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Judge: Ag undersecretary avoids jailtime
Feb 27 2008 11:40PM (CT)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge decided Wednesday not to hold a Bush administration official in contempt over court orders requiring a federal environmental study on the effects of a chemical fire retardant.
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Ex-cop spared death in pregnant killing
Feb 27 2008 11:32PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer was sentenced Wednesday to at least 57 years in prison for killing his pregnant lover and her fetus.
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Ex-cop spared death in pregnant killing
Feb 27 2008 11:32PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer was sentenced Wednesday to at least 57 years in prison for killing his pregnant lover and her fetus.
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Ex-cop spared death in pregnant killing
Feb 27 2008 11:32PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer was sentenced Wednesday to at least 57 years in prison for killing his pregnant lover and her fetus.
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Ex-cop spared death in pregnant killing
Feb 27 2008 11:32PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer was sentenced Wednesday to at least 57 years in prison for killing his pregnant lover and her fetus.
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NM police to block tribe's bingo parlor
Feb 27 2008 11:29PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson on Wednesday ordered state police to block access to a high-stakes bingo parlor built in southern New Mexico by an Oklahoma-based Indian tribe.
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1 hurt in Ark. university shooting
Feb 27 2008 11:21PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A student was shot on a sidewalk at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Wednesday in what police described as an isolated incident.
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1 hurt in Ark. university shooting
Feb 27 2008 11:21PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A student was shot on a sidewalk at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Wednesday in what police described as an isolated incident.
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8 wounded in Los Angeles street shooting
Feb 27 2008 11:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop just after schools let out Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said.
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8 wounded in Los Angeles street shooting
Feb 27 2008 11:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop just after schools let out Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said.
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8 wounded in Los Angeles street shooting
Feb 27 2008 11:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop just after schools let out Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said.
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Marine Corps suspends flak jacket order
Feb 27 2008 10:50PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Marine Corps has suspended an order for new flak jackets to be sent to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan over complaints that they are heavy and cumbersome, a Corps spokesman said Wednesday.
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Ex-Ill. cop to get items returned to him
Feb 27 2008 10:35PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities must return two vehicles, computers and several other items seized in the investigation of a former suburban Chicago police officer suspected in the disappearance of his wife, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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Lawsuit against Georgia preacher tossed
Feb 27 2008 10:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge tossed out a lawsuit against the leader of a suburban Atlanta megachurch, saying claims that the preacher had coerced a former employee into a 14-year relationship were not believable.
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Conservative author Buckley dead at 82
Feb 27 2008 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. The Cold War had ended long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.
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Conservative author Buckley dead at 82
Feb 27 2008 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. The Cold War had ended long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.
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Conservative author Buckley dead at 82
Feb 27 2008 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. The Cold War had ended long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.
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Conservative author Buckley dead at 82
Feb 27 2008 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. The Cold War had ended long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word "liberal" had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.
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Parents tell of church shooter's anguish
Feb 27 2008 9:57PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A young man who killed four people at a church and a missionary training center had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and harbored bitterness for being an outcast, his parents said in their first extended comments.
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Body parts boss can plead guilty in NY
Feb 27 2008 9:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of plundering dead bodies and selling their parts to tissue companies for transplants will plead guilty after a judge rebuked prosecutors Wednesday and refused to let them renege on a deal they reached with him weeks ago.
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Charges against Fla. newspaper dropped
Feb 27 2008 9:25PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities on Wednesday dropped charges against an Orlando newspaper and three of its employees after the newspaper agreed to stop running adult service ads.
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Amtrak warns of bad ties in Northeast
Feb 27 2008 9:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak must spend tens of millions of dollars to replace defective ties on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor or risk delays and loss of business, the railroad warns.
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SoCal man sues over wrongful deportation
Feb 27 2008 8:59PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A wrongly deported U.S. citizen who was missing for months in Mexico sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Wednesday.
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Groups challenge govt over gray wolves
Feb 27 2008 8:54PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups notified the Department of Interior on Wednesday that they plan to sue to stop the removal of gray wolves in the northern Rockies from the endangered species list.
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Jury picks death for Ill. killer of 4
Feb 27 2008 8:48PM (CT)
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Jurors recommended the death penalty Wednesday for a man who killed his parents, sister and brother-in-law after prosecutors say his sister told his parents he had ripped them off of $80,000.
