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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:33:36 EST en-us 2 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/coroner-confirms-2-mexican-children-died/n20100210012009990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/coroner-confirms-2-mexican-children-died/n20100210012009990004 SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has identified two bodies found near the border with Mexico as siblings who drowned when their vehicle was swept away in Tijuana by last month's torrential rains. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/un-forecasts-stable-afghan-opium-crop/n20100210004209990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/un-forecasts-stable-afghan-opium-crop/n20100210004209990013 After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dramatically in 2010, a U.N. report said Wednesday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ny-senate-votes-to-expel-convicted/n20100209234409990006 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ny-senate-votes-to-expel-convicted/n20100209234409990006 mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:NYMG102-0209101118; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:NYMG104-0209101254; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:NYMG108-0209102026; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:NYMG109-0209102025; AUDIO:%mlink) ^AP Photo NYMG103, NYMG101, NYMG102, NYMG104, NYMG108, NYMG109 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/la-area-foothills-under-mudslide-threat/n20100209234209990008 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/la-area-foothills-under-mudslide-threat/n20100209234209990008 mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:LA104-0209101054; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:CARH103-0209101333; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:CADZ104-0209101227; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:CADZ102-0209101149; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:GFX128-0209101644; AUDIO:%mlink) ^AP Photo LA114, LA106, LA104, CARH103, CADZ104, CADZ102, GFX128 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/teen-arrested-in-killing-of-la-anti-gang/n20100209232409990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/teen-arrested-in-killing-of-la-anti-gang/n20100209232409990011 mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:LA115-0209101517; AUDIO:%mlink) ^AP Photo LA117, LA116, LA115 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/ny-governor-says-hell-step-aside-only-in/n20100209232109990006 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/ny-governor-says-hell-step-aside-only-in/n20100209232109990006 New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or he's carried out "in a box." http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/city-vehicles-strike-2-in-san-francisco/n20100209231509990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/city-vehicles-strike-2-in-san-francisco/n20100209231509990012 One pedestrian is dead and another seriously injured following separate accidents in San Francisco involving city-owned vehicles. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/suspect-plays-dating-game-video-in/n20100209223209990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/suspect-plays-dating-game-video-in/n20100209223209990013 A convicted rapist who could face the death penalty in five alleged serial killings from the 1970s presented "The Dating Game" defense Tuesday during a surreal court session in which he questioned himself on the witness stand. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/calif-man-convicted-of-killing/n20100209213409990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/calif-man-convicted-of-killing/n20100209213409990011 LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A jury has convicted a 23-year-old California man of killing his girlfriend's 1-year-old son. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/snow-shuts-down-federal-government-life/n20100209213409990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/snow-shuts-down-federal-government-life/n20100209213409990005 mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:ILMG205-0209101020; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:DCAB108-0209101047; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:DCAB105-0209101124; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:DCAB107-0209101107; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:DCAB101-0209101005; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:GFX125-0209101559; AUDIO:%mlink) %mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:GFX122-0209101438; AUDIO:%mlink) ^AP Photo WIRAC101, DCAB111, ILMG205, DCAB108, DCAB105, DCAB107, DCAB101, GFX125, GFX122 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/nyc-jail-chaplain-released-in-razor/n20100209213109990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/nyc-jail-chaplain-released-in-razor/n20100209213109990015 A grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and scissors into a jail, spurring his release without bail while the case continues. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/unicef-warns-against-haiti-child/n20100209212609990022 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/unicef-warns-against-haiti-child/n20100209212609990022 The head of UNICEF warned Tuesday that people may still be trying to smuggle children out of Haiti and said protecting youngsters who survived the earthquake is the top concern of the U.N. children's agency. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/suspect-plays-dating-game-video-in/n20100209212109990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/suspect-plays-dating-game-video-in/n20100209212109990013 A man acting as his own lawyer in a case charging him with five 1970s serial killings played a video clip Tuesday of himself as the winning contestant on "The Dating Game" in an attempt to prove his innocence in one murder. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/ny-senate-to-vote-on-ousting-convicted/n20100209211509990027 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/ny-senate-to-vote-on-ousting-convicted/n20100209211509990027 The New York Senate is set to vote on expelling a senator convicted of misdemeanor assault. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/nyc-jail-chaplain-released-in-razor/n20100209211509990020 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/nyc-jail-chaplain-released-in-razor/n20100209211509990020 A grand jury has declined to indict a Muslim chaplain accused of trying to smuggle razor blades and scissors into a New York City jail. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/abortion-doctors-killer-says-he-has-no/n20100209211509990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/abortion-doctors-killer-says-he-has-no/n20100209211509990019 The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim, comparing them to the relatives of a hit man in a recording posted online. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/dhs-the-number-of-illegal-immigrants-in/n20100209205709990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/dhs-the-number-of-illegal-immigrants-in/n20100209205709990002 The Homeland Security Department estimates the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. fell about 7 percent to 10.8 million in January 2009. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/man-who-taught-boy-to-drive-arrested/n20100209204709990022 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/man-who-taught-boy-to-drive-arrested/n20100209204709990022 Authorities have arrested a California man who they say was teaching a sixth-grader how to drive when his car crashed into another vehicle, killing the boy, his mother and younger sister. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/state-birth-defect-rate-in-ca-town-not/n20100209203209990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/state-birth-defect-rate-in-ca-town-not/n20100209203209990011 State health officials said Tuesday they found nothing unusual about the rate of infant birth defects in an impoverished San Joaquin Valley farm town located next to the West's largest toxic waste dump. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/pa-ex-aide-discusses-sex-life-in/n20100209202409990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/pa-ex-aide-discusses-sex-life-in/n20100209202409990017 The intimate details of the sex life of a former state legislative aide became fodder for the jury in a public corruption trial Tuesday as he explained that his affair with an aide ended prematurely because he struggled to perform sexually. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/paterson-aide-wants-inquiry-of-ny-times/n20100209200109990021 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/paterson-aide-wants-inquiry-of-ny-times/n20100209200109990021 Gov. David Paterson's chief of staff is seeking an internal inquiry into how The New York Times' reporting of a story led to unproven rumors of wild, personal misconduct by Paterson.