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Minneapolis police officer returning medal
Jan 19 2006 11:43PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis police officer said Thursday that he would return a medal for bravery he received for a 1990 incident in which he shot and killed a teenager.
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Fire erupts in W.Va. mine; two missing
Jan 19 2006 11:35PM (CT)
MELLVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A fire erupted in an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia late Thursday and two workers were unaccounted for, authorities said.
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S.F. mayor says conductors pocket fares
Jan 19 2006 11:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom has accused some of the city's cable car conductors of pocketing fares, stirring the ire of the union representing them.
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Lawyers seek to halt deportations to Haiti
Jan 19 2006 11:12PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Attorneys for hundreds of Haitian immigrants nationwide on Thursday asked judges to halt deportation proceedings to avoid returning their clients to a country wracked by political turmoil, violence and devastating natural disasters.
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Mother makes appeal to reporter's captors
Jan 19 2006 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mother of abducted American reporter Jill Carroll appealed for her daughter's release Thursday, hours before her captors' deadline, saying the 28-year-old is a woman of deep conviction who respects the Iraqi people.
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'American Taliban' father urges clemency
Jan 19 2006 10:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After years of silence, the father of American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh called on President Bush on Thursday to grant clemency to his son, who he says was wrongly maligned as a traitor and murderer.
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Former FEMA director shoulders some blame
Jan 19 2006 10:47PM (CT)
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown has blamed everyone from the New Orleans mayor to the Louisiana governor for the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. Now, he's including himself.
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Firefighter charged with arson in Nevada
Jan 19 2006 10:46PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A firefighter was indicted Thursday on federal arson charges for three wildfires that burned hundreds of acres of national forest in central Nevada this summer.
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Three indicted in Ohio nuclear plant case
Jan 19 2006 10:42PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted two former nuclear power plant employees and a contractor Thursday on charges of hiding information about serious damage to a reactor from regulators.
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Man pleads guilty in fatal border crash
Jan 19 2006 10:21PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A driver accused of plowing through a family at a border crossing pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Woman sentenced in milkshake poisonings
Jan 19 2006 10:17PM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A suburban Detroit woman accused of poisoning her husband and son by lacing their milkshakes with prescription drugs was sentenced Thursday to up to 30 years in prison.
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Soldier may have violated Geneva rules
Jan 19 2006 10:11PM (CT)
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - A forensic expert testified Thursday in the trial of an American soldier charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi general, saying the general died from a pre-existing heart condition and stress from being detained.
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Prosecutors to subpoena reporters in Ill.
Jan 19 2006 9:59PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors in the racketeering and fraud case against former Gov. George Ryan said Thursday that they plan to subpoena two reporters as last-minute witnesses before resting their four-month-long case next week.
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Rev. Jackson denies threatening minister
Jan 19 2006 9:48PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson denied on the witness stand Thursday that he threatened or encouraged violence against a conservative black minister who claimed he was roughed up during a 2001 confrontation with Jackson and his son.
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La. governor presents post-storm planners
Jan 19 2006 9:25PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A "dream team" of thinkers, researchers and urban planners will shape the rebuilding of Louisiana cities and towns after the destruction caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Thursday.
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Legislatures to weigh classroom politics
Jan 19 2006 9:11PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Christian DeJohn returned from a National Guard tour in Bosnia only to fight his own war with academics at Temple University who he says have held up his master's thesis because of political conflicts in the classroom.
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Family, friends mourn Fla. teen shot dead
Jan 19 2006 8:58PM (CT)
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Through sobs, classmates Thursday remembered a quiet 15-year-old who endured bullying and teasing at school before he died there, shot by a deputy while brandishing a realistic-looking pellet gun.
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25 years later, ex-Iran hostages reunite
Jan 19 2006 8:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Americans who were held hostage in Iran reunited Thursday, saying current events in the Middle East remind them of their ordeal a quarter-century ago.
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Attacks on homeless reported nationwide
Jan 19 2006 8:29PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A string of beatings of three homeless men in Fort Lauderdale in a single night last week has cast a spotlight on a brand of crime activists say has practically become sport among young people around the country.
