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Families seek closure as La. killer pleads guilty

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2008

HOUMA (AP) — Victims' relatives sobbed in court Tuesday as a serial killer pleaded guilty to eight slayings and was sentenced to eight consecutive life terms in prison. Ronald Dominique, 44, shackled...

Google phone to cost $179, debut Oct. 22

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) — The first phone that harnesses Google Inc.'s ambition to make the Internet easy to use on the go was revealed Tuesday, and it looks a lot like an iPhone. T-Mobile USA showed off the...

Finnish gunman kills 10 after arrest for menacing Web videos

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2008

KAUHAJOKI, Finland (AP) — A chilling YouTube video with a young man firing a pistol and warning "You will die next" caught the eye of police, who questioned him but then let him go, saying they didn't...

Gustav response costs up to $384 million in La.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2008

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's costs for responding to Hurricane Gustav have hit $384 million after the state sheltered and evacuated thousands, removed massive amounts of debris and provided food...

North Korea asks UN atomic agency to pull reactor seals

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2008

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says North Korea has asked his agency to remove its seals from the Yongbyon nuclear reactor. The move is raising concerns that the North...

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally Sept. 22, 2008, in Media Pa.

McCain: bailout plan needs more regulation

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2008

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Republican John McCain called for greater oversight of the Bush administration's proposed bailout of U.S. financial markets on Monday, saying the massive $700 billion plan being...

Judge enlists help from Sept. 11 mastermind

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2008

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed offered Monday to help persuade one of his co-defendants to leave his prison cell for a pretrial hearing...

Bush defends $700 billion financial bailout

By The Associate Press
September 20, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush defended the $700 billion cost of his financial bailout proposal, saying Saturday it needed to be massive so turmoil on Wall Street did not spread to Main Street....

Pakistan Marriott blast shows signs of al-Qaida involvement

By The Associated Press
September 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants based near the Afghan border and their al-Qaida allies are the most likely suspects behind a massive truck bombing at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, officials...

Stores take milk off shelves in China scandal

By The Associated Press
September 20, 2008

SHIJIAZHUANG, China (AP) — China's food safety crisis widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies — prompting...

SoCal officials to pave over musical asphalt

By The Associated Press
September 20, 2008

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Residents of northern Los Angeles County are not grooving to this music. Lancaster city officials said this week that they're paving over a quarter-mile strip of asphalt...

More than 24,000 La. homes flood from Ike

By The Associated Press
September 17, 2008

BATON ROUGE (AP) — More than 24,000 Louisiana homes were flooded by Hurricane Ike, according to the tally so far. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says they've...