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• Police: Dog defecating in yard leads to shooting
• States look overseas for scarce execution drug
• Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls
• BP seeks more tests on rig's failed safety device
• Ohio man, teen accused of burning cross in yard
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• Van Anglen named Ala. administrative correspondent
• Fla. Rep. Connie Mack IV won't run for US Senate
• OMG! Online abbreviations make the OED
• Mistake leaves Ohio man with $16M cable TV charge
• Philadelphia monsignor seeks to challenge charge
• Ind. police: Person shot at middle school
• Accident snarls traffic near Lincoln Tunnel
• Upstate NY man charged in infant girl's slaying
• In Ga., Gingrich may find it hard to go home again
• DA to review 15 months of Philly DUI cases
• California to get brief respite between storms
• Calif. judge to rule if kids can see paralyzed mom
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• NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire

Police: Dog defecating in yard leads to shooting Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT Police say an argument that started when a Mississippi man's dog defecated in his neighbor's yard escalated into a shootout, sending one of the men to the hospital.

States look overseas for scarce execution drug Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PDT Prison officials around the country have been going to extraordinary -- and in at least one case, legally questionable -- lengths to obtain a scarce lethal-injection drug, securing it from middlemen in Britain and a manufacturer in India and borrowing it from other states to keep their executions on track, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.

Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls Posted: 25 Mar 2011 10:22 AM PDT Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally.

BP seeks more tests on rig's failed safety device Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PDT BP says it is working on a deal for the company to have more tests done on the critical safety device that failed to stop oil from gushing out of its well during last year's spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ohio man, teen accused of burning cross in yard Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:42 AM PDT A man and a teenager are accused of burning a cross bearing racial slurs in a black family's yard in central Ohio.

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Van Anglen named Ala. administrative correspondent Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT Jim Van Anglen, a metro desk editor at the Press-Register in Mobile, has been named administrative correspondent for The Associated Press in Montgomery, overseeing newsgathering in Alabama.

Fla. Rep. Connie Mack IV won't run for US Senate Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:41 AM PDT Republican Congressman Connie Mack IV says he will not seek U.S. Senate seat once held by his father, saying the timing is not right.

OMG! Online abbreviations make the OED Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:32 AM PDT OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term -- short for "Oh my God" or "Oh my gosh" -- is one of dozens of new entries in the authoritative reference book's latest online update.

Mistake leaves Ohio man with $16M cable TV charge Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:21 AM PDT Try fitting this cable bill into the monthly budget. An Ohio man says Time Warner Cable told him he owed the company $16.4 million.

Philadelphia monsignor seeks to challenge charge Posted: 25 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PDT A high-ranking church official in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia will seek to challenge evidence that led prosecutors to charge him with child endangerment.

Ind. police: Person shot at middle school Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:51 AM PDT State police say a person has been shot at a middle school in central Indiana and the shooter is in custody.

Accident snarls traffic near Lincoln Tunnel Posted: 25 Mar 2011 05:22 AM PDT Officials have righted an overturned tractor-trailer that has snarled Lincoln Tunnel traffic heading out of New York Friday.

Upstate NY man charged in infant girl's slaying Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT Authorities have charged a northern New York man with killing the four-month-old baby he and his wife were in the process of adopting.

In Ga., Gingrich may find it hard to go home again Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:35 AM PDT Newt Gingrich could find it's not so easy to go home again. The former House speaker is using Georgia to anchor his presidential campaign strategy. He's counting on his old home state to provide a crucial base of support and a backdrop to help him escape the stigma of Washington insider at a time when the public detests anything linked ...

DA to review 15 months of Philly DUI cases Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:22 AM PDT Prosecutors in Philadelphia will review 15 months of drunk-driving cases after four of the breathalyzer machines used by city police were found to be improperly calibrated.

California to get brief respite between storms Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:52 AM PDT The latest in a blustering series of storms swept across California, knocking out power, raising fears of flooding, and closing two main highways.

Calif. judge to rule if kids can see paralyzed mom Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:52 AM PDT A judge has heard a week of testimony and will now decide whether a woman so badly brain damaged by medical errors that she can no longer walk, talk or eat still has the right to parental visits with her children.

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NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:41 AM PDT New Yorkers are marking the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history -- the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire -- with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died.

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