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Union, coal company sitting out interviews
Jan 19 2006 8:28PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A dispute between the owner of the Sago Mine and the United Mine Workers has led both sides to refrain from sitting in on interviews by state and federal officials investigating this month's fatal explosion at the coal mine.
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Clinton library prepares to open records
Jan 19 2006 8:17PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Researchers can start requesting any of the millions of presidential records at Bill Clinton's library Friday, the fifth anniversary of his departure from the White House.
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Former President Ford remains hospitalized
Jan 19 2006 7:56PM (CT)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former President Gerald R. Ford remained hospitalized Thursday to undergo more therapy for pneumonia, his chief of staff said.
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Prosecutor says Fortier has paid his debt
Jan 19 2006 7:46PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A member of the team that prosecuted Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the Oklahoma City bombing says he thinks it is appropriate that the star witness in the case is about to be released.
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More tests planned for comatose Mass. girl
Jan 19 2006 7:43PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - After winning a legal battle to remove a severely beaten and comatose 11-year-old from life support, state officials are now looking closely for signs of improvement from the girl, who is breathing on her own.
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Paper shutters blog after ombudsman post
Jan 19 2006 7:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Post shut down one of its blogs Thursday after the newspaper's ombudsman raised the ire of readers by writing that lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to the Democrats as well as to Republicans.
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Man up Fla. tower demands info on brother
Jan 19 2006 7:28PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man who believes his brother disappeared on a secret anti-Castro mission in 1962 climbed a radio tower Thursday and appealed for information from the U.S government.
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Schwarzenegger did have valid registration
Jan 19 2006 7:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - At least he remembered the registration. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's most famous unlicensed motorcyclist, had an up-to-date registration for the Harley-Davidson he was driving when he collided with a car earlier this month.
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Jurors to decide political vandalism case
Jan 19 2006 6:42PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Witness testimony, cell phone records and other evidence show that five Democratic campaign workers punctured tires on vehicles Republicans intended to use to get out the vote on Election Day 2004, a prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments Thursday.
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GOP emphasizes border security
Jan 19 2006 6:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans on Thursday strengthened an immigration resolution that is likely to be considered by the national party, calling for better border security before establishing a guest worker program.
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Man dies after dog falls on car in Mich.
Jan 19 2006 5:51PM (CT)
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) - A dog apparently fell from a freeway overpass and crashed through a car windshield, fatally injuring the driver, police said Thursday.
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Most allowed home after Ala. train mishap
Jan 19 2006 5:46PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Ala. (AP) - Wreckage from the fiery crash of a train carrying sodium cyanide continued to burn Thursday, but no hazardous chemicals were detected in the air, and most nearby residents were allowed to return home.
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Governors object to National Guard cuts
Jan 19 2006 5:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Governors Association urged the Pentagon on Thursday to reconsider its proposal to reduce the number of National Guard combat brigades.
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Regulators approve Mass. town LNG terminal
Jan 19 2006 4:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators said Thursday they won't reconsider their approval of a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the heart of Fall River, Mass., though city and state officials say it would pose a safety risk.
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Cadets stranded in Va. after ship fails
Jan 19 2006 3:36PM (CT)
BOURNE, Mass. (AP) - Hundreds of cadets from Massachusetts Maritime Academy were stranded in Virginia after their training ship broke down _ the second time the costly, taxpayer-funded vessel has broken down in as many voyages.
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DNA links Ohio felon to 1994 slaying
Jan 19 2006 3:22PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man convicted in a child-support case three years ago is now charged with murder after a DNA sample, required under a new state law for convicted felons, was matched to the 1994 killing of a college freshman.
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Addresses of La. missing to be rechecked
Jan 19 2006 3:13PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The police and fire departments are being asked to recheck about 400 Louisiana addresses where authorities have consistent information about residents missing since Hurricane Katrina.
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Miami couple pleads not guilty to spying
Jan 19 2006 3:10PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A college professor and his administrator wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they secretly acted as agents for Cuba's communist government.
