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• No turtles, chicks or exotic pets for youngsters
  Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.
• 5 killed when bus overturns in northern California
  Authorities say five people died and dozens were injured after a Greyhound bus overturned in northern California.
• Bank of America settles lawsuit over bad mortgages
  Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, a Bank of America Corp. subsidiary has agreed to modify tens of thousands of loans to keep people in 11 states from losing their homes, the Illinois attorney general's office said Sunday.
• No turtles, chicks or exotic pets for youngsters
  Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.
• Jump seen in staph-linked flu deaths in kids
  More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot.
• Obama ad links McCain to Keating scandal
  Democrat Barack Obama, reacting to Republican charges about his links to a 1960s radical, fired back late Sunday with a Web video about John McCain's role in the Keating Five scandal from the early 1990s.
• Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge
  By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.
• Minnesota Senate debate showcases race's intensity
  Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken exchanged barbs in their first Senate debate Sunday night over the ailing economy and the war in Iraq, while a third-party challenger seat kept both on their toes.
• 5 killed when bus overturns in northern California
  Authorities say five people died and dozens were injured after a Greyhound bus overturned in north-central California.
• Texas bus crash survivors honor emergency helpers
  Pilgrims who survived a bus crash and relatives of those who died returned to the area Sunday to celebrate Mass and honor city officials for their help, declaring that a bond had formed between this small north Texas city and the Houston area's Vietnamese community.
• Simpson jury: We didn't need witnesses to convict
  Jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping said Sunday that they did not trust witness testimony and instead relied on recordings and other documented evidence to convict the former football star.
• Simpson jury: We didn't need witnesses to convict
  Jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping said Sunday that they did not trust witness testimony and instead relied on recordings and other documented evidence to convict the former football star.
• Bank on this: Bank failures will rise in next year
  Here's a safe bet for uncertain times: A lot of banks won't survive the next year of upheaval despite the U.S. government's $700 billion plan to restore order to the financial industry.
• Ex-CEO of S&L bought by Wachovia defends record
  Once hailed for running their savings-and-loan company like an endearing mom-and-pop shop, Herb and Marion Sandler are now being vilified as ruthless home lenders who helped destroy Wachovia Corp. and contributed to the financial decay that led to the U.S. government's $700 billion rescue plan to buy rotten mortgages.
• Defense renews bid to end Stevens trial
  Attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens on Sunday renewed their effort to get a federal corruption case against the veteran Alaska lawmaker thrown out, saying prosecutors manipulated the story of their star witness to undermine the defense.
• Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama
  Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about."
• Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama
  Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about."
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• Republicans to file complaint against Obama
  The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners.
• GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama
  The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners.
• Original Carvel store shuts down in suburban NYC
  The original Carvel shop served its last cones Sunday, more than seven decades after becoming the suburban New York birthplace of an ice cream empire.
• 7 Palin aides to testify in abuse-of-power probe
  Seven aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.
• Saintly surfers praise divine waves in California
  He may not be able to walk on water, but when the mood strikes, Father Matthew Munoz can ride one gnarly wave all the way into the beach.
• 4 Nevada teens arrested after dress code violation
  Four Nevada high school students have been arrested after one of them refused to adhere to the dress code.
• Recordings aim to capture calls of the wild West
  Rattlesnakes are not to be trifled with, but if you are trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance is not a luxury you can afford.
• 7 Palin aides to testify in abuse-of-power probe
  Seven aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law.
• Obama says McCain, Palin smearing him
  Democrat Barack Obama accused Republican opponent John McCain of launching a smear campaign to reverse his slide in the polls and cover up his "erratic" behavior in the face of America's financial crisis.