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Mistrial for firefighter in boy's death
Mar 6 2008 11:56PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial on Thursday in the case of a former firefighter accused of killing a 15-year-old boy.
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Bad practices turn up and more clinics
Mar 6 2008 11:39PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The unsafe medical procedures that spread hepatitis C among patients at a large Las Vegas surgical clinic may be more widespread and may have resulted in more infections than first believed, health officials said Thursday.
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Feds: Upscale prostitution ring busted
Mar 6 2008 11:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four people were arrested Thursday and accused of organizing a prostitution ring that charged wealthy clients in Europe and the U.S. thousands of dollars for prostitutes rated by diamonds.
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NPR's chief executive steps down
Mar 6 2008 11:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday.
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North Carolina student president killed
Mar 6 2008 11:31PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well.
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North Carolina student president killed
Mar 6 2008 11:31PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well.
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North Carolina student president killed
Mar 6 2008 11:31PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well.
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Atty: Ex-teacher would take plea deal
Mar 6 2008 11:20PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The lawyer for a female teacher accused of having sex with a student and fleeing to Mexico with him said Thursday that his client would be willing to plead guilty to state charges of statutory rape if federal charges against her were dropped.
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Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
Mar 6 2008 10:16PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to compensate a farmer whose land was poisoned by sludge from the waste treatment plant here. His cows had died by the hundreds.
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Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
Mar 6 2008 10:16PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to compensate a farmer whose land was poisoned by sludge from the waste treatment plant here. His cows had died by the hundreds.
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Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
Mar 6 2008 10:16PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to compensate a farmer whose land was poisoned by sludge from the waste treatment plant here. His cows had died by the hundreds.
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Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
Mar 6 2008 10:16PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to compensate a farmer whose land was poisoned by sludge from the waste treatment plant here. His cows had died by the hundreds.
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Sewage-based fertilizer safety doubted
Mar 6 2008 10:16PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - It was a farm idea with a big payoff and supposedly no downside: ridding lakes and rivers of raw sewage and industrial pollution by converting it all into a free, nutrient-rich fertilizer. Then last week, a federal judge ordered the Agriculture Department to compensate a farmer whose land was poisoned by sludge from the waste treatment plant here. His cows had died by the hundreds.
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Private eye accused of spying on targets
Mar 6 2008 10:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former baseball player Matt Williams testified Thursday that he refused an offer from private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the phone of his second wife.
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Trial begins for Ill. fundraiser
Mar 6 2008 9:27PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal prosecutor on Thursday accused a businessman who bankrolled campaigns for Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama of being the behind-the-scenes mastermind of a $7 million fraud scheme.
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Soldier charged with murder, kidnapping
Mar 6 2008 9:04PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A Fort Lewis soldier accused of killing two other soldiers at their home and taking their baby was charged Thursday by the Army with murder, burglary, kidnapping and obstruction of justice.
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Couple missing on SC resort island
Mar 6 2008 8:58PM (CT)
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Authorities searched Thursday for a prominent business couple last seen earlier this week at the Hilton Head Island yacht community they owned.
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EPA reconsidering mercury emission rules
Mar 6 2008 8:51PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Responding to a lawsuit by Michigan and eight other states, the Bush administration is reconsidering its policy on mercury emissions from cement plants, which critics say allows too much air pollution.
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Jury deadlocked in border agent's trial
Mar 6 2008 8:39PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Jurors deliberating the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with fatally shooting an illegal immigrant from Mexico said they were deadlocked Thursday, but the judge urged them to reach a verdict.
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Judge: Fisk U. to keep O'Keeffe donation
Mar 6 2008 8:32PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fisk University broke the terms of a donation from painter Georgia O'Keeffe but shouldn't lose the art collection to a New Mexico museum, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Explosive devices found at UC Davis
Mar 6 2008 8:25PM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A freshman was arrested Thursday after two partially assembled pipe bombs were found in his dormitory room at the University of California, Davis, authorities said.
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Explosive devices found at UC Davis
Mar 6 2008 8:25PM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A freshman was arrested Thursday after two partially assembled pipe bombs were found in his dormitory room at the University of California, Davis, authorities said.
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Explosive devices found at UC Davis
Mar 6 2008 8:25PM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A freshman was arrested Thursday after two partially assembled pipe bombs were found in his dormitory room at the University of California, Davis, authorities said.
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Group's suit in 'pill mill' case dropped
Mar 6 2008 8:17PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday granted a patient advocacy group's request to withdraw its lawsuit contesting the prosecution of a Kansas doctor accused of running a "pill mill" linked to 56 deaths.
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Judge: Money for Baptist school is wrong
Mar 6 2008 8:08PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Lawmakers violated the state constitution by budgeting $12 million to create a pharmacy school and a scholarship at a private Southern Baptist university, a judge ruled Thursday.
