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    Iowa AG decision means Chicago cop will be freed (AP)

    This undated photo, supplied by the Iowa Department of Corrections, shows Chicago police officer Michael Mette, who is serving a five-year sentence in an Iowa prison cell after being convicted of assault causing serious injuries. The charges stem from a 2005 fight in which Mette punched Dubuque student Jake Gothard, who suffered a broken nose, cheek and jaw.  The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, ordered that Mette be freed from prison.  In its ruling Wednesday the appeals court says there wasn't enough evidence for a Dubuque County district court judge to find that Mette could have retreated from the altercation on Oct. 9, 2005, in Dubuque. (AP Photo/ Iowa Department of Corrections, File)AP - A Chicago police officer could be released within days after the Iowa attorney general's office announced Tuesday it would not seek a state Supreme Court review of his case.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:06:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    14-year-old Iowa girl abandoned under Nebraska law (AP)
    AP - A 14-year-old Iowa girl was abandoned Tuesday in Nebraska under its safe haven law, but the person who left her could face prosecution in the girl's home state, Nebraska health officials said. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:41:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    300 suspected illegal immigrants caught in SC raid (AP)

    Santa Maria Diego, 68, center, is comforted by her granddaughter, Maria Juan, right, after Diego was released at The House of Raeford's Columbia Farms chicken plant Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008, in Greenivlle, S.C. Some 300 suspected illegal immigrants were detained by federal agents at the chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - Federal agents swept through a chicken processing plant Tuesday, detaining more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants, sending panicked workers running and screaming through the hallways. Worried relatives collected outside, fearful their loved ones would be deported.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:45:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Body found in suitcase contained 50 heroin packets (AP)
    AP - An autopsy has revealed that a man found dead in a suitcase in a suburban park was a drug "mule" who had 50 packets of heroin in his body and probably died when one or two of them broke open. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:24:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Girls strip-searched at Mich. school, parents say (AP)
    AP - Three seventh-grade girls at a school in Monroe were ordered to strip to their underwear while a teacher investigated the alleged theft of $42, their parents charge. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:57:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    1998 school shooter pleads guilty to theft charges (AP)

    In this photo released by by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Fayetteville, Ark., Mitchell Johnson is shown Jan. 1, 2007. Johnson, who served time as a boy in juvenile detention for the Jonesboro school shootings of a teacher and four students, faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft and marijuana possession.  Johnson, now 24, entered his plea Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008,  before a Benton County circuit judge. Sentencing was set for Nov. 14.   (AP Photo/Washington County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - One of two young men who killed four students and a teacher at a middle school a decade ago faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft and marijuana possession.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:35:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Rezko sentencing date canceled as deal sought (AP)

    In this Wednesday, June 4, 2008 file photo, Antoin 'Tony' Rezko returns to the Federal Courthouse where a jury found him guilty on 16 counts of a 24-count indictment in his corruption trail  in Chicago. Federal prosecutors moved Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A federal judge canceled convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko's sentencing date Wednesday and one of his lawyers said he is working with federal prosecutors in hopes of getting a break for his client.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:06:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Killings put counselors on alert about money woes (AP)

    This photo released Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Karthik Rajaram. The 45-year-old unemployed financial manager, despondent over extreme money problems, was found dead Monday with a gun in his hand said authorities. He had shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself at home in a gated community in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Porter Ranch in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/California Department of Motor Vehicles)AP - Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suicidal about money woes, after an unemployed financial manager killed five family members and himself.


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    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:07:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    2nd rock slide reported in Yosemite National Park (AP)
    AP - A second rock slide in two days struck cabins and knocked down trees Wednesday in Yosemite National Park, witnesses said. Officials did not immediately confirm any injuries but a man reported helping a boy with a bloody forehead. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:10:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Sheriff in Ill. county won't evict in foreclosures (AP)
    AP - Residents of foreclosed properties in Chicago and other parts of Cook County don't have to worry about deputies forcing them out. Sheriff Tom Dart says that starting Thursday his office won't take part in evictions. -- read full article
    Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:19:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Police: Pa. teen plotted to bomb sleeping family (AP)
    AP - A suburban Pittsburgh teenager is accused of trying to kill his sleeping family by placing homemade chlorine bombs in their beds. -- read full article
    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:50:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing (AP)

    In this Wednesday, June 4, 2008 file photo, Antoin 'Tony' Rezko returns to the Federal Courthouse where a jury found him guilty on 16 counts of a 24-count indictment in his corruption trail  in Chicago. Federal prosecutors moved Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - Federal prosecutors moved Monday to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:14:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Slain girl's mom testifies at husband's trial (AP)
    AP - The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose headless body was unidentified for nearly four years testified Tuesday that she watched her then-boyfriend kick her daughter in the head and helped him dump her body. -- read full article
    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:59:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    NYC takes calorie-counting campaign to the rails (AP)

    This image provided by the New York City Health Department shows one of the ads being posted in the city's subways to advise that most adults should limit themselves to 2,000 calories day. The posters that appeared Monday, Oct. 6, 2008,  part of the city's healthy-eating campaign, provide calorie counts for several menu items, including this one that lists 1,170 calories for a chicken burrito with toppings. (AP Photo/New York City Health Department)AP - Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:14:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Mind training helps troops with combat, then PTSD (AP)

    U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Pete Jarzabek, left, and Sargeant Ryan Barnett meditate during Warrior Mind Training class at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. The course is catching on in military circles as a way not only to treat both post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries, but also to improve focus and better prepare soldiers and Marines for the rigors of combat. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:58:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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