Catholic church to pay $1 million to settle abuse lawsuit (Reuters)

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• Catholic church to pay $1 million to settle abuse lawsuit (Reuters)
• Low-tax states attract budget-conscious Americans (Reuters)
• Tiger Mom: Amy Chua Parenting Memoir Raises American Fears (Time.com)
• The Spy Who Loved Me: Undercover Cop Marries, Then Divorces His Target (Time.com)
• For Sale Cheap: House infested with slithering snakes (Reuters)
• A month into winter, Easterners have had enough (AP)
• Mexican journalist asks judge for US asylum (AP)
• Ex-Chicago cop gets 4 1/2 years in torture case (AP)
• Do pets pose another threat to safe driving? (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Hawaii won't release Obama birth info (AP)
• Doc: Giffords heard cheers leaving Ariz., smiled (AP)
• US company stops making key death penalty drug (AP)
• Miami shootout suspect considered career criminal (AP)
• Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter won't lead SCLC (AP)
• 2 Russians go spacewalking outside space station (AP)
• Abortion foes upbeat, see chance for tougher curbs (AP)

Catholic church to pay $1 million to settle abuse lawsuit (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST Reuters - The Catholic church on Friday said it would pay nearly a million dollars to a man allegedly sexually abused at age 16 by a priest, who then tried to cover it up and hire a hit man to kill the victim.

Low-tax states attract budget-conscious Americans (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:22 PM PST Reuters - Bob VanSickle was a lifelong New Jersey resident, but when he left after 52 years for what he calls "kinder, gentler" New Hampshire, he never looked back.

Tiger Mom: Amy Chua Parenting Memoir Raises American Fears (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Time.com - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother author Amy Chua's proudly politically incorrect account of raising her children "the Chinese way" has revealed American fears about losing ground to China and preparing our kids to survive in the global economy

The Spy Who Loved Me: Undercover Cop Marries, Then Divorces His Target (Time.com) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Time.com - This true story of assumed identities, eco-terrorism and undercover romance makes Octopussy look realistic

For Sale Cheap: House infested with slithering snakes (Reuters) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:38 PM PST Reuters - An Idaho home that has been infested with thousands of snakes for at least five years has been put up for sale for $66,000 less than its estimated market value after the recent owners gave up and walked away.

A month into winter, Easterners have had enough (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST AP - In Rhode Island, a mayor tells parents of snowbound schoolchildren to "hang in there." Atlanta has blown nearly all the money it set aside to clear the streets. In Connecticut, they're literally praying for winter to end. And at travel agencies, the phones are ringing with callers pining for tropical vacations — when the skies clear up enough to fly out, that is.

Mexican journalist asks judge for US asylum (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:23 PM PST AP - A journalist from Mexico pleaded his case for asylum in the United States on Friday, more than two years after he fled across the border with his 15-year-old son because of receiving what he called death threats for his critical coverage of the military during his country's bloody drug war.

Ex-Chicago cop gets 4 1/2 years in torture case (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 06:19 PM PST AP - Decades after young black men in Chicago first began claiming that a white policeman shocked, burned and suffocated them to get confessions, former officer Jon Burge is headed to federal prison.

Do pets pose another threat to safe driving? (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:56 PM PST AP - Man's best friend is not a driver's best friend.

APNewsBreak: Hawaii won't release Obama birth info (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 07:05 PM PST AP - Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie will end his quest to prove President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii because it's against state law to release private documents, his office said Friday.

Doc: Giffords heard cheers leaving Ariz., smiled (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST AP - She heard them, smiled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

US company stops making key death penalty drug (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:58 PM PST AP - The sole U.S. manufacturer of a key lethal injection drug said Friday it is ending production because of death-penalty opposition overseas — a move that could delay executions across the United States.

Miami shootout suspect considered career criminal (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 06:48 PM PST AP - The Miami man killed in a Thursday shootout that left two police officers dead was what police called a career criminal: He'd been arrested for cocaine and marijuana trafficking, burglary, car theft and armed robbery, according to a copy of Simms' criminal history obtained Friday by The Associated Press. He was arrested 11 times as a juvenile and became more violent as the years passed.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter won't lead SCLC (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST AP - For more than a year, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put off taking her oath as president of the landmark civil rights group co-founded by her father — and now she doesn't want the job at all.

2 Russians go spacewalking outside space station (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST AP - A pair of Russian spacewalkers breezed through a series of chores outside the International Space Station on Friday, installing a camera and an experimental radio system.

Abortion foes upbeat, see chance for tougher curbs (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:17 PM PST AP - Buoyed by huge election gains for their allies, anti-abortion activists head into their annual March for Life rallies sensing a prime opportunity in many states to rein in the broad abortion access established 38 years ago by the Roe v. Wade decision.

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