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Alaska diocese to file for bankruptcy
Feb 13 2008 11:57PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks plans to file for bankruptcy after negotiations to settle sexual abuse claims failed, the bishop said Wednesday.
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Man reaches plea to avoid death penalty
Feb 13 2008 11:41PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An ex-convict who killed a young Washington couple after a paperwork mistake cut his prison time short has agreed to a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Jury halts work in pregnant woman slay
Feb 13 2008 11:26PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A jury was sequestered in a hotel after ending deliberations for the day in the trial of a former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover.
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Doctor: Rev. Graham alert after surgery
Feb 13 2008 11:10PM (CT)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Evangelist Billy Graham underwent successful surgery Wednesday to update a shunt that controls excess fluid in his brain, and was expected to remain in the hospital for several days.
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Marine jet crashes in North Carolina
Feb 13 2008 10:45PM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A Marine Corps fighter jet crashed Wednesday during a training mission in coastal North Carolina, but the pilot was able to eject before it crashed, the Corps said.
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Mom exonerated after 13 years in prison
Feb 13 2008 10:38PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A woman who spent 13 years in prison after being convicted of strangling her 13-year-old daughter has been exonerated by forensic evidence showing she died of a cocaine overdose, a prosecutor in the case said Wednesday.
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Dallas shelter takes in Chinese acrobats
Feb 13 2008 10:06PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A team of 16 young Chinese acrobats arrived here ready to dazzle Americans with their backflips, cartwheels and human pyramids, but their U.S. tour began with two nights at a homeless shelter.
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Dallas shelter takes in Chinese acrobats
Feb 13 2008 10:06PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A team of 16 young Chinese acrobats arrived here ready to dazzle Americans with their backflips, cartwheels and human pyramids, but their U.S. tour began with two nights at a homeless shelter.
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Dallas shelter takes in Chinese acrobats
Feb 13 2008 10:06PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A team of 16 young Chinese acrobats arrived here ready to dazzle Americans with their backflips, cartwheels and human pyramids, but their U.S. tour began with two nights at a homeless shelter.
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Court: Unseal Detroit mayor's messages
Feb 13 2008 9:43PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan appeals court panel Wednesday affirmed a lower-court decision to release documents related to a city settlement deal that kept secret intimate and sexually explicit text messages involving the mayor and his top aide.
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Official: Shooting victim brain dead
Feb 13 2008 9:39PM (CT)
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head at school was declared brain dead Wednesday but was kept on a ventilator for possible organ donation, a medical examiner said.
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People ogle romantic rivals, study finds
Feb 13 2008 9:36PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Valentine's Day is a good time for men and women to attend to their lovers _ just in case anyone else might be looking.
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Texas ban on sex toy sales is overturned
Feb 13 2008 9:27PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a statute outlawing sex toy sales in Texas, one of the last states _ all in the South _ to retain such a ban.
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Locals bristle at lawyers' refinery ads
Feb 13 2008 9:25PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - Crews are still working to douse the flames from a sugar refinery explosion, still trying to reach the last of the victims' bodies, yet already the out-of-town lawyers are swooping in.
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Locals bristle at lawyers' refinery ads
Feb 13 2008 9:25PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - Crews are still working to douse the flames from a sugar refinery explosion, still trying to reach the last of the victims' bodies, yet already the out-of-town lawyers are swooping in.
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Locals bristle at lawyers' refinery ads
Feb 13 2008 9:25PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - Crews are still working to douse the flames from a sugar refinery explosion, still trying to reach the last of the victims' bodies, yet already the out-of-town lawyers are swooping in.
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Locals bristle at lawyers' refinery ads
Feb 13 2008 9:25PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - Crews are still working to douse the flames from a sugar refinery explosion, still trying to reach the last of the victims' bodies, yet already the out-of-town lawyers are swooping in.
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Suspect sought in NYC hacking death
Feb 13 2008 9:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist's office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood spattered the walls and floor and the entire room was torn apart.
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Suspect sought in NYC hacking death
Feb 13 2008 9:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist's office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood spattered the walls and floor and the entire room was torn apart.
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Suspect sought in NYC hacking death
Feb 13 2008 9:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist's office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood spattered the walls and floor and the entire room was torn apart.
