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Deep freeze grips Midwest, Northeast
Feb 6 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Winter returned with a vengeance Tuesday to the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with snow and below-zero temperatures snarling commutes, canceling flights and closing schools.
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Deep freeze grips Midwest, Northeast
Feb 6 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Winter returned with a vengeance Tuesday to the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with snow and below-zero temperatures snarling commutes, canceling flights and closing schools.
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Deep freeze grips Midwest, Northeast
Feb 6 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Winter returned with a vengeance Tuesday to the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with snow and below-zero temperatures snarling commutes, canceling flights and closing schools.
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New fashions inspired by bygone eras
Feb 6 2007 11:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a bit of a vintage vibe at New York Fashion Week, with many designers mining bygone eras as inspiration for their new fall collections. The outfits are distinctly feminine, although there are many menswear touches. The brown, moss and gray backdrop is made richer with plum, berry and blue.
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New fashions inspired by bygone eras
Feb 6 2007 11:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a bit of a vintage vibe at New York Fashion Week, with many designers mining bygone eras as inspiration for their new fall collections. The outfits are distinctly feminine, although there are many menswear touches. The brown, moss and gray backdrop is made richer with plum, berry and blue.
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New fashions inspired by bygone eras
Feb 6 2007 11:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a bit of a vintage vibe at New York Fashion Week, with many designers mining bygone eras as inspiration for their new fall collections. The outfits are distinctly feminine, although there are many menswear touches. The brown, moss and gray backdrop is made richer with plum, berry and blue.
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New fashions inspired by bygone eras
Feb 6 2007 11:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a bit of a vintage vibe at New York Fashion Week, with many designers mining bygone eras as inspiration for their new fall collections. The outfits are distinctly feminine, although there are many menswear touches. The brown, moss and gray backdrop is made richer with plum, berry and blue.
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Gas blast kills 2 in Utah neighborhood
Feb 6 2007 11:47PM (CT)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) - A woman who had left her home because of a punctured gas line Tuesday re-entered upon being given the all-clear, only to be killed along with a utility worker when the house exploded, authorities said.
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Feb 6 2007 11:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Feb 6 2007 11:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Feb 6 2007 11:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Feb 6 2007 11:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
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Astronaut charged with attempted murder
Feb 6 2007 11:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.
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Audio clip on JFK Jr. flight released
Feb 6 2007 11:19PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Almost eight years after John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, federal officials on Tuesday released an audio clip of an airport intern and a Federal Aviation Administration dispatcher discussing the missing plane.
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Voter recruiter pleads guilty fraud
Feb 6 2007 11:01PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man who worked for an advocacy group that signs up new voters pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to voter registration fraud, the U.S. attorney's office said.
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Man to plead guilty in fake retardation
Feb 6 2007 10:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man accused of faking retardation for nearly two decades so his mother could collect Social Security benefits has agreed to plead guilty, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Suspect in Fla. mall shooting arrested
Feb 6 2007 10:42PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A suspect in the fatal shooting of a man at a mall filled with Christmas Eve shoppers was arrested Tuesday along with a second man accused of helping him, authorities said.
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Ga. dad admits poisoning children's soup
Feb 6 2007 10:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man admitted Tuesday that he tampered with his children's soup in an attempt to get money from Campbell Soup Co., a prosecutor said.
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Navy medic set for release in March
Feb 6 2007 10:11PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Navy corpsman who was sentenced to a year in military prison for his role in the killing of an Iraqi man will be released from the brig two months early, his attorney said Tuesday.
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Fast-moving blaze at Ky. house kills 10
Feb 6 2007 10:01PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - A fast-moving blaze killed 10 people early Tuesday _ six of them children _ in Kentucky's deadliest house fire in at least 30 years.
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No contest plea in Mich. sex pact
Feb 6 2007 9:49PM (CT)
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) - A man who police said entered into a sex pact with his girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter pleaded no contest to felony sex charges.
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Powerful Pa. senator indicted
Feb 6 2007 9:47PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in Pennsylvania politics, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges he used a nonprofit group for personal and political gain and defrauded the state out of $1 million.
