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OJ Simpson seeks new robbery trial in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial for the former football star, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room. (Updated 9:04 p.m. PT)
Homeless man dies after being set ablaze in LA
LOS ANGELES -- A homeless man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years and was a familiar face to residents of Koreatown, police and local merchants said Friday. (Updated 8:01 p.m. PT)
Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did not go far enough when they approved same-sex civil unions that were identical to marriages in virtually every respect except the name. (Updated 8:00 p.m. PT)
Tuskegee Airmen honored with historic site in Ala.
TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- Lt. Col. John Mulzac stood on the asphalt at Moton Field Friday - the same grounds where he trained decades ago to become one of the country's first black military pilots - and wept. (Updated 7:28 p.m. PT)
Death toll rises to 9 in Calif. charter bus crash
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The death toll has risen to nine in the crash of a charter bus that was on its way to a casino in Northern California. (Updated 7:28 p.m. PT)
Ohio death row inmate appeals to US Supreme Court
CINCINNATI -- Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that his obesity prevents humane lethal injection filed an appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, planned for next week. (Updated 7:23 p.m. PT)
Obituaries in the news
Alfred J. Gallodoro (Updated 7:05 p.m. PT)
Fired professor in noose incident sues Columbia
NEW YORK -- A black Columbia University teacher who reported finding a noose on her door is suing the New York City school for firing her after a plagiarism investigation. (Updated 6:49 p.m. PT)
Attorney describes binding incident as 'horseplay'
DENVER -- The attorney for a man accused of binding the hands of a teenage girl on a Southwest Airlines flight and trying to do the same to her sister said it was merely "horseplay" and pointed out that the girls didn't scream. (Updated 6:27 p.m. PT)
3 BLM workers held at gunpoint at Nev. pot patch
RENO, Nev. -- Three federal biologists were held at gunpoint for several minutes by suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel after happening upon a large marijuana patch in a remote stretch of public land in northern Nevada, authorities said Friday. (Updated 6:13 p.m. PT)
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- Man dies after balloon crashes in flames in N.M.
- US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 540
- Japanese man held in LA in wife's 1981 slaying
- Lender drops eviction suit vs. Cook County sheriff
- Atheist soldier to leave Army, drops religion suit
- A new day for dogs: Pa. law targets puppy mills
- Feds acknowledge Mich. arsonist was key informant
- As storm nears, west Texas braces for more floods
- New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons
- Stocks got slammed, but was it a 'crash'?
- Mom of missing Fla. girl can access evidence
- Former SF supervisor pleads guilty to corruption
- Conn. high court rules gay couples can marry
- Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee
- Judge: Castroneves can race in Australia
- 1 dead, another injured at Mass. construction site
- Vultures circle Wall Street, but hesitate to feed
- Mo. man gets death sentence in taped sex killing
- Suicide-prevention net under Golden Gate endorsed
- Iraq contractor gets 3 years in child porn case
- Man, 88, fatally shoots ailing wife at NJ hospital
- Financial meltdown hits ivory towers
- 10 years after Shepard, no federal hate crime law
- Would-be King biographer caught in sibling feud
- Kan. tribal 'secretary of state' gets prison term
- Economy is overriding issue in governors' races
- La. state senator pleads guilty in laundering case
- Okla. abortion ultrasound requirement challenged
- Rat-hunting woman causes NC school lockdown
- D.C. Uighurs wait to take in Gitmo detainees
- Mich. teen pleads guilty to poisoning grandma
- Ask AP: Somali pirates, disabled presidents-elect
- Turbulence injures passengers on flight to Miami
- AP NewsBreak: AC to have 7-day smoking ban
- Hurricane warning issued ahead of Norbert
- Legislators pick 'Moby-Dick' as Mass. 'epic novel'
- A year later, Creation Museum claiming big crowds
- Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95
- Schwarzenegger optimistic state can secure loans
- Hurricane warning issued ahead of Norbert
- Black colonel's dream town celebrates 100 years
- Western group petitions for species protection
- Senators push for immigration raid guidelines
 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008 |
- AP IMPACT: GPS could save airlines time and fuel
