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Father in Colo. balloon boy hoax reports to jail (AP)

January 11, 2010 12:53 pm | us |

Richard Heene, right, and his wife Mayumi arrive at the Laramie County Detention Center where Heene turned himself in to begin his 90-day jail sentence on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Fort Collins. (AP Photo/ Barry Gutierrez)AP – The Colorado man who admitted orchestrating the balloon boy hoax reported to jail Monday to begin a 90-day jail sentence.

Groundbreaking gay marriage trial starts in Calif (AP)

8:24 am | us |

In this photo from July 2, 2009, Kristin Perry, left, and Sandra Stier are shown at a news conference at the Federal Building in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP – The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses.

What caused NJ airplane’s landing gear to fail? (AP)

5:28 am | us |

A United Airlines Airbus 319 sits on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport after making an emergency landing in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.  Landing gear problems force the flight to make an emergency landing. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, said all 53 people aboard Flight 634 from Chicago were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP – Investigators were trying to determine why part of a United Airlines jetliner’s landing gear failed to deploy, forcing terrified passengers to crouch in their seats and brace for a crash before the pilot touched down safely despite scraping the jet’s belly on the runway.

N. California dodges major damage in 6.5 quake (AP)

12:45 am | us |

In this photo provided by the Ferndale Enterprise, Steve Sterback of Poppa Joe's cleans up after an earthquake, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Ferndale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ferndale Enterprise) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP – Residents of a Northern California county gingerly cleaned up Sunday after the area dodged a catastrophe, escaping a 6.5 magnitude earthquake with little more than bumps, cuts and broken glass.

Malfunction forces emergency landing at NJ airport (AP)

January 10, 2010 7:27 pm | us |

A United Airlines Airbus 319 sits on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport after making an emergency landing in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.  Landing gear problems force the flight to make an emergency landing. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, said all 53 people aboard Flight 634 from Chicago were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP – A United Airlines flight landed with part of the plane’s belly or wing striking a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday morning after the right-side landing gear failed to deploy. All the 53 people got off the plane safely.

N. California dodges major damage in 6.5 quake (AP)

5:17 pm | us |

In this photo provided by the Ferndale Enterprise, Steve Sterback of Poppa Joe's cleans up after an earthquake, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Ferndale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ferndale Enterprise) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP – Residents of a Northern California county gingerly cleaned up Sunday after the area dodged a catastrophe, escaping a 6.5 magnitude earthquake with little more than bumps, cuts and broke glass.

3 die when snowmobiles go through ice on Vt. lake (AP)

5:41 am | us |

AP – Three snowmobiles crossing a frozen Vermont lake plunged through the ice Saturday, killing a man, his 24-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter, police said.

Cold stuns Floridians, causes deaths elsewhere (AP)

5:41 am | us |

This image provided by Daytona International Speedway shows crew members of the Chip Ganassi Racing Grand-Am team taking photos of snowmen they built in the pits at Daytona International Speedway after a rare Florida snowfall during winter testing at the track on Saturday, January 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Brian Cleary - Daytona International Speedway)AP – Mark and Barbara Willard were at home in Wickford, England two weeks ago checking the weather forecast on the Internet before packing for their trip to Orlando — sunny and 70 degrees.

NYC man charged with getting al-Qaida training (AP)

1:58 am | us |

In this courtroom sketch, Assistant United States Attorney James Loonam, left, is seen with defense attorney Robert Gottlieb, center, and Gottlieb's client, defendant Adis Medunjanin, during Medunjanin's arraignment at the federal courthouse in New York City, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Medunjanin pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP – A New York City man under investigation for his links to a terror suspect pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from al-Qaida.

Floridians, tourists face wind chill, flurries (AP)

January 9, 2010 7:44 pm | us |

Teresa Husen of Stockholm, Sweden walks with her children Edwin, left, and Elvira, right,  as a cold rain falls in Miami Beach, Fla, Saturday Jan. 9, 2010.  A cold front brought rain and falling temperatures to South Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP – Mark and Barbara Willard were at home in Wickford, England two weeks ago checking the weather forecast on the Internet before packing for their trip to Orlando — sunny and 70 degrees.