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Icy storm blows through Northeast
Feb 13 2008 9:17PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing hundreds of schools and switching off the lights for thousands of homes and businesses.
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Icy storm blows through Northeast
Feb 13 2008 9:17PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing hundreds of schools and switching off the lights for thousands of homes and businesses.
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Icy storm blows through Northeast
Feb 13 2008 9:17PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing hundreds of schools and switching off the lights for thousands of homes and businesses.
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Icy storm blows through Northeast
Feb 13 2008 9:17PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing hundreds of schools and switching off the lights for thousands of homes and businesses.
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Justice Alito sounds off on 'Sopranos'
Feb 13 2008 9:07PM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has convicted "The Sopranos" of spreading what he says are stereotypes about Italian-Americans.
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Justice Alito sounds off on 'Sopranos'
Feb 13 2008 9:07PM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has convicted "The Sopranos" of spreading what he says are stereotypes about Italian-Americans.
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Winkler testifies in John Ritter lawsuit
Feb 13 2008 9:01PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Actor Henry Winkler took the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over the death of actor John Ritter, telling jurors he had a conversation with his friend just hours before he died.
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Winkler testifies in John Ritter lawsuit
Feb 13 2008 9:01PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) - Actor Henry Winkler took the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over the death of actor John Ritter, telling jurors he had a conversation with his friend just hours before he died.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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Clemens takes heat on Hill
Feb 13 2008 8:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart.
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IRS probes pastor's Huckabee endorsement
Feb 13 2008 8:12PM (CT)
BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - A Southern Baptist preacher who endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on church letterhead said Wednesday he was being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for mixing religion with politics.
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Study: Key Western reservoirs in danger
Feb 13 2008 7:59PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Climate change and a growing demand for water could drain two of the nation's largest manmade reservoirs within 13 years, depriving several Southwestern states of key water sources, scientists warn.
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UN debate keys on rich nation emissions
Feb 13 2008 7:24PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Envoys from India, China and other developing nations offered Wednesday to hold the line on their greenhouse gas emissions, but only as measured against the per-capita pollution produced by the United States and other richer nations.
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Ohio house fire kills 3 children
Feb 13 2008 7:12PM (CT)
SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) - A fire destroyed a house, killing three children and burying their bodies when part of the structure collapsed into the basement, a fire official said Wednesday.
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Clear Channel, fire victims OK $22M deal
Feb 13 2008 6:46PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The owner of a radio station that promoted a rock concert where pyrotechnics ignited a deadly blaze reached a tentative $22 million settlement with survivors and victims' relatives, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
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Inspector who missed club foam retires
Feb 13 2008 6:22PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The fire inspector who failed to detect flammable soundproofing foam blamed for a deadly nightclub fire in 2003 has retired, a fire official said Wednesday.
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Bush imposes new sanctions on Syria
Feb 13 2008 5:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has authorized new sanctions against Syria because of that country's alleged interference in Iraq and Lebanon.
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Booting Marines lands mayor in crossfire
Feb 13 2008 5:25PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Turning away a squad of Marine Corps reservists planning a weekend of training downtown has put the city's mayor in the crossfire of veterans.
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Law curbing inmates' lawsuits questioned
Feb 13 2008 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union, David Keene seems an unlikely ally of the American Civil Liberties Union in a prisoners-rights campaign. But this cause is personal.
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Law curbing inmates' lawsuits questioned
Feb 13 2008 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As longtime chairman of the American Conservative Union, David Keene seems an unlikely ally of the American Civil Liberties Union in a prisoners-rights campaign. But this cause is personal.
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Mexico president seeks more cooperation
Feb 13 2008 4:47PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon acknowledged tensions between the U.S. and Mexico over illegal immigration Wednesday but stressed that both countries have an interest in ensuring their citizens can cross the border legally and safely.
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Mexico president seeks more cooperation
Feb 13 2008 4:47PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon acknowledged tensions between the U.S. and Mexico over illegal immigration Wednesday but stressed that both countries have an interest in ensuring their citizens can cross the border legally and safely.
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NYPD warns of chlorine terror risk
Feb 13 2008 4:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Undercover police secretly set up a fake company to demonstrate how easily and anonymously a terrorist could purchase chlorine on the Internet for a deadly chemical strike against the city.
