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One-eyed cat had medical condition
Jan 10 2006 11:58PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little skepticism when it turned up on various Web sites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.
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Bar that burned in Ohio riot won't reopen
Jan 10 2006 11:53PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - The owner of an old neighborhood bar that was torched by rioters protesting a neo-Nazi group's planned march said he doesn't plan to reopen.
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Fla. bank standoff ends; Hostage rescued
Jan 10 2006 11:40PM (CT)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - A 10-hour standoff with two armed bank robbers ended Tuesday when police fatally shot one suspect and arrested the other, authorities said. Four hostages were unharmed.
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Pa. factory rocked by another explosion
Jan 10 2006 11:28PM (CT)
GLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) - People living within three miles of a factory rocked by an explosion Tuesday night were told to stay inside and keep windows and doors shut as authorities feared harmful chemicals could be released into the air by the resulting fire.
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Woman allegedly confines 3 adopted kids
Jan 10 2006 11:25PM (CT)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - The owner of a daycare center was arrested for allegedly confining three of her adopted children, including forcing one to sleep in a small cupboard, authorities said Tuesday.
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Police: Schwarzenegger riding illegally
Jan 10 2006 11:07PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his motorcycle illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Los Angeles neighborhood, police said Tuesday.
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Calif. school sued over evolution class
Jan 10 2006 11:05PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A rural high school teaching a religion-based alternative to evolution was sued Tuesday by a group of parents who said the class should be stopped because it violates the U.S. Constitution.
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Border barriers to be put in Ariz., N.M.
Jan 10 2006 10:40PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Federal officials will begin installing steel pole barriers this month to stop drug and migrant smugglers from driving through what have been high-traffic corridors along sections of the Mexican border in Arizona and New Mexico.
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New York U. gets cookbook collection
Jan 10 2006 10:33PM (CT)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Stony Brook University said it has received a donation of 2,626 Chinese cookbooks _ reputedly the largest such collection in the world.
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New Orleans mayor: City open for filming
Jan 10 2006 10:28PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - New Orleans has a long way to go to recover from the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, but that shouldn't scare Hollywood off from filming in the Big Easy.
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Two plead guilty in wiretapping probe
Jan 10 2006 10:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Beverly Hills police officer and the ex-wife of actor Keith Carradine pleaded guilty to federal charges in a wiretapping investigation that authorities said involves imprisoned Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano.
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Judge rules against model in panties flap
Jan 10 2006 10:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model was blocked from launching a line of women's underwear called "SEXY LITTLE THINGS" when a judge ruled that Victoria's Secret could sue her for trademark infringement.
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Roof collapses at Ky. mine, killing one
Jan 10 2006 10:11PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Part of the roof collapsed Tuesday at a coal mine in eastern Kentucky, killing one miner, a state official said.
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La. woman files governor recall petition
Jan 10 2006 10:01PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Republican who says she has never worked on a political campaign filed documents Tuesday launching a drive to oust Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who was harshly criticized for her response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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New Yorker seeks Italian parliament seat
Jan 10 2006 10:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Dom Serafini hits the campaign trail, he stumps from Panama to Alaska in a district four times the size of Europe.
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Probe may postpone La. taped beating trial
Jan 10 2006 9:56PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The district attorney's office launched an investigation into the videotaped beating of a man by three New Orleans police officers to determine if the charges against them should be upgraded.
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Penn. egg farm hit with cruelty charges
Jan 10 2006 9:48PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - In a case animal rights activists say may be the first of its kind, a Pennsylvania egg farm was charged with animal cruelty in the wake of a videotape showing hens allegedly impaled by cage wires and living among decomposing chickens.
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Ex-embassy driver admits smuggling aliens
Jan 10 2006 9:41PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former driver for the Saudi Embassy in Washington pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling aliens into the United States.
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Calif. police seek man in Starbucks case
Jan 10 2006 9:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police are seeking a "person of interest" as they investigate an explosive device left in the bathroom of a Starbucks coffee shop.
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Cruise line backs handling of disappeance
Jan 10 2006 9:29PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Four passengers escorted a Connecticut man back to his cabin the night he vanished from his honeymoon cruise in the Mediterranean Sea last summer, ship officials said Tuesday.
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Woman, 106, caretaker die in apparent pact
Jan 10 2006 9:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A 106-year-old widow and her much younger caretaker died together in an apparent suicide pact at the home they shared, police said.
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Attorney to testify in missing girl case
Jan 10 2006 9:15PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - After a three-year legal battle, a former federal public defender agreed Tuesday to testify about what a former client, now dead, may have told her about the 1999 disappearance of a 9-year-old girl.
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Police fatally shoot Mass. teen driver
Jan 10 2006 9:15PM (CT)
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Police shot and killed a 16-year-old boy early Tuesday after he drove a car at them while fleeing the scene of a possible burglary attempt, authorities said.
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New Orleans dreams big in rebuilding plan
Jan 10 2006 9:14PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This city is dreaming big as it puts together a blueprint for its rebirth in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, considering such audacious ideas as re-creating a long-gone jazz district, building a network of bike paths and commuter rail lines, and establishing a top-flight school system.
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Family learns miners tried to escape
Jan 10 2006 9:13PM (CT)
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - The men trapped inside the Sago Mine tried to bulldoze their way out in a mine car before following their training and barricading themselves behind a makeshift protective curtain, according to the family of the disaster's sole survivor.
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Schwarzenegger proposes ambitious budget
Jan 10 2006 9:03PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - With California's tax revenues surging ahead of expectations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed an ambitious spending plan Tuesday that is 7 percent higher than the current fiscal year's and would not raise taxes.