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NYC mayor: Car services should go green
Feb 27 2008 8:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With a plan already under way to make all of New York City's yellow cabs green by 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed new fuel-efficient rules on Wednesday for the thousands of black cars used by car services.
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Semi falls off Texas ramp, killing 2
Feb 27 2008 8:43PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A tractor-trailer plunged off a freeway ramp near downtown Wednesday and landed on a car below, killing at least two people, police said.
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US Mint rejects DC voting rights quarter
Feb 27 2008 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Mint has rejected three designs for a commemorative District of Columbia quarter because they include the slogan "Taxation Without Representation."
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Mich. court rejects Detroit mayor case
Feb 27 2008 7:45PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The state's highest court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by the city's mayor to prevent documents from being made public that detail a city settlement that helped conceal an apparent affair with a top aide.
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Testimony begins in border agent's trial
Feb 27 2008 7:43PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent on trial for murder was threatened with a rock when he fatally shot an illegal immigrant, his defense told a federal jury Wednesday, while a prosecutor claimed the man did not provoke the attack.
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4 dead in Tenn.; gunman commits suicide
Feb 27 2008 7:29PM (CT)
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - A man killed his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend, her mother and two other people, then killed himself after police caught up with him in a rural area, authorities said.
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Woman takes stand in Fla. servitude case
Feb 27 2008 7:22PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A young Haitian woman testified Wednesday that she considered suicide to escape years of abuse at the hands of a South Florida family accused of keeping her as their slave.
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Wrong man chased after Ct. bank shooting
Feb 27 2008 7:20PM (CT)
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A bank robber shot and wounded an off-duty fire official who tried to subdue him, then escaped with a bag of money Wednesday, authorities said. Police chased the wrong man and shot him in the shoulder.
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USDA sued over 'downer' cow rules
Feb 27 2008 6:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Humane Society sued the federal government Wednesday over what it said is a legal loophole that allows sick or crippled cattle, called "downers," into the food supply.
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Warren Jeffs pleads not guilty in Ariz.
Feb 27 2008 6:32PM (CT)
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to sex charges stemming from the arranged marriages of three teenage girls to older men.
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Warren Jeffs pleads not guilty in Ariz.
Feb 27 2008 6:32PM (CT)
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to sex charges stemming from the arranged marriages of three teenage girls to older men.
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Md. defends man's arrest for 1965 escape
Feb 27 2008 6:20PM (CT)
CLINTON, N.C. (AP) - Eighty-one-year-old Willie Parker has had trouble getting around since suffering a stroke, and his right arm curls inward as correctional officers help him move about the Sampson County jail.
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Man who wanted $2K hit on family pleads
Feb 27 2008 5:48PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man who tried to pay a gang member $2,000 to kill his estranged wife, mother-in-law and 9-year-old daughter pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder-for-hire charges in a deal that could send him to federal prison for 12 years.
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Heavy snow hits New England, Ohio Valley
Feb 27 2008 5:42PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Another snowstorm swept across New England on Wednesday, toppling seasonal snowfall records and dumping so much heavy snow on buildings that some collapsed under the weight.
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Heavy snow hits New England, Ohio Valley
Feb 27 2008 5:42PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Another snowstorm swept across New England on Wednesday, toppling seasonal snowfall records and dumping so much heavy snow on buildings that some collapsed under the weight.
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Heavy snow hits New England, Ohio Valley
Feb 27 2008 5:42PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Another snowstorm swept across New England on Wednesday, toppling seasonal snowfall records and dumping so much heavy snow on buildings that some collapsed under the weight.
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Tenn. mayor sends water, humor to Ga.
Feb 27 2008 5:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Drought-parched Georgia got a "cool wet kiss of friendship" Wednesday from neighboring Chattanooga, Tenn., in the form of a truckload of bottled water delivered to lawmakers at the state Capitol.
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Top official testifies in Navy case
Feb 27 2008 5:15PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The Navy would have immediately changed plans had it known that details of ship movements had been leaked to suspected terrorism supporters, a former top Navy official testified Wednesday at the trial of a former sailor on terrorism charges.
