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Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
AP - Upon hearing about the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a Missouri woman ordered her business assistant and daughter to delete the Internet account they are accused of using to harass the girl, the assistant testified Thursday.
Shuttle, astronauts prep for mid-mission reboost
AP - Astronauts at the international space station prepared to work on a urine-recycling contraption and re-fire the space shuttle's thrusters Friday, before enjoying a half-day off to reboost their own energy.
Guards: Crowded Calif. prisons neglect ill inmates
AP - Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a lawsuit over state prison crowding.
FBI: Boston city councilor arrested
AP - A Boston City Council member was arrested Friday at City Hall, less than a month after his records were subpoenaed as part of an investigation into corruption involving a former state senator.
No sign of arson in Ky. fire that killed 27 horses
AP - Fire investigators say they have found no sign of arson in a blaze that killed 27 horses at a thoroughbred training facility in western Kentucky.
2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe
AP - FBI agents arrested a Boston city council member Friday after he was allegedly videotaped taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover agent in an expanding investigation into corruption at City Hall and the Massachusetts Statehouse.
Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging
AP - Officials with the National Park Service say they will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall.
New mad-cow rule poses health dangers of its own
AP - A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water.
Financial crisis drives up interest in economics
AP - Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward.
Bug-sized spies: US develops tiny flying robots
AP - If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons?
Renovated American history museum reopens
AP - George and Martha Washington, Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' and other costumed characters greeted thousands of visitors Friday as the National Museum of American History reopened after a two-year, $85 million renovation.
FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports
AP - FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati's football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges, and other landmarks.
Hoax witness: Neighbor hoped to 'mess with Megan'
AP - A friend of the Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to teenage neighbor Megan Meier, who later committed suicide, testified Friday that the defendant told her she had concocted a false online identity 'to mess with Megan.'
Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter
AP - A man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury — triggering a right-to-die case — testified Friday that he never hit her and believed his wife's claims that the girl injured herself.
Bush pushing economy, North Korea progress
AP - In a final diplomatic dash, President George W. Bush on Friday moved to steady a shuddering economy and speed up the demise of North Korea's nuclear weaponry.
NASA's space water recycling system has hiccups
AP - NASA's revolutionary new space water recycling system is having serious hiccups. The $154 million device for turning astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water aboard the international space station shut down again Friday, and engineers on the ground were scrambling to figure out what was wrong.
Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
AP - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a year-old boy back into the home of an adoptive couple who had to give him up months ago after not telling the biological family the woman was pregnant.
Judge in Internet hoax case eyes dismissal motion
AP - A federal judge is considering a defense request to dismiss the case against a Missouri woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide.
Connecticut takes on slippery olive oil standards
AP - When food importer Luciano Sclafani spied a three-liter tin of extra virgin olive oil a couple of years ago selling for $9.99, he could tell without tasting a drop that it wasn't legitimate.
Hawaii dam break leads to 7 manslaughter counts
AP - A Hawaii homeowner has been indicted on seven counts of manslaughter in connection with a dam failure in 2006.
Democrats lay out conditions to consider aid for automakers
AP - Democratic leaders ordered Detroit's Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress so lawmakers can decide whether to give the beleaguered industry an emergency $25 billion lifeline.
Daughter defends mother in Internet hoax trial
AP - A Missouri woman's daughter says her mother had wanted an Internet account shut down even before cruel messages were sent from it to a teenage neighbor who later committed suicide.
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