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Popular vote plan dies in N.D., Mont.
Feb 8 2007 11:51PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A movement to essentially dump the Electoral College and give the presidency to the winner of the nationwide popular vote has been defeated in North Dakota and Montana, after opponents said it would eliminate any influence states may have in presidential contests.
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NYC gun stings questionable, feds say
Feb 8 2007 11:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Private investigators hired by the city to conduct sting operations on out-of-state gun shops could be breaking the law, and the dealers they caught making illegal sales will not be prosecuted, federal officials said Thursday.
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Father charged in child's exposure death
Feb 8 2007 11:45PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man angry his toddler daughter wouldn't go to bed knocked her unconscious and left her to die outside in single-digit temperatures, police said.
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New Orleans residents are bailing out
Feb 8 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is a city on a knife's edge. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, an alarming number of residents are leaving or seriously thinking of getting out for good.
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New Orleans residents are bailing out
Feb 8 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is a city on a knife's edge. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, an alarming number of residents are leaving or seriously thinking of getting out for good.
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New Orleans residents are bailing out
Feb 8 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is a city on a knife's edge. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, an alarming number of residents are leaving or seriously thinking of getting out for good.
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Astronaut culture stresses achievement
Feb 8 2007 11:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars, saluted as red-white-and-blue heroes, and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos.
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Honda to recall Elysion minivans
Feb 8 2007 11:33PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Honda Motor Co. plans to recall 45,335 Civic Hybrid sedans worldwide to repair a voltage converter defect that could stop the car's engine, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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Musician says he didn't hurt NYC dancer
Feb 8 2007 11:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An aspiring rock musician on trial for the throat-slash slaying of a classically trained dancer who worked as a stripper to pay bills testified Thursday he loved the young woman and did not kill her.
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Md. man gets prison for killing kittens
Feb 8 2007 11:02PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A man convicted of killing four of his girlfriend's kittens by throwing them into a fire was sentenced Thursday to nearly a year in prison despite the couple's pleas for leniency.
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Philadelphia approves ban on trans fats
Feb 8 2007 10:57PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia is set to become the second large American city to ban restaurants from serving trans fats, which doctors say increase the risk of heart disease.
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Coal mines must provide 4 days of air
Feb 8 2007 10:55PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Underground coal mines must provide up to four days of breathable air to keep miners alive in emergencies such as an explosion or a tunnel collapse, federal regulators announced Thursday.
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Grandma's painting sells for $600,000
Feb 8 2007 10:47PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A woman who auctioned a painting that belonged to her grandmother, hoping to get a few thousand dollars to pay for her daughter's college tuition, was stunned when the picture fetched $600,000.
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Mom arrested in New Orleans shooting
Feb 8 2007 10:47PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A woman accused of giving her teenage son a handgun and telling him to take revenge after he lost a fight was arrested Thursday after another boy was killed, police said.
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Gunmen kill 3 immigrants in Ariz.
Feb 8 2007 10:38PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Gunmen stopped a pickup truck full of illegal immigrants, shot some and took the rest captive Thursday in an attack that left at least three people dead and two wounded, authorities said.
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Snow squalls bury upstate New York
Feb 8 2007 10:34PM (CT)
OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) - While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, the folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow _ lots of snow.
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Aqueduct bombs not meant for sabotage
Feb 8 2007 10:09PM (CT)
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) - Pipe bombs found in an aqueduct that supplies water to millions in Southern California were probably not intended for sabotage, but for fishing, state officials said Thursday.
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Wash. cabbie returns $6,000 left in car
Feb 8 2007 9:50PM (CT)
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) - A taxi driver found a wallet containing almost $6,000 in the back of his car, then raced to the airport in time to return it to his owner.
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Judge lets Marine withdraw guilty plea
Feb 8 2007 8:57PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A military judge granted a Marine corporal's request Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of murdering an unarmed Iraqi civilian, but warned the serviceman that he could be sentenced to death if convicted.
