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Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:56PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A gunman in a jacket, tie and baseball cap wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a paramedic who had gone back to fetch the right toy to go with his child's meal and wounding five others. The 60-year-old shooter then committed suicide.
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Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:56PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A gunman in a jacket, tie and baseball cap wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a paramedic who had gone back to fetch the right toy to go with his child's meal and wounding five others. The 60-year-old shooter then committed suicide.
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Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:56PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A gunman in a jacket, tie and baseball cap wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a paramedic who had gone back to fetch the right toy to go with his child's meal and wounding five others. The 60-year-old shooter then committed suicide.
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Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:56PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A gunman in a jacket, tie and baseball cap wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a paramedic who had gone back to fetch the right toy to go with his child's meal and wounding five others. The 60-year-old shooter then committed suicide.
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Fireman, gunman dead in Wendy's shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:56PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A gunman in a jacket, tie and baseball cap wordlessly opened fire inside a Wendy's during the lunchtime rush Monday, killing a paramedic who had gone back to fetch the right toy to go with his child's meal and wounding five others. The 60-year-old shooter then committed suicide.
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6 dead, including 2 children, in Memphis
Mar 3 2008 11:38PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police found the bodies of six people, including two children, as well as three critically wounded children in a Memphis home on Monday in a case authorities were treating as a multiple homicide.
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NY bar settles dress code complaint
Mar 3 2008 11:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A restaurant that hosted a party for Barack Obama supporters on Super Tuesday has discriminated against blacks wearing hip-hop clothing and urban wear, the state attorney general charged Monday in a lawsuit.
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Man charged in LA street shooting
Mar 3 2008 11:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who police say is a gang member was charged Monday with premeditated attempted murder and other felonies in a shooting that left eight people wounded at a South Los Angeles bus stop.
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Hearing begins in health suit against VA
Mar 3 2008 11:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawyers for two veterans groups asked a judge Monday to order the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to overhaul its health system, especially its mental health treatment, to meet growing demand from soldiers returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Luxury homes burn in apparent eco-attack
Mar 3 2008 11:04PM (CT)
WOODINVILLE, Wash. (AP) - Three seven-figure dream homes went up in flames early Monday in a Seattle suburb, apparently set by eco-terrorists who left a sign mocking the builders' claims that the 4,000-plus-square-foot houses were environmentally friendly.
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Luxury homes burn in apparent eco-attack
Mar 3 2008 11:04PM (CT)
WOODINVILLE, Wash. (AP) - Three seven-figure dream homes went up in flames early Monday in a Seattle suburb, apparently set by eco-terrorists who left a sign mocking the builders' claims that the 4,000-plus-square-foot houses were environmentally friendly.
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LA man accused of threatening Bush
Mar 3 2008 10:58PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man charged with threatening to kill the president was ordered Monday to get psychiatric help.
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Former Alaska gov's aide pleads guilty
Mar 3 2008 10:55PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The chief of staff for former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski has agreed to plead guilty to fraud in an ongoing corruption probe involving an oil field services company.
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5 killed during Bike Week in Florida
Mar 3 2008 10:32PM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Five people died in motorcycle-related crashes over the weekend in the opening days of Bike Week, one of the nation's largest annual biker gatherings, authorities said Monday.
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Marines probe puppy-throwing video
Mar 3 2008 10:29PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Military officials are investigating an Internet video that purports to show a Marine throwing a puppy off a rocky cliff.
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Ex-neighbors: Sickened Vegas man a loner
Mar 3 2008 10:21PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A hospitalized man who may have been sickened by the deadly toxin ricin was described by former neighbors on Monday as an introvert who often moved around and who loved animals.
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Abortion clinic avoids Kan. indictment
Mar 3 2008 9:51PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas grand jury that investigated a Planned Parenthood clinic has refused to issue an indictment on allegations that it violated restrictions on the procedure.
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Records: TX attack was plotted for month
Mar 3 2008 9:47PM (CT)
EMORY, Texas (AP) - A high school couple forced to break up spent about a month plotting to kill the girl's parents before her mother and two younger brothers were fatally shot and stabbed in a weekend ambush, according to records released Monday.
