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Pittsburgh school bus crashes into house
Mar 6 2006 11:53PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A school bus went off a road, down a steep hill and into a house Monday, injuring four students and the driver, authorities said.
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NYC to settle suit filed by cab drivers
Mar 6 2006 11:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of taxi drivers who were accused of discrimination and lost their driving privileges settled a class-action lawsuit against the city, their lawyer said Monday.
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Cindy Sheehan arrested after U.N. march
Mar 6 2006 11:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cindy Sheehan, who drew international attention when she camped outside President Bush's ranch to protest the Iraq war, was arrested Monday along with three other women during a demonstration demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Body of missing worker in plant fire found
Mar 6 2006 11:03PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A plant worker missing since a fire broke out in a 100-story smokestack over the weekend was found dead on Monday, officials said.
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S. Dakota legislation to ban most abortions
Mar 6 2006 10:54PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday that would ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
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U.N. Democracy Fund officially inaugurated
Mar 6 2006 10:15PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. fund proposed by President Bush to promote democracy around the world was inaugurated Monday with pledges of $41 million.
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Levees overtop in Calif.'s Sonoma County
Mar 6 2006 9:45PM (CT)
SCHELLVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A storm that dumped about two inches of rain in Sonoma County overnight flooded part of a highway for several hours as water overtopped nearby levees, officials said.
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Prosecutor: Moussaoui did his part for 9/11
Mar 6 2006 9:39PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Opening its argument for executing al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, the government said Monday he "lied so that murders could follow" on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Suit stemming from N.D. derailment dismissed
Mar 6 2006 8:43PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday dismissed a class action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway over a 2002 derailment and deadly chemical spill near the town of Minot.
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Ex-trooper may get life in prison
Mar 6 2006 7:46PM (CT)
BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A former state trooper convicted for the second time of murdering his wife and two young children should spend the rest of his life in prison, a jury recommended Monday.
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UNC attack suspect wanted to punish gov't
Mar 6 2006 7:19PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A University of North Carolina graduate accused of running down nine people on campus told an emergency dispatcher he wanted to "punish the government of the United States for their actions around the world," according to a 911 recording released Monday.
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Families of Sept. 11 victims watch trial
Mar 6 2006 7:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With tears in their eyes, relatives of Sept. 11 victims gathered Monday at a courthouse near the site of the World Trade Center to watch as a sentencing trial began for the only man charged in the United States in connection with the terrorist attacks.
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Shooter now denies killing Ga. socialite
Mar 6 2006 7:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In a stunning about-face, the admitted triggerman in the slaying of an Atlanta socialite denied Monday that he had ever seen the victim in person or that he killed her on orders from the woman's estranged husband.
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Long delay refused in Abramoff sentencing
Mar 6 2006 7:02PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge Monday refused to allow a lengthy delay in the sentencing of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, even though lawyers for both sides said the move could jeopardize a federal corruption investigation involving Congress and the Bush administration.
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Ill. ex-governor's trial nearing its end
Mar 6 2006 6:44PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Gov. George Ryan presided over payoffs and fundraising abuses so bad he "might as well have put up a `For Sale' sign over his office," a federal prosecutor said Monday at the close of his racketeering and fraud trial.
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Cindy Sheehan arrested after U.N. march
Mar 6 2006 6:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. and Iraqi women demanding a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq marched from the United Nations to the U.S. Mission on Monday, where peace activist Cindy Sheehan and three others were arrested, police said.
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D.C.-area sniper suspect lists complaints
Mar 6 2006 5:46PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - John Allen Muhammad, already sentenced to death for sniper killings in Virginia, appeared in a Maryland court Monday complaining that jailers have restricted his access to documents he needs for his trial on six sniper shootings.
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Bulger brother to lose pension for lying
Mar 6 2006 4:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The state's highest court ruled Monday that a brother of fugitive mobster James "Whitey" Bulger must forfeit his $65,000-a-year state pension because he lied to grand juries investigating the gangster's disappearance.
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Police question suspect in student slaying
Mar 6 2006 3:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police have been questioning a bouncer at the trendy bar where a graduate student was seen hours before her naked body was found, bound and with packaging tape wrapped over her face.
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Fire chars 2,000 acres along Va. highway
Mar 6 2006 3:54PM (CT)
MONTVALE, Va. (AP) - A federal crew trained to handle wildfires was brought in Monday to battle a woodland blaze that had consumed nearly 2,000 acres and closed an eight-mile portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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FCC, others face Katrina phone problems
Mar 6 2006 3:46PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Downed telephone lines and damaged cellular towers left emergency crews confused and isolated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, experts told federal regulators Monday.
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Mich. soldier met daughter before he died
Mar 6 2006 3:41PM (CT)
FLUSHING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Before he died last week, Sgt. Joshua V. Youmans got to see his 5-month-old daughter for the first time, his wife said.
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Officials: Ga. Capitol powder a cleanser
Mar 6 2006 3:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A white powder that sent a scare through the Georgia Capitol complex after two employees complained it made them sick turned out to be a non-hazardous cleaning agent, officials said Monday.
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Ga. hockey fans scoop up bobblehead dolls
Mar 6 2006 2:23PM (CT)
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Like the woman who inspired their creation, Runaway Bride bobblehead dolls disappeared quickly during a sports promotion in her hometown.
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Prosecutors target white supremacist gang
Mar 6 2006 1:56PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The inmates had to heat the letter to draw out the message, written in invisible ink. When they did, their orders were clear.
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The Moussaoui jury
Mar 6 2006 1:41PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Here are thumbnail sketches of the jurors in the sentencing trial of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
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N.Y. Gov. Pataki leaves hospital
Mar 6 2006 1:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. George Pataki was released from a hospital Monday after 18 days of treatment for appendicitis and complications that followed surgery.
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Fiery car crash kills four N.C. teens
Mar 6 2006 9:56AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four high school seniors returning from a basketball game died in a fiery crash after their car sped off a highway bridge and plunged 58 feet to the ground below, police said.
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International curriculum in Pa. spotlight
Mar 6 2006 9:45AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - School board members in a Minnesota district call it anti-American and anti-Christian. In New Jersey, members of one school board argue it's a waste of money. Now, a suburban Pittsburgh school district is abolishing it over questions of politics and cost.
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2 students heckle Clinton at university
Mar 6 2006 9:22AM (CT)
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Two Pace University students were questioned by Secret Service officers after they heckled former President Clinton during a speech at the school, a university spokesman said.
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Students remember more ads than news
Mar 6 2006 6:17AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Students remember more of the advertising than they do the news stories shown on Channel One, the daily public affairs program shown in 12,000 U.S. schools, a study has found.
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Annan wants U.N. to consider outsourcing
Mar 6 2006 5:46AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan will ask U.N. member states to consider outsourcing some U.N. operations as part of an overhaul of the world body's management, according to an outline of his proposed reforms obtained by The Associated Press.
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Small quakes shake Southern Calif. town
Mar 6 2006 2:36AM (CT)
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - A magnitude-3.4 earthquake shook a Southern California town early Sunday, but no damage or injuries were reported.
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Four students killed in N.C. car accident
Mar 6 2006 2:20AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A speeding car went airborne as it crossed a highway exit bridge, crashing to the ground 58 feet below and bursting into flames late Saturday. Four high school students were killed, officials said.
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