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Charges dropped against central Fla. reality show director

Last Updated: 10:45 AM 05/09/08 - Prosecutors say they've dropped the charge against a director accused of holding women against their will in a central Florida house while filming a reality show. (Full Story)
Man who lost homes in Katrina claims huge Powerball prize

Last Updated: 10:37 AM 05/09/08 - Finally, some good luck for a victim of Hurricane Katrina. (Full Story)
Investigation at Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson hid

Last Updated: 10:33 AM 05/09/08 - National Park Service officials say the ranch in Death Valley, California, where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains. (Full Story)
Committee decides against ethics probe of Louisiana senator

Last Updated: 10:31 AM 05/09/08 - The Senate Ethics Committee has decided not to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter. (Full Story)
President Bush in Texas for daughter Jenna's wedding

Last Updated: 10:31 AM 05/09/08 - President Bush and the rest of the first family are at their ranch in Crawford, Texas, gearing up for Jenna Bush's wedding tomorrow evening. (Full Story)
Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages

Last Updated: 10:30 AM 05/09/08 - A congressional report says the U.S. needs to develop a communications plan to counter radical Islamic messages on the Internet. (Full Story)
Western states rebuff plan for Italian nuclear waste in Utah

Last Updated: 9:45 AM 05/09/08 - Eight Western states have rejected the plan by EnergySolutions Incorporated to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah. (Full Story)
3 Kingwood teens accused of abusing corpse

Last Updated: 9:43 AM 05/09/08 - Three Texas teens have been arrested after police say one told them that they had dug up a skull and fashioned it into a bong to smoke pot. (Full Story)
Church records offer rare look inside polygamist families

Last Updated: 9:43 AM 05/09/08 - Records taken from a polygamist sect in Texas are helping untangle the web of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives. (Full Story)
Myanmar seizes UN aid material

Last Updated: 9:42 AM 05/09/08 - U.N. officials say Myanmar's military government has confiscated all cyclone relief supplies, including food, that the U.N. has sent to the country. (Full Story)
Judge extends custody of Austrian accused in dungeon case

Last Updated: 9:42 AM 05/09/08 - An Austrian judge has ruled that a man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for 24 years should remain in custody. (Full Story)
Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; no injuries

Last Updated: 9:41 AM 05/09/08 - The British Broadcasting Corp. says a rocket hit the building housing its Baghdad bureau, causing damage but no injuries. (Full Story)
Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods

Last Updated: 9:40 AM 05/09/08 - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen have seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunnis loyal to Lebanon's U.S.-backed government. (Full Story)
First UN relief flight arrives in Myanmar

Last Updated: 10:23 AM 05/08/08 - The U.N.'s World Food Program says one of its relief planes has landed in Myanmar as part of the first major international airlift of aid to cyclone victims. (Full Story)
Energy Department unveils retooled plans for clean coal plants

Last Updated: 9:48 AM 05/08/08 - The Energy Department has unveiled its blueprint for spending up to 1.3 billion dollars to develop a non-polluting, coal-fired power plant. (Full Story)
AP review: Thousands of soldiers living in shoddy barracks

Last Updated: 9:47 AM 05/08/08 - A spot check of military barracks by The Associated Press has found recurring problems with mold, mildew, plumbing, and wiring. (Full Story)
Protests from GOP, moderate Democrats delay war funding vote

Last Updated: 9:46 AM 05/08/08 - Democratic leaders in the House have delayed a vote on a 195-billion-dollar measure to pay for the war in Iraq. It would also offer education help to veterans and relief to the jobless. (Full Story)
New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers

Last Updated: 9:42 AM 05/08/08 - The mayor of New Orleans is pushing to empty thousands of federally issued post-Katrina trailers over formaldehyde concerns. (Full Story)
Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest Sean Bell shooting

Last Updated: 9:41 AM 05/08/08 - Hundreds of protesters have been rallying in front of New York City police headquarters to protest the 50-shot slaying of an unarmed bridegroom on his wedding day. (Full Story)
New positions aimed to protect children online

Last Updated: 9:40 AM 05/08/08 - The Justice Department is vowing to target Internet users who prey on children. The agency is announcing the creation of 43 new positions for prosecutors aimed at protecting young people from online sexual predators. (Full Story)
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