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3 charged with planning to attack troops
Feb 21 2006 11:30PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Three men from the Middle East have been charged with plotting terrorist attacks against U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and other countries.
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Ex-Okla. insurance commissioner sentenced
Feb 21 2006 11:27PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former state insurance commissioner was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for depositing a $1,000 campaign check into his overdrawn personal bank account and for not revealing the transaction on campaign finance reports.
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Dover, Pa., school board to pay $1M
Feb 21 2006 11:24PM (CT)
DOVER, Pa. (AP) - The Dover Area School Board unanimously agreed Tuesday to pay $1 million in legal fees to the plaintiffs who successfully sued to end the policy of presenting "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution.
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Alaska gov. announces gas pipeline deal
Feb 21 2006 11:15PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Three major oil companies and state officials reached agreement Tuesday on a tax proposal aimed at bringing a long-planned $20 billion gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to the Midwest closer to construction.
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Calif. execution postponed indefinitely
Feb 21 2006 11:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - State officials on Tuesday postponed indefinitely the execution of a condemned killer, saying they could not comply with a judge's order that a medical professional administer the lethal injection.
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Iowa archdiocese to pay $5M to settle cases
Feb 21 2006 11:04PM (CT)
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque has agreed to pay $5 million to settle 20 cases of sexual abuse involving nine priests over the past five decades, church officials said Tuesday.
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Man who faked death sentenced to 7 years
Feb 21 2006 11:04PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A debt-ridden businesssman who faked his own death in a boating accident was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison.
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Pilot rescued after Marine Corps jet crash
Feb 21 2006 11:03PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A Marine pilot was rescued Tuesday after ejecting from his fighter jet as it crashed into coastal waters, authorities said.
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UC law applicants get invites by mistake
Feb 21 2006 11:01PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Thousands of applicants to the University of California's prestigious law school were accidentally invited to a party for students who had already been admitted, the admissions director said Tuesday.
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Police find five dead in home near Phoenix
Feb 21 2006 10:48PM (CT)
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Police responding to reports of screams and gunshots found five bodies Tuesday in a home, including those of a 10-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl.
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Prosecutors: Egyptian looked at arms sites
Feb 21 2006 10:36PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Prosecutors allege that an Egyptian man searched the Internet for ways to smuggle guns and bombs past airport security in what might have been a plot to launch a terrorist attack in the U.S.
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U.N. guard reprimanded for swastikas
Feb 21 2006 10:32PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations has reprimanded a security guard for drawing swastikas on a log sheet later seen by a guard from Israel, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
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Terror suspect on tape names targets eyed
Feb 21 2006 10:31PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Hospitals, supermarkets and other large buildings in California were among the possible terrorist targets of a man charged with attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan, according to a videotaped interview played for jurors Tuesday.
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U.S. won't indict high-profile lawyers
Feb 21 2006 10:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors have decided not to seek charges against class-action lawyer William Lerach and his former partner, people familiar with the investigation said Tuesday.
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Former Sago Mine foreman indicted
Feb 21 2006 10:28PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A former Sago Mine foreman was indicted Tuesday on federal charges that he falsified inspection reports at the mine in 2004 and was never certified as a miner or mining foreman.
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Moussaoui team seeks Rep. Weldon testimony
Feb 21 2006 10:27PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Defense lawyers for al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui said Tuesday they want to compel a reluctant Pennsylvania congressman to testify at Moussaoui's death-penalty trial.
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Fireman who spoke after being in coma dies
Feb 21 2006 10:25PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A brain-injured firefighter who suddenly spoke after nearly a decade in a stupor, giving hope to families of countless other patients, died Tuesday. He was 44.
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Gunman held after Vegas slaying, standoff
Feb 21 2006 9:44PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police blasted out a 20th story window and stormed a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino Tuesday, arresting a gunman who authorities say killed a man and shot at police and a security guard during a six-hour standoff.
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N.Y. gov. undergoes second surgery in NYC
Feb 21 2006 9:12PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. George Pataki, showing no improvement five days after surgeons removed his appendix, was transferred Tuesday to a New York City hospital and underwent another operation.
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Winner of $365M jackpot to be revealed
Feb 21 2006 8:50PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Lottery officials say the winner _ or winners _ of the record $365 million Powerball jackpot will be revealed Wednesday. Lottery officials scheduled a news conference at Lincoln's Cornhusker Hotel.
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Doctor: Suspect unaware killing baby wrong
Feb 21 2006 8:39PM (CT)
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - Dena Schlosser didn't know right from wrong when she killed her 10-month-old baby by cutting off the child's arms, and she wasn't given the medical help she needed before the killing, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday at her murder trial.
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Marine recruit death court-martial opens
Feb 21 2006 8:38PM (CT)
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - A Marine recruit shouted frantically in the minutes before he drowned during basic training, but the training appeared safe, witnesses testified Tuesday at the opening of a water survival instructor's court-martial.
