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3rd avalanche victim found in California
Jan 26 2008 11:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fierce storm barreled into Southern California on Saturday, threatening to cause mudslides and flooding in a region already saturated by nearly a week of rain, forecasters said.
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Miss Michigan crowned Miss America
Jan 26 2008 11:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look.
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Miss Michigan crowned Miss America
Jan 26 2008 11:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look.
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Miss Michigan crowned Miss America
Jan 26 2008 11:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look.
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Miss Michigan crowned Miss America
Jan 26 2008 11:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look.
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FBI: Woman sought hit man on Craigslist
Jan 26 2008 11:09PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A woman advertised on the popular Internet site Craigslist for an assassin to kill the wife of a man with whom she'd had an affair, authorities said Saturday.
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Gladiators return to New Orleans suburb
Jan 26 2008 10:56PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - Hundreds of people braved the dreary weather Saturday to welcome home the Krewe of Gladiators _ and mark another, modest milestone in this region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Gladiators return to New Orleans suburb
Jan 26 2008 10:56PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - Hundreds of people braved the dreary weather Saturday to welcome home the Krewe of Gladiators _ and mark another, modest milestone in this region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Gladiators return to New Orleans suburb
Jan 26 2008 10:56PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - Hundreds of people braved the dreary weather Saturday to welcome home the Krewe of Gladiators _ and mark another, modest milestone in this region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Official orders casino facade removed
Jan 26 2008 8:50PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The burned exterior facade along the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino will have to be removed or secured before the Las Vegas Strip resort can reopen, the chief county building inspector said Saturday.
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Christian Brando dies at L.A. hospital
Jan 26 2008 8:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christian Brando, the troubled eldest son of the late actor Marlon Brando, has died from pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, an attorney said Saturday. He was 49.
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Critics: Immigration raid retaliatory
Jan 26 2008 6:48PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - An e-mail sent by local immigration officials to their agency head the day after the city adopted an ID program for illegal immigrants suggests that the timing of a raid soon thereafter was not coincidental, the city's mayor said.
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Sheriff: Woman shot her kids and herself
Jan 26 2008 4:42PM (CT)
CLARKSTON, Wash. (AP) - A woman shot three of her children, killing one of them, then used the gun to kill herself, a sheriff said Saturday.
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Speeding car wrecks on runway, kills 5
Jan 26 2008 4:38PM (CT)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A car speeding down a private airport runway ran off an embankment and was airborne for 200 feet before smashing into a tree early Saturday, killing all five young men in the vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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'Do Not Deliver' list would bar papers
Jan 26 2008 3:10PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Connie Finch doesn't read a newspaper, but she picks up plenty each morning. At least one free newspaper is dropped at the end of her driveway each day, and she picks up more newspapers left by her neighbors.
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1 killed in LA helicopter freeway crash
Jan 26 2008 1:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A helicopter pilot was killed when his small craft crashed into a freeway and burst into flames, authorities said.
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Probe launched over Detroit mayor texts
Jan 26 2008 4:52AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A prosecutor launched an investigation Friday into allegations that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied under oath about an affair with his top aide. Some political observers are questioning whether the popular yet polarizing figure should stay on the job.
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Colorado DA moves to drop murder case
Jan 26 2008 4:49AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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Weather stalls most New Orleans parades
Jan 26 2008 4:49AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This city's Carnival season got off to a rough start when thunderstorms and chilly temperatures canceled or postponed most of Friday's parades.
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Weather stalls most New Orleans parades
Jan 26 2008 4:49AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This city's Carnival season got off to a rough start when thunderstorms and chilly temperatures canceled or postponed most of Friday's parades.
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College publishes famed killer's diary
Jan 26 2008 4:19AM (CT)
CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) - On the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes was at peace.
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College publishes famed killer's diary
Jan 26 2008 4:19AM (CT)
CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) - On the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes was at peace.
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Gandhi's grandson quits peace center
Jan 26 2008 4:12AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Arun Gandhi said he learned at his grandfather's feet that the world's major conflicts can only be tackled by first solving the little problems.
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NJ hunt planned to thin numbers of deer
Jan 26 2008 3:37AM (CT)
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Sharpshooters will take to the trees next week in northern New Jersey's South Mountain Reservation to deal with a problem that has become the scourge of many suburban communities: too many deer.
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USDA lab focuses on deadly E. Coli
Jan 26 2008 3:26AM (CT)
CLAY CENTER, Neb. (AP) - Cattle wander among earth-covered bunkers that dot the landscape just west of this tiny rural town.
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NYC, gun dealers both hail sting ruling
Jan 26 2008 2:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City officials say a federal judge helped their lawsuit against gun dealers by ruling that there was no crime in sending undercover investigators into gun shops to try to buy weapons illegally.
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Report: Calif. should boost firefighting
Jan 26 2008 1:10AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A panel reviewing last fall's deadly Southern California wildfires called Friday for additional personnel and equipment as a means of responding quickly and with overwhelming force before small blazes spread.
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Migrant girl, 5, rescued in Arizona
Jan 26 2008 12:50AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A shivering, scared 5-year-old girl from Mexico spent a terrifying night in dark, mountainous terrain, first with a smuggler and then alone, before authorities found her safe Friday morning.
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Court denies Fla. ex-professor's appeal
Jan 26 2008 12:06AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A former Florida college professor who pleaded guilty to aiding a Palestinian terrorist group was not immune from a subpoena forcing him to testify in an unrelated probe of Muslim charities, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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