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Wash. trooper shot, killed in traffic stop
BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) -- Police are looking for the killer who shot a Washington State Patrol trooper early Thursday during a traffic stop about 20 miles west of Seattle.... 02/23/2012 07:36:44am

Report: NJ ranks 6th for senior driver fatalities
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A new report shows New Jersey ranks sixth in the nation for the percentage of fatal crashes involving a senior driver.... 02/23/2012 06:59:30am

The nations weather
Weather Underground Forecast for Thursday, February 23, 2012.... 02/23/2012 06:26:52am

APNewsBreak: Feds spend $50 million on carp fight
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- The Obama administration will spend about $50 million this year to shield the Great Lakes from greedy Asian carp, including first-time water sampling to determine whether the destructive fish have established a foothold in Lakes Michigan and Erie, officials said Thursday.... 02/23/2012 06:12:15am

Teen arrested in flight ruckus sang of bin Laden
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Saudi Arabian teenager has been indicted on charges of interfering with a flight crew after authorities alleged he tried to hit fellow passengers, took a swing at a flight attendant and referred to Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston.... 02/23/2012 06:06:21am

Jurors to hear from witnesses of Rwandan genocide
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Jurors in the case of a New Hampshire woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide will hear witnesses from that tiny African nation detail the brutality.... 02/23/2012 05:56:19am

8-year-old critical after Wash. school shooting
SEATTLE (AP) -- Police say a gun brought to a Washington state elementary school in a third grader's backpack discharged, apparently by accident, critically wounding an 8-year-old classmate.... 02/23/2012 05:37:08am

San Diego jurors told corpses were soaked in acid
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Two members of a breakaway Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims' corpses in vats of acid in a gruesome display of Mexican cartel tactics played out on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told jurors.... 02/23/2012 04:31:51am

Final report on W.Va. mine blast comes amid charge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia mine safety officials were to release the final report on a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners Thursday just as federal prosecutors turn up the heat on managers they say contributed to the tragedy.... 02/23/2012 04:22:15am

Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions, a federal judge has ruled.... 02/23/2012 04:19:04am

Mass shooting at spa shocks Ga. Korean community
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- A man gunned down along with his wife and other family members at an Atlanta area spa he co-owned was a prominent member of Atlanta's community of roughly 100,000 Korean-Americans, according to friends left confused and concerned about what happened.... 02/23/2012 04:07:37am

'Caylee' legislation stalls in Iowa, other states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Lawmakers under pressure from constituents in the months after the Casey Anthony trial have found it's not easy to toughen penalties for parents who don't immediately report missing children.... 02/23/2012 03:40:00am

White faces sentencing after 6 felony convictions
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana's top elections official faced a final shot at regaining his office Thursday when his attorney planned to ask a judge to reduce each of his six felony convictions to misdemeanors.... 02/23/2012 03:38:33am

Ohio church offers drive-thru for Ash Wednesday
CINCINNATI (AP) -- An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessing for parishioners pressed for time or reluctant to come inside the church for the Lenten observance.... 02/23/2012 03:36:37am

Newark mayor seeks probe of NYPD Muslim spying
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The mayor of New Jersey's largest city called for state authorities Wednesday to investigate a widespread spying operation conducted in Newark's Muslim neighborhoods by the New York Police Department that he characterized as "deeply offensive."... 02/23/2012 03:34:55am

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