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Mom accused of smothering kids left notes
Jan 29 2006 11:43PM (CT)
DE QUEEN, Ark. (AP) - A mother accused of smothering her three young children left notes that officials say could help determine what led to the killings, and her priest said Sunday that she had expressed "tremendous remorse."
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Freed Haiti priest in U.S. for treatment
Jan 29 2006 11:00PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A politically influential Roman Catholic priest arrived in Miami on Sunday after Haiti's government granted him a temporary release from jail to be treated for leukemia and pneumonia.
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'Baby Jessica,' now 19, reportedly marries
Jan 29 2006 10:16PM (CT)
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - "Baby Jessica," whose dramatic rescue from an abandoned Texas well was televised across the country 18 years ago, got married in a private ceremony, People magazine reported on its Web site.
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Body found at Indonesia consulate in U.S.
Jan 29 2006 8:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Indonesian man was found dead with a knife in his chest on Sunday in the basement of his country's consulate on Manhattan's Upper East Side, police said.
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Federal hunt in Arizona kills 200 coyotes
Jan 29 2006 8:13PM (CT)
ELGIN, Ariz. (AP) - Federal authorities have killed 200 coyotes in southeast Arizona in the past three weeks after ranchers complained that they were eating calves.
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W.Va. miner killed in fire is buried
Jan 29 2006 7:08PM (CT)
MAN, W.Va. (AP) - Two coal trucks covered in black ribbons and wreaths led the funeral procession on Sunday for Don I. "Rizzle" Bragg, one of two West Virginia coal miners killed following a fire deep underground earlier this month.
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Debate heats up over temporary residency
Jan 29 2006 4:17PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Special temporary U.S. residency issued to thousands of Central Americans is due to expire in the coming months, and with the debate over immigration increasingly fierce, many of the immigrants fear they will be sent home.
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Tenn. certificates lure illegal immigrants
Jan 29 2006 3:47PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's driving certificate for illegal immigrants isn't valid as a form of ID, but people are paying hundreds of dollars on the black market and traveling hundreds of miles to get one.
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Famed choir hopes to fend off eviction
Jan 29 2006 3:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There have been many moments of greatness over the decades for the Boys Choir of Harlem _ concerts around the world, audiences including Nelson Mandela and Pope John Paul II. But the choir has also struggled in recent years with financial troubles, and management issues in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal.
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Judge pondering aliases in Hamas trial
Jan 29 2006 2:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge plans to decide this week whether she will allow Israeli intelligence agents to take the witness stand in a Chicago courtroom and testify using aliases and wearing disguises.
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Felons, parolees getting hunting licenses
Jan 29 2006 1:13PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Hundreds of people barred from having guns because they are felons on parole or probation are still able to get hunting licenses in Montana with no questions asked, an Associated Press investigation found.
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Aviation icon invoked in land dispute
Jan 29 2006 12:34PM (CT)
HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. (AP) - A century has whipped by since Glenn H. Curtiss rode his motorcycles at terrifying speeds along the back roads of this hill-bound village, spooking horses and unsuspecting buggy drivers.
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Man fatally shot by ex-wife's grandmother
Jan 29 2006 11:18AM (CT)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) - A man picking up his young son for a supervised court visit was shot twice at point-blank range by the boy's 81-year-old great-grandmother and died of his injuries, police said.
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Army tests soldiers in Alaskan extremes
Jan 29 2006 10:48AM (CT)
DELTA JUNCTION, Alaska (AP) - The Humvee's headlights shone incredibly bright, casting daylight clarity on a line of spruce trees, every needle standing out in stark contrast to the dark night of Alaska's interior. Next to the vehicle, the incandescent lights on another Humvee glowed like mere candles. It was time to study an emerging technology in one of the harshest places on earth, the Army's sprawling Cold Regions Test Center near Fort Greely.
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Philippines children brush for record
Jan 29 2006 10:23AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Nearly 11,000 school children brushed their teeth at a seaside Manila park Sunday in an attempt to break a world record for a simultaneous brush-off and to try and reverse the prevalence of tooth decay among Filipinos, organizers said.
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Police find 3 children dead in Ark. home
Jan 29 2006 9:57AM (CT)
DE QUEEN, Ark. (AP) - Police found the bodies of three children lying side-by-side on a bed in their home Saturday after their mother said she smothered them, investigators said.
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Fallen Challenger astronauts honored
Jan 29 2006 4:54AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The twelve children of the Challenger astronauts were toddlers, teenagers or starting careers as pilots when they gathered with family to watch the shuttle launch just a few miles away on a chilly morning they would never forget.
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