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Man found guilty of contempt for outbursts
Jan 20 2006 11:37PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of killing an Illinois college student was found guilty of contempt Friday after cursing a judge and repeatedly interrupting during a routine court hearing.
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Bail denied for engineer accused of spying
Jan 20 2006 11:29PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday denied a request to free a Chinese-American engineer accused of trying to send military secrets to China.
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Wash. House passes gay civil rights bill
Jan 20 2006 11:02PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The state House on Friday passed a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, sending the measure to the Senate, where it failed last year by a single vote.
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Testimony unveiled in Siegelman case
Jan 20 2006 10:28PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Gov. Don Siegelman's executive secretary told a grand jury that his boss wanted $500,000 from former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy, who wanted a position on a state health panel in return.
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Crews seek 2 miners deep in W.Va. mine
Jan 20 2006 10:27PM (CT)
MELVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - Rescuers spread out to search a smoky labyrinth for two coal miners Friday after a conveyor belt caught fire deep underground in the second major mining accident in West Virginia in less than three weeks.
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NYC Transit workers reject new contract
Jan 20 2006 10:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city's 33,000 transit workers rejected a new contract by a mere seven votes Friday, raising fears of another crippling strike like the one that brought subways and buses to a standstill a month ago.
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Accused Iraqi agent denies he had secrets
Jan 20 2006 10:23PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana truck driver suspected of trying to sell information to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government testified Friday he never had access to U.S. intelligence secrets, and continued to claim he was a victim of mistaken identity.
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Officers say interrogation rules unclear
Jan 20 2006 9:47PM (CT)
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Three Army officers testified Friday in the trial of an interrogator accused of killing an Iraqi general that guidance on how to question detainees was hard to come by in the first months of the war.
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Calif. gives wrongly convicted man $756G
Jan 20 2006 9:45PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for a toddler's death, now believed to have been an accident, was awarded $756,900 by a state compensation board _ $100 for every day he spent in prison.
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Report: U.S. overpaid $32M in Katrina evac
Jan 20 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill for busing evacuees from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was $32 million more than it should have been, and the government paid it without question, the Transportation Department inspector general said Friday.
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Prominent coroner indicted in Pittsburgh
Jan 20 2006 9:32PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dr. Cyril Wecht, a nationally renowned medical examiner who consulted in the deaths of Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey, was indicted Friday on federal charges of using county employees to campaign for him and handle his private lab work.
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Fortier said released from federal custody
Jan 20 2006 9:08PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trials, was released from federal prison Friday after serving more than 10 years for failing to warn authorities about the plot.
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Father of U.S. reporter begs she be freed
Jan 20 2006 9:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of abducted American reporter Jill Carroll on Friday pleaded with her captors to spare her life "for the betterment of your cause."
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Former priest's alleged killer testifies
Jan 20 2006 7:53PM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The inmate accused of killing pedophile priest John Geoghan took the witness stand Friday, describing years of childhood sexual and physical abuse that his attorneys said helped drive an uncontrollable rage that led to the slaying.
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Man convicted in taped Calif. shooting
Jan 20 2006 7:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who was videotaped shooting a lawyer outside a courthouse three years ago was convicted Friday of attempted murder.
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4 Wis. Democratic campaigners enter pleas
Jan 20 2006 7:20PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Four Democratic presidential campaign workers pleaded no contest Friday to charges that they punctured the tires of 25 vehicles Republicans had intended to use to get out the vote on Election Day 2004. A fifth defendant was acquitted.
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DNA links Ohio felon to 1994 slaying
Jan 20 2006 7:10PM (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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Gay families plan Easter at White House
Jan 20 2006 7:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three months before the annual Easter egg roll at the White House, the usually festive event is already taking on a divisive edge because of plans by gay- and lesbian-led families to turn out en masse in hopes of raising their public profile.
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Md. judge strikes down gay-marriage ban
Jan 20 2006 6:57PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore judge struck down a 33-year-old state law against gay marriage Friday, declaring it violates the Maryland Constitution's guarantee of equal rights.
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Conn. Junior ROTC instructor enters plea
Jan 20 2006 5:56PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A former Junior ROTC instructor has entered a plea that calls for a one- to three-year prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a high school student.
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Family of fatally beaten inmate sues Md.
Jan 20 2006 4:38PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The family of a jail inmate who died after a beating by correctional officers is seeking $130 million in damages from the state in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Friday.
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Home of Ga. police chief is burned down
Jan 20 2006 4:06PM (CT)
MARSHALLVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Several people broke into the police chief's house and burned it down early Friday, a few hours after a man died in police custody, authorities said.
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Bud Post, lottery 'winner,' dies at 66
Jan 20 2006 3:54PM (CT)
FRANKLIN, Pa. (AP) - William "Bud" Post III, who won a $16.2 million jackpot and bitterly called it the "lottery of death" after his life turned sour, has died at 66.
