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NYC to install more video cameras in jails
Mar 1 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city will install hundreds of video cameras in jails and improve training and accountability of guards to better control the use of force against inmates under a settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
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Cocaine trafficker convicted of threats
Mar 1 2006 11:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A cocaine trafficker who claimed ties to a Colombian terrorist group was convicted Wednesday on charges that he threatened to kill federal agents stationed in Belize.
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Physicist Owen Chamblain dies at 85
Mar 1 2006 11:23PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Owen Chamberlain, who shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in physics as co-discoverer of the antiproton in atomic physics, has died at age 85, officials at the University of California, Berkeley, said Wednesday.
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Okla. grass fires destroy homes, hurt 5
Mar 1 2006 11:05PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Grass fires raged across Oklahoma on Wednesday, injuring five firefighters, destroying homes and other buildings and forcing evacuations of schools and businesses, authorities said.
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EU backs proposal for new rights council
Mar 1 2006 10:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The European Union gave its backing Wednesday night to a proposal to create a U.N. Human Rights Council, a move leaving the United States isolated from some of its closest allies in its opposition to the new body.
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Other suspects sought in N.Y. shooting
Mar 1 2006 10:49PM (CT)
KIRKLAND, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have captured one man and killed another in the shooting death of a decorated police officer who was slain while pursuing jewel thieves, but they believe other suspects are still at large.
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Appeal planned in classroom poster case
Mar 1 2006 10:37PM (CT)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A public school teacher who was ordered to remove Christian-themed posters from his classroom will appeal a federal judge's ruling that concluded his rights were not violated, his attorney said Wednesday.
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Yale and Peru end artifact negotiations
Mar 1 2006 10:31PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Peru rejected Yale University's proposal to share thousands of artifacts taken nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and intends to sue, the country's U.S. ambassador said Wednesday.
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Mother in 'caged kids' case takes stand
Mar 1 2006 10:27PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - The woman accused of locking some of her 11 adopted, special-needs children in cages cried on the witness stand Wednesday as she denied that she and her husband were cruel to his biological children or that he touched a daughter inappropriately.
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Jury convicts man in 1970 cop killing
Mar 1 2006 10:20PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted a man in the shooting death of a police officer nearly 36 years ago, and the judge sentenced him to life in prison.
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U.S. sues N.Y. over voting rights reform
Mar 1 2006 9:58PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The federal government sued New York on Wednesday to force it to comply with a law prompted by the disputed 2000 presidential race that requires states to update their voting machines.
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New Orleans candidates to challenge mayor
Mar 1 2006 9:53PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin and a field of challengers signed up Wednesday for a New Orleans' mayoral race likely to focus on the incumbent's handling of city efforts to rebuild.
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Autopsy: NYC baby died of heroin overdose
Mar 1 2006 9:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A toddler discovered unconscious in an apartment in January died of a heroin overdose, authorities said Wednesday, citing autopsy results.
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Cardinal vows to defy anti-immigrant bill
Mar 1 2006 9:42PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said Wednesday he would instruct his priests to defy a proposed federal requirement that churches check the legal status of parishioners before helping them.
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Colo. sheriff asks families about tapes
Mar 1 2006 9:36PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Authorities are asking victims of the Columbine High School attack and their families whether recordings and journals made by the teenage gunmen should be made public.
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Real estate heir out of Texas prison early
Mar 1 2006 9:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A New York real estate heir who was acquitted of murdering a neighbor in 2003 but sent to prison last month for parole violations was released early after he sued the state alleging the punishment was too harsh.
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Miss. House advances bill to ban abortion
Mar 1 2006 9:13PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday he would probably sign a bill under consideration in the state House that would ban most abortions in Mississippi.
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Chicago priest pleads not guilty in abuse
Mar 1 2006 9:11PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he sexually abused three boys, in a case Chicago's cardinal has acknowledged mishandling.
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Pataki says he's better; Ky. gov. released
Mar 1 2006 9:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In his first public appearance since suffering a burst appendix nearly two weeks ago, a smiling, healthy-looking Gov. George Pataki surprised reporters Wednesday at a hospital news conference, saying, "Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated."
