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Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community some residents once called the "Beverly Hills of mobile home parks."

Texas officials say layover mystery a homicide (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - A mysterious disappearance of an Alzheimer's patient during a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport seven years ago became a homicide case Monday after an examination of skeletal remains found miles from the airfield.

In bad economy, breaking up is even harder to do (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - Bonnie Rabin is fond of saying that divorce lawyers are a bit like liquor stores. They're busiest in the really good times, and the really bad.

Neb. senators eye age limit for safe haven law (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - Nebraska lawmakers are proposing an age limit of 30 days for children who may be legally abandoned under the state's safe haven law.

Government delays decision on killing wild horses (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will round up fewer wild horses and try to shuffle funds within the agency to hold off for now on killing large numbers of the animals in an effort to control herds and spiraling costs, an official said Monday.

Calif. high court asked to hear gay marriage cases (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - The state attorney general and sponsors of the ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California urged its Supreme Court to hear a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn the ban, saying the matter is too urgent to be unsettled.

Kan. abortion doctor's attorney spars with ex-AG (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - Attorneys for an abortion provider facing criminal charges questioned the former attorney general Monday, trying to show that the abortion opponent who started the investigation had intended to prosecute Dr. George Tiller even before taking office.

Falling boulders endanger lives at Yosemite (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - For a decade, the National Park Service has known that the 3,000-foot granite cliff hanging over a tourist village at Yosemite is susceptible to colossal rockslides like one last month that crushed cabins and sent schoolchildren running for their lives.

Hunter charged in fatal shooting of girl in home (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - A deer hunter has been charged with manslaughter after a bullet he fired killed a toddler inside her grandparents' Hudson Valley home, police said Monday.

North Dakota OKs spraying oil wastewater on roads (AP)

November 18, 2008

AP - North Dakota's health department will allow salty oil field wastewater to be sprayed on roads as a deicer or for dust control even though oil companies and environmental groups have questioned the practice.