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At least 4 injured in oil field fire
Feb 6 2007 9:41PM (CT)
TAFT, Calif. (AP) - Explosions at an oil field Tuesday afternoon injured at least four workers, emergency responders and company representatives said.
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Prison sentence in NY school theft
Feb 6 2007 9:30PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A former school administrator was sentenced Tuesday to two to six years in prison after pleading guilty last year to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the district and the state retirement fund, prosecutors said.
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Posada's backers plead not guilty
Feb 6 2007 8:51PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Two supporters of a Cuban militant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating how he got into the U.S.
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1950s singer Frankie Laine dies at 93
Feb 6 2007 8:39PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.
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Ga. couple on trial in son's death
Feb 6 2007 8:10PM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A couple whose church supports corporal punishment locked their 8-year-old son in a box, forced him to spend hours in a closet and beat the boy, who died in 2003, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
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Calif. journalist jailed record 169 days
Feb 6 2007 8:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A freelance videographer jailed for refusing to turn over footage of a violent demonstration to federal investigators became the longest incarcerated journalist in U.S. history Tuesday.
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Man in Boston scare videotaped police
Feb 6 2007 7:32PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the electronic devices, but did not tell the officers the object was harmless.
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Army: War objector brought disgrace
Feb 6 2007 7:08PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq because he considers the war illegal abandoned his soldiers and disgraced himself and the service, prosecutors said Tuesday at his court-martial.
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Army: War objector brought disgrace
Feb 6 2007 7:08PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq because he considers the war illegal abandoned his soldiers and disgraced himself and the service, prosecutors said Tuesday at his court-martial.
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Army: War objector brought disgrace
Feb 6 2007 7:08PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - An Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq because he considers the war illegal abandoned his soldiers and disgraced himself and the service, prosecutors said Tuesday at his court-martial.
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Gov. proposes selling Texas lottery
Feb 6 2007 6:57PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday proposed selling the state lottery for at least $14 billion to create an endowment for Texans without health insurance and a trust fund for cancer research.
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Cleveland-area elections chief resigns
Feb 6 2007 6:37PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The elections chief in Ohio's most populous county resigned Tuesday, ending a tenure that included the mishandled recount of President Bush's narrow 2004 win in Ohio that gave him a second term.
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Ex-Border Patrol agent beaten in prison
Feb 6 2007 5:57PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A former Border Patrol agent who was convicted of shooting a drug smuggling suspect and then lying about it has been beaten by fellow inmates in prison.
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Teen sentenced in Halloween beating
Feb 6 2007 5:30PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A ninth black teenager convicted in the Halloween night beating of three white women was sentenced to probation, community service and racial sensitivity counseling.
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N.D. issues nation's first hemp permits
Feb 6 2007 5:15PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota issued the nation's first licenses to grow industrial hemp Tuesday to two farmers who still must meet federal requirements before they can plant the crop.
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NJ Senate approves property tax cut
Feb 6 2007 4:27PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers Tuesday approved a sweeping measure to give homeowners relief from the highest property taxes in America.
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Judge says priest files must be released
Feb 6 2007 4:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge Tuesday ordered the Roman Catholic Church to release insurance records and confidential files related to a priest who had been convicted of molestation before being transferred to California.
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Train hauling chemicals derails in W.Va.
Feb 6 2007 4:04PM (CT)
HANDLEY, W.Va. (AP) - A freight train carrying propane gas and other hazardous materials derailed early Tuesday, prompting authorities to close a highway and urge everyone to evacuate the small town.
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Bush's hometown sees business slowdown
Feb 6 2007 3:28PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Near the lone stoplight on Main Street, a for-sale sign hangs from a dusty window where a souvenir shop used to sell cufflinks, cowboy boots and denim shirts emblazoned "The Western White House."
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Oklahoma teen accused in 5 killings
Feb 6 2007 3:25PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Police arrested a teenager suspected of killing five people in the same drug-infested neighborhood since November, including a woman and her adult son and a man who was robbed of $3.