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Records: TX attack was plotted for month
Mar 3 2008 9:47PM (CT)
EMORY, Texas (AP) - A high school couple forced to break up spent about a month plotting to kill the girl's parents before her mother and two younger brothers were fatally shot and stabbed in a weekend ambush, according to records released Monday.
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Document: Acid poured on slain soldiers
Mar 3 2008 9:20PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Fort Lewis soldier killed a married couple _ both fellow soldiers _ and poured acid on their bodies in an attempt to dispose of them, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Environmental groups sue LA governments
Mar 3 2008 8:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two environmental groups sued Los Angeles County and the city of Malibu on Monday in an attempt to force them to clean up contaminated water and urban runoff discharged into coastal waters.
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Va. set to toughen animal fighting laws
Mar 3 2008 8:46PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The state Senate approved tougher laws against dog- and cockfighting Monday in Virginia, the state where NFL star Michael Vick ran his dogfighting operation.
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Drug sentencing guidelines take effect
Mar 3 2008 8:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marsha Cunningham was no drug dealer. But when authorities busted her boyfriend in the 1990s for selling crack and powdered cocaine, they also arrested her on a crack possession charge.
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Environmentalist pleads not guilty in OR
Mar 3 2008 7:58PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An environmental activist and former fugitive who once won thousands of votes in a congressional election pleaded not guilty Monday to ecoterrorism charges and was ordered held as a flight risk and public danger.
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Suspect in Ivy League ID theft in court
Mar 3 2008 7:52PM (CT)
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A woman accused of using a missing person's identity to get into an Ivy League school made her first court appearance Monday, and the victim's relatives said they just want the theft suspect punished.
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Ill. fundraising trial begins in Chicago
Mar 3 2008 7:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A businessman who raised thousands of dollars for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich smiled confidently at his wife and family as jury selection began Monday in his political corruption trial.
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Ill. fundraising trial begins in Chicago
Mar 3 2008 7:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A businessman who raised thousands of dollars for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich smiled confidently at his wife and family as jury selection began Monday in his political corruption trial.
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Ill. fundraising trial begins in Chicago
Mar 3 2008 7:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A businessman who raised thousands of dollars for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich smiled confidently at his wife and family as jury selection began Monday in his political corruption trial.
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Penalty phase starts in cannibalism slay
Mar 3 2008 7:20PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A man convicted of murdering a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalism plot is mentally ill and was out of touch with reality, his attorney told jurors Monday as he urged them to spare his client from execution.
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Chicago cop accused of hitting officers
Mar 3 2008 7:10PM (CT)
FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago police officer being arrested for breaking tables at a suburban bar struck two police officers and spit blood at a paramedic at the police station, authorities said Monday.
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Guilty plea in NYC in Quran desecration
Mar 3 2008 7:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who threw copies of the Quran into a toilet after disputes with Muslims at the college he once attended pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct.
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Gun fears lock down 2 Southeast colleges
Mar 3 2008 7:00PM (CT)
BOONE, N.C. (AP) - Appalachian State University locked down the campus briefly Monday after a man was reported carrying a gun nearby. No shots were fired, and no injuries were reported, the school said.
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Some trailers more toxic, CDC says
Mar 3 2008 6:23PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Formaldehyde levels in the trailers provided to Gulf Coast hurricane victims vary greatly by brand, and four of the six most commonly used brands are among those with the highest levels, a federal study released Monday found.
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Bankruptcy makes gift cards worthless
Mar 3 2008 6:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too.
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Bankruptcy makes gift cards worthless
Mar 3 2008 6:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too.
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Bankruptcy makes gift cards worthless
Mar 3 2008 6:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too.
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Arguments wrap up in ex-sailor's trial
Mar 3 2008 5:57PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors urged a jury Monday to convict a former Navy sailor of leaking ship movements to suspected terrorists, saying he sympathized with the enemy and admitted disclosing military intelligence.
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Snow, tornadoes hit southern Plains
Mar 3 2008 5:54PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Snow fell across parts of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle on Monday, part of a storm system that produced at least two weekend tornadoes and hail as big as softballs.
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Study outlines risks for teen passengers
Mar 3 2008 5:44PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Car crashes are the leading cause of death for tweens and teens, and a new study outlines some of the most dangerous circumstances: Riding unbuckled with new teen drivers on high-speed roads. These were the three biggest risk factors contributing to car crash deaths for passengers aged 8 to 17, the study found.