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Colo. university selection upsets campus
Feb 13 2008 3:47PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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Colo. university selection upsets campus
Feb 13 2008 3:47PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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Colo. university selection upsets campus
Feb 13 2008 3:47PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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UN says soaring prices leave poor hungry
Feb 13 2008 3:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Many of the world's poorest people are unable to get enough food because of soaring prices partly caused by the use of food crops to produce biofuels, the head of the U.N. food agency said.
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Doc gets 18 months for removing prints
Feb 13 2008 3:18PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A plastic surgeon who replaced the fingerprints of a man involved in a drug ring with skin from the bottom of his feet was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison.
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Land next to Hollywood sign for sale
Feb 13 2008 12:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A mountaintop property located near the Hollywood sign and once owned by Howard Hughes is up for sale.
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NTSB: No mechanical problems in NC crash
Feb 13 2008 11:09AM (CT)
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - Federal investigators have ruled out mechanical problems in the deadly crash of a small plane in North Carolina two weeks ago.
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Deputies suspended for wheelchair dump
Feb 13 2008 10:18AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Four sheriff's deputies have been suspended after purposely tipping a paralyzed man out of his wheelchair onto a jailhouse floor, authorities said.
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Hail, Snoopy! Beagle wins Westminster
Feb 13 2008 9:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Start dancin', Snoopy. You're out of the Westminster doghouse. At long last, a beagle is America's top dog. Baying and barking to his heart's delight, Uno lived up every bit to his name Tuesday night, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the nation's biggest canine competition.
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Hail, Snoopy! Beagle wins Westminster
Feb 13 2008 9:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Start dancin', Snoopy. You're out of the Westminster doghouse. At long last, a beagle is America's top dog. Baying and barking to his heart's delight, Uno lived up every bit to his name Tuesday night, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the nation's biggest canine competition.
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Sheriff: 5 die in Michigan house fire
Feb 13 2008 7:21AM (CT)
ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) - A fire raced through a home in rural northern Michigan before dawn Tuesday, killing a man and his four children and sending the children's mother to the hospital, authorities said.
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Berkeley eases anti-Marines stance
Feb 13 2008 7:11AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops.
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Berkeley eases anti-Marines stance
Feb 13 2008 7:11AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops.
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Berkeley eases anti-Marines stance
Feb 13 2008 7:11AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops.
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'Tractor Man' avoids more prison time
Feb 13 2008 6:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who threatened to set off bombs during a 47-hour tractor standoff on the National Mall in 2003 has dodged additional time behind bars.
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UN: Child soldiers used in 13 countries
Feb 13 2008 6:15AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official.
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Nevada ag chief resigns after 9 months
Feb 13 2008 6:11AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - After only nine months on the job, the head of Nevada's Department of Agriculture has resigned, saying deep down she's "still a Montana girl."
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Police: Officer accidentally kills son
Feb 13 2008 6:06AM (CT)
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An auxiliary police officer accidentally shot and killed his son as the two were examining a sniper rifle at their central Ohio home, police said.
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Executions may be carried out at Gitmo
Feb 13 2008 4:47AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
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Executions may be carried out at Gitmo
Feb 13 2008 4:47AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
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Executions may be carried out at Gitmo
Feb 13 2008 4:47AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
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Executions may be carried out at Gitmo
Feb 13 2008 4:47AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
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Executions may be carried out at Gitmo
Feb 13 2008 4:47AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.
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Young storm victim was 'always smiling'
Feb 13 2008 4:41AM (CT)
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Felicia Stephens, her arm in a splint, took one last look at the open coffin holding her 2-year-old son, then dropped back into her wheelchair sobbing.
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Wis. ends sturgeon-spearing season
Feb 13 2008 3:36AM (CT)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - The sturgeon-spearing season on Lake Winnebago ended after just four days with a mammoth catch.
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Exemptions subvert open records laws
Feb 13 2008 2:43AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A father fights for access to information about his son's death during a law enforcement chase, only to find that Mississippi's sunshine laws don't require the public release of investigative records.
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First 'Howl' recording found in Oregon
Feb 13 2008 12:08AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - What is believed to be the first recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his iconic Beat poem "Howl" has been found at the library of a private college here.
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