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Ohioans ticketed for parking in own driveways
AP - Residents of Toledo, Ohio, are complaining that they received $25 tickets for parking their vehicles in their own driveways.
Attorneys: Stallworth to plead guilty in Fla. DUI
AP - Attorneys say Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has agreed to plead guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge in Florida and will likely serve some time in jail.
Ill. woman apologizes for sick baby hoax on blog
AP - Rebeccah Beushausen wove a tale for two months about being an unmarried mother who chose to carry her child who is now terminally ill to term rather than have an abortion because of her deep Christian faith.
Bob Bogle of rock band The Ventures dies at 75
AP - Bob Bogle, lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band The Ventures, known for 1960s instrumental hits like 'Walk, Don't Run,' has died at age 75.
No charges for father whose infant son died in car
AP - Prosecutors in California's Contra Costa County say they will not charge a man whose 4-month old son died after being left in his father's car all day.
Report: Car debris started fire that hit 314 homes
AP - Investigators say hot debris from a car's catalytic converter caused a wildfire that burned more than 300 homes in Southern California last year.
Detroit mayor: City could use some federal help
AP - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says his city has been hit hardest by the economic downtown and must take advantage of any funds it can get from the federal government.
Ky. authorities investigate boy's elevator death
AP - Kentucky officials were investigating after the body of an 8-year-old boy was found with his head pinned in a church elevator as his family was cleaning up after his grandmother's wedding reception.
Stallworth, victim's family reach settlement
AP - Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth and the family of the pedestrian he is charged with hitting and killing with his car have reached a financial agreement to avoid a lawsuit.
Stallworth pleads guilty, gets 30 days in jail
AP - Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is going to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Florida to a DUI manslaughter charge.
Prosecutor: Man admits killing Ark TV anchorwoman
AP - A deputy prosecutor in Arkansas says the man charged with capital murder in the beating death of a TV anchorwoman has confessed to the killing.
Pickup hits San Bernardino tour bus, driver dies
AP - Authorities in California say a pickup truck has run a red light and hit a tour bus, killing the driver of the pickup and injuring six other people.
Palin backers raising funds for her legal defense
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's supporters are holding a Web-a-thon to raise money for her legal defense fund.
Ohio teen who killed over video game gets 23 years
AP - A northeast Ohio teen who shot and killed his mother and wounded his minister father was sentenced Tuesday to 23 years in prison for crimes rooted in his obsession with video games with violent themes.
Florida confirms 1st swine flu death
AP - Florida health officials have confirmed the state's first swine flu death.
Calif. hits Web site for taping octuplets
AP - California authorities have slapped an online site with a series of child-labor law violations for videotaping two of Nadya Suleman's octuplets.
9/11 stress cited in ex-cop's NY school melee case
AP - The former New York City policeman who stormed into a suburban middle school with a gun had to sort through body parts after 9/11 and suffers from post-traumatic stress, his attorney said Tuesday.
White House: Climate change damage happening now
AP - Harmful effects from global warming are already here and worsening, warns the first climate report from Barack Obama's presidency in the strongest language on climate change ever to come out of the White House.
LA police corner suspected burglar in storm drain
AP - Traffic on one Los Angeles freeway has gotten more snarled than usual as police, hazardous materials crews and firefighters try to coax a burglary suspect out of hiding in a storm drain.
Pro-Shah Iranians call for regime change
AP - While thousands protest in Iran over the disputed presidential election, a small minority of Iranian expatriates believes it has a solution for what troubles their homeland — a democratically elected government and a return of a Shah.
Okla. paramedic wants trooper's gun and badge
AP - The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper while a patient waited inside the ambulance says the trooper should lose his badge.
San Diego reporter told to testify in Marine trial
AP - A California journalist has been ordered to testify in the court-martial of a Marine accused of disobeying orders by giving the journalist an interview.
Stamp mistakes expected to bring millions
AP - One man's collection of more than 3,000 mistakes could turn out to be worth millions.
NH soldier killed disarming bomb in Iraq
AP - Bright and hardworking like his immigrant parents, Edmond Lo's future grew even more promising when he was offered a full scholarship to a prominent engineering school. But he turned it down, choosing instead to disarm bombs for the Army.
