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N.C. Marines 'devastated' after crash
Feb 19 2006 11:50PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Ten U.S. service members died when a pair of Marine Corps helicopters from a unit based in North Carolina crashed off the coast of Africa, U.S. military officials confirmed Sunday.
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Jackpot winner: Laying low, or not aware?
Feb 19 2006 11:20PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Someone, somewhere held the only winning ticket for the record $365 million Powerball jackpot, but likely wasn't in a rush to come forward, Nebraska lottery officials said Sunday.
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FEMA to house New Orleans police
Feb 19 2006 11:18PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city's police officers and other first-responders will continue to have federally sponsored housing after they vacate the cruise ships they've called home since Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Sunday.
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New Orleans and Carnival endure
Feb 19 2006 10:58PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, New Orleans and Mardi Gras are entwined in an eternal embrace.
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Detroit-area power broker McNamara dies
Feb 19 2006 9:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Former Wayne County Executive Edward H. McNamara, a political power broker and mentor to leading Michigan Democrats, has died. He was 79.
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Bitter cold spreads across much of U.S.
Feb 19 2006 9:52PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Utility crews worked Sunday to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses from Michigan to Maine following a weekend winter storm, while slick roads and heavy winds were blamed for several deadly accidents.
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39 hurt in Wyoming bus accident
Feb 19 2006 8:53PM (CT)
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - A Greyhound bus rolled onto its side on snowy Interstate 80 early Sunday, injuring 39 passengers, after the driver was temporarily blinded by snow thrown up by a passing truck, authorities said.
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No serious injuries in Ill. plane crash
Feb 19 2006 7:28PM (CT)
HANOVER PARK, Ill. (AP) - A small plane crashed Sunday afternoon onto an expressway in suburban Chicago while trying to make an emergency landing, authorities said. No serious injuries were reported.
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Ariz. racking up court fines over schools
Feb 19 2006 4:00PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Roughly six years after a federal judge ordered Arizona's governor and lawmakers to improve programs for students learning English, the two sides are at a potentially expensive impasse.
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Will La. levee reform satisfy Congress?
Feb 19 2006 1:02PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana lawmakers have overhauled the state's patronage-laden system of managing its flood-control system, but it remains to be seen if it's enough to get Congress to agree to spend billions to prevent another Hurricane Katrina-like catastrophe.
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Unique store caters to Lincoln collectors
Feb 19 2006 12:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - About a decade ago, as she was starting to research Abraham Lincoln, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin stepped into a small bookshop she'd heard about here devoted to the nation's 16th president.
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39 hurt in Greyhound bus accident in Wyo.
Feb 19 2006 12:00PM (CT)
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - A Greyhound bus rolled onto its side on snowy Interstate 80 early Sunday, injuring 39 passengers, after the driver was temporarily blinded by snow thrown up by a passing truck, authorities said.
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GI, widow win $102.6M judgment for attack
Feb 19 2006 7:18AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A soldier wounded in Afghanistan and the widow of his slain comrade were awarded a $102.6 million judgment from the estate of a suspected al-Qaida financier.
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Six inmates injured in fight at L.A. jail
Feb 19 2006 5:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Violence erupted again between black and Hispanic inmates at the Southern California jail system where more than 100 inmates have been injured and two killed in a series of racially motivated brawls.
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Marine convicted of shooting apprehended
Feb 19 2006 5:13AM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A former Marine who fled in June, skipping a court-martial in which he was convicted of accidentally killing his roommate, has been apprehended in Europe, military officials said.
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Senate candidate's son booked for drugs
Feb 19 2006 3:38AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The son of a U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona was arrested and booked on drug charges, accused of selling narcotics to college students, officials said.
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Fugitive brothers caught after 15 years
Feb 19 2006 2:50AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two brothers who had eluded a string of felony drug and weapons charges for 15 years have been captured and were found with stockpiles of drugs, weapons and gunpowder, a U.S. marshal said Saturday.
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Wis. pilot rescued from helicopter crash
Feb 19 2006 2:13AM (CT)
FALL CREEK, Wis. (AP) - One of two Marines rescued after a pair of military transport helicopters crashed off the eastern African coast is a pilot from Wisconsin, her family confirmed Saturday.
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Firm sues to block foreign port takeover
Feb 19 2006 12:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A company at the Port of Miami has sued to block the takeover of shipping operations there by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. It is the first American courtroom effort to capsize a $6.8 billion sale already embroiled in a national debate over security risks at six major U.S. ports affected by the deal.
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