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Death of boy, 7, mourned in Texas
Feb 9 2008 10:52PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A 7-year-old boy who died after being suspended from a hook in his school's bathroom was remembered Saturday for his big heart and radiant smile.
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Crews find 5th body at Ga. refinery
Feb 9 2008 10:35PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - As crews pulled another body from the charred remnants of a sugary refinery on Saturday, families and co-workers waited anxiously for identities of the five dead and the fate of the three men still missing.
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Crews find 5th body at Ga. refinery
Feb 9 2008 10:35PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - As crews pulled another body from the charred remnants of a sugary refinery on Saturday, families and co-workers waited anxiously for identities of the five dead and the fate of the three men still missing.
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Gay Mormons seek meeting with new leader
Feb 9 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A group of gay Mormons is seeking an unprecedented meeting with the new church president and his counselors, hoping to begin a conversation and find ways to address the concerns of its members.
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Bride dies during marriage's first dance
Feb 9 2008 7:04PM (CT)
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony.
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Mother: 'Haunted' by daughter's killings
Feb 9 2008 5:07PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A woman whose daughter killed two fellow students in a college classroom before committing suicide said Saturday she'll be "haunted to the end of my days for what my child has done."
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Officials assess tornado warnings
Feb 9 2008 3:47PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - After the deadliest wave of tornadoes to hit the South in more than two decades, dazed authorities and residents are wondering what could be done differently next time.
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Officials assess tornado warnings
Feb 9 2008 3:47PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - After the deadliest wave of tornadoes to hit the South in more than two decades, dazed authorities and residents are wondering what could be done differently next time.
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Officials assess tornado warnings
Feb 9 2008 3:47PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - After the deadliest wave of tornadoes to hit the South in more than two decades, dazed authorities and residents are wondering what could be done differently next time.
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Long-sundered painting rejoined in NYC
Feb 9 2008 3:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An important painting by a prominent French artist has been reunited in one frame for the first time since it was sliced into two pieces in the 18th century.
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Churches vital after deadly storms
Feb 9 2008 3:26PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - On the way to this storm-ravaged community, a billboard bubbling with fresh paste rises over a rural road with a message from the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
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Churches vital after deadly storms
Feb 9 2008 3:26PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - On the way to this storm-ravaged community, a billboard bubbling with fresh paste rises over a rural road with a message from the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
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Churches vital after deadly storms
Feb 9 2008 3:26PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - On the way to this storm-ravaged community, a billboard bubbling with fresh paste rises over a rural road with a message from the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
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Ortega's return stirs ex-Contras in US
Feb 9 2008 2:01PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - At the end of Nicaragua's civil war, Juan Gregorio Rodriguez traded his life as a Contra rebel for that of auto mechanic in Florida. He kept in touch with other rebels and supported their political efforts, but mostly from afar.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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Surrendering to tractor pull of love
Feb 9 2008 1:39PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Sonya Rinker was looking for a guy: someone who was kind, respectful and had a special place in his heart ... for tractors. She wanted a man who could share the thrill of a good tractor-pull show, who could see beauty in a shiny row of green and yellow of John Deere tractors.
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eBay to buy back stolen historical items
Feb 9 2008 1:02PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Documents dating from the Civil War and others to and from Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt are among hundreds of stolen documents sold online that eBay is agreeing to buy back and return to New York's archives, a state official said Saturday.
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Court: Nebraska electric chair not legal
Feb 9 2008 7:50AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.
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Court: Nebraska electric chair not legal
Feb 9 2008 7:50AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.
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Mob tied to big NYC construction jobs
Feb 9 2008 7:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The trucks that rolled into Staten Island left more than dirt at the site of a new NASCAR racetrack. They also brought cash for the Gambino crime family, prosecutors say.
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Mob tied to big NYC construction jobs
Feb 9 2008 7:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The trucks that rolled into Staten Island left more than dirt at the site of a new NASCAR racetrack. They also brought cash for the Gambino crime family, prosecutors say.
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Town struggles after City Hall shooting
Feb 9 2008 7:48AM (CT)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - Some left flowers, balloons and memorials on the steps of City Hall. Others gathered at a prayer vigil where a bell tolled six times as mourners clutched white candles. Residents of this St. Louis suburb struggled to heal as they tried to make sense of a shooting spree at a City Council meeting that left five people dead and the mayor fighting for his life.
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Town struggles after City Hall shooting
Feb 9 2008 7:48AM (CT)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - Some left flowers, balloons and memorials on the steps of City Hall. Others gathered at a prayer vigil where a bell tolled six times as mourners clutched white candles. Residents of this St. Louis suburb struggled to heal as they tried to make sense of a shooting spree at a City Council meeting that left five people dead and the mayor fighting for his life.
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Town struggles after City Hall shooting
Feb 9 2008 7:48AM (CT)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - Some left flowers, balloons and memorials on the steps of City Hall. Others gathered at a prayer vigil where a bell tolled six times as mourners clutched white candles. Residents of this St. Louis suburb struggled to heal as they tried to make sense of a shooting spree at a City Council meeting that left five people dead and the mayor fighting for his life.
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Moderate quake rattles Baja California
Feb 9 2008 4:21AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California in Mexico, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving about 400,000 people without power, authorities said Saturday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported.
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Teacher stabbed in class had sought help
Feb 9 2008 4:04AM (CT)
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) - His schoolteacher wife had left him and filed for divorce. A young woman he was seeing may have had second thoughts about her relationship with an older man.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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More grief in tornado-ravaged South
Feb 9 2008 4:00AM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. (AP) - The Rev. Michael L. Welch was doing what he could to help people recover emotionally after a twister killed 14 people in rural Macon County, Tenn., setting up his church as a family crisis center.
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Plane crashes in western Oregon; 3 dead
Feb 9 2008 2:43AM (CT)
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A small plane spun from the sky and crashed into a cornfield in western Oregon on Friday, killing all three men on board, officials said.
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Dead soldier's dogs find home in Mich.
Feb 9 2008 12:24AM (CT)
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - The family of Peter Neesley had one wish to fulfill after the Army sergeant died in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
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Dead soldier's dogs find home in Mich.
Feb 9 2008 12:24AM (CT)
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - The family of Peter Neesley had one wish to fulfill after the Army sergeant died in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
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Dead soldier's dogs find home in Mich.
Feb 9 2008 12:24AM (CT)
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - The family of Peter Neesley had one wish to fulfill after the Army sergeant died in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
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Dead soldier's dogs find home in Mich.
Feb 9 2008 12:24AM (CT)
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - The family of Peter Neesley had one wish to fulfill after the Army sergeant died in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
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Dead soldier's dogs find home in Mich.
Feb 9 2008 12:24AM (CT)
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - The family of Peter Neesley had one wish to fulfill after the Army sergeant died in Baghdad on Christmas Day.
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Prosecutors: Wife paid suspected gunman
Feb 9 2008 12:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman charged in the execution-style slaying of her orthodontist husband exchanged scores of phone calls with the suspected gunman, then paid him nearly $20,000 after the shooting, authorities said Friday.
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