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Foster parents arrested in disappearance of boy
AP - The foster parents of a missing 5-year-old disabled boy have been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said Friday.
Jury: Fla. man guilty of woman's abduction, murder
AP - A jury has found a southwest Florida man guilty of kidnapping, raping and killing a 21-year-old mother of two who called 911 from his cell phone.
Kidnapping suspect once admitted to sex fantasies
AP - Phillip Garrido spent the 1970s on one debauchery after another: LSD trips, cocaine binges, pot smoking, public masturbation. Then in 1976, he found a new way to indulge his twisted sexual fantasies.
For immigrants, Kennedy remained tireless advocate
AP - Before 1965, Leticia Hermosa had little chance of crossing the Pacific to the U.S. from the Philippines. Hermosa, a nurse, and others like her just couldn't get through the strict U.S. immigration quota system, which favored Western Europeans and essentially excluded those from Asia and Latin America.
SC GOP reps to discuss impeaching philandering gov
AP - South Carolina House Republicans are expected to consider Gov. Mark Sanford's fate at their annual gathering this weekend.
Tropical Storm Jimena forms in Pacific Ocean
AP - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jimena has formed in the Pacific south of Mexico.
SC GOP vents anger over gov's extramarital affair
AP - Republican legislators in South Carolina are venting anger over one of their own — Gov. Mark Sanford.
Foster parents arrested in disappearance of CA boy
AP - The foster parents who held vigils pleading for the safe return of a missing 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy have been arrested on suspicion of murder, Oakland police said Friday.
Spike Lee throws Jackson birthday bash in Brooklyn
AP - Filmmaker Spike Lee is throwing Michael Jackson a birthday party.
Ted Kennedy Jr. lovingly memoralizes dad at Mass
AP - Ted Kennedy Jr. has saluted his fallen father as his greatest source of love and encouragement through tough times.
Latest abduction invokes saga of Elizabeth Smart
AP - The Utah father of Elizabeth Smart said he's horrified by the parallels between the latest abduction story to grip the nation and his own daughter's long journey with an alleged kidnapper.
Despite rain, Kennedy mourners flock to church
AP - Hundreds of mourners lined the sidewalks near Boston's Mission Church where a funeral Mass was held Saturday for Sen. Edward Kennedy, with some holding signs urging lawmakers to approve health care legislation in his honor, and other saying they just wanted to witness a moment in history.
Mont. lawmaker drove in crash that injured Rehberg
AP - A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg says that state Sen. Greg Barkus was driving the boat that crashed into rocks and hospitalized five, including the congressman.
Terri Schiavo's father dies in Florida at 71
AP - The father of Terri Schiavo, who became a national symbol in a closely watched right-to-die fight, has died, his son said Saturday. Robert Schindler was 71.
Gone 18 years, girl found but questions remain
AP - Phillip Garrido's unspeakable private life began unraveling in a very public place: a college campus.
Justifiable homicide defense eyed in Roeder's case
AP - The suspect in the killing of abortion provider George Tiller is in talks with a prominent attorney who represents anti-abortion protesters and has long advocated justifiable homicide as a legal defense in such cases.
Arts an easy target as many states cut budgets
AP - Ben Ahlvers is a full-time arts education coordinator, but his passion is with the fanciful creatures, human figures and oversized hammers he fashions from clay.
Danny weakens as Jimena becomes hurricane
AP - A weakening Danny, downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression, doused parts of the eastern seaboard with heavy rain Saturday and churned up dangerous rip currents that produced a second straight late-summer weekend of dangerous surf.
Hearse carrying Kennedy stops near Senate steps
AP - The limousine bearing the remains of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has stopped in Washington near the steps of the Senate where thousands of people are gathered to pay a final tribute.
Danny wets East Coast; Pacific storm strengthens
AP - Heavy rain and dangerous rip currents from a weak tropical system emptied East Coast beaches for a second straight late-summer weekend, while a Pacific hurricane grew stronger Saturday and threatened the Mexican coast.
Evacuations grow as California wildfire spreads
AP - Authorities say a wildfire sending massive plumes of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles has knocked out power to more than 160 homes and prompted evacuations in a number of mountain communities.
Shuttle steers closer to space station for hookup
AP - Space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts are steering ever closer to the international space station in preparation for their linkup.
Thousands attend Jackson birthday bash in New York
AP - Thousands of Michael Jackson fans danced the rain away in a Brooklyn park on Saturday at a party hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee, marking what would have been the 51st birthday of the late pop star.
Police in Calif. expand probe to neighbor's house
AP - Police have expanded the boundaries of the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping crime scene to include the house next to Dugard's alleged abductors.
Coroner report: Teen's football death an accident
AP - A coroner's report completed months before a high school football coach was charged with reckless homicide in a player's death declared the death an accident.
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