Here are some of the AP Video-US stories we're working on for 09/12/2012.
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SEMINARY TRAINING FOR INMATES - A small, prison-based seminary training program called The Urban Ministry Institute is reaching hundreds of inmates in California. The course prepares inmates to start churches or continue theology studies upon their release.
ETHANOL RAIL TANKERS VULNERABLE - For more than 20 years, the federal government and the rail industry have known that one of the nation's most common types of tanker car, the DOT-111, used by various companies, has major design flaws.
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U.S. EMBASSY ATTACK IN LIBYA
Already Posted EMBASSY BECOMES CAMPAIGN ISSUE - GOP challenger Mitt Romney is attacking President Obama's handling of the attacks on U.S. embassies that led to the deaths of the top envoy in Libya and three other Americans. MUSLIM ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION: LIBYA ATTACK 'INEXCUSABLE' - The Council on American-Islamic Relations along with other Muslim organizations spoke on Capitol Hill to condemn both the killings of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats and the attack on the American embassy in Egypt. OBAMA: LIBYA KILLERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE - President Obama strongly condemned Tuesday's attacks against the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. He says the killers will be brought to justice. REID: 'DISTURBED, SADDENED' BY CONSULATE DEATHS - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said he was disturbed and saddened by the news of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. ROMNEY STANDS BY OBAMA CRITICISM ON LIBYA - Republican Mitt Romney defended his assailing of the Obama administration's handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions. OBAMA: U.S. CONDEMNS LIBYA CONSULATE ATTACK - President Obama is condemning in the 'strongest possible terms' an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the American ambassador. CLINTON: LIBYA ATTACK SHOULD SHOCK THE WORLD - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in eastern Libya should 'shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world.'
CHICAGO TEACHERS STRIKE - Negotiations remain at a standstill between the Chicago Teacher's Union and city officials. Hundreds of thousands of children and their families have had to deal with the consequences of the strike, which is going into its third day.
APPLE ANNOUNCEMENT - Apple has unveiled the iPhone 5, and says it's thinner and lighter than the previous model, even though it has a bigger screen.
WHAT NASA IS LOOKING FOR ON MARS - A top NASA scientist explains what the agency is looking for as it scours the Martian landscape in search for signs of water.
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MS, MAN CHARGED IN BUTTOCKS IMPLANT DEATH - A Mississippi man who dresses and lives as a woman has been charged with depraved-heart murder after performing an illegal buttocks implant that killed a Georgia woman.
ID, NOTRE DAME TO ACC IN ALL SPORTS BUT FOOTBALL - Notre Dame is moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference, yet keeping its football independence. The school's president and athletic director joined ACC leaders for a news conference announcing the Irish's move from the Big East.
NY, WORLD'S TALLEST MOHAWK - Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe is showing off his 3 foot, 8.6 inch 'mohawk', which he has been growing for 15 years. The Guinness World Records 2013 is heralding in its newest edition with Watanabe's unique hair.
MD, RAVENS OWNER MODELL REMEMBERED FONDLY AT FUNERAL - Thousands turned out for the funeral of former Browns and Ravens owner Art Modell, including linebacker Ray Lewis. Modell was one of the NFL's most polarizing owners. Cleveland fans never forgave him for moving his club to Baltimore.
DC, WHITE HOUSE BIG DIG ENDING, WEST WING RE-EMERGES - As the massive underground construction project in front of the White House West Wing ends, the mystery deepens as to what was actually built there and what is coming next.
NV, THUNDERSTORMS SLAM SOUTHWEST - Thunderstorms and heavy rain hit the Southwest Tuesday, flooding the streets of Las Vegas and many desert communities.
WY, WYOMING FIRE BURNS 24 SQUARE MILES - Wyoming's Casper Mountain fire has destroyed seven homes and burned 24 square miles. The Horsethief fire near Jackson Hole has burned four square miles.
SD, DEADLY STANDOFF IN SOUTH DAKOTA SALON - A man took his two young children from a babysitter's home at gunpoint then apparently killed himself inside a hair salon after officers found an employee shot to death in a car in the salon parking lot.
AK, FISHERMAN RESCUED AFTER NIGHT ADRIFT IN FISH BIN - The Coast Guard rescued 19-year-old fisherman Ryan Harris, after he spent a night adrift off Alaska in a 4x4 fish bin. He got into the plastic bin when his boat sank. A second fisherman was also rescued.
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EXTERIORS OF U.S. CONSULATE FOLLOWING ATTACK IN LIBYA - U.S. Officials said some 50 Marines were being sent to Libya to reinforce security at U.S. diplomatic facilities in the aftermath of an attack in the eastern city of Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff.
ANTI-U.S. OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY CAIRO - Dozens of Egyptians continued to protest outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo against an anti-Islam movie produced in California.
PALESTINIANS BURN AMERICAN FLAGS IN PROTEST - A crowd of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip burned U.S. flags and chanted 'Death to America' in protest against an American film that mocks the Muslim Prophet Muhammed.
RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR RELEASE OF JAILED PUNK BAND - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called for three members of the punk band Pussy Riot to be freed, saying further prison time would be 'unproductive.'
ISRAEL-IRAN RELATIONS - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says peaceful methods against Iran are not working, and he has warned repeatedly that Iran is getting perilously close to acquiring a nuclear weapon.
US TALKS WITH NORTH KOREA - U.S. and South Korea are holding a second round of Korea-US Integrated Defense Dialogue talks with North Korea, with cyber defense among the issues on the agenda.
PAKISTAN FIRES - The death toll from a pair of devastating factory fires that broke out in Pakistan's two biggest cities has risen to nearly 300 people.
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X FACTOR PREMIERE - Pop star Britney Spears attended the Season Two premiere of 'The X Factor' in Los Angeles.
NEWELL ON 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS' - Mike Newell presented his new film 'Great Expectations' at the Toronto International Film Festival.
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK - Oscar de la Renta kept his collection modern with latex and leather while maintaining his position as the godfather of uptown style. From the triangular cleavage cutouts to the plunging V-necklines, Narciso Rodriguez used pointed shapes throughout his runway show.
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GERMAN ELECTRONICS TO GO GREEN - Electronics and conservation experts from all over the world are in Germany to discuss how to make electronics more environmentally friendly, and how they might be used to save energy and resources. The talks are part of the Electronic Goes Green (EGG) conference taking place in Berlin.
INDIA: CONTROVERSIAL GEL UNDER FIRE AFTER TV CAMPAIGN - A television commercial for a gel that claims to make a woman feel like a virgin again has sparked a furious debate in India. The manufacturers of the vagina tightening gel claim its use empowers women. But medical professionals doubt it works and social activists feel the ad campaign fuels India's obsession with female virginity.
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