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Company, family settle in reservoir break
Feb 21 2006 7:08PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An energy company whose mountaintop reservoir ruptured in December, injuring a family of five and sweeping their home away, announced a settlement with the family Tuesday. The terms were not disclosed.
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Pa. mercury limits may outdo government's
Feb 21 2006 6:36PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants would have to cut mercury emissions by 90 percent within a decade under a plan that would make the state the first major coal producer with stricter mercury regulations than the federal government.
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Conn. governor escapes injury in car crash
Feb 21 2006 6:30PM (CT)
BROOKFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A car carrying Gov. M. Jodi Rell was broadsided by another vehicle Tuesday morning, but neither the governor nor anyone else was hurt, officials said.
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Summers to step down as Harvard president
Feb 21 2006 6:15PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Lawrence H. Summers ended his tumultuous stint as Harvard University president Tuesday, choosing to resign June 30 rather than fight with a faculty angered by his management style and comments that innate ability may explain why few women reach top science posts.
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Judge tells U.S. to say if it eavesdropped
Feb 21 2006 5:30PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The government must disclose whether it used any information from the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program in its case against a man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate the president, a federal judge has ruled.
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Company, family settle in reservoir break
Feb 21 2006 3:59PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An energy company whose mountaintop reservoir ruptured in December, injuring a family of five and sweeping their home away, announced a settlement with the family Tuesday. The terms were not disclosed.
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Three alleged illegals dead in Kan. crash
Feb 21 2006 3:49PM (CT)
ROLLA, Kan. (AP) - A pickup truck carrying 19 illegal immigrants from Mexico crashed on a rural highway after a rear wheel came off, killing three people and injuring 16, authorities said.
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Reporter's family again seeks her release
Feb 21 2006 3:06PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The family of American journalist Jill Carroll issued another public appeal for her release Tuesday, a week before a deadline set by her Iraqi kidnappers for their demands to be met or they will kill her.
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Oregon property rights law upheld
Feb 21 2006 2:45PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved property rights law that requires governments to either pay landowners for losses caused by state land-use regulations or waive the regulation and allow development.
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Panda cub discovers his dad
Feb 21 2006 2:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - At seven months old, the National Zoo's panda cub has finally noticed his father.
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Pa. school board votes down Baccalaureate
Feb 21 2006 2:30PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An internationally recognized educational curriculum has been eliminated by the school board in an affluent suburb despite an outcry from parents and students.
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Gang leader gets 80 years in Md. firebomb
Feb 21 2006 2:17PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 80 years in federal prison for trying to intimidate a neighborhood anti-drug activist by firebombing her home.
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Two arrested in Ala. church arson
Feb 21 2006 12:12PM (CT)
GLENCOE, Ala. (AP) - Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a weekend church fire, but police say it doesn't appear to be part of the string of arsons that damaged or destroyed 10 other rural Alabama churches.
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Psychics join search for missing show dog
Feb 21 2006 9:52AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With few physical clues to the whereabouts of an escaped show dog, the hunt for the award-winning whippet has entered another realm.
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Feds order review of Ill. nuclear plants
Feb 21 2006 9:37AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal regulators have ordered inspections of all Illinois nuclear power plants following a brief emergency and a series of radioactive leaks at Exelon Corp. plants.
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Ky., N.Y. governors remain hospitalized
Feb 21 2006 9:35AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who contracted a blood infection while recovering from gallbladder surgery, remains hospitalized but is showing improvement, a spokeswoman said Tuesday morning.
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Casino bus crashes near San Diego
Feb 21 2006 8:36AM (CT)
LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) - A casino bus plowed through a guard rail on a highway east of San Diego and landed in a drainage ditch, seriously injuring several people, authorities said.
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Bombed church gets landmark designation
Feb 21 2006 6:20AM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Relatives of the four black girls who were killed in a Ku Klux Klan bombing in 1963 gathered at the church where they died to mark its designation as a national landmark.
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One dead in Long Island highway accident
Feb 21 2006 6:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A car carrying two children swerved through traffic on a Long Island highway, hitting at least three vehicles before colliding with another and killing one person, police said.
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Motorcyclists roll to soldier funerals
Feb 21 2006 6:11AM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters.
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La. governor unveils reconstruction plan
Feb 21 2006 5:59AM (CT)
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco outlined a $7.5 billion plan to help Louisiana residents rebuild, repair or sell their hurricane-damaged homes, although uncertainties remain about whether Congress will provide the money and which state agency will distribute it.
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Seattle man killed in elevator accident
Feb 21 2006 4:10AM (CT)
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - A 25-year-old man died when he fell while trying to climb out of an elevator stuck between floors Monday night, authorities said.
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Fire kills two children in Ark. apartment
Feb 21 2006 2:17AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An apartment fire killed two young children Monday, but their mother was able to save her 8-month-old daughter, authorities said.
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