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Widespread winter blast strands holiday travelers (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:12:18 +0800

Vanessa Barder, 7, from Redmond, Wash., occupies her time while waiting for a delayed flight on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008 at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Two runways are operational at SeaTac Airport, but airlines are canceling many flights. Airport spokesman Perry Cooper says hundreds of people are stranded waiting for their next flight. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)AP - A blast of winter in the nation's northern tier stranded travelers far and wide Sunday just a few days before Christmas, with dozens of flights delayed or canceled and bus passengers sleeping on cardbo! ard at a Seattle terminal.


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Obama's election voted top news story of 2008 (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:02:43 +0800

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama, left, his wife Michelle Obama, right, and two daughters, Malia, 7. and Sasha, 10, wave at the election night rally in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/FILE)AP - The epic election that made Barack Obama the first African-American president was the top news story of 2008 — followed closely by the economic meltdown that will test his leadership, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press' annual poll.


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Ill. impeachment panel awaits word from prosecutor (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:58:11 +0800

Illinois Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie asks questions during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee Hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. The committee considering impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could be nearing the end of its work or just beginning, depending on the wishes of federal prosecutors. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - The legislative committee considering impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich could be at the beginning of its work or nearing the end, depending on the wishes of federal prosecutors.


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Desert wind blows health risks from Calif mines (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:33:24 +0800

The 150-foot high tailings from the Descarga Mill are carved by wind, rain and off-highway vehicle tracks, behind a fence and a sign with misspelled 'liar' graffiti added, near Randsburg, Calif., Jan. 18, 2008.  In the century since prospectors abandoned the mountains of tailings near beside this old desert mining camp, winds have carried away more than just handfuls of California history.  Soil samples have revealed arsenic levels thousands of times higher than what is considered acceptable. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Heaps of toxic mine waste rise like church steeples over this wind-swept desert town, threatening the hea! lth of residents and of thousands of off-road bikers.


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Carrey's 'Yes Man' earns aye vote with $18M debut (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:51:29 +0800

Jim Carrey lies down on the red carpet as he arrives for the U.K. premiere of 'Yes Man' in Leicester Square, central London December 9, 2008. (Andrew Parsons/Reuters)AP - Movie audiences greeted Jim Carrey and Will Smith with a lukewarm "yes' as snowstorms undermined weekend debuts from both stars.


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Magnitude-4.1 quake shakes central California (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:21:49 +0800

AP - Geologists say central California has been shaken by an earthquake measuring magnitude-4.1, strong enough to be noticed but without producing any reports of damage or injuries.

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Questions linger in deadly San Diego jet crash (AP)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:40:35 +0800

This Dec. 8, 2008 file photo shows the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, background, as smoke rises from a fire in a suburban neighborhood, foreground, after an F-18 military jet crashed in San Diego. Nearly two weeks after four people died when the Marine jet slammed into this San Diego neighborhood, the military is facing lingering questions about the decision to direct the hobbled fighter over homes to an inland airfield, when a seaside base less than 10 miles away offered a potentially safer route across open water. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Two weeks after a Marine Corps plane slammed into a ! San Diego residential area, killing four people, questions have arisen about the decision to direct the hobbled fighter over homes to an inland airfield when a nearby base offered a route across open water.


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Rev. James Bevel, prominent MLK Jr. adviser, dies (AP)

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:30:40 +0800

AP - The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72.

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Surviving Houston octuplets turn 10 years old (AP)

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:25:16 +0800

From left, Ebuka, Echerem, Jioke, Chima, Gorom, Chidi, Ikem and Favor, the surviving octuplets born to Nkem Chukwu, right, and husband Ikye Louis Udobi, not pictured Celebrate their 10th birthday, Saturday Dec. 20, 2008 in Houston, Texas. ( AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Eric Kayne)AP - As the cake candles flickered, relatives and friends singing to seven surviving octuplets on their 10th birthday Saturday had to pause and consider after "happy birthday to ..."


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Pastor Rick Warren defends invite to inauguration (AP)

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:56:25 +0800

Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren delivers a speech during the 8th Annual Convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Long Beach, California  on Saturday Dec. 20, 2008. Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves 'gays and straights.' (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves "gays and straights."


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Medicaid applicants grow as recession widens (AP)

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:33:44 +0800

Cassandra Edmonds and her four-year-old son Quinn pose for a photographer at their home in Bridgeport, Conn. Sunday Dec. 7 2008. Cassandra Edmonds is a single parent, and was laid off by the Board of Education when they had to cut positions because of funding..Around the country, enrollment in Medicaid is soaring due to the economy and states are asking for billions of dollars in relief from the federal government.  (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)AP - That day in July was one that Tammy Morse won't soon forget. Five months earlier, her husband lost his job as a recruiter for the financial services industry. Once the! family savings were gone, the mother of two from Stratford, Conn., saw no way to get health insurance coverage for her family other than to apply for Medicaid.


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