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Escape charge revived in Pa. bodies case
Feb 6 2007 3:02PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - An appeals court on Tuesday revived an escape charge against Hugo Selenski, a murder suspect who broke out of prison three years ago by shimmying down a rope fashioned from bedsheets.
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Thieves stealing pollution devices
Feb 6 2007 2:58PM (CT)
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Thieves have long targeted car stereos, air bags, high-intensity headlights, even pocket change from the ashtrays. But now they are slithering under vehicles and cutting away the catalytic converters.
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Charges for suicidal man in gas blast
Feb 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) - A man who police said deliberately caused a natural gas leak in a suicide bid, leading to an explosion that damaged dozens of homes, has been charged with arson, aggravated assault and other offenses.
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Judge: Cop killer smashes jail windows
Feb 6 2007 2:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man sentenced to death for the murders of two police detectives hurled a chair and smashed the windows of a jail room during a visit with his mother over the weekend, authorities said.
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Police want sex charge for boyish con
Feb 6 2007 2:02PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Investigators said Tuesday they will recommend felony molestation charges against a sex offender who passed himself off as a schoolboy, saying they have a videotape of him having sex with an 11-year-old Oklahoma boy.
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Judge won't suppress Devlin interview
Feb 6 2007 1:44PM (CT)
UNION, Mo. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday refused to block the publication of news reports based on interviews a woman working for the New York Post got with Michael Devlin, the man accused of abducting two boys and holding one of them for four years.
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Arrested Nev. priest waives extradition
Feb 6 2007 1:14PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest facing charges of beating and sexually assaulting a female employee at his Las Vegas parish told a judge Tuesday that he won't fight extradition from Arizona.
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Man gets 2nd chance at space ride
Feb 6 2007 12:38PM (CT)
POWAY, Calif. (AP) - A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.
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Brazil church leaders plead not guilty
Feb 6 2007 11:35AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Brazilian couple accused of plundering millions of dollars from their evangelical church pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that they illegally smuggled $56,000 in cash into the United States.
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Brazil church leaders plead not guilty
Feb 6 2007 11:35AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Brazilian couple accused of plundering millions of dollars from their evangelical church pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that they illegally smuggled $56,000 in cash into the United States.
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Sheriff pleads guilty in chop shop case
Feb 6 2007 11:02AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A sheriff accused of having state prisoners work at a stolen car "chop shop" and using them as his race-car pit crew resigned and pleaded guilty, becoming the third St. Helena Parish sheriff in a row convicted of federal charges.
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Haggard now "completely heterosexual"
Feb 6 2007 9:53AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual."
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Indiana hopes to stop brain drain
Feb 6 2007 9:09AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana wants its best students to stick around for college and afterward _ and Gov. Mitch Daniels proposes paying them to do so.
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Indiana hopes to stop brain drain
Feb 6 2007 9:09AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana wants its best students to stick around for college and afterward _ and Gov. Mitch Daniels proposes paying them to do so.
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FEMA wants over $300M in Katrina aid back
Feb 6 2007 6:43AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time.
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S.F. mayor seeks alcohol counseling
Feb 6 2007 5:31AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom said Monday that he plans to seek counseling for alcohol use, following the disclosure that he had an affair with the wife of a veteran aide.
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NY officers save rookie from bat attack
Feb 6 2007 4:47AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police officer Patrick Lynch, out of the academy only two months, was on his early morning foot patrol when he spotted a bat-wielding man leaning over the collapsed body of a fellow rookie.
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Michigan joins chorus against trans fats
Feb 6 2007 3:43AM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Concerned about those heart-damaging trans fats in your food? Absolutely, Shelley Boisvert said. "But evidently not enough," she added with a rueful laugh, polishing off an order of fries in a downtown pub.
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Calif. Democrat unlikely protest target
Feb 6 2007 2:31AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - It lacks the drama of Berkeley in the '60s, but a handful of neatly dressed retirees, aging hippies and passers-by are in their fifth week of a sit-in aimed at forcing a congresswoman to vote against the next Iraq war appropriation.
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