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Relative sought in 4 Fla. Thanksgiving killings

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida were searching Saturday for a man police said opened fire on his family after Thanksgiving dinner and killed four people, including his pregnant sister and a 6-year-old cousin who was sleeping in her bed. There had been "ongoing resentment" in the family, but investigators weren't sure what specifically prompted the shooting, officials said. Police were looking for Paul Michael Merhige, 35, of Miami. He was believed to be driving a royal blue 2007 Toyota Camry with a rear spoiler and Florida license plate.

Police: Woods, wife unavailable for interview

WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods and his wife were not available to speak to state troopers for the second straight day, asking that they return Sunday to try to clear up questions about how he crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree. The Florida Highway Patrol said the announcement that the world's No. 1 golfer and his wife, Elin, could not speak Saturday to authorities came from his agent. Mark Steinberg of IMG did not immediately respond to a text seeking comment.

Recession sends older Americans to food pantries

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession. "What we see in line is lots of gray hair, lots of walkers," said Marti Forman, CEO of The Cooperative Feeding Program in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

New commanders at embattled ND base vow perfection

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The sign over the main gate at Minot Air Force Base brags, "Only the Best Come North." It's been a questionable claim over the past two years at the North Dakota base following a rash of nuclear-related screwups that spurred no mushroom clouds but embarrassed the military and cost several officers their careers.

La. interstate crash kills 5; critically hurts 10

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — A minivan packed with children blew a tire, clipped a delivery truck and rolled on a Louisiana interstate Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring another 10, state police said. Thirteen children who had been riding without seatbelts were thrown from the van, including four of the dead who were found in the median of Interstate 10 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Police said. The killed and injured were all aboard the GMC Safari minivan.

Ohio school district sues over air pollution

ADDYSTON, Ohio (AP) — A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards. Three Rivers School District closed an elementary school across the street from the plant in 2005. The district says it has been unable to sell the building and is burdened by crowded classrooms.

Saddam was telling truth in missing Gulf War pilot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of the only U.S. Navy pilot shot down in an aerial battle in the 1991 Gulf War.

Boston woman delivers grandchild on Thanksgiving

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston woman says she was forced to split her time between helping her daughter deliver a baby at home and cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when Africa McCalop suddenly went into labor two weeks early.

For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide

CHICAGO (AP) — So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 — and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online. Hopefully, it blows over without doing too much damage. But what if you're famous and have thousands, if not millions of virtual followers?

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

BOSTON (AP) — A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion. Officers later receive a text message from an anonymous tipster that leads them to a much different conclusion: the boy's 7-year-old cousin accidentally shot him while the two boys were playing with a loaded 9 mm handgun.