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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows 540 pounds of weights placed on the execution table at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio to test the table's load bearing. Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post, scheduled for execution Jan. 16, 2013, is arguing that, at 450 pounds, can not be humanely executed under both the state's usual method and the untested backup procedure. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections)

At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution

Andrew WelshHuggins · December 5, 2012 10:20 pm

Michael Richard Smith pilots his canoe in Boston Harbor, in Boston, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The 49-year-old Maine native said Tuesday that heâs been paddling the waters of metro Boston since at least late summer with all of his possessions aboard a 14-foot, 40-year-old aluminum canoe that he patches with duct tape when necessary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Man calls 14-foot canoe on Boston Harbor his home

Bridget Murphy · December 5, 2012 10:15 pm

New judge assigned to case against BP supervisors

Michael Kunzelman · December 5, 2012 9:59 pm

Man admits role in foiled, cat-related murder plot

Jim Suhr · December 5, 2012 8:52 pm

Ky. school shooter seeks to take back guilty plea

Amanda Lee Myers · December 5, 2012 8:20 pm

FILE - In this July 30, 1987, file photo, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas rest his head on hand during the Iran-Contra hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89. (AP Photo/Lana Harris, File)

Longtime Texas US Rep. Jack Brooks dead at 89

Michael Graczyk · December 5, 2012 8:14 pm

Hearing delayed for man accused of killing monkey

John Miller · December 5, 2012 8:06 pm

7 districts split $25M in Gates education grants

Kathy Matheson · December 5, 2012 8:05 pm

In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, photo, the Surgeon General's Warning appears on a pack of Camel cigarettes purchased at a Chicago area news stand.

Court denies rehearing on cigarette warnings

Michael Felberbaum · December 5, 2012 7:59 pm

Guilty plea in New Orleans bribery scheme

Michael Kunzelman · December 5, 2012 7:48 pm

AP Exclusive: Lawmakers bought cars fixed by CA

Don Thompson · December 5, 2012 7:21 pm

NASA astronaut Scott Kelley listens to a question about his scheduled mission aboard the International Space Station during a briefing Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend an entire year aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2015. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Astronaut braces for unprecedented year in space

Marcia Dunn · December 5, 2012 7:16 pm