Imperial Sugar restarts Ga. refinery
AP - Imperial Sugar has restarted its Georgia refinery to resume making crystal sugar for the first time since a deadly 2008 explosion devastated the plant near Savannah.
Mich. man claims to be NY boy who vanished in 1955
AP - More than 50 years after a 2-year-old boy disappeared from outside a Long Island bakery, a Michigan man has come forward to claim that he was the missing boy, authorities said Tuesday.
ACLU says terrorism finance laws hurt charities
AP - The American Civil Liberties Union says federal laws targeting terrorism financing are vague and have given the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities.
Florida confirms state's 1st swine flu death
AP - Florida health officials say the state's first swine flu fatality was a 9-year-old Miami-Dade County boy who suffered from asthma.
Judge: OK for Gitmo inmate to use military attys
AP - Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo detainee in federal court against charges that he participated in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday, as long as the lawyers' superior officers approve.
Report says terrorism finance laws hurt charities
AP - Federal laws targeting the financing of terrorism are vague and have given the government unchecked power over American Muslim charities, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report.
Military academies say applications jump 10-40 pct
AP - Applications have surged at the nation's three top military academies as tough economic times coincide with stepped-up recruiting efforts by the Army, Navy and Air Force schools, making the prospect of free college and a steady job look sweeter.
Young Arkansas siblings found dead in car trunk
AP - A young brother and sister were found dead in the trunk of their family's car about an hour after they slipped out of their mother's view on a hot afternoon.
Detroit council's Conyers snarled in bribes probe
AP - Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers is seeking Baptist pastors' support as she runs for re-election amid a bribery scandal.
Feds serve Las Vegas newspaper with subpoena
AP - A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site.
Plane lands on 5th hole of Michigan golf course
AP - A small airplane with two people aboard has made a safe emergency landing on a fairway at a golf course in southeastern Michigan.
New US climate report dire, but offers hope
AP - Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours — global warming's serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned on Tuesday in the grimmest, most urgent language on climate change ever to come out of any White House.
Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend
AP - A telegenic Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach made the relationship official Tuesday, marrying the woman he was involved with for about two years.
Indiana soldier buys rare book for $7; sells it for $80,000
AP - An Indiana soldier's rare leather-bound first edition copy of volume one of 'The Federalist' has sold for $80,000 at an auction.
Report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugs
AP - The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what's to come:
Digital newspaper archive hits 1M pages online
AP - 'Flying Machine that will Work: Ohio Boys have Solved a Big Mechanical Problem,' reads a headline from the Palestine Daily Herald in Texas.
Watergate planner Hunt's FBI file released
AP - Watergate break-in planner E. Howard Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had 'executive authorization,' according to FBI documents released two years after his death. He died without getting a pardon.
Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID online commenters
AP - A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site.
Indiana soldier's rare `Federalist' copy nets $80K
AP - A soldier's rare leather-bound first edition copy of volume one of 'The Federalist' sold for $80,000 at auction Tuesday, bringing him an unexpectedly large profit before his upcoming second deployment to Iraq.
Barrel art nets arrest, notoriety for NC student
AP - When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.
Jubilation muted on Calif gay marriage anniversary
AP - Jonathan Abernethy-Deppe vividly remembers the bustling San Francisco city clerk's office and the happiness of fellow couples last year when California began granting same-sex marriage licenses.
Ill. man accused of planning fish toxin death
AP - A suburban Chicago man accused of posing as a doctor to buy vials of deadly puffer fish toxin was charged Tuesday with planning to use the poison to kill his wife and collect $20 million in life insurance.
Heavy rain brings back flooding problems to ND
AP - Heavy rain pounded flood-weary North Dakota for a second day Tuesday, swamping streets, stressing storm sewers and stalling vehicles. Roads were shut down, and the roof of a bowling alley collapsed under the weight of water.
Judge: Exclusive club co-founder has to liquidate
AP - A bankruptcy judge Tuesday rejected Edra Blixseth's bid to reorganize her finances, pushing the co-founder of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club into a forced sale of her many houses, cars and other properties.
Audit faults TVA response to coal ash spill
AP - Emergency crews' response to a massive coal ash spill last year was hampered by the Tennessee Valley Authority's failure to adopt emergency communication procedures recommended by the federal government, the public utility's internal auditors said late Tuesday.
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