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'Lost Boy' sues polygamist leader Jeffs
Feb 20 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Saying he was kicked out of his home and his fundamentalist church, an 18-year-old man sued Tuesday to force polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to help him reconnect with his family.
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Experts: Leave dogs at home during hikes
Feb 20 2007 11:31PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Despite the feel-good story of Velvet, the black labrador mix who helped keep three Mount Hood hikers warm and alive, some experts say taking dogs up the mountain for warmth and companionship is a foolhardy practice that could do more harm than good.
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Laughs end with bizarre Britney in rehab
Feb 20 2007 11:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Spears has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband and her recent pantyless partying escapades. Now that she's entered rehab, though, the joke is over.
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Laughs end with bizarre Britney in rehab
Feb 20 2007 11:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Spears has been ridiculed for everything from her 55-hour first marriage to backup-dancer second husband and her recent pantyless partying escapades. Now that she's entered rehab, though, the joke is over.
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Charges dropped against vigilante farmer
Feb 20 2007 11:00PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Minn. (AP) - Charges were dropped Tuesday against a retired farmer who earned widespread accolades for chasing down a gasoline thief while wielding a shotgun.
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Space station needs help, Glenn says
Feb 20 2007 10:44PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The country is not getting its money's worth out of the international space station, John Glenn said Tuesday, the 45th anniversary of the day he became the first American to orbit the Earth.
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Judge: Calif. prison transfers illegal
Feb 20 2007 10:41PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's troubled prison system was dealt a setback Tuesday when a judge ruled the state cannot ease its severe overcrowding by transferring inmates elsewhere.
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Soldier pleads in Iraqi rape, slaying
Feb 20 2007 10:26PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to rape and murder in the death of a 14-year-old girl and her family last year in Iraq. A judge has not yet accepted the plea.
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New Orleans celebrates Fat Tuesday
Feb 20 2007 9:37PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of hurricane-weary residents joined with rowdy visitors for Fat Tuesday, taking a break from rebuilding New Orleans to put on wild costumes and celebrate the second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans celebrates Fat Tuesday
Feb 20 2007 9:37PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of hurricane-weary residents joined with rowdy visitors for Fat Tuesday, taking a break from rebuilding New Orleans to put on wild costumes and celebrate the second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans celebrates Fat Tuesday
Feb 20 2007 9:37PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of hurricane-weary residents joined with rowdy visitors for Fat Tuesday, taking a break from rebuilding New Orleans to put on wild costumes and celebrate the second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina.
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Wyo. worries about attracting offenders
Feb 20 2007 9:37PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and crisp, clear vistas, is starting to worry it has made itself too attractive in one respect: Convicted sex offenders from out of state are moving in, apparently because the laws are less restrictive.
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Episcopal leader asks for time
Feb 20 2007 9:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the Episcopal Church asked church members for patience Tuesday after fellow Anglican leaders demanded the U.S. denomination step back from its support of gays or risk losing its full membership in the world Anglican fellowship.
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4 Mormon missionaries held in Nigeria
Feb 20 2007 9:07PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Four Mormon missionaries are being held hostage in Nigeria's southern oil region, an area plagued by recent unrest, a church spokesman said Tuesday.
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9 states sue over mercury emissions
Feb 20 2007 9:06PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Michigan and eight other states sued the Bush administration Tuesday, saying the White House failed to adequately regulate emissions of mercury and other pollutants at cement plants.
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40 immigrants found in trailer in Texas
Feb 20 2007 9:02PM (CT)
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - Forty Brazilian immigrants were found loaded inside a stifling tractor-trailer about 75 miles north of the Mexican border, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
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NY gov. steps into 9-11 memorial debate
Feb 20 2007 9:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday that there is still time to talk about how to arrange the names of the dead on the Sept. 11 memorial, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's declaration that his decision is final.
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Boyfriend: Smith wanted to be in Bahamas
Feb 20 2007 8:19PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A grief-stricken Anna Nicole Smith threw herself over her son's body last fall as he lay in a coffin in the Bahamas, wailing, "If Daniel has to be buried, I want to buried with him," her boyfriend testified Tuesday at a hearing on where the former centerfold should be laid to rest.
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Lawyer: Men accusing airman of rape lied
Feb 20 2007 7:32PM (CT)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - Men who say they were drugged and raped by an Air Force officer lied to avoid being revealed as gay in the military, a defense attorney told a military jury Tuesday.
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More hospital time for tiny baby
Feb 20 2007 7:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A girl born after just under 22 weeks in the womb _ among the shortest gestation periods known for a live birth _ will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
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Lawyer: Wiesel suspect needs mental help
Feb 20 2007 6:06PM (CT)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A man accused of roughing up Nobel laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel this month was denied bail Tuesday despite his lawyer's contention that the suspect needs mental help.
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Lawyer: Wiesel suspect needs mental help
Feb 20 2007 6:06PM (CT)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A man accused of roughing up Nobel laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel this month was denied bail Tuesday despite his lawyer's contention that the suspect needs mental help.
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Lawyer: Wiesel suspect needs mental help
Feb 20 2007 6:06PM (CT)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A man accused of roughing up Nobel laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel this month was denied bail Tuesday despite his lawyer's contention that the suspect needs mental help.
