. And the world keeps spinning, even though these events fit into apocalyptic predictions.            |
| Tablets crowd gadget show, chasing iPad's tail Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:25 PM PST Big tablets and small tablets, white ones and black ones. Cheap ones and expensive ones. Brand names famous and obscure at the starting line of a race where the iPad is already a speeding dot near the horizon.  |
| Convict in homeless attack charged in shooting Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST A man convicted in the beating of a Cincinnati homeless man faces new charges in a woman's fatal shooting.  |
| Defense team gets security clearances in nuke case Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST Lawyers for a New Mexico physicist, who is accused of trying to help Venezuela develop a nuclear weapon, have received security clearances and can begin to review documents after agreeing with prosecutors on a deal to share unclassified material.  |
| Judge extends FBI bite suspect's stay in Pa. jail Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST A Pennsylvania man who posted pro-terrorist songs online before being accused of having a loaded gun and biting two FBI agents will remain jailed until a federal judge can hear the appeal of an order to release him to a halfway house.  |
| Rescued miner tours Elvis' home Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena says he was living his dream as he toured Graceland, the longtime home of his idol, Elvis Presley.  |
| Former Fla. Gov. Crist joins supporter's law firm Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:21 PM PST Former Gov. Charlie Crist is joining the high-profile Morgan & Morgan law firm. The marriage of "the people's governor" with the law firm that claims in TV commercials to be "for the people" was anticipated. The St. Petersburg Times reports the firm is run by John Morgan, a longtime Crist political supporter.  |
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| Wheelchair user cruises along Conn. highway Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST The older man cruising along Interstate 95 in Connecticut could have been just another traveler -- except that he was in an electric wheelchair, in the breakdown lane, while cars and trucks barreled along a few yards away.  |
| US may support throwing out disputed Haitian vote Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:11 PM PST The Obama administration could support throwing out the results of Haiti's contested first-round presidential vote if the Organization of American States proposes that step.  |
| Professor: Vegas is West's least educated big city Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST A sociology professor studying Nevada's economy says Las Vegas is the least educated major metropolitan area in the West.  |
| Teen gun supervisor says he warned dad about Uzi Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST A teenager who supervised an 8-year-old boy who shot himself with an Uzi submachine gun at a 2008 gun fair says he told the boy's father that "it wasn't a good idea" to let the boy fire it.  |
| House voids votes of members not sworn in Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST House Republicans had to correct a first-week gaffe by nullifying the votes of two of their members that were cast before they were sworn in.  |
| Audio: Pilot struggled for altitude before crash Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST A voice recording shows the pilot of a single-engine airplane was struggling to get over Wyoming's highest mountain range in bad weather before the aircraft crashed, killing the pilot and three of his sons.  |
| AP names Hunt deputy bureau chief in Washington Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST Terence Hunt, a senior editor and former White House correspondent for The Associated Press, has been named deputy bureau chief in Washington for the news cooperative.  |
| US official: No record of woman said held by Iran Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:30 AM PST A U.S. official says there is no indication that a woman reportedly arrested for espionage in Iran is an American citizen, fueling doubts about Iranian media reports.  |
| Crews stop acid leak after train tips in Michigan Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:40 AM PST Crews worked overnight to clear up hydrochloric acid that leaked from a tank car after a train derailed in mid-Michigan, and 35 people who were evacuated from nearby homes should be allowed to return later Friday, officials said.  |
| Arizona car auction to offer JFK ambulance Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:10 AM PST Bidders at an Arizona car auction will have a chance to buy the ambulance that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, after it arrived in the Washington area from Dallas.  |
| Silky-voiced homeless man copes with sudden fame Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST A homeless man from Ohio who quickly became a celebrity thanks to his smooth announcing voice indicates it's been challenging dealing with the rush of fame.  |
| Town known for '76 bus kidnapping defaults on bond Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST A struggling California town best known for its dairies, prisons and sensational 1976 school bus kidnapping case has defaulted on a municipal revenue bond payment.  |
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