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Dad of NYC subway bomb plotter gets prison time

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press | Today at 3:17 p.m.

A federal judge has sentenced the father of an admitted terrorist to 4 1/2 years in prison for destroying evidence and lying to investigators.

Swiss police: car drives into crowd, 1 dead

The Associated Press | Today at 2:55 a.m.

Swiss police appealed for witnesses Friday after a car hit a group of people standing outside a Zurich bar, killing one person and injuring five others.

Pakistan court rejects PM's plea in contempt case

By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press | Today at 2:55 a.m.

Pakistan's top court rejected Friday a last-ditch appeal filed by the prime minister against a looming contempt charge, paving the way for a case that could plunge the nuclear-armed country into political turmoil.

APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images

By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press | Today at 12 a.m.

Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.

1 teacher in LA sex abuse case free on bail

By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press | Today at 9:15 a.m.

Some students wrote farewell letters to their former teachers. Even though it was the middle of the school year to them, it was the first day for the new staff of an elementary school where every worker was replaced following the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.

Owner of Sierra mine surrenders to face charges

By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 9:56 p.m.

A man who state and local officials say is running a massive illegal gold-mining operation in California's Sierra Nevada surrendered Thursday to face 14 criminal charges of operating without permits and polluting a creek.

Jurors in lacrosse trial view police interview

By STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press | Today at 1:54 p.m.

A former University of Virginia lacrosse player said he got physical with his former girlfriend but did not kill her, sobbing and saying "she's not dead" when detectives told him she died, according to a videotape played Friday at his murder trial.

Thursday's College Basketball

The Associated Press | Today at 2:20 a.m.

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Rio police strike exposes marred institution

By JULIANA BARBASSA, Associated Press | Today at 2:54 p.m.

A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages help fuel corruption, extortion and lethal violence, experts said Friday.

NY Fashion Week: Wearable, sellable looks for fall

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP Fashion Writer | Feb. 9 at 10:06 p.m.

Fashion designers, retailers, editors and stylists settled into their routines Thursday for eight days of previews at New York Fashion Week with barely a blink at all the photographers' flashes: a sign of business-as-usual stability.

Report says 2 Tibetans killed by security forces

By SCOTT McDONALD, Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 7:50 p.m.

Two Tibetan brothers on the run since taking part in anti-government protests two weeks ago have been shot dead in southwest China's Sichuan province, a U.S.-funded broadcaster reported Friday.

Chicago clerk buying bond for sticker designer

The Associated Press | Today at 9:30 a.m.

Chicago's city clerk says she will buy a $1,000 savings bond for the boy whose winning design for the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker was scrapped because some believe it may depict gang signs.

Man accused of threatening Obama faces new charge

The Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 7:45 p.m.

An Uzbekistan national charged with threatening the life of President Barack Obama was also charged Thursday with providing material aid to terrorism.

Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press | Today at 1:54 p.m.

A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own daughter for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.

Pa. couple: We captured purple squirrel, freed it

The Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 10:05 p.m.

A central Pennsylvania couple say they've captured a purple squirrel in their backyard.

Okla. state work in trouble over off-color email

The Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 6:36 p.m.

A state worker is facing disciplinary action after sending an official email to hundreds of people Thursday that contained an off-color term for breasts, the Oklahoma Insurance Department said.

APNewsBreak: Perelman denied bid on Pa. newspapers

By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 7:45 p.m.

Philanthropist Raymond Perelman says he has been "excluded" from the sale of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News days after former Gov. Ed Rendell and others announced a play for the company that owns them.

Company asks dismissal of Confederate flag case

By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 7:50 p.m.

Ken Webber still proudly flies his Confederate battle flag with the word "Redneck" emblazed across it from the CB antenna on his pickup truck. He hopes that his lawsuit in federal court will get his job back driving a school bus.

Women at war: Most changes are in Army, Marines

The Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 5:35 p.m.

Some examples of changes for women in the military:

Some states stay with education law, cite politics

By KEVIN BEGOS, Associated Press | Feb. 9 at 5:25 p.m.

Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the No Child Left Behind law is a helping hand to improve education or a means to impose more federal control.

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