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Texas seeks oversight of own evacuations
Feb 20 2006 11:10PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The next time a monster hurricane threatens Texas, the governor should be in charge of ordering evacuations to ensure that those in most danger have a better chance to get out first, a task force said Monday.
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Boot camp autopsy Doctor questioned before
Feb 20 2006 11:08PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The medical examiner who ruled last week that a teenager died of natural causes after he was struck by Panama City boot camp guards earlier signed mistake-filled autopsy reports on a man and his adult daughter killed in a September 2004 tornado, their widow and mother said Monday.
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Prosecutors seek prison for teenage killer
Feb 20 2006 9:37PM (CT)
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - A teenager convicted of killing his family on newsman Sam Donaldson's ranch displays psychopathic traits and cannot be rehabilitated, a prosecutor said Monday at the boy's sentencing hearing.
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Former Clinton aide Eli Segal dies
Feb 20 2006 9:34PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Eli J. Segal, who headed President Clinton's national service program after serving as his 1992 campaign chief of staff, died on Monday, his family said. He was 63.
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Yates lawyer wants to ban photos of kids
Feb 20 2006 9:23PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A photograph of Andrea Yates' 7-year-old son floating face down in a bathtub is among the images her attorney does not want jurors to see during Yates' second capital murder trial.
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La. governor unveils home-rebuilding plans
Feb 20 2006 9:12PM (CT)
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco outlined a $7.5 billion rebuilding, relocation and buyout plan Monday for thousands of residents whose homes remain damaged or destroyed after last year's hurricanes.
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Ala. church bombed in '63 gets designation
Feb 20 2006 8:47PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The church where four black girls died in a racist bombing in 1963 was honored as a national landmark Monday, with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales recalling their memory amid a new string of attacks against churches in Alabama.
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Ex-con faces trial in backyard burials
Feb 20 2006 8:33PM (CT)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A charismatic ex-con who likes to taunt prosecutors and has gained a small but avid following goes on trial this week, nearly three years since a tip led police to a gruesome discovery _ the remains of at least five people buried in his backyard.
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Powerball jackpot winner remains unknown
Feb 20 2006 8:32PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Whoever won the nation's biggest jackpot has an open invitation to return to the convenience store where the winning ticket was bought and share the wealth.
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George Polk Award winners announced
Feb 20 2006 6:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A reporter and photographer from the Chicago Tribune won the George Polk Award for International Reporting for exposing a human trafficking network that supplied cheap and sometimes forced labor to the rebuilding effort in Iraq.
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Doctor: Amputation suspect felt God talk
Feb 20 2006 6:46PM (CT)
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of killing her 10-month-old daughter felt that God was commanding her to cut off the baby's arms as well as her own limbs, a state psychiatrist testified Monday.
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Robert Holmes, ex-Teamsters official, dies
Feb 20 2006 6:14PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Robert Holmes, who helped a teenage James Hoffa launch his career as a labor organizer and then served for decades as a Teamsters Union official, has died. He was 94.
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Many don't seek kids' help on Medicare
Feb 20 2006 4:53PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - This month the federal government placed a Valentine-themed ad in People magazine that shows a smiling young woman being hugged by a grateful-looking elderly woman.
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S.D. delegation opposed to land sale idea
Feb 20 2006 4:10PM (CT)
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) - A plan by the Bush administration to sell public land in South Dakota and elsewhere to help pay for rural schools is meeting opposition from the state's congressional delegation.
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Church fire not linked to arson spree
Feb 20 2006 2:42PM (CT)
GLENCOE, Ala. (AP) - A suspicious fire did minor damage to the exterior of a small church, but authorities said Monday it does not appear to be linked to a string of suspected arsons that have damaged or destroyed 10 rural churches in Alabama.
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Man faces trial in deaths of children
Feb 20 2006 2:40PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - The rescuers arrived at Clinton Lake to find a car submerged in the water and a mother screaming from the shoreline, her boyfriend by her side. Investigators said it took only a minute or two to pull three children from the back seat, but it was too late.
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Nuclear plant declares, lifts emergency
Feb 20 2006 12:20PM (CT)
SENECA, Ill. (AP) - Operators at a nuclear plant declared an emergency for several hours early Monday when instruments indicated a problem during a planned shutdown, but no damage was done, officials said.
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Bus driver cited in crash on Wyo. highway
Feb 20 2006 11:26AM (CT)
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) - The driver of a Greyhound bus that rolled onto its side in the median of Interstate 80, injuring 39 people, has been cited for driving too fast for conditions, the Wyoming Highway Patrol said.
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Idaho museum honors black residents
Feb 20 2006 3:44AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - As the new director of the Idaho Black History Museum, Kimberly Moore's job starts with convincing people that such history actually exists.
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U.S. Marines 'devastated' after crash
Feb 20 2006 2:36AM (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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Seven dead following weekend winter storm
Feb 20 2006 1:57AM (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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N.J. wrestling coach dies after collapsing
Feb 20 2006 12:23AM (CT)
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - A volunteer high school wrestling coach collapsed minutes before his team was to begin competing in a state wrestling competition Sunday.
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Carbon monoxide kills elderly Texas couple
Feb 20 2006 12:17AM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An elderly couple using a charcoal grill to heat their home while they slept were found dead Sunday, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.
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