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- Plane that landed in Hudson heads to NC museum
- Ice cream's on menu at Appalachian Trail midpoint
- Pitfalls abound for prosecutors in Edwards case
- Kevorkian helped states pass assisted-suicide laws
- Appeals court to hear health care overhaul lawsuit
- Historic flood begins to abate, but far from over
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- Forensic expert testifies in Anthony murder trial
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- Obama to meet with leaders of Nigeria, Gabon
| Defendant in 2007 triple slaying mulling plea deal Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT One of the six men and boys charged with the execution-style murders of three friends in Newark, N.J., in 2007 is mulling a plea offer from prosecutors.            |
| RFK's fellow victim changes life, lives of others Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT Paul Schrade easily recites the details of the last day of his life before he was shot in the head alongside his friend, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He knows it all by heart, every step he took, every sight and sound as if it was yesterday.  |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT  |
| Moderation wanes as Kan. governor gets fast start Posted: 04 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT For decades in Kansas, a delicate political balance kept the state on a moderate path even as other states in the region turned to the right. Conservatives could cut taxes in flush times. But Democrats and centrist Republicans still freed up money for highways and schools, and a loose coalition worked out compromises.  |
| Human toll of deadly tornado cuts deep in Joplin Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT They were regular churchgoers, devoted parents, seniors in their retirement years and children with untold promise.  |
| AP Interview: Ex-IMF chief case spotlights NYC DA Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT Dominique Strauss-Kahn had just been to court in the sexual assault case that made headlines around the world. Manhattan's district attorney stepped before the microphones with a message aimed directly at Europeans grappling with how the United States had treated the powerful French diplomat.  |
| Plane that landed in Hudson heads to NC museum Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT This time the river crossing was a lot slower, and a lot drier. The plane whose safe landing on the Hudson River captivated the world two years ago rolled out of a warehouse and across the Passaic River on Saturday morning to begin the trek to a North Carolina museum where it will become a piece of American history.  |
| Ice cream's on menu at Appalachian Trail midpoint Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT All sinew and muscle, Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Alan Downs figured it would be a breeze to down a half-gallon of Hershey's chocolate ice cream. He plunked his money at the Pine Grove Furnace Store, took his carton to a nearby lake and tucked in. "If I can make it through this, I can make it to Maine," he told himself.  |
| Pitfalls abound for prosecutors in Edwards case Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT The daring indictment of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards has pitfalls at every turn for federal prosecutors, adding strain to a Justice Department section still trying to recover after botching its last major political case.  |
| Kevorkian helped states pass assisted-suicide laws Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:00 AM PDT For Oregon and Washington advocates pressing for a physician-assisted suicide law in the 1990s, the attention-seeking behavior of Dr. Jack Kevorkian provided a model for many doctors and activists -- of what not to do.  |
| Appeals court to hear health care overhaul lawsuit Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:30 AM PDT An Atlanta federal courtroom will soon become the latest battlefield in the ongoing fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.  |
| Historic flood begins to abate, but far from over Posted: 04 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT The Mississippi River flood of 2011 may seem like a thing of the past for people who fled rising waters that never came. However, the final toll is shrouded in murky water for thousands of people devastated as the flood made its way from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.  |
| Md. writer among journalists missing in Libya Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT As the uprisings of the "Arab Spring" began to unfold, writer Matthew VanDyke was at home in Baltimore, editing a book and film about his trips across the Middle East by motorcycle. An email from a friend in Libya convinced VanDyke dispatches from that country's war would make a perfect epilogue.  |
| Ex-Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger dies Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT Lawrence S. Eagleburger, the only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state, died Saturday, according to two of his one-time bosses, former President George H.W. Bush and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III.  |
| AP Enterprise: More Hispanics go to federal prison Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:10 AM PDT They shuffle into the courtroom in shackles, still wearing the dust-covered clothes and shoes from when they crossed the desert into the U.S. from Mexico.  |
| Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:10 AM PDT  |
| Forensic expert testifies in Anthony murder trial Posted: 04 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT Prosecutors in the murder trial of Casey Anthony have called a forensic expert from the FBI to testify about how items found in the trunk of her car showed evidence of human decomposition.  |
| Ag industry faces labor woes in immigration debate Posted: 04 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law.  |
| Bosnian teen blinded in war reflects on Mladic Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT Sead Bekric was just 14 when he was blinded by artillery fire on a schoolyard nearly 20 years ago during the Bosnian war. The graphic photo of his bloody, maimed face helped introduce the world to some of the atrocities blamed on former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic.  |
| Obama to meet with leaders of Nigeria, Gabon Posted: 04 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT President Barack Obama has set White House meetings next week with two African leaders. The White House says Obama will hold talks next Thursday with President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon. Ondimba is serving as president of the 15-nation Security Council during June.  |
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