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NYC struck again by mystery bomber
Mar 6 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the third time in as many years, someone riding a bike and armed with a small explosive has struck in Manhattan, this time in the highest-profile location by far: a landmark military recruitment station in the heart of Times Square.
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NYC struck again by mystery bomber
Mar 6 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the third time in as many years, someone riding a bike and armed with a small explosive has struck in Manhattan, this time in the highest-profile location by far: a landmark military recruitment station in the heart of Times Square.
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NYC struck again by mystery bomber
Mar 6 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the third time in as many years, someone riding a bike and armed with a small explosive has struck in Manhattan, this time in the highest-profile location by far: a landmark military recruitment station in the heart of Times Square.
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1890s Colo. murder confession on display
Mar 6 2008 7:24PM (CT)
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) - He said his name was John Spicer, that he had killed a man in 1893 and that he hoped his confession would someday clear up "the darkest mystery that ever embraced one in human murder."
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Several leads pursued in Auburn slaying
Mar 6 2008 7:23PM (CT)
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities said Thursday they were pursuing several leads in the shooting death of an Auburn University student, but they declined to disclose many details.
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Explorers may have to ID shipwreck find
Mar 6 2008 6:52PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Deep-sea explorers who found a shipwreck last year yielding about $500 million in treasure might be forced to provide Spain their "best available hypothesis" on the ship's identity, a judge said Thursday.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Crews to move 9/11 survivors staircase
Mar 6 2008 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Canavan saw the stairs through the smoke after tunneling out of debris that buried him when the World Trade Center's south tower collapsed. The sun fell on a section of gold awning that led him down the stairs to safety on a nearby street.
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Gary, Ind., police chief faces charges
Mar 6 2008 6:47PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The police chief in the violence-plagued city of Gary assaulted two people he suspected of burglarizing his home and had them and two others wrongfully locked up for three days, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Va. escaped inmate's murder trial begins
Mar 6 2008 6:37PM (CT)
ABINGDON, Va. (AP) - Jurors Thursday began hearing the capital murder case against an escaped inmate accused of killing two people with the gun of a sheriff's deputy he had knocked out in a hospital.
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Investor pleads not guilty in conspiracy
Mar 6 2008 6:25PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An associate of indicted Rep. Rick Renzi pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he conspired with the congressman to use his office for financial gain.
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Police: Teen kills self in Ala. gym
Mar 6 2008 6:13PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A student recently charged in a robbery and suspended from school fired a gun into the ceiling of his high school gym and then killed himself in front of about 150 classmates during a school assembly, police said.
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Argentina seeks ex-navy officer in US
Mar 6 2008 6:11PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former Argentine navy lieutenant wanted for his alleged role in a 1972 massacre of 16 leftist guerrillas is now heading a medical personnel supply company that has contracts with the U.S. Defense Department.
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Buried remains could be missing Md. mom
Mar 6 2008 5:58PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A skeleton found buried in Maryland woods resembles a woman who disappeared last year shortly before the bodies of her husband and four slain children were found in their home, police said Thursday.
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Woman guilty in U. of Washington arson
Mar 6 2008 5:52PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A federal jury Thursday found a woman guilty of two counts of arson for being the lookout in the 2001 burning of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture by members of the radical Earth Liberation Front.
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 6 2008 5:42PM (CT)
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 6 2008 5:42PM (CT)
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 6 2008 5:42PM (CT)
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 6 2008 5:42PM (CT)
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.
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Manmade flood unleashed in Grand Canyon
Mar 6 2008 5:42PM (CT)
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) - Four arcs of water unleashed from a dam coursed through the Grand Canyon on Wednesday in a flood meant to mimic the natural ones that used to nourish the ecosystem by spreading sediment.
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Man in suspected ricin case was loner
Mar 6 2008 5:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - If only Roger Bergendorff could say why vials of deadly ricin, guns and a copy of the "The Anarchist Cookbook" were found in his Las Vegas motel room.
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Man in suspected ricin case was loner
Mar 6 2008 5:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - If only Roger Bergendorff could say why vials of deadly ricin, guns and a copy of the "The Anarchist Cookbook" were found in his Las Vegas motel room.
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Man in suspected ricin case was loner
Mar 6 2008 5:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - If only Roger Bergendorff could say why vials of deadly ricin, guns and a copy of the "The Anarchist Cookbook" were found in his Las Vegas motel room.
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Feds issue recovery plan for sea lions
Mar 6 2008 5:34PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Commercial fishing continues to be a potential threat to Steller sea lions, according to a federal plan that lists dozens of actions necessary for the animals to recover _ but not increased regulations on fisheries.