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Retired Times reporter's death a homicide
Jan 10 2006 8:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The death of retired New York Times reporter David E. Rosenbaum was ruled a homicide Tuesday, as the District of Columbia medical examiner confirmed he had died from blunt force trauma to the head.
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Vt. judge criticized for molester sentence
Jan 10 2006 8:07PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A judge is under fire for sentencing a man to 60 days in prison for molesting a girl beginning when she was 6 years old.
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N.Y. governor proposes $80M to rebuild WTC
Jan 10 2006 8:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday proposed spending $80 million to construct a visitors center on the World Trade Center site, marking the first time state government has offered money to help rebuild any of the 16 acres of ground zero.
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Mo. student receives apology over kilt
Jan 10 2006 5:43PM (CT)
JACKSON, Mo. (AP) - School officials have apologized to a teenager who was ordered to change clothes after he wore a kilt to a school dance.
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Distraction weighed in N.J. police plunge
Jan 10 2006 5:38PM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - A man has been charged with filing a false report that authorities said distracted police on an open drawbridge, hindering them from stopping an emergency vehicle that plunged off the span. The vehicle carried two officers to their deaths.
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Judge frees $60M in fast-food family funds
Jan 10 2006 5:08PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A judge on Tuesday released $60 million in assets that had been frozen for seven years as part of a legal feud within the Guatemalan family who controls a chain of fried chicken restaurants.
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Jury picked in Geoghan's jailhouse slaying
Jan 10 2006 5:01PM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A jury was seated Tuesday for the murder trial of an inmate in the jailhouse strangling of John Geoghan, the child-molesting priest at the center of the sex scandal in the Boston Archdiocese.
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Fuss opens ethics session in Tenn. Senate
Jan 10 2006 4:51PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The special session on ethics got off to a rocky start in the Senate Tuesday with one lawmaker and Lt. Gov. John Wilder sparring over a reference to Christianity in opening prayer.
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Clinton surprises troops back from Iraq
Jan 10 2006 4:47PM (CT)
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton surprised U.S. troops arriving from Iraq when a refueling stop for his private plane at the Bangor International Airport coincided with the arrival of two flights carrying soldiers.
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Vassar College names new president
Jan 10 2006 3:53PM (CT)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - Economist and college administrator Catharine B. Hill was named the 10th president of Vassar College on Tuesday.
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Seattle nearing record for rainy days
Jan 10 2006 3:50PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Tuesday was the 23rd consecutive day of measurable rain as Seattle nears a record notable even in this city famous for its wet, gray weather.
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Man gets 2 life terms for rape, stabbing
Jan 10 2006 3:46PM (CT)
WALLACE, Idaho (AP) - A man who raped and stabbed his 12-year-old daughter and left her for dead has been sentenced to two life prison terms without chance of parole after she read an angry statement to him in court.
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Conn. contractor, DOT workers surrender
Jan 10 2006 3:14PM (CT)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) - Five employees of the state Department of Transportation and a contractor were charged Tuesday in a bid-rigging investigation that prosecutors called the latest effort to root out corruption from former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration.
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Another inmate escapes from Miami jail
Jan 10 2006 2:52PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - An inmate apparently scaled at least one razor-wire fence and escaped Tuesday from the same jail complex where an accused serial rapist used tied-up bed sheets to flee last month, police said.
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S.F. police investigating Starbucks bomb
Jan 10 2006 2:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police say they are pursuing leads in their search for the person who put a bomb in the bathroom of a Starbucks, forcing the evacuation of about 100 people from a four-block area. No one was injured.
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Muscle cars make thundering comeback
Jan 10 2006 1:11PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Automakers will be flexing some muscle at this year's North American International Auto Show, with a slew of performance cars that harken back to the V-8-charged glory days of the 1960s and early '70s.
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Decision to repatriate Cubans criticized
Jan 10 2006 12:50PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Cuban-American community activists and politicians lambasted the U.S. government's decision to repatriate 15 Cubans picked up from the base of an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys.
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Doctors upbeat after Iraqi baby's surgery
Jan 10 2006 9:57AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Iraqi infant known as Baby Noor rested comfortably and was smiling and cooing and after the first of at least three operations needed to correct her severe birth defect, a doctor said Tuesday.
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Suspects in Richmond slayings sent to Va.
Jan 10 2006 8:20AM (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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N.J. lawmakers suspend death penalty
Jan 10 2006 7:47AM (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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Ferry pilot apologizes for 2003 crash
Jan 10 2006 3:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The pilot who passed out at the helm of a ferry moments before a deadly 2003 crash delivered an impassioned apology to the families affected by the wreck that killed 11 people, saying at his sentencing that he is prepared to face his punishment.
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Hawaii groups to settle artifacts dispute
Jan 10 2006 1:07AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaiian groups entangled in a dispute over native artifacts obtained from a museum and then buried have agreed to try to settle the case outside of court, one of the groups said Monday.
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Colorado bans open fires after wildfires
Jan 10 2006 1:05AM (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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Service held after Chicago church fire
Jan 10 2006 12:40AM (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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Ex-archbishop deposed over sex abuse cases
Jan 10 2006 12:30AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A high-ranking Vatican official was deposed for seven hours Monday about how the Portland diocese handled priest sex abuse allegations during his tenure there.
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Appeals court dismisses Flowers' lawsuit
Jan 10 2006 12:12AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court Monday dismissed a defamation lawsuit that Gennifer Flowers filed against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and two former advisers to former President Clinton.
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Arizona proposes $100M immigration plan
Jan 10 2006 12:06AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Janet Napolitano on Monday proposed spending $100 million in state money to fight illegal immigration, including a crackdown on businesses that intentionally hire illegal immigrants.
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