National News Headlinesen-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518632http://www.kxmb.com/news/518632.asp<p> A citizens group in Grant County is suing to force a public vote on proposed zoning ordinance changes. The group wants the county to increase the required distance between large animal operations and homes, wells and other structures. The County</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518629http://www.kxmb.com/news/518629.asp<p> President Barack Obama says he's willing to start from scratch on health care, as long as the final bill meets his goals. Answering reporters' questions after a meeting with congressional leaders of both parties, Obama said both sides have to give gr</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518627http://www.kxmb.com/news/518627.asp<p> Rap star Lil Wayne has gotten a temporary reprieve from jail for dental surgery. The Grammy Award-winning rapper's sentencing in a New York City gun case was postponed Tuesday. His lawyer says the rapper needs to finish a string of recent surge</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518626http://www.kxmb.com/news/518626.asp<p> New Hampshire authorities say the man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and is a fugitive. Strafford County Attorney Thomas Velardi says Leeland Eise</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518625http://www.kxmb.com/news/518625.asp<p> Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months. In a post on PayPal's blog Tuesday, spokesman Anuj Nayar wrote that the company will keep blocking local bank transfers and personal payments </p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:18:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518623http://www.kxmb.com/news/518623.asp<p> More than 130,000 Prius cars and nearly 15,000 Lexus vehicles in the United States are among those that Toyota is recalling to fix a brake problem. The new recalls bring to 8.5 million the number of vehicles recalled around the world by Toyota, </p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518616http://www.kxmb.com/news/518616.asp<p> State and federal law enforcement agencies are trying to find out who has been setting fire to churches in eastern Texas. Fire broke out at two churches about three miles apart Monday night in a rural area northwest of Tyler, which is about 85 m</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518614http://www.kxmb.com/news/518614.asp<p> A New Hampshire House committee is recommending against repealing the state's five-week-old gay marriage law. The Judiciary Committee also voted Tuesday to recommend that the House kill a proposed constitutional amendment that defines marriage </p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518613http://www.kxmb.com/news/518613.asp<p> The state's Supreme Court chief justice is advocating a new ballot measure that would use alcohol tax money for prevention and treatment efforts. Mike McGrath, who used to be the state's attorney general, pitched the plan to a legislative commit</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518611http://www.kxmb.com/news/518611.asp<p> A father accused of driving drunk with his three children in the vehicle is facing a felony charge resulting from a fatal crash. Thirty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Martin of Lakeville was charged Monday with criminal vehicular homicide in the death o</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518608http://www.kxmb.com/news/518608.asp<p> A South Dakota Senate committee has approved a bill aimed at increasing state financial aid to school districts once the economy recovers. The main sponsor, Sen. Dave Knudson of Sioux Falls, says the bill would more closely tie school aid with t</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518606http://www.kxmb.com/news/518606.asp<p> The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has confiscated a wolf carcass from central Idaho wolf advocate Lynne Stone. Stone put a wolf-hunting tag on the carcass after it and other Basin Butte pack members near Stanley were killed in November by s</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518605http://www.kxmb.com/news/518605.asp<p> San Antonio's police chief says officers are searching a landfill for evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old boy. Chief William McManus said Tuesday that authorities &quot;remain hopeful that Baby Gabriel is alive.&quot; Gabriel Johnson was l</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518604http://www.kxmb.com/news/518604.asp<p> Americans who own one of the recalled Toyota Prius hybrids will start getting letters about the recall next week. Toyota says it's recalling about 437,000 hybrids worldwide to fix brake problems. They include 133,000 Prius cars and 14,500 Lexus vehic</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:58:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518601http://www.kxmb.com/news/518601.asp<p> Betsy Sathers wears the glow of a new mother as she perches on the couch in her family room, smiling and chatting with visitors while still managing to keep an eye on the 2-year-old twins burbling and cavorting at her feet. Sathers, whose husband was</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518598http://www.kxmb.com/news/518598.asp<p> Gov. Tim Pawlenty is starting a new crackdown on sex crimes. The Republican governor on Tuesday proposed more than doubling prison sentences for those convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct. His proposal would increase the presu</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518591http://www.kxmb.com/news/518591.asp<p> Defense lawyers for a man charged with killing a deputy sheriff have asked a judge to move the trial out of Turner County or conduct a survey of potential jurors to see if they can be fair and impartial. No trial date has been set for Ethan John</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518590http://www.kxmb.com/news/518590.asp<p> A legislative committee on Tuesday moved forward a bill that would allow birth centers in South Dakota. A birth center is defined as a homelike facility within a health care system not attached to a hospital. It is staffed by licensed profession</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518588http://www.kxmb.com/news/518588.asp<p> The trial of a Great Falls man accused of shooting his landlord to death has been delayed, while he undergoes another evaluation at the state mental hospital. Mark Frantzich is charged with deliberate homicide in the Sept. 6 shooting death of </p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518585http://www.kxmb.com/news/518585.asp<p> Congressional investigators are looking into whether the government missed warning signs about acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles. State Farm, the largest auto insurer in the U.S., says it alerted federal regulators in 2007 about an increase in</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518583http://www.kxmb.com/news/518583.asp<p> Authorities say snow and ice buildup led to roof collapses at a large food warehouse in Fargo. Fire Department Capt. Mike Hendrickson says no one was hurt in the collapses late Monday and early Tuesday. Hendrickson says a 100-by-100-foot se</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518581http://www.kxmb.com/news/518581.asp<p> Authorities say snow and ice buildup led to roof collapses at a large food warehouse in Fargo. Fire Department Capt. Mike Hendrickson says no one was hurt in the collapses late Monday and early Tuesday. Hendrickson says a 100-by-100-foot se</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518580http://www.kxmb.com/news/518580.asp<p> The Aberdeen American News has named an interim publisher while Publisher Dave Leone is on medical leave. Forty-four-year-old Cory Bollinger, of Bloomington, Ind., has been vice president of advertising for the Hoosier Times Newspapers since 200</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518578http://www.kxmb.com/news/518578.asp<p> EDITORS: Winners have been selected for Associated Press Television-Radio Association scholarships. Each winner receives $1,500, which will be presented during the June 12 APTRA Mark Twain Awards banquet at Disneyland's Paradise Pier Hotel. </p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518577http://www.kxmb.com/news/518577.asp<p> Authorities say snow and ice buildup led to roof collapses at a large food warehouse in Fargo. Fire Department Capt. Mike Hendrickson says no one was hurt in the collapses late Monday and early Tuesday. Hendrickson says a 100-by-100-foot se</p>