Va man charged in fake bomb plot against DC subway (AP)

Va man charged in fake bomb plot against DC subway (AP)
NJ governor stands by decision to kill tunnel (AP)
Ind. parents told drop disabled kids at shelters (AP)
Lardcore: Modern Southern Food with Hard-Core Attitude (Time.com)
Q&A: 'God and Sex' Author Michael Coogan on the Bible (Time.com)
Air Force: Teams working to isolate ICBM glitch (AP)
Army study seeks best suicide prevention programs (AP)
Massive storm brings 2nd day of snow, rain, winds (AP)
APNewsBreak: Urgent plea for testing Jackson items (AP)
Ark. school official accused of anti-gay screed (AP)
Doctor: Man said Conn. home invasion not his idea (AP)
Student filming practice dies when tower topples (AP)
Prosthetic leg discovered in search for NC girl (AP)
Prosecutor: Encouraging suicide not free speech (AP)
Riches shadow both candidates in Conn. Senate race (AP)
NY jeweler accused of burning up wife is convicted (AP)
More not always better with in vitro fertilization (AP)
US air travel security rules spark Europe debate (AP)
Vt. governor race could be decided by Legislature (AP)
US judge OKs sharpshooters' Valley Forge deer hunt (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:53 PM PDT

AP - A Pakistani-born Virginia man was arrested Wednesday and accused of casing Washington-area subway stations in what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb and kill commuters.

NJ governor stands by decision to kill tunnel (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:10 PM PDT

AP - The biggest public works project in the U.S. — a $9 billion-plus train tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City — is dead in its tracks.

Ind. parents told drop disabled kids at shelters (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:06 PM PDT

AP - Indiana's budget crunch has become so severe that some state workers have suggested leaving severely disabled people at homeless shelters if they can't be cared for at home, parents and advocates said.

Lardcore: Modern Southern Food with Hard-Core Attitude (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Time.com - As a culinary movement, lardcore is meticulous, it's ballsy and it doesn't care what you think of it. In that, it's very Southern

Q&A: 'God and Sex' Author Michael Coogan on the Bible (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Time.com - In God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says, Michael Coogan discusses everything from marriage to abortion to prostitution. You may find yourself surprised by what the ancient texts have to say

Air Force: Teams working to isolate ICBM glitch (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Work has begun to try to replicate an electronics glitch and determine what disrupted communication between 50 nuclear missiles and a launch control center at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, a U.S. Air Force official said Wednesday.

Army study seeks best suicide prevention programs (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:07 AM PDT

AP - Military medical researchers say their efforts to reverse the rising number of suicides among servicemembers are based on "good ideas," but they don't know which prevention programs work and which don't. They launched a $17 million study Wednesday to find out.

Massive storm brings 2nd day of snow, rain, winds (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:08 PM PDT

AP - Yolanda Corona prayed she wouldn't die.

APNewsBreak: Urgent plea for testing Jackson items (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:15 PM PDT

AP - Arguing that evidence is deteriorating, defense lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death are seeking urgent testing of two syringes and an IV bag found in the singer's mansion after his death.

Ark. school official accused of anti-gay screed (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:42 PM PDT

AP - A member of a northern Arkansas school board, commenting on a campaign to get people to wear purple to show support for bullied gay and lesbian youth, purportedly posted on Facebook that the only way he would wear purple is "if they all commit suicide."

Doctor: Man said Conn. home invasion not his idea (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:51 PM PDT

AP - A man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home told a psychiatrist his co-defendant proposed the crime and another expert said that he was so consumed with remorse he wanted the state to kill him.

Student filming practice dies when tower topples (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:47 PM PDT

AP - A Notre Dame student died Wednesday after the tower from which he was filming football practice fell over.

Prosthetic leg discovered in search for NC girl (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:04 PM PDT

AP - Searchers looking for the remains of a missing North Carolina girl with disabilities found a prosthetic leg and authorities were trying to determine if it was that of the 10-year-old, police said Wednesday.

Prosecutor: Encouraging suicide not free speech (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 07:30 PM PDT

AP - A former Minnesota nurse charged with aiding the suicides of two people was not covered by free-speech protections when he sought out depressed people online and encouraged them to kill themselves, a prosecutor argued in court documents Wednesday.

Riches shadow both candidates in Conn. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:53 AM PDT

AP - Richard Blumenthal isn't flashy. Typically dressed in a plain dark suit, he switched his gas-guzzling state vehicle to an austere Honda Civic hybrid when fuel prices jumped. A fixture at potluck suppers, he's built a political career over 20 years of taking on the causes of everyday citizens in Connecticut.

NY jeweler accused of burning up wife is convicted (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:31 PM PDT

AP - A 68-year-old jeweler whose clients have included Donald Trump and Yoko Ono was convicted Wednesday of murdering his wife by incinerating her in an oil drum.

More not always better with in vitro fertilization (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT

AP - More tries aren't necessarily better when it comes to in vitro fertilization. New research found that about 1 in 3 women had a baby the first time they tried a test tube embryo, and that improved to nearly 1 in 2 with a second try.

US air travel security rules spark Europe debate (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 03:58 PM PDT

AP - European officials accused the United States of imposing unnecessary and overly intrusive air travel security measures, calling on the Obama administration Wednesday to re-examine policies ranging from X-raying shoes to online security checks for Europeans.