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Tougher penalties sought for DWI suspects
Jan 19 2006 2:59PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - States are trying to toughen penalties for suspected drunken drivers who refuse to take a breath test, arguing motorists too often get a milder penalty than if they had provided evidence that could convict them.
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L.A. scraps $11 billion airport plan
Jan 19 2006 2:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The City Council has agreed to scrap an $11 billion plan to modernize Los Angeles International Airport as part of a settlement with neighboring communities that had opposed the project.
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Va. station burns while firefighters out
Jan 19 2006 2:21PM (CT)
BLOXOM, Va. (AP) - Volunteer firefighters in this small town were battling a house fire when they got a second call _ that their own firehouse was ablaze.
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Ex-cheerleader pleads guilty
Jan 19 2006 1:25PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A former Carolina Panthers cheerleader got six months probation for her role in a bathroom brawl sparked by accusations that she was having sex with another cheerleader.
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Denver pot charges dropped on technicality
Jan 19 2006 12:45PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Citing a faulty police search, prosecutors have dropped the first marijuana case filed since city voters legalized small amounts of the drug for adults.
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Religion news in brief
Jan 19 2006 12:27PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI told followers of a Catholic evangelizing community to adopt new Vatican norms on celebrating Mass, saying adherence to the rules would bring them gifts from God.
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Religion today
Jan 19 2006 12:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Far from home, five American missionaries died in brutal fashion: speared and hacked to death by tribesman in the dense jungles of Ecuador.
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Longtime Cisneros probe comes to close
Jan 19 2006 12:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The independent counsel who investigated former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros charged in his final report Thursday that the Clinton administration thwarted his work, drawing the curtain on the longest-ever probe under a post-Watergate era reform law.
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Attorney says Calif. engineer is no spy
Jan 19 2006 12:06PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Attorneys for a Chinese American engineer accused of trying to send military secrets to China say he had documents related to power technology but to not weaponry or nuclear advances, as the government claimed.
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Reporter's mother makes emotional appeal
Jan 19 2006 11:06AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A day before a deadline set by captors, the mother of American reporter Jill Carroll pleaded for her release Thursday, saying "they picked the wrong person" because her daughter "has worked so hard to show the sufferings of Iraqis to the world."
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Search for N.C. tugboat crew suspended
Jan 19 2006 11:02AM (CT)
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - The Coast Guard on Thursday stopped searching for a sailor who had been missing more than a day after a tugboat sank in high seas off the North Carolina coast.
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Killer attempts suicide in Ind. jail cell
Jan 19 2006 10:36AM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man sentenced to life in prison for murdering three teens and burying their bodies in a basement tried to hang himself Thursday morning in his jail cell, officials said.
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San Francisco area rents back up
Jan 19 2006 9:41AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After four years of decreases triggered by the slumping technology job market, apartment rents in the San Francisco Bay area rebounded in 2005, according to a survey being released Thursday.
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Passer-by saves girl from sinking car
Jan 19 2006 7:03AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A 15-year-old girl was rescued from a car that sank in Ala Wai Harbor but the passer-by who saved her was unable to rescue her grandfather, authorities said.
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Chertoff: Mexico troop reports overblown
Jan 19 2006 4:34AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Reports of Mexican soldiers frequently crossing onto U.S. soil are overblown, and many of the incidents are just mistakes, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
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Three UCLA board members resign
Jan 19 2006 4:29AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former congressman is among three people who have quit the advisory board of a conservative alumni group at the University of California, Los Angeles, after it offered students money to police professors accused of pushing liberal views.
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Governors 'compete' for landmarks in Ark.
Jan 19 2006 4:15AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - From Huckabee Lake to Clinton Avenue, the state's top political figures _ also known as Mike and Bill _ are neck-and-neck when it comes to having things named after them in their home state.
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Emergency dispatcher dies in Texas
Jan 19 2006 2:50AM (CT)
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - An emergency dispatcher found herself with a crisis of her own when a fellow dispatcher passed out while taking a call and later died.
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