National News
Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- AP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a guard in an attempt to break out of a hospital.
Report blasts firm overseeing Katrina recovery (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 07:58 PM
- AP - An engineering firm hired to oversee the reconstruction of city buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been overcharging the city, including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found.
Man convicted in slaying of Broncos cornerback (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- AP - The group of Denver Broncos players arrived at the Safari nightclub to celebrate New Year's Eve and was whisked inside by bouncers. One of the dozens of people waiting in line to get in — an alleged Tre-Tre Crips gang member — took exception.
Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just that, the 18-year-old lesbian high school senior reluctantly returned to campus to some unfriendly looks, she said.
Indiana man who murdered 2 executed in Texas (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 08:37 PM
- AP - An Indiana man whose cross-country crime spree with his girlfriend a decade ago ended in a gun battle with police in San Francisco was executed Thursday in Texas for killing a sheriff's officer.
APNewsBreak: Calif. murder suspect broke parole (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 08:22 PM
- AP - A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 07:05 PM
- AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.
Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- AP - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
Autopsy: Animal fatally mauled teacher in Alaska (AP)
- March 11, 2010 at 08:47 PM
- AP - Wolves likely killed a teacher jogging alone along a rural Alaska village road, public safety officials said Thursday.
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