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Defense begins in Liberty City retrial
Mar 6 2008 5:26PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The defense opened its case Thursday in the retrial of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, with witnesses describing the alleged ringleader as a hardworking construction contractor who struggled to pay bills.
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Atty: Drop Mass. teen's murder charge
Mar 6 2008 4:44PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A lawyer for a teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to death in a high school bathroom asked a judge to throw out the murder charge Thursday, arguing prosecutors improperly told the grand jury that it should not consider the student's mental disabilities.
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Burn victims in Ga. face long recovery
Mar 6 2008 4:36PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Three weeks after the explosion, Paul Seckinger opened his eyes for the first time in his hospital bed, looked up and smiled weakly at his mother.
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Burn victims in Ga. face long recovery
Mar 6 2008 4:36PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Three weeks after the explosion, Paul Seckinger opened his eyes for the first time in his hospital bed, looked up and smiled weakly at his mother.
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Burn victims in Ga. face long recovery
Mar 6 2008 4:36PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Three weeks after the explosion, Paul Seckinger opened his eyes for the first time in his hospital bed, looked up and smiled weakly at his mother.
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Explosives suspect will face 2 juries
Mar 6 2008 4:27PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A judge on Thursday ordered that a terrorism-related charge against an Egyptian student accused of transporting explosives will be handled in a separate trial from the explosives counts.
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
Mar 6 2008 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
Mar 6 2008 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
Mar 6 2008 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
Mar 6 2008 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
Mar 6 2008 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
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Minnesota bars beat smoking ban
Mar 6 2008 4:12PM (CT)
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."
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Minnesota bars beat smoking ban
Mar 6 2008 4:12PM (CT)
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."
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Minnesota bars beat smoking ban
Mar 6 2008 4:12PM (CT)
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) - All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."
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Calif. seeks Japanese man's extradition
Mar 6 2008 4:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has requested that a Japanese businessman be extradited from a U.S. territory to face charges of murdering his wife in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
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Wife of Wendy's victim: I can't forgive
Mar 6 2008 3:21PM (CT)
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The wife of a paramedic gunned down at a Wendy's said Thursday she is struggling to understand what led a 60-year-old handyman to commit the rampage that killed her husband.
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AP names Southern regional editors
Mar 6 2008 3:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press has named two veteran editors to leadership positions in a new regional editing operation for the Southern United States.
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Broken gas line caused Pa. explosion
Mar 6 2008 2:48PM (CT)
PLUM, Pa. (AP) - A broken gas line caused a suburban Pittsburgh house explosion that killed a man and injured his 4-year-old granddaughter, officials said Thursday.
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Broken gas line caused Pa. explosion
Mar 6 2008 2:48PM (CT)
PLUM, Pa. (AP) - A broken gas line caused a suburban Pittsburgh house explosion that killed a man and injured his 4-year-old granddaughter, officials said Thursday.
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LA gang violence spikes, kills student
Mar 6 2008 2:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jamiel Shaw's "18-year plan" for his son was beautifully simple: stay in school, make the grades, stay out of trouble and go off to a college far away from their gang-infested neighborhood.
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LA gang violence spikes, kills student
Mar 6 2008 2:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jamiel Shaw's "18-year plan" for his son was beautifully simple: stay in school, make the grades, stay out of trouble and go off to a college far away from their gang-infested neighborhood.
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LA gang violence spikes, kills student
Mar 6 2008 2:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jamiel Shaw's "18-year plan" for his son was beautifully simple: stay in school, make the grades, stay out of trouble and go off to a college far away from their gang-infested neighborhood.
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Men who do housework may get more sex
Mar 6 2008 1:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a new report in which a psychologist suggests the payoff for doing more chores could be more sex.
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School bus crash injures SC students
Mar 6 2008 12:49PM (CT)
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a bus carrying 32 kindergarten students has collided with a sport utility vehicle that crossed the center line. All of the students have been taken to a hospital with bumps and bruises.
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Officials: Planes avoid mid-air crash
Mar 6 2008 12:40PM (CT)
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) - Two airplanes carrying more than 120 passengers narrowly averted a collision after an air traffic control trainee told a Delta Air Lines pilot to turn into the path of an oncoming plane, officials said.
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Religion news in brief
Mar 6 2008 12:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Representatives of five non-Christian faiths will meet with Pope Benedict XVI during his first U.S. visit as pontiff next month.
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Religion today
Mar 6 2008 12:15PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - He has met with two U.S. presidents, lectured on Islam in scores of countries and appeared on global television. So Imam Yahya Hendi could be forgiven for declining speaking engagements in the sticks.