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NJ family sues school in son's death
Mar 3 2008 4:57PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The parents of a 19-year-old student whose body was found in a Pennsylvania landfill after a frantic, four-week search filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday accusing his college of not securing its trash-compacting system.
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OSHA to inspect dust-prone factories
Mar 3 2008 4:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal inspections will be carried out at hundreds of plants where combustible dust is a workplace hazard, a top safety official said Monday at a sugar refinery where dust is suspected of causing a deadly explosion.
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Ex-Newark mayor's fraud trial begins
Mar 3 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James abused his office by steering discounted city property to a girlfriend who then sold the parcels for large profits, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at James' fraud trial.
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Woman guilty of killing ex-lover's wife
Mar 3 2008 4:08PM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A woman who donned a black mask, ordered her ex-lover's wife to her knees and shot her twice in the head was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday.
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Bus overturns in Ga.; kids injured
Mar 3 2008 3:07PM (CT)
CANTON, Ga. (AP) - A school bus carrying 27 students overturned Monday on its morning route and 11 students were taken to hospitals for treatment of injuries, authorities said.
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Bus overturns in Ga.; kids injured
Mar 3 2008 3:07PM (CT)
CANTON, Ga. (AP) - A school bus carrying 27 students overturned Monday on its morning route and 11 students were taken to hospitals for treatment of injuries, authorities said.
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Arrest made after Bill Clinton speech
Mar 3 2008 2:13PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A protester has been charged with disorderly conduct after yelling at former President Bill Clinton during a campaign stop.
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Protected path sought for Wyo. antelope
Mar 3 2008 2:09PM (CT)
PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) - The sophisticated motion sensors that line a one-mile stretch of highway in western Wyoming seem out of place. There are no pricey jewels, no rare artifacts, just desolate landscape.
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NC offers reward for fugitive Marine
Mar 3 2008 12:43PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Marine charged with killing a pregnant colleague.
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NYC cabbie says he was trying to help
Mar 3 2008 8:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A livery cab driver initially hailed as a hero said he was just trying to do "the right thing" when he told a tale of finding a baby girl abandoned in his car.
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NYC cabbie says he was trying to help
Mar 3 2008 8:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A livery cab driver initially hailed as a hero said he was just trying to do "the right thing" when he told a tale of finding a baby girl abandoned in his car.
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NYC cabbie says he was trying to help
Mar 3 2008 8:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A livery cab driver initially hailed as a hero said he was just trying to do "the right thing" when he told a tale of finding a baby girl abandoned in his car.
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Farmer's helper: The flying cockroach
Mar 3 2008 8:06AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Loathed by homeowner and restaurateur, the lowly cockroach is gaining some respect in the agricultural community.
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Plan would help military kids at school
Mar 3 2008 7:42AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Leonor Chavez, the wife of a Navy doctor, doesn't worry about her daughter having to change schools every few years. It's the paperwork that bothers her.
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Hawaii: tourists make lousy neighbors
Mar 3 2008 7:28AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii's verdant volcanic peaks and crystalline waters have made tourism the state's biggest industry. But not all Hawaii residents are thrilled by the millions who flock to their shores.
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N.J. student penny-protesters pardoned
Mar 3 2008 4:14AM (CT)
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Twenty-nine New Jersey students punished with two-day detentions after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches are getting a pardon.
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Iran to face new UN sanctions on Monday
Mar 3 2008 3:51AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is certain to approve a third round of sanctions against Iran on Monday for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, but it's doubtful the new measures will receive the unanimous support that the first two sanctions resolutions did.
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John Edwards' father-in-law dies at 87
Mar 3 2008 1:20AM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Vincent Anania, the father-in-law of onetime Democratic presidential contender and former Sen. John Edwards, has died. He was 87.
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Old North Church goes modern
Mar 3 2008 12:14AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - One LED if by land, and two if by sea? The Old North Church, a beacon for Paul Revere's famous warning of the movement of British forces, and a symbol of the American Revolution, has gone high-tech with the installation of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs.
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Old North Church goes modern
Mar 3 2008 12:14AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - One LED if by land, and two if by sea? The Old North Church, a beacon for Paul Revere's famous warning of the movement of British forces, and a symbol of the American Revolution, has gone high-tech with the installation of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs.
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