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  • Cops search San Antonio landfill for missing baby (AP)
    AP - Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day after Christmas.
  • Evacuations under way for LA-area foothills (AP)

    Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached.


  • Police debate use of family DNA to ID suspects (AP)
    AP - Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion.
  • Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic (AP)

    Ricki Ghani, left, and Eric Brannon clear snow from sidewalks around Festival Hall Park in Racine, Wis. as snow sweeps across southeastern Wisconsin Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010.  (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)AP - Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard.


  • Death of Kerrigan's father is ruled a homicide (AP)

    FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which he suffered a neck injury so severe it damaged his windpipe.


  • Workers spent 80-plus hours a week at Conn. plant (AP)

    Michael Rosario, business representative for the Plumbers, Pipefitters, & HVAC Local 777, hugs a friend after telling reporters about losing three friends in the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant on Sunday in Middletown, Conn., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Two people affected by the explosion of a Connecticut power plant that was being built say workers had been spending more than 80 hours a week at the site.


  • Fellow NY Democrats offer Paterson little support (AP)

    FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, Gov. David A. Paterson delivers his State of the State speech in Buffalo, N.Y. Paterson has met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state capitol about a variety of unproven accusations involving the Democratic governor's personal conduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - Silence emanated Tuesday from top Democrats in New York as Gov. David Paterson, already fighting to remain politically viable, fought to lay to rest unconfirmed rumors and news reports of womanizing and drug use.


  • ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist (AP)

    FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2010 file photo, investigators talk in front of the burned Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point, Texas. The seventh church fire this year in east Texas destroyed the sanctuary of the church. A federal official says a fire that destroyed a church last week was the eighth case of arson against a house of worship in Texas this year.  (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)AP - Recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were likely set by one person or group of people, federal authorities said Tuesday.


  • Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate (AP)

    FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo,  Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.


  • Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing (AP)

    Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, is escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies as he arrives at the Airport Courthouse to face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.


Texoma Headlines
Fire destroys FFA barn
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Last Updated: 10:47 PM 02/08/10 - An overnight fire in Tom Bean destroyed a building and killed several dozen head of livestock. The building was part of the Tom Bean FFA program, and the fire has affected the entire community. (Full Story)
New allegations against owner of seized horses
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Last Updated: 6:41 PM 02/08/10 - GRAYSON CO., TX - The owner of dozens of seized horses appeared in court today for the first time, six months after authorities rescued the animals from her ranch in Ector. Bells police found more horses she had in her possession that appeared to be too skinny and emaciated. (Full Story)
Sherman man hit, killed changing tire on U.S. 82

Last Updated: 11:04 AM 02/09/10 - SHERMAN, TX - An accident claimed the life of a Sherman man over the weekend when a car hit a 20-year-old while he was changing a tire. (Full Story)
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