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Pastor fights fine for prewar Iraq trip
Feb 27 2008 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for a clergyman who defied regulations and visited Iraq in 2003 to protest the pending U.S.-led invasion argued Wednesday the government unfairly singled him out for censure because of his anti-war stance.
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Carter chides Bush on secrecy in govt.
Feb 27 2008 5:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Bush administration has violated Americans' basic human rights by blocking access to information and creating more government secrets than at any other time in U.S. history, former President Carter said Wednesday.
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Oh no. Not you again!
Feb 27 2008 4:56PM (CT)
PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) - Police said the same man tried to rob the same bank, wearing the same clothes and telling employees the same thing on Tuesday as he did two weeks ago. The outcome was not the same.
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Fire put out on fishing boat off Alaska
Feb 27 2008 4:47PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Nearby vessels and a Coast Guard cutter helped the crew of a fish processing boat extinguish a laundry-room blaze Wednesday in the Bering Sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
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Wis. man gets life in wife's poisoning
Feb 27 2008 4:45PM (CT)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A man who was convicted of poisoning and suffocating his wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole. Before she was killed, his wife had written a letter foreshadowing that her death might be suspicious.
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Stabbing alleged in political dispute
Feb 27 2008 4:31PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Montgomery County authorities say a man stabbed his brother-in-law during an argument over who should get the Democratic nomination for president.
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Airman kills 2 kids, self at Okla. base
Feb 27 2008 4:04PM (CT)
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AP) - A recently divorced airman who served with distinction in Iraq chased his ex-wife out of military housing with a pistol before killing his two young children and himself.
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FBI: Scruggs paid 2 men to persuade AG
Feb 27 2008 3:24PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A prominent attorney embroiled in a judicial bribery case paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi's Attorney General not to file criminal charges against an insurance company, according to court records.
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Judge refuses to postpone O.J. trial
Feb 27 2008 3:03PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The judge in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case on Wednesday refused defense lawyers' requests to postpone his trial.
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New Orleans homeless pushed into barrack
Feb 27 2008 2:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Hurricane Katrina flooded his home 30 months ago, Donald Collins says, he has fled to an evacuation center, huddled in an abandoned house and lived in a tent outside City Hall. Eventually the former sanitation worker migrated to a downtown underpass where crack sales and clothing donations seem equally common.
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New Orleans homeless pushed into barrack
Feb 27 2008 2:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Hurricane Katrina flooded his home 30 months ago, Donald Collins says, he has fled to an evacuation center, huddled in an abandoned house and lived in a tent outside City Hall. Eventually the former sanitation worker migrated to a downtown underpass where crack sales and clothing donations seem equally common.
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New Orleans homeless pushed into barrack
Feb 27 2008 2:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Hurricane Katrina flooded his home 30 months ago, Donald Collins says, he has fled to an evacuation center, huddled in an abandoned house and lived in a tent outside City Hall. Eventually the former sanitation worker migrated to a downtown underpass where crack sales and clothing donations seem equally common.
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Exchange student starved while in Egypt
Feb 27 2008 2:35PM (CT)
HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) - Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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Exchange student starved while in Egypt
Feb 27 2008 2:35PM (CT)
HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) - Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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Exchange student starved while in Egypt
Feb 27 2008 2:35PM (CT)
HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) - Jonathan McCullum was in perfect health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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Site of NIU shooting will be demolished
Feb 27 2008 2:29PM (CT)
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - The Northern Illinois University building where a gunman killed five students in an auditorium lecture hall, then committed suicide on the stage, will be demolished and replaced, school officials said Wednesday.
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Texas train carrying chemicals derails
Feb 27 2008 2:17PM (CT)
ALPINE, Texas (AP) - An official says cleanup is under way in West Texas after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed. Some residents were evacuated temporarily but no chemicals were released.
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Katrina activist gets probation
Feb 27 2008 2:12PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An activist who has been a leader in efforts to rebuild a New Orleans neighborhood destroyed by Hurricane Katrina was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation for his role in a loan fraud scheme.
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School bus overturns in Md.
Feb 27 2008 11:36AM (CT)
RIVERDALE, Md. (AP) - A bus carrying middle school students overturned Wednesday when the driver made a turn too fast, slightly injuring five children, authorities said.
