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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)
AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.
No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says (AP)
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP)
AP - Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP)
AP - With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?
Red River rising faster than expected in ND, Minn. (AP)
AP - North Dakota and Minnesota residents who fought off record flooding a year ago in a frantic one-week sandbagging effort were jolted Sunday by the prospect of doing it over again.
Regulators accused of lax oversight at LA oilfield (AP)
AP - This sprawling metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. Wells dot the city landscape, some hidden behind hollow building facades much like a Hollywood movie set, or, in the case of Beverly Hills High School, encased in a tower painted with flowers.
Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain (AP)
AP - Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.
Thousands mourn death of Southern Calif. teen (AP)
AP - Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a high school stadium Saturday to honor a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow, lakeside grave as her parents vowed to dedicate themselves to protecting children from sex predators.
'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)
AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.
Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries.
NY women's 'summit' unites activists worldwide (AP)
AP - A secretary of state. A top presidential adviser. An iconic film star. Fashion designers, TV anchors, and a queen.
Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students (AP)
AP - Ashley Delgado graduated from one of Rhode Island's worst-performing high schools and wanted to go to college — if only she could get there.
Sen. Reid's wife leaves hospital's intensive care (AP)
AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife has been transferred out of a Virginia hospital's intensive care unit and is improving after she was seriously injured in an accident on an interstate highway near Washington.
Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession (AP)
AP - Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident that took place a quarter century ago when she was a teenager.
Despite brashness, Bunning still a hero in Ky. (AP)
AP - Irascible Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has been a pariah among his congressional colleagues. Back in the conservative swath of northern Kentucky he calls home, though, he's being heralded as a hero.
In rural NH, deer-car crashes bring free 'dinner' (AP)
AP - Up here, folks have another word for roadkill. It's "dinner."
Native Hawaiian government may become reality (AP)
AP - Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they've ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii.
Judge faces election after unpopular decision (AP)
AP - The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.
Probe questions account of runaway Prius (AP)
AP - Investigators with Toyota and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press. A congressional spokesman said the finding cast doubt on the driver's story.
US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting (AP)
AP - A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.

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