- Contract worker breaks leg in NM lab's rocket test
- Ark. plans to drop unmarried foster parent ban
- Calif. firefighters brace for predicted Santa Anas
- Judge nixes forced treatment request in Smart case
- Correction: Nancy Hicks Maynard obituary
- Ohio charity accused of terrorist ties sues feds
- Police: Mall shooting suspect upset over purchase
- Police: Murder-suicide at heart of Ky. house fire
- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,180
- 2 Colombian warlords get lengthy US sentences
- Tenn. college student charged in e-mail threat
- Kan. woman pleads guilty in Mo. baby-stealing plot
- Immigrant death defendant complains about school
- Iowa teen left at Neb. hospital back with family
- Bus packed with Amish clips semi in Mich.; 14 hurt
- Jet reports problem, lands safely in San Diego
- Killer of 5 apparently hangs self in Ind. prison
- NY mayor accused of power abuse in term-limit deal
- Bodies of US reps' brother, his girlfriend found
- U. of Texas ends fight over dorm-room Obama signs
- Product Recalls: Nerf blasters, gas vent dampers
- Tropical species also threatened by climate change
- Product Recalls: Nerf blasters, gas vent dampers
- NYC manhole explosion kills 1 worker, injures 2nd
- States cut spending, put projects on hold
- 3rd climber of NY Times building pleads not guilty
- Calif. measure would require more space for hens
- Tenn. court awards book rights to caregiver
- Massachusetts judge rejects Holocaust memoir suit
- Suspect caught in drive-by slaying of Ill. boy, 12
- Man guilty of Texas student's dismemberment murder
- Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs
- UN: Financial chills are ill wind for climate
- States to zero-in on tax cheats as economy sags
- NYC trial date for claims against Shell
- Drunken man finds his way home _ just not his home
- Groups demand W.Va. plant dismantle chemical piles
- Clarification: Immigration Raid story
- Police arrest man in Texas car salesman's slaying
- Friend confirms identity of girls found in freezer
- Conviction in 'Precious Doe' case brings relief
- Hurricane Ike produces 76,000 damage claims so far
- Report: Minority college attainment up, but stalls
- St. Louis festival brings out science's cool side
- Ore. court rules frozen embryos can be destroyed
- Conn. judge reduces mobster killer's sentence
- Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science
- California Gov. often foiled by a persistent foe
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008 |
- Yosemite National Park rock slide destroys cabins
- Chicago cop freed from Iowa prison
- 'Pregnancy pact' school to give out contraceptives
- Oregon house slides down hillside; woman rescued
- NYC National Debt Clock runs out of digits
- Woman accused of threatening teen daughter's ex
- Fatal crash highlights lure of casinos for seniors
- Historic Colt pistol sells for $920,000 in Maine
- New safety controls planned for LA rails by 2012
- Not guilty, say lawyers for slain Vt. girl's uncle
- Judge seeks $250M down payment for Calif. prisons
- Appeals court: Search violated NY woman's rights
- Customer opens fire at Tenn. mall, killing worker
- FBI: Body of missing NYC mobster found in NY field
- Ex-aide in Pa. bonus scandal cites Dem. leader
- Castrated Texas molester accused of having porn
- Woman gets nearly 13 years in fatal Minn. crash
- Ark. school shooter again facing prison sentence
- Mother, boyfriend convicted of child's Vegas death
- Down market hits 1-year mark with no clear bottom
- Galveston scrambles to heal beaches after Ike
- Sharpton convicted in NYC police-shooting protests
- NRA to settle suit over Katrina gun seizures
- US officials fear terrorist links with drug lords
- Storm spawns tornado in Fla., possibly one in Ala.
- Ohio teen charged for sending nude phone photos
- Correction: Kosher Slaughterhouse-Astroturfing
- Jockey's daughter gets prison for fatal crash
- Rezko sentencing date canceled as deal sought
- NYC rabbi reports threats over chicken slaughter
- Tornado touches down near Fla. park, no one hurt
- Correction: Iraq Vet Suicide story
- Girls strip-searched at Mich. school, parents say
- Yo-Yo amusement park rides recalled
- Body found in suitcase contained 50 heroin packets
- Pa. widow sues US over Iraq vet-husband's suicide
- Hells Angels slaying suspect surrenders in Okla.
- Hurricane Norbert becomes Category 3 storm
- Green oil recycler opens plant in northeast Ohio
- Study: bullet fragments spread lead in venison
- Defense in SoCal yacht killings says client did it
- Couple learns their tot died in foster home crib
- St. Louis homeless center opens business incubator
- GAO opens probe into gas, oil drilling in Utah
- Feds to use computer chips to foil cactus thieves
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