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Flight returns to Ariz. over smoke
Feb 27 2008 10:36AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Officials say a Southwest Airlines jet has returned to Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport after pilots reported smoke in the cockpit.
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Florida power blackout remains a puzzle
Feb 27 2008 10:18AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Power executives were still in the dark Wednesday about how a glitch at a substation triggered a blackout that cut power to millions across south Florida. The outage darkened traffic signals, forced hospitals to scramble for generators and cut off air conditioners in the afternoon heat.
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Florida power blackout remains a puzzle
Feb 27 2008 10:18AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Power executives were still in the dark Wednesday about how a glitch at a substation triggered a blackout that cut power to millions across south Florida. The outage darkened traffic signals, forced hospitals to scramble for generators and cut off air conditioners in the afternoon heat.
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Airline: Pilot fired for buzzing airport
Feb 27 2008 10:07AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Cathay Pacific Airways pilot was fired after he swooped down and buzzed a Seattle-area airfield without permission while taking delivery of a Boeing 777-300ER passenger jet, the airline said Wednesday.
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Suspect in sexual assaults found dead
Feb 27 2008 8:49AM (CT)
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - A man sought in connection with attacks on two young women last week apparently committed suicide, authorities said.
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'Mansion Madam' puts home up for sale
Feb 27 2008 8:37AM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A former Penthouse pet who had been accused of running a brothel out of her million-dollar home has put the mansion up for sale.
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Mayor rips plan to empty FEMA trailers
Feb 27 2008 8:15AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work and will lead to a "second great displacement" of New Orleans residents, the city's mayor said.
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No bail for mom held in deaths of 3 kids
Feb 27 2008 6:51AM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman handcuffed to her hospital bed stared blankly into space as her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty to charges that she murdered her three young children by drowning them in the bathtub.
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No bail for mom held in deaths of 3 kids
Feb 27 2008 6:51AM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman handcuffed to her hospital bed stared blankly into space as her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty to charges that she murdered her three young children by drowning them in the bathtub.
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No bail for mom held in deaths of 3 kids
Feb 27 2008 6:51AM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A woman handcuffed to her hospital bed stared blankly into space as her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty to charges that she murdered her three young children by drowning them in the bathtub.
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Mold threatens Miami courthouse
Feb 27 2008 6:23AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has closed portions of Miami's historic downtown courthouse after a report identified widespread mold infestation and ongoing water leaks, with one part of the basement termed "disgusting" by inspectors.
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Terrorism victims memorial design denied
Feb 27 2008 5:18AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed design for a national memorial to victims of terrorism showing grieving, naked women has been rejected by Washington officials.
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Stripper testifies at NYC shooting trial
Feb 27 2008 4:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A topless dancer became the first eyewitness to testify at the trial of three police officers charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day, captivating the courtroom with a colorful and emotional account of the 50-shot slaying.
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Stripper testifies at NYC shooting trial
Feb 27 2008 4:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A topless dancer became the first eyewitness to testify at the trial of three police officers charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day, captivating the courtroom with a colorful and emotional account of the 50-shot slaying.
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Sex-change inmate says treatment stopped
Feb 27 2008 1:33AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A killer who sued to have a sex change claims her body is becoming more masculine again because she's being denied treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for the surgery. Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert, said that for months she has not been allowed to have court-approved hair-removal treatment or access to a specialist to discuss her testosterone levels.
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Sex-change inmate says treatment stopped
Feb 27 2008 1:33AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A killer who sued to have a sex change claims her body is becoming more masculine again because she's being denied treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for the surgery. Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert, said that for months she has not been allowed to have court-approved hair-removal treatment or access to a specialist to discuss her testosterone levels.
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Sex-change inmate says treatment stopped
Feb 27 2008 1:33AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A killer who sued to have a sex change claims her body is becoming more masculine again because she's being denied treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for the surgery. Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert, said that for months she has not been allowed to have court-approved hair-removal treatment or access to a specialist to discuss her testosterone levels.
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Wildfires flare up in Texas, New Mexico
Feb 27 2008 12:10AM (CT)
ROBERT LEE, Texas (AP) - Fire officials kept watch Tuesday on a wildfire threatening this town of 1,500 people, but evacuated residents were allowed to return.
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