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LA to name thugs in anti-gang effort
Feb 8 2007 8:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Abandoning the long-held belief that naming the worst gangs boosts their street image, the mayor and police chief identified 11 of the most violent groups Thursday and promised to confront them with more law enforcement.
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N.D. stops saltwater on roads, for now
Feb 8 2007 8:05PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The state has stopped splashing roads with saltwater left over from oil production, at least until it gets results from a laboratory checking the wastewater for contamination, officials said Thursday.
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Fire dies down at Kansas City plant
Feb 8 2007 7:54PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Firefighters doused the last flames and watched for hot spots Thursday at a chemical distribution plant that was devastated by fire a day before.
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Fire dies down at Kansas City plant
Feb 8 2007 7:54PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Firefighters doused the last flames and watched for hot spots Thursday at a chemical distribution plant that was devastated by fire a day before.
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Fire dies down at Kansas City plant
Feb 8 2007 7:54PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Firefighters doused the last flames and watched for hot spots Thursday at a chemical distribution plant that was devastated by fire a day before.
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Lawyer: Court shooting plea deal nixed
Feb 8 2007 7:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage that began inside a courthouse offered to plead guilty to murder in order to be spared the death penalty, but a prosecutor rejected such a deal, his attorney said Thursday.
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Judge keeps officer's Abu Ghraib charges
Feb 8 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss the case against the only U.S. officer charged with crimes in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
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Pity plus beauty made us care for Smith
Feb 8 2007 7:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anybody who arrived from Mars and wanted to know what all the fuss was over this Anna Nicole Smith would do well to watch just one clip: her appearance at the 2004 American Music Awards.
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NY to sue over slow cleanup of oil slick
Feb 8 2007 7:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general told Exxon Mobil and two other oil companies Thursday that he intends to sue them for taking decades to clean up a giant underground pond of petroleum left by the refineries that once lined Brooklyn's waterfront.
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NY to sue over slow cleanup of oil slick
Feb 8 2007 7:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general told Exxon Mobil and two other oil companies Thursday that he intends to sue them for taking decades to clean up a giant underground pond of petroleum left by the refineries that once lined Brooklyn's waterfront.
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Army Corps hit with new Katrina lawsuit
Feb 8 2007 7:12PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A group of residents whose neighborhood was flooded during Hurricane Katrina added a lawsuit Thursday to the mounting case against the Army Corps of Engineers, saying the agency knew flood walls were unstable.
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Nurses at 2 Vegas hospitals reach deal
Feb 8 2007 7:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A nasty labor dispute between some 800 nurses and management at two southern Nevada hospitals ended Thursday with the groups announcing a three-year contract guaranteeing wage increases.
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Government sued over citizenship delays
Feb 8 2007 6:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eight immigrants who have waited years for their citizenship applications to clear tougher post-9/11 background checks claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the delays violate their constitutional rights of due process.
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Government sued over citizenship delays
Feb 8 2007 6:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eight immigrants who have waited years for their citizenship applications to clear tougher post-9/11 background checks claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the delays violate their constitutional rights of due process.
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Government sued over citizenship delays
Feb 8 2007 6:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eight immigrants who have waited years for their citizenship applications to clear tougher post-9/11 background checks claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the delays violate their constitutional rights of due process.
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Law lets N.C. tribe banish drug dealers
Feb 8 2007 6:28PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who are convicted of drug dealing will be banished from the reservation under a law signed Thursday by its principal chief.
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Court ends dad's rights because of mom
Feb 8 2007 6:16PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The state Supreme Court terminated a father's right to raise his 4-year-old special needs son Thursday because they would have lived with the boy's alcoholic and mentally retarded mother.
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Ga. to stop adding kids to health plan
Feb 8 2007 6:08PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia will stop enrolling new children in its health insurance program for low-income families because federal funds are running out, officials said Thursday.
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4 dead in Alabama train-van crash
Feb 8 2007 6:06PM (CT)
THORSBY, Ala. (AP) - A freight train struck a van at a rural Alabama crossing early Thursday, killing four men on their way to construction jobs and injuring four others, authorities said.
