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Va. Tech alert system fails in first use
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 23:27
One of four methods Virginia Tech uses to alert students and faculty in an emergency failed Thursday when school administrators ...





After passage of Calif.'s Prop 8, gay-marriage support grows
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 21:49
Thousands of gay-marriage supporters plan to take to the streets Saturday to protest gay-marriage bans in California, Arizona ...


Cast of millions puts on Calif. earthquake drill (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Nov 13 2008 20:16

Emily Loren, 17, is assisted by a Los Angeles fireman during an earthquake drill at Bishop Alemany H.S. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock 'Big One,' an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. At exactly 10 a.m., television news programs announced there was an earthquake disaster drill, then cut to cameras in school classrooms showing children ducking under their desks and holding onto them. A full day of mock post-earthquake exercises such as rescues, emergency medical care and news conferences was planned. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)AP - People across Southern California on Thursday looked like they had stepped out of a disaster movie. Children ducked under their desks. Victims with fake blood lay on the ground. First responders sprang into action to treat the "wounded."



Gunshot report at Virginia Tech is false alarm
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 20:23
An exploded cartridge from a nail gun produced sounds similar to gunfire near a Virginia Tech dormitory Thursday, briefly scaring ...


Millions play out Calif. earthquake drill
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 20:55
Some 5 million Californians promise to drop to the ground, cover their heads and hold onto furniture Thursday as if an earthquake ...


Parents rush to desert kids in Neb.
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 19:52
The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under ...


Firecrackers may be to blame in Virginia Tech scare
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 15:51
Virginia Tech police say there were no gunshots fired near a residence hall on campus.


Obama plot suspect wants dismissal
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 14:45
A white supremacist charged with plotting to kill President-elect Barack Obama and other black people wants his indictment dismissed, ...


Gay activists rally outside Mormon temple in NYC
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 12:35
Carrying signs reading "Love not H8" and "Did you cast a ballot or a stone?", a large crowd of gay-marriage supporters gathered ...


Gay activists rally outside Mormon temple in NYC (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Nov 13 2008 12:38

Adam Abernathy, of Westchester county,  marches on the Mormon Temple to speak out against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for its role in the passage of California’s anti-gay Proposition 8, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Carrying signs reading "Love not H8" and "Did you cast a ballot or a stone?", a large crowd of gay-marriage supporters gathered outside a Mormon temple to protest the church's endorsement of a same-sex marriage ban in California.



Bush says faith sustained him through presidency (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Nov 13 2008 12:59

President George W. Bush winks before speaking at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - President George W. Bush said Thursday that faith changed his life long ago and has sustained him through the challenges of his presidency.



Fla. girl held in classmate's shooting death
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 12:15
Dozens of high school students gathered before classes Thursday for a brief prayer service a day after authorities said one 15-year-old ...


Floodwaters recede in Washington state
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 11:07
The National Weather Service says showers should be ending, followed by mostly dry weather through the weekend in Washington.That ...


NTSB: Design errors caused Minn. bridge collapse
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 11:32
Federal safety investigators say serious design errors in steel plates connecting beams in a Minneapolis bridge were a factor ...


FBI: Girl was raped, forced to cook and clean
Source: USATODAY.com - Nov 13 2008 11:32
Two men took a 16-year-old girl from New York to Indiana and subjected her to sexual abuse, forced labor and beatings during ...


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