http://www.ajc.com/news/national-news-82111.html en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:42:35 GMT 2009-12-04T21:42:35Z en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mo-mulls-ban-on-226540.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri lawmaker has filed legislation to outlaw special devices designed to fake urine samples and fool drug tests in the state. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:40:03 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mo-mulls-ban-on-226540.html CHRIS BLANK 2009-12-04T21:40:03Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/murder-warrant-issued-for-226421.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 HEMET, Calif. - Police said Friday they have issued a murder arrest warrant for one of two missing Southern California teens and believe charred and fragmented human remains found in the suspect's Riverside County backyard belong to the other youth. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:35:26 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/murder-warrant-issued-for-226421.html 2009-12-04T21:35:26Z http://www.ajc.com/health/fda-warns-of-problems-226228.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 WASHINGTON - Doctors and hospitals should stop using a device from Steris Corp. to sterilize surgical tools after reports of malfunction, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:30:15 GMT http://www.ajc.com/health/fda-warns-of-problems-226228.html 2009-12-04T21:30:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/colorado-state-university-bans-226412.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 DENVER - Colorado State University will join most major colleges nationwide in forbidding concealed weapons on campus after a vote that pitted faculty asking for a ban against students demanding the right to carry guns. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:21:20 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/colorado-state-university-bans-226412.html KRISTEN WYATT 2009-12-04T21:21:20Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/palin-says-nation-should-226508.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 RALEIGH, N.C. - Sarah Palin says the United States should rededicate itself to seeking God's will, arguing that a humble spirit could help leaders get more answers on issues such as health care, energy and national security. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:21:18 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/palin-says-nation-should-226508.html MIKE BAKER 2009-12-04T21:21:18Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mom-takes-plea-deal-226507.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 FLINT, Mich. - A Michigan mom accused of starving her adopted quadriplegic daughter to death has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:21:17 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mom-takes-plea-deal-226507.html 2009-12-04T21:21:17Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/neb-abortion-doctor-plans-226502.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 OMAHA, Neb. - An abortion doctor said Friday that he will likely perform more late-term procedures at his Nebraska practice to meet the demand left when a Kansas physician was shot and killed earlier this year. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:10:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/neb-abortion-doctor-plans-226502.html JOSH FUNK 2009-12-04T21:10:06Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/houston-mayor-jumps-into-226301.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 HOUSTON - Houston Mayor Bill White abandoned his campaign for U.S. Senate on Friday in favor of a run for Texas governor. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:05:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/houston-mayor-jumps-into-226301.html MICHAEL GRACZYK 2009-12-04T21:05:11Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/soldier-charged-in-2-226199.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 WATERTOWN, N.Y. - A Fort Drum military policeman accused of stabbing to death two Army buddies at their apartment fled to Ohio in a car belonging to one victim and admitted to an investigator that he killed them, authorities said Friday. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:15 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/soldier-charged-in-2-226199.html BEN DOBBIN 2009-12-04T20:56:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/5-year-old-female-226456.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 TULSA, Okla. - A 5-year-old female giraffe that suffered a neck injury while being transported to the Tulsa Zoo from Ohio has died. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:56:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/5-year-old-female-226456.html 2009-12-04T20:56:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/court-hears-ex-stripper-226469.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Lawyers for a former stripper convicted of a murder conspiracy asked the Alaska Court of Appeals to overturn her conviction because a jury was allowed to read a victim's "letter from the grave." Mechele Linehan, 37, was convicted in 2007 of luring a man who loved her to kill her former fiance, Kent Leppink, in hopes of gaining $1 million in life insurance money. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:51:14 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/court-hears-ex-stripper-226469.html 2009-12-04T20:51:14Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-s-stylish-aide-226468.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 She arrived in Washington with more of a splash than any White House social secretary before her, and no wonder: Desiree Rogers had obvious style, wealth, a Harvard MBA, years of corporate experience, and friends at the top, most importantly Barack and Michelle Obama. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:46:10 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-s-stylish-aide-226468.html JOCELYN NOVECK 2009-12-04T20:46:10Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/campaign-manager-for-ex-226068.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The campaign manager for longtime U.S. Rep. Chris Shays pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he embezzled about $250,000 in campaign funds. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:46:08 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/campaign-manager-for-ex-226068.html JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN 2009-12-04T20:46:08Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/teen-accused-of-killing-226418.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 RISING SUN, Ind. - The parents of a teenager accused of strangling his 10-year-old brother to satisfy a craving to kill pulled the teen out of high school two weeks before the killing, a school district official said Friday. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:41:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/teen-accused-of-killing-226418.html LISA CORNWELL 2009-12-04T20:41:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/prosecutor-cites-isolation-of-226451.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 UNITED NATIONS - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Friday that the Sudanese president's recent avoidance of traveling abroad to high-level events bodes well for his ultimate arrest for alleged war crimes in Darfur. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:41:09 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/prosecutor-cites-isolation-of-226451.html EDITH M. LEDERER 2009-12-04T20:41:09Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ri-federal-prosecutor-pleads-226429.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 WARWICK, R.I. - A federal prosecutor from Rhode Island has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving after police decided to charge him following questions about whether he was let off the hook because of his connections. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:15:02 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ri-federal-prosecutor-pleads-226429.html RAY HENRY 2009-12-04T20:15:02Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/police-search-for-man-225558.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 MADISON, Wis. - Police investigating the fatal shootings of a mother and her young daughter in Madison and the slayings of another woman and young girl found dead in a nearby suburb were searching Friday for the girls' father, whom they identified as a "person of interest" in all four deaths. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:05:18 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/police-search-for-man-225558.html TODD RICHMOND 2009-12-04T20:05:18Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pa-suspect-in-stolen-225966.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia teenager who authorities say used a stolen cell phone to snap a photo of himself that automatically got sent to the victim has turned himself in. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:01:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pa-suspect-in-stolen-225966.html 2009-12-04T20:01:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ny-senator-sentenced-to-226348.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 NEW YORK - New York state Sen. Hiram Monserrate was sentenced Friday to probation and domestic abuse counseling for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building lobby in a violent scene caught on security cameras. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:55:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ny-senator-sentenced-to-226348.html COLLEEN LONG 2009-12-04T19:55:11Z http://www.ajc.com/health/brazil-officials-visiting-germany-226414.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 BRASILIA, Brazil - Two Brazilian officials accompanying President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on a trip to Germany have been diagnosed with swine flu. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:55:10 GMT http://www.ajc.com/health/brazil-officials-visiting-germany-226414.html 2009-12-04T19:55:10Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/new-black-panther-leader-226408.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 DALLAS - The U.S. Justice Department made the right call in dismissing a voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party and recent questions about that ruling are a "political witch hunt" to discredit Attorney General Eric Holder, the party's leader said this week. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:35:06 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/new-black-panther-leader-226408.html LINDA STEWART BALL 2009-12-04T19:35:06Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/va-tech-report-details-226124.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 RICHMOND, Va. - Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:31:13 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/va-tech-report-details-226124.html ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON 2009-12-04T19:31:13Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/sarah-palin-s-fans-225607.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Lynn Giese calls Sarah Palin the best thing that's happened to the U.S. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:31:09 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/sarah-palin-s-fans-225607.html JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS 2009-12-04T19:31:09Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ex-gov-t-official-226273.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 NEW YORK - A former government official once lauded as a Sept. 11 hero was convicted Friday of taking bribes to let an asbestos-cleanup company overcharge for work on the World Trade Center cleanup. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:15:07 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ex-gov-t-official-226273.html JENNIFER PELTZ 2009-12-04T19:15:07Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/slim-win-for-mayor-226291.html?cxtype=rss_news_82111 ATLANTA - When the final votes are counted, it's likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta's City Hall - and kept it that way for four decades - will have pulled through one more time to deliver a fifth consecutive black mayor. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:15:05 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/slim-win-for-mayor-226291.html ERRIN HAINES 2009-12-04T19:15:05Z