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N.D. student's killer sentenced to death
Feb 8 2007 5:40PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A rapist who killed college student Dru Sjodin six months after being released from prison was formally sentenced to death Thursday in a case that led to tougher sex-offender laws.
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Astronaut sets U.S. spacewalking record
Feb 8 2007 5:31PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria broke the U.S. record for most time walking in space Thursday as he and another astronaut did maintenance work outside the international space station during their third spacewalk in nine days.
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Sister pleads for NYC drug lord's life
Feb 8 2007 5:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Shortly after the sobbing sister of a notorious drug lord begged a jury to spare his life, a federal prosecutor told the panel Thursday that the defendant deserved a lethal injection rather than sympathy after ordering a pair of cold-blooded murders.
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W.Va. ousts no-show lawmaker
Feb 8 2007 4:53PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The House of Delegates declared the seat of a long-absent lawmaker vacant Thursday, making him the first West Virginia legislator removed for not taking his oath of office.
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W.Va. ousts no-show lawmaker
Feb 8 2007 4:53PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The House of Delegates declared the seat of a long-absent lawmaker vacant Thursday, making him the first West Virginia legislator removed for not taking his oath of office.
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W.Va. ousts no-show lawmaker
Feb 8 2007 4:53PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The House of Delegates declared the seat of a long-absent lawmaker vacant Thursday, making him the first West Virginia legislator removed for not taking his oath of office.
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Gay Lutheran pastor removed over partner
Feb 8 2007 4:52PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said Thursday it is removing from the clergy a gay minister who announced he has a partner.
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Vietnamese candidates face challenges
Feb 8 2007 4:46PM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) - One Vietnamese-American candidate recently issued an apology after his campaign doctored a photo of him with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Another candidate boasted of support from "Republicans who dislike Mexicans."
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Anna Nicole Smith collapses, dies at 39
Feb 8 2007 4:32PM (CT)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Anna Nicole Smith, the voluptuous former Playboy centerfold who married an octogenarian billionaire and waged a legal battle for his fortune all the way to the Supreme Court, died Tuesday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.
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Nursing home operator guilty in death
Feb 8 2007 4:13PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former nursing home administrator was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and other charges Thursday in the death of an Alzheimer's patient who wandered outside in the cold.
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Man admits sending host of spam e-mails
Feb 8 2007 3:41PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man who flooded e-mail systems with millions of messages advertising software that could steal passwords pleaded guilty to violating a federal anti-spam law.
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Conn. nursery accused of forced labor
Feb 8 2007 3:26PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A dozen Guatemalans filed a federal human trafficking and racketeering lawsuit against a large nursery Thursday, claiming they were taken to Connecticut without their consent, forced to work nearly 80 hours a week and paid less than minimum wage.
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Oregon lawmaker wants to ban burning
Feb 8 2007 2:20PM (CT)
SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) - Around the world, golfers, soccer players and proud homeowners tread on grass grown from Oregon seed.
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Police want charges in video beating
Feb 8 2007 1:50PM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - Police have recommended misdemeanor charges against three girls who allegedly beat up a 12-year-old girl in a videotaped attack that has circulated on the Internet.
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Judge dismisses contractor fraud charge
Feb 8 2007 1:48PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - For the second time, a judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a military contractor that whistleblowers accuse of scamming the U.S. government out of tens of millions of dollars in the first months of the Iraq war.
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Company pays for selling soldier's stuff
Feb 8 2007 1:13PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A soldier whose stored possessions were sold while he served in Iraq has received their full value of $8,000 and an apology from the storage company.
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U.S. Attorney: 'I was ordered to resign'
Feb 8 2007 12:38PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Former U.S. Attorney John McKay said his resignation was ordered by the Bush administration without explanation seven months after he received a favorable job evaluation.
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Prayers spoken for 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Ten white wooden crosses flanked the pulpit of a church where a rural community gathered to mourn 10 relatives killed in a house fire.
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Prayers spoken for 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Ten white wooden crosses flanked the pulpit of a church where a rural community gathered to mourn 10 relatives killed in a house fire.
