National News

NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour launch 1 day

NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled launch Saturday after nine lightning strikes were reported near the pad. [Full Story]

California's creditors look to options for IOUs

Thousands of vendors who do billions of dollars of business with the state of California are scrambling as major banks say they will no longer honor the state's IOUs. [Full Story]

McNair's hometown not alone in mourning local hero

The family and friends who grew up with native son Steve McNair didn't have to say goodbye to the ex-NFL quarterback by themselves Friday night. The tiny town of Mount Olive had plenty of company. [Full Story]

Ex-convicts working to prevent future convicts

An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move. Broom was released from prison last year after serving time in two killings and is now a conflict mediator on Kansas City's gang-infested east side. [Full Story]

Hundreds evacuated from 747 at Phoenix airport

Hundreds of passengers aboard a British Airways Boeing 747 preparing to depart for London from the Phoenix airport were forced to use slides to evacuate the jet on Friday night after fumes filled the cabin. [Full Story]

Cemetery workers made $300K in gravedigging scheme

Four former employees accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots at a historic black cemetery near Chicago made about $300,000 in a scheme believed to have stretched back at least four years, authorities said Friday. [Full Story]

Dillinger's Ohio crime spree left out of new movie

John Dillinger's escapades in Ohio aren't part of the new movie "Public Enemies" even though his rise from small-town robber to America's most wanted man can be traced to the state. [Full Story]

Dozens wait for Jackson's Ind. hometown memorial

Dozens of fans are lining up outside a ballpark in Michael Jackson's hometown ahead of a memorial celebration planned at the Indiana city's ballpark. [Full Story]

One week delay in Jackson guardianship case

A court official says a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson's kids has been delayed for a week. [Full Story]

Scholar: NKorea interested in freeing US reporters

North Korea appears "seriously interested" in releasing two convicted American journalists but first wants the United States to acknowledge what Pyongyang sees as their "hostile acts," a U.S.-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said Saturday. [Full Story]

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