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FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY AP Photos: Sniper Executed: November 11, 2009 John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia's death chamber and within seconds was lying on a gurney, his arms spread wide with a needle dug into each, tapping his left foot. "Mr. Muhammad, do you have any last words?" the warden asked the mastermind behind the D.C.-area sniper attacks that killed 10 in 2002. Muhammad was calm and stoic, defiant to the end, refusing to utter any final words.

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INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Interactive: Fort Hood Shooting An interactive detailing the events of the Fort Hood shooting, the biography of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, and evolving victim profiles.

INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Timeline: A History of Mass Shootings An interactive timeline of some of the major U.S. mass shootings since the Columbine massacre.

INTERACTIVE ~ NOVEMBER 2009 AP Timeline: John Allen Muhammad Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week's execution. Muhammad is scheduled to die by lethal injection next Tuesday at a Virginia prison. Attorneys for the 48-year-old have said they planned to file the appeal Tuesday. They asked Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for clemency last month.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ NOVEMBER 2009 Photos: Treen Memorial A photo gallery of former Louisiana Gov. David Treen's burial service.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 Photo Gallery of Dave Treen Dave C. Treen 1928-2009

PHOTO GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 Photos: Former Gov. Dave Treen NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Dave Treen, who became the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction when he was elected in 1979 but lost a re-election bid to the flamboyant Democrat Edwin Edwards four years later, has died at age 81. Edwards had served two terms as governor and could not succeed himself in the 1979 governor's race. Treen's victory over Democrat Louis Lambert in that race was a watershed for the state's Republican Party in a state long dominated by Democrats.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Swine Flu Outbreak Swine Flu outbreak prompts global awareness. This interactive graphic displays the countries affected, how it spreads, prevention and preparedness, as well as Swine Flu history.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Photos: 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend. Chicago was knocked out in the first round - in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting.

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Interactive: Health Care Overhaul An interactive look at key elements of the House and Senate versions of health care legislation

INTERACTIVE ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Timline: The Nobel Peace Prize President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision designed to build momentum behind his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism. Obama said he was surprised and deeply humbled by the honor, and planned to travel to Oslo to accept the prize.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ OCTOBER 2009 AP Photos: Indonesian Quake Hundreds of doctors, nurses, search and rescue experts and cleanup crews arrived at the regional airport from around the globe with tons of food, tents, medicine, clean water, generators and a field hospital. But with no electricity, fuel shortages and telecommunication outages the massive operation was chaotic.

INTERACTIVE ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Graphic: US Census The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying home-buying, working longer, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic according to U.S. census data released Monday.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphics: Kennedy Map An interactive map with photos and video, showing the memorial and funeral plans for Sen. Kennedy

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ SEPTEMBER 2009 AP Advisory: California Wildfires Fire threatens thousands of California homes

IMAGE GALLERY ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Photos: Kennedy Panorama Thousands pay tribute to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as he lies in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: The Life of Ted Kennedy A timeline on the life of Sen. Edward Kennedy

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Graphic: The Kennedy Family Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has died after battling a brain tumor. He was 77. Kennedy's family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday. For nearly a half-century in the Senate, Kennedy was a dominant voice on health care, civil rights, war and peace, and more. To the American public, though, he was best known as the last surviving brother of a storied political family.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: Michael Jackson The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely criminal charges will be filed against the doctor who was with the pop star when he died.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: S.C. Governor Mark Sanford South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford took dozens of undisclosed flights on private planes since taking office in 2003 despite a state law requiring him to report who paid for the travel, an Associated Press investigation has found.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: Michael Vick Michael Vick is back in the NFL, landing a job with the Philadelphia Eagles. Vick, who served 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, signed less than three weeks after he was conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

MULTIMEDIA MAP ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Global Storm Tracker AP's storm tracker

IMAGE GALLERY ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Interactive: Freed U.S. Journalists Former President Bill Clinton spent less than 24 hours in North Korea, arriving Tuesday morning on an unmarked plane on a visit that was not announced by Pyongyang or Washington and leaving the following morning. With him on his return were American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who flew home Wednesday in a dramatic end to their 140-day ordeal in North Korean custody after being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

INTERACTIVE ~ AUGUST 2009 AP Timeline: North Korea Update North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a "special pardon" freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea's official news agency announced Wednesday.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JULY 2009 AP Timeline: Walter Cronkite The death of Walter Cronkite elicited tributes from colleagues, presidents past and present, world-famous astronauts and those who hoped in vain to fill his empty anchor chair, all honoring the avuncular face of TV journalism who became the "most trusted man in America."