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Mardi Gras high on spirit, low on sales
Mar 1 2006 8:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bartenders on Bourbon Street usually measure the success of Mardi Gras according to the number of square inches of exposed pavement outside the door. This year, they could measure the space in square feet.
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Refugees check out of FEMA hotels, protest
Mar 1 2006 8:26PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Donna Francis pressed a pile of FEMA paperwork and phone numbers to her chest as the minutes slipped away in the lobby of the Best Value Inn.
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Ill. woman won't have to see tape of rape
Mar 1 2006 7:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge decided Wednesday not to force a woman to watch a videotape of two men having sex with her as a 16-year-old, a key piece of evidence in the trial of a man accused of raping her.
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Judge won't order ports deal investigation
Mar 1 2006 7:25PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - In a setback for the state of New Jersey, a federal judge Wednesday refused to order an investigation into the deal that would put an Arab company in charge of operations at Newark and other major U.S. ports.
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NYC police seek clues in student's slaying
Mar 1 2006 7:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - She was a young graduate student who died in a gruesome way: raped, strangled and left on the side of a remote road in Brooklyn. Beige-colored packing tape masked her entire face. A sock was stuffed in her mouth.
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One killed, nine hurt in Fla. bus crash
Mar 1 2006 7:08PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A bus carrying children with special needs collided with a sport utility vehicle Wednesday afternoon, killing the SUV's driver and injuring eight students and the bus driver, authorities said.
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Judge clears way for Yates' retrial
Mar 1 2006 6:16PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge Wednesday cleared the way for the second trial of Andrea Yates on murder charges in the 2001 drowning of her children in the family bathtub.
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Woman pleads guilty in death of adoptee
Mar 1 2006 5:24PM (CT)
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to beating to death a 2-year-old girl she had adopted from an orphanage in Siberia.
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W.Va. mine blast survivor not told 12 died
Mar 1 2006 5:22PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Randal McCloy Jr. hasn't asked about the fate of the 12 men who entered the Sago Mine with him two months ago. And so far, his wife hasn't told him.
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Miss. House advances bill to ban abortion
Mar 1 2006 4:42PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday he would probably sign a bill under consideration in the state House that would ban most abortions in Mississippi.
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Ind. mother pleads guilty in boys' deaths
Mar 1 2006 4:36PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A mother who told police she beat her two sons to death so they could go to heaven pleaded guilty but mentally ill Wednesday to murder.
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La. first-responders must find new housing
Mar 1 2006 3:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hundreds of hurricane evacuees who have been living on two cruise ships in New Orleans began clearing out Wednesday morning, while people on a third vessel in St. Bernard Parish spent the morning fighting to stay put.
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Rat-swamped warehouse operator gets prison
Mar 1 2006 3:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The former president of a company that ran a food warehouse infested with rats was sentenced Wednesday to more than 2 1/2 years in prison.
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Appeals court rejects ex-La. gov. appeal
Mar 1 2006 2:49PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court Wednesday turned down the latest effort by former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards to win a new trial on charges of extorting payoffs for riverboat casino licenses.
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Two construction workers die in Fla. fall
Mar 1 2006 2:30PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A construction platform collapsed Wednesday atop a high-rise condominium project, dropping two workers to their deaths and injuring a third man, authorities said.
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Report urges better health for Hispanics
Mar 1 2006 2:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Hispanics come to America looking for jobs and educations, but remaining here seems to be bad for their health.
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Lionel Tate pleads guilty in robbery
Mar 1 2006 2:14PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Tate, who beat and stomped a little girl to death when he was 12, pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a pizza delivery man last spring and could be sent back to prison for up to 30 years.
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Pizza magnate seeks Catholic-governed town
Mar 1 2006 2:08PM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - If Domino's Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan has his way, a new town being built in Florida will be governed according to strict Roman Catholic principles, with no place to get an abortion, pornography or birth control.
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Man gets 15 years for biting girlfriend
Mar 1 2006 1:34PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A man who bit off a chunk of his girlfriend's cheek and spit it out onto the sidewalk was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for assault.
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Lingerie store stops using live models
Mar 1 2006 1:00PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A lingerie shop has stopped using scantily clad women in its store windows after one of its models received harassing phone calls, the store's owner said.