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Two N.J. children found beaten to death
Jan 20 2006 3:43PM (CT)
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A woman abducted from a Jersey shore home where her two sons were found bludgeoned to death managed to escape from her captor and run to a gas station for help, authorities said Friday.
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Countries urged to beef up terror list
Jan 20 2006 3:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - There are not enough names on a list of individuals and companies subject to U.N. sanctions because of associations with al-Qaida and the Taliban, the committee monitoring sanctions said Friday.
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Sisters unveil database of Iranian victims
Jan 20 2006 3:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Ali was a 17-year-old killed after allegedly sympathizing with Iranian opposition groups. Ozra, a married woman, was killed after a charge of adultery. And Bahram, age 50, was executed for being a member of the Baha'i faith.
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Victims of Katrina fall through cracks
Jan 20 2006 2:14PM (CT)
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - After Hurricane Katrina socked the central Gulf Coast, Eldo and Julia Allen watched the news and waited in vain for word from their son in Biloxi, Miss.
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Calif. death penalty moratorium stalled
Jan 20 2006 1:30PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A proposal for a two-year moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California appears permanently stalled for the year after stumbling in a key legislative committee.
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Ex-New Orleans cop indicted for auto theft
Jan 20 2006 1:22PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former New Orleans police officer suspected of stealing a pickup truck from a Cadillac dealership in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury.
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Prosecutor: Immigrants treated like cargo
Jan 20 2006 1:09PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Three people accused in the nation's deadliest human-smuggling attempt treated the illegal immigrants they transported as cargo and hid them in places too outrageous to arouse suspicion, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Ex-soldier avoids prison for son's death
Jan 20 2006 12:15PM (CT)
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) - An Iraq war veteran who pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the death of his 2-year-old son was ordered to pay for the funeral but spared from prison.
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Pa. market pulls meat after pins found
Jan 20 2006 11:57AM (CT)
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - A supermarket pulled thousands of dollars worth of meat from its shelves after discovering that someone had hidden straight pins in food earlier this week.
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Man found dead on New York City subway
Jan 20 2006 11:21AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man was found dead on a New York City subway car during morning rush hour, and his lifeless body may have ridden on the train for about six hours.
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Nuclear plant owner to pay $28M fine
Jan 20 2006 11:11AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Acknowledging that its employees covered up serious damage at a nuclear power plant, the facility's owner has agreed to pay $28 million in fines, restitution and community service projects, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.
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Coroner indicted on fraud, theft
Jan 20 2006 11:05AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dr. Cyril Wecht, a county coroner who has consulted on high-profile deaths from Elvis Presley to JonBenet Ramsey, was indicted on federal charges of using government resources to further his private practice.
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Woman pulled from car before train crash
Jan 20 2006 11:01AM (CT)
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) - Passers-by pulled a woman from her disabled car seconds before it was struck by a freight train, witnesses said.
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Indiana man who killed 3 teens dies
Jan 20 2006 10:32AM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man sentenced to life in prison for murdering three teens and burying their bodies in a basement died Friday, a day after he was found hanging from a twisted bed sheet in his jail cell, a hospital spokesman said.
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Washington state capital sets rain record
Jan 20 2006 9:10AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - With a drip here and a torrent there, Olympia set a local record for sogginess Friday _ its 34th consecutive day of measurable rainfall.
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Mother makes appeal to reporter's captors
Jan 20 2006 5:49AM (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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Policy for foreign mail creates new fears
Jan 20 2006 4:32AM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - As an Army officer working in Manila during World War II, Grant Goodman sliced open soldiers' mail, looking for passages that could tip off an enemy to troop positions.
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Scholarship named for writer J.D. Salinger
Jan 20 2006 3:49AM (CT)
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A scholarship named for writer J.D. Salinger will allow young writers with "quirky brilliance" to literally follow in his footsteps at Ursinus College.
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N.C. man executed for 1984 murder
Jan 20 2006 3:46AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An inmate convicted of the 1984 murder of a retired minister, a day after the Baptist preacher gave him food and money, was executed early Friday by lethal injection.
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Diner featured in 1970s commercials sold
Jan 20 2006 2:27AM (CT)
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Less than two weeks before it was to go on the auction block, Rosie's Diner, made famous by a series of paper towel commercials, is being purchased by a Michigan couple.
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Calif. Legoland to add water-themed park
Jan 20 2006 2:26AM (CT)
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) - Legoland California, the amusement park based on the colorful plastic building blocks, plans to open a water slide park this summer, company officials said.
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Former Iran hostages reunite
Jan 20 2006 2:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Held captive for more than a year during the Iran hostage crisis that began in 1979, Don Cooke said the experience was "95 percent boredom and 5 percent stark terror."
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Ex-priest arrested for suspected lewd acts
Jan 20 2006 12:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Los Angeles priest who was spared child molestation charges in 2003 by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling was arrested Thursday on suspicion of lewd acts with a child, officials said.
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