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    Judge: Ohio must change lethal injection drugs (AP)

    In this Nov. 2005 file photo, public information director Larry Greene demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. A judge in Ohio says Tuesday, June 10, 2008 that the state's method of putting prisoners to death is unconstitutional because two of three drugs used in lethal injection can cause pain.  (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - Ohio's method of putting prisoners to death is unconstitutional because two of three drugs it uses for lethal injection can cause "an agonizing and painful death," a county judge ruled Tuesday.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:50:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Pentagon chief: Military needs to accept criticism (AP)

    A US soldier patrols through tall grass in the restive Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, in March 2008. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he is looking for ways to engineer the first political transition in wartime in 40 years without crippling gaps in key Pentagon posts.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - The entire military — not just the newly reoriented Air Force — must learn to accept criticism from outside its ranks, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:17:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    LA arts high school brings prestige, but high cost (AP)

    The Los Angeles High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, which is under construction, is seen across Highway 101, Tuesday, May 27, 2008, near downtown Los Angeles. Supporters call the five-acre campus a beacon for a reformed education system. Critics, however, see the school as a wasteful extravagance. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A steel tower wrapped in a spiraling ribbon is one of the most striking features of a new arts high school set to open next year.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:18:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Backyard fireworks gain power and popularity (AP)
    AP - For backyard patriots, the rockets available this Fourth of July are flashier, more creative and louder than ever before. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:32:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Gay-marriage ruling could boost California's ailing economy (AP)

    A display for gay marriage celebrations is seen on the window of Castro Village Wine Co. in San Francisco's Castro District, Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Same-sex weddings could create hundreds of new jobs and pump millions of dollars of much needed revenue into California's economy, according to a new study released Monday, June 9, 2008. Gay couples are projected to spend $684 million on flowers, cakes, hotels, photographers and other wedding goods and services over the next three years so long as voters don't put a halt to the same-sex marriage spree, according to a study by the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The flowers have been selected, the Veterans' Memorial Center has been booked, and the three-piece band has been chosen. The e-invitations have gone out and relatives are flying in. The brides — and there will be two of them — might not have time to buy something new to wear, but that's OK.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:34:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Search for hedge-fund crook despite suicide note (AP)

    In this Sept. 29, 2005 file photo, Samuel Israel III, the founder of Bayou hedge fund, leaves federal court in White Plains, N.Y. after pleading guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges for his role in a scandal that allegedly cost investors about $450 million. A car found abandoned Monday June 9, 2008 on the Bear Mountain Bridge, about 40 miles north of New York City, with the phrase 'Suicide is Painless' written into the dust on its surface, is registered to Israel who was supposed to report to federal prison, state police said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, File)AP - A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has been found in the river below — and the victims of his fraud say they doubt he killed himself.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:32:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    High school paper dropped over flag-burning photo (AP)
    AP - A high school newspaper in California was disbanded after it published a front-page photo of a student burning an American flag, triggering criticism that the administration was stifling free expression. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:11:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Girl recovering after shooting with grandma's gun (AP)
    AP - A relative of a 4-year-old South Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself with her grandmother's handgun in a Sam's Club store said Tuesday the family expects the child to be out of the hospital by week's end. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:54:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    SC trooper seen ramming man with car indicted (AP)
    AP - A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:38:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Major ISPs agree to block child porn newsgroups (AP)

    Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, center, glances at an anti-child porn display during a press conference in New York, Tuesday June 10, 2008.  Cuomo announced a deal with three of the nations largest internet service providers, Verizon, Time Warner and Sprint, to block major sources of child pornography.  (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:54:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Girls found dead near small Oklahoma town (AP)

    Joe Mosher, an uncle of  Taylor Paschal-Placker, talks with a reporter near where his niece, Taylor, was found dead Sunday night, in Weleetka, Okla., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. A memorial with flowers and stuffed animals marks the location. (AP Photo)AP - The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.


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    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:39:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    LA obscenity case nauseates some potential jurors (AP)
    AP - What violates community obscenity standards in the nation's reputed pornography capital? Federal prosecutors think they have a case. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:46:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    1 hiker dies on Mount Rainier, 2 wait for rescue (AP)

    Snow and fog create low-visability conditions near the visitor center at Paradise on Mount Rainier, Wash., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Officials hoped to recover the body  Wednesday of a climber who died overnight Monday on the mountain when he and two companions, who suffered frostbite and hypothermia, were caught by a severe blizzard while hiking near Camp Muir higher up the mountain.  (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - A man on a Mount Rainier day hike died Tuesday and his wife and another hiker were awaiting rescue after the group got caught in a blizzard, officials at the national park said.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:46:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Bill Clinton cancels commencement speech at UCLA (AP)

    President Bill Clinton frowns as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, addresses supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington  Saturday, June 7, 2008, as she suspends her campaign for president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Bill Clinton on Tuesday canceled a commencement speech at the University of California, Los Angeles, because of a lingering labor dispute.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:49:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Why did food sellers treat tomatoes like hot potatoes? (AP)

    Workers separate tomatoes at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2008. In response to the recent salmonella outbreak, major Mexican tomato growers have stopped shipments to the United States while U.S. authorities investigate the outbreak.  The tomatoes are being sent to Mexican markets, where they will be sold at a lower price.  (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - It's the beginning of the summer, and it's tough to find fresh salsa for our chips and tomatoes for our burgers.


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    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:01:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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