AP - Standing on a chair with his arms raised as if he were being crucified, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich opened a comedy show Saturday evening lampooning the rise and fall of his own political career.
AP - The amusement park company Six Flags is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying it needs to reorganize and shed $1.8 billion of debt. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:50:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California's multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing that reckless practices on film sets might be raising the risk of new infections. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:53:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - Hobbled by a broken ankle, the estranged wife of a man killed in a shootout with Pennsylvania state troopers managed to fight him off as he threatened her with a gun before he kidnapped their 9-year-old son, the woman's friend said. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:03:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - Like journalists everywhere, the staff of the San Quentin News cover news, sports and the local arts scene. But these reporters are pen men with a difference.
AP - When animals are the prime suspects in a whodunit, who gets on the case? In capers where feathers or fur are the smoking guns, the role of CSI is often played by top natural history museums. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:38:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.
AP - Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune can't definitively be linked to health problems among people who lived at the Marine base over three decades, according to a government report released Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:10:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - Specialty drug maker Baxter International Inc. says it's in "full scale" production of a swine flu vaccine that will be commercially available in July. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:34:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A private school in Southern California says 36 of its students have been quarantined in China while they are tested for the swine flu virus. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:54:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A judge in Milwaukee has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to 20 years in prison for helping a new boyfriend kidnap and kill a college student for his car. -- read full article
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:44:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News