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Wife fought off Pa. man killed in shootout
AP - Hobbled by a broken ankle, the estranged wife of a man killed in a shootout with Pennsylvania state troopers managed to fight him off as he threatened her with a gun before he kidnapped their 9-year-old son, the woman's friend said.
Casinos sue Blagojevich over horse track law
AP - Four Illinois riverboat casinos are suing former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as they continue to fight a state law that requires them to share their profits with the state's ailing horse racing tracks.
6 Flags seeks Chapt. 11 bankruptcy protection
AP - The amusement park company Six Flags is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying it needs to reorganize and shed $1.8 billion of debt.
Lejeune water study finds no definite disease link
AP - Contaminated drinking water at a North Carolina Marine Corps base can't definitively be linked to health problems among people who lived there over a three-decade span, according to a congressionally ordered report released Saturday by the National Research Council.
Six Flags seeks Chapt. 11 bankruptcy protection
AP - The amusement park company Six Flags is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying it needs to reorganize and shed $1.8 billion of debt.
Wis. Democrats elect nation's youngest chair
AP - Wisconsin's Democratic Party says it now has the nation's youngest state chairman in either party.
Sheriff: Arizona home invaders wanted all dead
AP - Two of three people arrested in a fatal southern Arizona home invasion had connections to a Washington state anti-illegal immigration group that conducts border watch activities in Arizona.
Calif kids quarantined in China over flu scare
AP - A private school in Southern California says 36 of its students have been quarantined in China while they are tested for the swine flu virus.
Baxter in 'full production' of swine flu vaccine
AP - Specialty drug maker Baxter International Inc. says it's in 'full scale' production of a swine flu vaccine that will be commercially available in July.
Museum experts ID birds that bring down planes
AP - When animals are the prime suspects in a whodunit, who gets on the case? In capers where feathers or fur are the smoking guns, the role of CSI is often played by top natural history museums.
Inmate reporters are pen men with a difference
AP - Like journalists everywhere, the staff of the San Quentin News cover news, sports and the local arts scene. But these reporters are pen men with a difference.
International child abductions by parents rising
AP - A New Jersey father involved in a multiyear custody battle to get his son back from his ex-wife's relatives in Brazil isn't the only such case to cross borders in a dramatic way.
Judge rules terrorist can sue over torture memos
AP - A convicted terrorist can sue a former Bush administration lawyer for drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture, ruled a federal judge has ruled who said he was trying to balance a clash between war and the defense of personal freedoms.
Woman gets 20 years in Milwaukee student's death
AP - A judge in Milwaukee has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to 20 years in prison for helping a new boyfriend kidnap and kill a college student for his car.
Funeral in Mich for 5-year-old found after search
AP - Mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of a 5-year-old girl found buried along a river after a disappearance that brought out hundreds of searchers.
Umpire ejects entire crowd during baseball game
AP - An umpire has emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly.
Ariz. home invasion suspects tied to border group
AP - Two of three people arrested in a southern Arizona home invasion that left a little girl and her father dead had connections to a Washington state anti-illegal immigration group that conducts border watch activities in Arizona.
'Lone wolf' terrorists harder to stop
AP - An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls the trigger outside a military recruiting office. Another man opens fire in a Kansas church.
Mich. town mourns as 5-year-old girl laid to rest
AP - Mourners embraced family members Saturday as they filed past the closed casket of a 5-year-old found buried along a river, paying final respects to a girl described by one of them as 'Monroe's little angel.'
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