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Dallas jail settles mistreatment lawsuit
Feb 20 2007 4:44PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - County officials approved a nearly $1 million settlement Tuesday with the families of three mentally ill inmates who were denied medication while in the country's seventh-largest detention complex.
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Colombian convicted in drug conspiracy
Feb 20 2007 4:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Colombian woman was found guilty Tuesday of participating in an operation to smuggle tons of cocaine to the United States.
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Woman gets 15 years for starving son
Feb 20 2007 4:11PM (CT)
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) - A woman was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for starving her 5-year-old handicapped son, who weighed just 15 pounds when he was found in a playpen infested with cockroaches and lice.
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Social worker pleads guilty in Ohio
Feb 20 2007 4:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A social worker who knew a husband and wife were forcing some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in wire-and-wood cages pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to report a crime.
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Ohio governor takes back refugee remarks
Feb 20 2007 3:27PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland said he would welcome Iraqi refugees to Ohio, clarifying his comments last week were meant to express frustration with President Bush instead of the people displaced by the war.
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Black megachurch reaches out
Feb 20 2007 3:17PM (CT)
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Sprinkled among the black faces at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Hispanic worshippers listen intently to the congregation's leader, Bishop Eddie Long.
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Ex-N.C. speaker pleads in state court
Feb 20 2007 3:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former speaker of the North Carolina House accepted a plea agreement Tuesday on charges of offering a bribe and obstructing justice, crimes that prosecutors tied in part to a scheme that helped him stay in power.
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Megachurches desegregate worship
Feb 20 2007 3:16PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) - Sundays at the evangelical Grace Chapel megachurch look like the American ideal of race relations: African-American, Haitian, white, Chinese and Korean families sing along with a white, guitar-playing pastor.
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Executions on hold in some states
Feb 20 2007 2:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A legal and ethical bind has brought executions to a halt in North Carolina: A federal judge ruled that a doctor must monitor the condemned for signs of pain. But the state's medical board has threatened to punish any doctor who takes part in an execution.
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Suspect shot trying to flee courthouse
Feb 20 2007 2:00PM (CT)
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - Police shot and wounded a defendant outside a courthouse Tuesday after he escaped from authorities and stole a car from a nearby parking lot.
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Ex R.I. lawmaker gets more prison time
Feb 20 2007 12:58PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former state senator already headed to federal prison for corruption pleaded no contest Tuesday to similar state charges that netted him an additional one and a half years behind bars.
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24 firefighters killed in '06 wildfires
Feb 20 2007 12:33PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Two dozen firefighters died last year battling wildfires across the nation, a number that has increased in the face of drier summers and increased job pressures.
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AP: War losses mount for small towns
Feb 20 2007 12:05PM (CT)
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - Raised in the projects in an old steel town, Edward "Willie" Carman saw the Army as a chance to build a new life.
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Suspected killer idled for mental health
Feb 20 2007 11:54AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A nuclear power plant worker suspected of strangling his wife and daughter and then killing himself had been placed on leave from his job to deal with mental problems, the plant owner said Tuesday.
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JetBlue to spend millions on improvement
Feb 20 2007 8:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After a drastic reboot of its flight schedule, JetBlue Airways Corp. made its first moves toward rebuilding its tarnished reputation, saying it would spend up to $30 million on new procedures for operations disruptions and introduce a customer bill of rights.
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Gunman takes over Md. shop; fire erupts
Feb 20 2007 7:46AM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Fire engulfed a liquor store in a shopping center Monday just moments after a gunman barricaded inside began negotiating with police.
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Footage of JFK motorcade is discovered
Feb 20 2007 7:44AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A recently discovered home movie showing President John F. Kennedy's motorcade shortly before his assassination was unveiled Monday on the Web site of a Dallas museum.
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Gay couples get licenses in N.J.
Feb 20 2007 6:58AM (CT)
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
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Gay couples get licenses in N.J.
Feb 20 2007 6:58AM (CT)
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
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Gay couples get licenses in N.J.
Feb 20 2007 6:58AM (CT)
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
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Smokes bring big bucks in Calif. prisons
Feb 20 2007 3:04AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - California's ban on tobacco in prisons has ignited a burgeoning black market behind bars, where a pack of smokes can fetch up to $125.
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Smokes bring big bucks in Calif. prisons
Feb 20 2007 3:04AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - California's ban on tobacco in prisons has ignited a burgeoning black market behind bars, where a pack of smokes can fetch up to $125.
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Smokes bring big bucks in Calif. prisons
Feb 20 2007 3:04AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - California's ban on tobacco in prisons has ignited a burgeoning black market behind bars, where a pack of smokes can fetch up to $125.
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Smokes bring big bucks in Calif. prisons
Feb 20 2007 3:04AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - California's ban on tobacco in prisons has ignited a burgeoning black market behind bars, where a pack of smokes can fetch up to $125.
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Smokes bring big bucks in Calif. prisons
Feb 20 2007 3:04AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - California's ban on tobacco in prisons has ignited a burgeoning black market behind bars, where a pack of smokes can fetch up to $125.
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George Washington speech unveiled in Md.
Feb 20 2007 2:07AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The handwritten speech George Washington held as he resigned from the Continental Army in 1783 was unveiled during a special Presidents Day ceremony celebrating Maryland's acquisition of the document.
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