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Prayers spoken for 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Ten white wooden crosses flanked the pulpit of a church where a rural community gathered to mourn 10 relatives killed in a house fire.
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Prayers spoken for 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Ten white wooden crosses flanked the pulpit of a church where a rural community gathered to mourn 10 relatives killed in a house fire.
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Religion news in brief
Feb 8 2007 12:16PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A leader in Southern Baptist evangelism says he's "heartbroken" over feuding within the denomination over theology and worship styles and says it's distracting from the critical work of religious outreach.
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Religion today
Feb 8 2007 12:15PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Among the casualties of the Iraq war is a little-known religious faith called Mandaeanism that has survived roughly two millennia and whose adherents believe that John the Baptist was their great teacher.
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Super proposal flops, but she says yes
Feb 8 2007 11:48AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Rand Fishkin wanted to propose to his girlfriend with a Super Bowl ad. That didn't quite work out, but there was still local TV, and he got the answer he wanted.
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Court more than halves tobacco verdict
Feb 8 2007 11:14AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana appeals court cut a $591 million verdict against tobacco companies by more than half and limited the kinds of smoking-cessation programs the money can be used for.
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U.N.: Youth struggling in global market
Feb 8 2007 11:14AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Young people are increasingly unable to get a foothold in the global labor market, and the rapidly growing older workforce is enjoying less job security, according to an analysis of employment trends. The U.N. analysis will be debated at a meeting of the Commission for Social Development that begins Thursday and is focusing on "promoting decent work and employment for all." The commission was set up to implement the plan to combat poverty adopted at the World Summit for Soc
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Records: NYPD held GOP protesters longer
Feb 8 2007 10:25AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public Thursday.
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Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'
Feb 8 2007 8:17AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.
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Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'
Feb 8 2007 8:17AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.
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Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'
Feb 8 2007 8:17AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.
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Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'
Feb 8 2007 8:17AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.
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Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'
Feb 8 2007 8:17AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Anyone who's read Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" or seen the movie based on it knows about the mental and emotional stresses astronauts face as they train for space travel. But those trying to explain the apparent breakdown of Lisa Nowak say the pressure can be even higher for female astronauts, who not only face the same work stresses as their male counterparts but often face high expectations at home.
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Students' 'hostage' video roils college
Feb 8 2007 7:42AM (CT)
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Five college students were stripped of residence-hall jobs and are facing campus hearings over a video that mimics a terrorist hostage taking.
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Fla. man charged with killing wife
Feb 8 2007 6:55AM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A man who fought to claim the remains of his dead wife has been charged with her death and the death of his mother-in-law, authorities said.
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Texas police ID suspect in male rape
Feb 8 2007 6:23AM (CT)
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) - Police identified a 19-year-old man as the suspect in the rape of another man and said they were "optimistic" more charges would be filed involving assaults on four other men.
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Officer's court-martial ends in mistrial
Feb 8 2007 6:02AM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed in which he admitted to elements of the charges.
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Officer's court-martial ends in mistrial
Feb 8 2007 6:02AM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed in which he admitted to elements of the charges.
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Officer's court-martial ends in mistrial
Feb 8 2007 6:02AM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed in which he admitted to elements of the charges.
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Florida mobile homes under spotlight
Feb 8 2007 3:57AM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - It became clear as workers dug through rubble and collected the dead: All 20 victims of the tornadoes that tore through central Florida last week lived in mobile homes.
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Mich. ruling alarms gay rights advocates
Feb 8 2007 3:49AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan appeals court ruling that bans public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance to partners of gay employees has alarmed gay rights advocates nationwide.
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TV host doesn't think Dahmer killed son
Feb 8 2007 1:47AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The host of "America's Most Wanted" said he's seen no evidence linking his son's unsolved kidnapping and slaying to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, despite a recent report laying out a possible connection.
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Bunker dweller arrested in rape case
Feb 8 2007 12:06AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A transient suspected in the rape of an 11-year-old girl had been living in an elaborate bunker in a wooded city park about half a mile from the house where police say she was attacked, authorities said.
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