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N.M. grassland fire forces 100 to evacuate
Mar 1 2006 11:42AM (CT)
MIAMI, N.M. (AP) - A fire burned Wednesday morning on parched grassland in northeast New Mexico, forcing the evacuation of a small farming and ranching community.
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Chemical leak likely behind N.C. explosion
Mar 1 2006 10:55AM (CT)
MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) - A leak of flammable chemical vapor during a manufacturing process was the most likely cause of the January plant explosion that killed one man and injured at least a dozen others, federal investigators said Wednesday.
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Charges against transgender female dropped
Mar 1 2006 10:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Transit police are dropping charges against a phone repair worker making the transition from male to female who says she was arrested three times in six months for using a women's restroom at Grand Central Terminal.
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N.Y. library buys Burroughs archive
Mar 1 2006 9:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Public Library has acquired the personal archive of William S. Burroughs _ offering the first public glimpse of many of the Beat Generation writer's unpublished works and correspondence.
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Lawsuit alleges illegal wiretaps by NSA
Mar 1 2006 8:40AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Civil rights attorneys have sued the National Security Agency, claiming it illegally wiretapped conversations between the leaders of an Islamic charity that had been accused of aiding Muslim militants and two of its lawyers.
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Judge rules for Cubans who were sent back
Mar 1 2006 8:09AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A judge has ordered federal officials to "use their best efforts" to help 15 Cubans return to the United States, weeks after they reached an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys but were sent back to their homeland.
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Transgender person arrested over restroom
Mar 1 2006 7:59AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A phone repair worker who is in transition from male to female said Tuesday that she was arrested three times by transit police in the last six months for using the women's restroom at Grand Central Terminal.
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Muhammad cartoons rile Calif. college
Mar 1 2006 7:54AM (CT)
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - A student panel discussion that included a display of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons descended into chaos, with one speaker calling Islam an "evil religion" and audience members nearly coming to blows.
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Ex-Democratic boss in Ill. gets prison
Mar 1 2006 7:22AM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - When poor students from this impoverished city got into college, Charlie Powell Jr. chipped in so they could attend.
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Man in hostage standoff pleads innocent
Mar 1 2006 6:27AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man who held nine people hostage inside a National Labor Relations Board office has told a federal judge he wants to represent himself.
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Junior high principal who fired gets leave
Mar 1 2006 6:24AM (CT)
ODESSA, Texas (AP) - A junior high principal accused of firing a gun on school grounds was placed on leave and will not return to the position, school officials said.
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R.I. can't seek damages in lead paint case
Mar 1 2006 6:23AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Three paint manufacturers found liable for creating a public nuisance in Rhode Island won't face punitive damages because they stopped making lead pigment years ago, a judge ruled.
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Colo. boy handcuffed after scuffle
Mar 1 2006 6:17AM (CT)
AVON, Colo. (AP) - Town officials say a school resource officer followed policy when he handcuffed a 10-year-old boy and drove him home after a playground scuffle.
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16 women file lawsuit against Boston lab
Mar 1 2006 4:00AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sixteen women have sued a laboratory in federal court, claiming its product failed to accurately determine the sex of their embryos as promised.
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Mo. court upholds 24-hour abortion wait
Mar 1 2006 3:36AM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions, a decision that turns the focus of the legal battle to federal court.
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Community colleges branching out
Mar 1 2006 3:27AM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Students are attending college at an abandoned steel mill in Pennsylvania and at YMCAs in Ohio. They share digs with a small public library and an insurance agency in Nebraska, where they will soon take classes at an ice cream parlor.
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Lawsuit filed in rabies transplant case
Mar 1 2006 2:20AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The parents of a teenager who died after receiving a kidney infected with rabies filed a lawsuit Tuesday against those involved in the transplant, including the hospital.
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Hawaii teen in hospital after shark attack
Mar 1 2006 1:59AM (CT)
MAKENA, Hawaii (AP) - A teenager who was bitten on her right calf by an 8-foot gray shark said she didn't think she was going to survive because she was in so much pain after the attack.
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Prosecutors: Cunningham bullied officials
Mar 1 2006 12:43AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham bullied Defense Department officials as he worked to ensure deals for contractors who had bribed him with gifts and cash, federal prosecutors said in court papers Tuesday.
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