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Tenn. children under police protection
Mar 6 2008 11:48AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
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Tenn. children under police protection
Mar 6 2008 11:48AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
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Tenn. children under police protection
Mar 6 2008 11:48AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
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Tenn. children under police protection
Mar 6 2008 11:48AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
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Bible class lawsuit ends with agreement
Mar 6 2008 11:25AM (CT)
ODESSA, Texas (AP) - Both sides in a lawsuit challenging a school district's Bible course claimed victory after they agreed to allow the course to continue but with curriculum developed by a superintendent-appointed committee of local educators.
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Franken will pay workers comp fine
Mar 6 2008 9:58AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Senate candidate Al Franken will pay a $25,000 fine to the state of New York for failure to carry workers' compensation insurance.
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Set clocks ahead Saturday night
Mar 6 2008 9:32AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most people will trade an hour's sleep this weekend for more sunlight in the evenings.
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2 pit bulls found dead, 15 alive
Mar 6 2008 8:33AM (CT)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - Police found the bodies of two pit bulls in trash bags behind a college and also rescued 15 caged dogs, some scarred and emaciated, at a house with a dogfighting pit in the basement.
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Man fatally hurt trying to stop thieves
Mar 6 2008 7:43AM (CT)
CRESTWOOD, Mo. (AP) - Surveillance video from a Starbucks in a St. Louis suburb captures the moments before Roger Kreutz went from hero to tragic victim.
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Activists seek more immigration debate
Mar 6 2008 6:57AM (CT)
CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - When officials in this suburban Chicago community began proposing hardline anti-illegal immigration policies last year, pro-immigrant rights activists rallied.
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Activists seek more immigration debate
Mar 6 2008 6:57AM (CT)
CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - When officials in this suburban Chicago community began proposing hardline anti-illegal immigration policies last year, pro-immigrant rights activists rallied.
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Activists seek more immigration debate
Mar 6 2008 6:57AM (CT)
CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - When officials in this suburban Chicago community began proposing hardline anti-illegal immigration policies last year, pro-immigrant rights activists rallied.
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British officers invade Kansas
Mar 6 2008 6:52AM (CT)
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) - Now roaming the nation's heartland: British soldiers. But, like the Beatles four decades ago, these British invaders are friendly.
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British officers invade Kansas
Mar 6 2008 6:52AM (CT)
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) - Now roaming the nation's heartland: British soldiers. But, like the Beatles four decades ago, these British invaders are friendly.
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British officers invade Kansas
Mar 6 2008 6:52AM (CT)
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) - Now roaming the nation's heartland: British soldiers. But, like the Beatles four decades ago, these British invaders are friendly.
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Foundation creates $100M grant project
Mar 6 2008 6:31AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - If you have an unorthodox, unproven idea that can prevent HIV infection or help protect against infectious diseases, one of the richest men in the world wants to hear from you.
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1888 photo depicts Helen Keller, teacher
Mar 6 2008 6:14AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod. The photograph, shot in July 1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen sitting outside in a light-colored dress, holding Sullivan's hand and cradling one of her beloved dolls.
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NYC pub owner bans `Danny Boy' in March
Mar 6 2008 6:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.
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NYC pub owner bans `Danny Boy' in March
Mar 6 2008 6:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.
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Camera catches wolverine in Sierra
Mar 6 2008 5:54AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A research project aimed at weasels has turned up a bigger prize: a picture of a wolverine, an elusive animal scientists feared may have been driven out of the Sierra Nevada long ago by human activity.
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ND bests Kansas in wheat production
Mar 6 2008 4:44AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The last time North Dakota led the nation in wheat production, Bill _ not Hillary _ was the Clinton in the news.
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Fort Drum fights substance abuse
Mar 6 2008 3:30AM (CT)
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) - Upset with an increase in the number of its soldiers using illegal drugs and being arrested for alcohol-related offenses, Fort Drum plans to publish the names and photos of alleged offenders in its post newspaper.
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Some states consider own stimulus plans
Mar 6 2008 2:33AM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - While taxpayers wait for federal rebate checks that Congress hopes will help jump-start a slowing economy, state officials across the country are floating their own programs to stave off a recession.
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Ex-Tennessee sheriff pleads not guilty
Mar 6 2008 1:03AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A former county sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal extortion, drug and weapons charges that stem from an FBI undercover investigation.
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Sikhs say they won't meet with pope
Mar 6 2008 1:01AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sikh representatives will not participate in an interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI during his U.S. visit next month because the Secret Service won't allow them to wear a ceremonial dagger that members of the Eastern religion must carry.
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Extradition to Ga. set over horse abuse
Mar 6 2008 12:20AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Family members of a suspended South Carolina agriculture department official accused of abusing horses will be sent to Georgia to face animal cruelty charges there, authorities said Wednesday.
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Federal charges brought in Smart case
Mar 6 2008 12:03AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A couple accused in the 2002 abduction of teenager Elizabeth Smart were indicted Wednesday on federal charges on top of the state counts they already face.
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