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Timeline: Iranian History Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of Iran's capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said. An updated interactive graphic featuring a timeline of Iran's recent history has been posted.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Interactive: Palin Resigning A timeline surveying Palin's career

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Interactive: Jackson Memorial Coverage This player includes several interactives on Michael Jackson's death and will include a link to live video coverage, which begins at 11:30 a.m. Eastern (8:30 a.m. Pacific) Tuesday. PLEASE NOTE: This interactive is smaller than our standard size for interactives. It is 470x455 pixels.

INTERACTIVE ~ JULY 2009 AP Interactive: Obama Interview President Barack Obama sat for a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press Thursday, July 2.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JULY 2009 AP Photos: Steve McNair Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Saturday in a downtown condominium.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Audio: Michael Jackson 911 call A 911 caller seeking help for Michael Jackson told an emergency operator that only a personal physician had seen what happened, and an ambulance was urgently needed because resuscitation efforts weren't working.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Interactive: Michael Jackson Word of Michael‚s Jackson's death jolted nearly everyone, from a young man in Colombia who was named after the King of Pop, to Malaysians who named a soy drink for him, to a generation of people around the world who have tried, in vain, to moonwalk.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Graphics: Iran Timeline Police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ MAY 2009 LSU/Southern Graduations, May 15, 2009 Both LSU and Southern graduated students on Friday, May 15, 2009, with ceremonies on both campuses.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ APRIL 2009 AP Photos: Swine Flu Surgical Masks Many people use surgical masks to prevent the spread of the Swine Flu, which has become dangerously close to being a worldwide epidemic.

INTERACTIVE ~ APRIL 2009 AP Timeline: Swine Flu: Chronology The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent.

INTERACTIVE ~ APRIL 2009 AP Graphic: Swine Flu Possible swine flu cases surfaced in Europe and New Zealand after the virus sickened more than 1,400 people in North America and killed 86 in Mexico.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ MARCH 2009 St. Patrick's Day Parade 2009 Revelers from around Baton Rouge braved the rainy weather to dress in green, drink green-tinted beverages and catch a few green-tinted beads. Photographer Travis Spradling was there to photograph it.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ MARCH 2009 Photos: 3 killed in Livingston plane crash Three people died after a small plane crashed in a wooded area in southeastern Louisiana, authorities said. The Cessna 182 went down just before midnight Friday in a heavily wooded area west of Independence, said Perry Rushing of the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ FEBRUARY 2009 Photos: Spanish Town Mardi Gras Advocate photographers take a look at the 2009 Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade. The parade rolled through downtown and the city's historic Spanish Town neighborhood near the State Capital complex.

INTERACTIVE ~ JANUARY 2009 AP Interactive: Guantanamo Timeline WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama put his own clear stamp on U.S. national security policy on Thursday, ordering Guantanamo prison camp closed within a year, naming new envoys to the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcoming Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help forge new global strategies.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JANUARY 2009 AP Photos: Inauguration Crowd More than 1 million people crammed onto the National Mall and along the inauguration parade route Tuesday to celebrate the swearing-in of the nation's first black president in what was one of the largest-ever gatherings in the nation's capital.

INTERACTIVE ~ JANUARY 2009 AP Photos: Obama Inauguration Photos from around the United States and the world show the public's reactions to President Obama's inauguration.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JANUARY 2009 AP Photos: Obama's MLK Day WASHINGTON - Barack Obama stood at the threshold of the White House on Monday, summoning fellow Americans to join him in service as tens of thousands flocked to the nation's capital to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JANUARY 2009 AP Photos: New York Plane Crash NEW YORK _ A US Airways pilot ditched his disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a collision with a flock of birds apparently knocked out both engines, but rescuers pulled all 155 people on board into boats as the plane sank, authorities say. There were no immediate reports of any serious injuries.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JANUARY 2009 Photo Gallery: Helicopter Crash Eight people were killed Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 when a helicopter transporting oilfield workers went down in western Terrebonne Parish, about 100 miles southwest of New Orleans.

INTERACTIVE ~ DECEMBER 2008 AP: Illinois Governor Arrested Illinois' attorney general on Thursday threatened to go to the state Supreme Court to have embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn't resign soon or get impeached by the Legislature.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ DECEMBER 2008 Advocate Photos: Snowfall in Baton Rouge Area residents woke up to a rare sight -- snowfall. Here's a look at some of the pictures from around Baton Rouge, even before daylight.

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