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Body on I-95 hit by passing vehicles
Jan 9 2006 11:00PM (CT)
WATERLOO, Md. (AP) - A body found on Interstate 95 on Monday was struck several times by passing vehicles, and the drivers who hit it didn't stop, police said.
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Judge blocks timber sales in three states
Jan 9 2006 10:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A federal judge who struck down a Bush administration decision to ease logging restrictions last summer issued an injunction Monday blocking as many as 144 timber sales in three states.
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Mine accident probe starts taking shape
Jan 9 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - As the investigation into the Sago Mine disaster took shape Monday, the best hope for firsthand details about the explosion and its aftermath lay in critical condition, fighting a fever.
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Investigators: Torches started church fire
Jan 9 2006 10:26PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fire investigators on Monday said heating torches being used by renovation crews caused the blaze that destroyed a landmark church known as the birthplace of gospel music.
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NTSB says both wings cracked on seaplane
Jan 9 2006 10:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The seaplane that crashed off Miami Beach last month, killing all 20 people aboard, had fatigue cracks in both wings, a preliminary federal report said Monday.
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Court upholds man's mandatory sentence
Jan 9 2006 10:06PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the mandatory 55-year prison sentence given to a man convicted of carrying a handgun during three marijuana deals.
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Ferry pilot gets 18 months for NYC crash
Jan 9 2006 9:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The pilot at the helm of a Staten Island ferry during a 2003 crash that killed 11 people was sentenced Monday to a harsher-than-expected 18 months in prison. The city's former ferry director was sentenced to one year in prison.
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Covington Diocese abuse case payout drops
Jan 9 2006 9:49PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The Covington Diocese could pay at least $35 million less to sex abuse victims than it had earlier pledged, attorneys said Monday as they announced a new deal that caps the church's payout at $85 million.
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Prof, wife accused of being Cuban agents
Jan 9 2006 9:48PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Florida college professor and his wife, a university administrator, were accused in federal court Monday of using their academic positions for decades as cover to spy on Americans for Cuba's communist government.
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Two said tied to slayings returning to Va.
Jan 9 2006 9:48PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two men arrested in Philadelphia in the killings of seven people were sent back to Virginia on Monday to face murder conspiracy charges.
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15 Cubans who got to Fla. bridge sent home
Jan 9 2006 9:47PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Fifteen Cubans who fled their homeland and landed on an abandoned bridge piling in the Florida Keys were returned to their homeland Monday after U.S. officials concluded that the structure did not constitute dry land.
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AP Newsbreak: Family-planning leader named
Jan 9 2006 9:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cecile Richards, a veteran political activist and daughter of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, was named Monday as the new president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, taking over at a crucial time for America's abortion-rights movement.
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Yates pleads not guilty in child deaths
Jan 9 2006 9:28PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Andrea Yates pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her children Monday as she made her first court appearance since her 2002 capital murder convictions were overturned.
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N.J. lawmakers suspend executions
Jan 9 2006 9:19PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers voted Monday to suspend executions while a task force studies the fairness and costs of imposing the death penalty.
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UNICEF: Belafonte spoke as private citizen
Jan 9 2006 8:54PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. children's agency said singer Harry Belafonte was speaking as a private citizen, not a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, when he called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world."
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Colorado bans open fires after wildfires
Jan 9 2006 8:42PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Owens banned open fires on much of the state's land Monday after watching flames scorch thousands of acres over the weekend and warm, dry weather put wide swaths of the Plains at risk unusually early in the year.
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Schwarzenegger injured in motorcycle crash
Jan 9 2006 7:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Recalling his days as one Hollywood's most popular action heroes, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday a weekend accident won't stop him from riding motorcycles.
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Dillard U. students start school in style
Jan 9 2006 7:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Free cable TV, rooms with a view and twice-a-week maid service _ the New Orleans Hilton Riverside trumps a stay in a dormitory any day, say Dillard University students who started their first day of classes at the upscale hotel Monday.
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Jury selection under way in priest slaying
Jan 9 2006 6:15PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Jury selection got under way Monday for the trial of a prison inmate accused of killing convicted pedophile priest John Geoghan, with some prospects expressing doubts they could be impartial in the highly publicized case.
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Abducted reporter was living dream in Iraq
Jan 9 2006 6:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Jill Carroll had just been laid off from a newspaper job and decided it was time to fulfill her dream of going to the Middle East to cover a war. Her proud sister has been keeping track of her travels in a blog.
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Police investigate journalist's killing
Jan 9 2006 5:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Police on Monday appealed to the public for help in finding two men sought for questioning in the death of a retired New York Times journalist.
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Eric Anthony Beard, pilot, dies in crash
Jan 9 2006 5:42PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - Eric Anthony Beard, a former NASA engineer and lifelong aviation enthusiast who thrilled crowds around the country as a stunt pilot, was killed in a crash during a routine flight, authorities said.
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Louisiana governor, senators go to Holland
Jan 9 2006 5:08PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco left for Holland on Monday to learn how the Dutch created the huge flood-control system that protects a land much farther below sea level than Louisiana.
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Muslims clash over Oakland liquor stores
Jan 9 2006 4:08PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - They weren't your ordinary thugs. Dressed in bow ties and dark suits, nearly a dozen men carrying metal pipes entered a corner store, shattered refrigerator cases and smashed bottles of liquor, wine and beer, terrifying the clerk but stealing nothing.
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Romney urges GOP to resolve ethical issues
Jan 9 2006 3:53PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Mitt Romney, a potential Republican candidate for president in 2008, said Monday his party should push for more high-level resignations so it can move past the ethics scandal surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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Employee arrested in Wal-Mart bomb threats
Jan 9 2006 3:18PM (CT)
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - A Wal-Mart employee was taken into custody for investigation of bomb threats against company stores in Washington and Oregon in recent weeks, police said.
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Judge upholds N.Y. Muslim terror charges
Jan 9 2006 2:53PM (CT)
ALBANY, New York (AP) - A judge refused Monday to dismiss charges against two Muslims accused of supporting terrorism, saying there was enough evidence to go forward despite defense arguments that the men were entrapped.
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First surgery for Iraqi baby completed
Jan 9 2006 1:24PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Iraqi infant known as Baby Noor underwent surgery Monday for her spinal birth defects, and doctors said the operation, the first of at least three, went well.
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Calif. man dies after setting fire
Jan 9 2006 9:52AM (CT)
DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) - An elderly man apparently upset about a parking dispute died in his burning house after trying to set fire to two of his neighbors' homes using "homemade bombs," authorities said.
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Trial to begin for alleged Iraqi agent
Jan 9 2006 4:03AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Prosecutors allege Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban tried to broker the sale of information to Iraqi officials shortly before war began to overthrow Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.
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