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3 dead, 2 hurt in Denny's shooting rampage
Mar 15 2006 11:47PM (CT)
PISMO BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man armed with two handguns opened fire inside a Denny's restaurant during the lunch hour Wednesday, killing two people and wounding a married couple before taking his own life, police said.
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Car veers onto So. Calif. sidewalk; 1 dead
Mar 15 2006 11:44PM (CT)
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - A car veered onto a sidewalk Wednesday, killing a teacher and injuring eight young students. The driver told police the crash happened when a passenger grabbed the steering wheel during an argument.
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Some Kan. schools call for sex-ed consent
Mar 15 2006 11:31PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - School districts in Kansas must get parents' written permission before teaching their children sex education, the state Board of Education decided Wednesday.
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Ex-CIA contractor free on bail until trial
Mar 15 2006 11:20PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former CIA contractor charged with beating a suspected terrorist in Afghanistan who later died must be released from jail so he can better help prepare his defense, a federal judge ruled.
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2 of Hank Williams Jr.'s daughters hurt
Mar 15 2006 11:17PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Two daughters of country music singer Hank Williams Jr. were badly hurt in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in northern Mississippi, the performer's publicist said.
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Group abandons drive on abortion law
Mar 15 2006 11:06PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - An out-of-state abortion rights group said Wednesday it would drop a petition drive that would have given voters a say on the state's new abortion ban.
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U.S. seeks reversal of Moussaoui ruling
Mar 15 2006 11:06PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to reconsider her decision to toss out half of the government's case against confessed terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui. They acknowledged that altering the judge's ruling is their only hope of salvaging the death-penalty case.
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Fla. girl's killer gets death sentence
Mar 15 2006 11:02PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A former mechanic convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was caught on a car wash security camera, was sentenced to death Wednesday for her murder.
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Fla. corrections chief fires 9 officials
Mar 15 2006 10:48PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's new Corrections Department chief, brought in to clean up a scandal-ridden system, fired nine prison officials Wednesday, including the warden at Florida State Prison and the assistant warden at the system's medical center.
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27 face charges in child porn enterprise
Mar 15 2006 10:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Participants in an international Internet chat room transmitted live visuals of child molestation and traded thousands of pictures of child pornography, federal authorities said Wednesday in announcing charges against 27 people.
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Bidders snap up Plaza items at auction
Mar 15 2006 10:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Bidders snapped up bar stools, martini glasses, candelabras and a Steinway baby grand piano _ in the name of owning a piece of New York City history _ at an auction Wednesday of the storied Plaza hotel's contents.
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Ala. fire suspects may get out on bail
Mar 15 2006 10:15PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal magistrate indicated Wednesday that he may release three college students accused in a series of church arsons on bail, despite a prosecutor's insistence the fires were no "juvenile prank."
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WTC talk breakdown threatens plans
Mar 15 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - State officials walked away from negotiations with the World Trade Center site developer Wednesday after failing to agree on who should build the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower and how to split billions of dollars in rebuilding money.
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Witness describes prison gang killings
Mar 15 2006 9:40PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former prison gang member told jurors he read Machiavelli and helped kill another inmate to impress gang leaders as testimony began Wednesday in the federal government's racketeering case against four reputed leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood.
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250 people go home after train accident
Mar 15 2006 9:28PM (CT)
DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - About 250 people were allowed to return home Wednesday, ending an evacuation that began hours earlier when a train hauling sulfuric acid derailed.
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Inmate executed for 1997 Dallas slayings
Mar 15 2006 9:25PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former Marine was executed Wednesday for the death of a college student who was shot and killed along with a friend during a robbery outside a Dallas theater in 1997.
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Wildfires push deeper into Texas Panhandle
Mar 15 2006 9:22PM (CT)
BORGER, Texas (AP) - Stiff winds pushed wildfires deeper into the parched Texas Panhandle on Wednesday, threatening six small towns and prompting authorities to urge 3,000 people to evacuate their homes.
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Annan rejects paying Sevan's legal fees
Mar 15 2006 9:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected an internal appeals board's ruling that he pay legal fees to the former chief of the U.N. oil-for-food program, who is accused of taking $147,000 in kickbacks and damaging the integrity of the United Nations, according to documents obtained Wednesday.
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Witness: Army lacked clear rules on dog use
Mar 15 2006 9:00PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - The Army lacked clear rules for using dogs in interrogations at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, its former military intelligence chief acknowledged during a court-martial of a dog handler Wednesday.
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Court allows inmate to pursue claim
Mar 15 2006 8:43PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court reversed itself and decided to allow a death row inmate scheduled for execution next month to present claims he is mentally retarded.
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Crews hunt for bodies in Hawaii dam break
Mar 15 2006 8:32PM (CT)
KILAUEA, Hawaii (AP) - Searchers with dogs looked for bodies in the mud and debris Wednesday after a break in a century-old earthen dam released a roaring, tree-snapping torrent of water and raised fears about the safety of dozens of similar dams across Hawaii.
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Miss Deaf Texas text messaging near tracks
Mar 15 2006 8:20PM (CT)
AUSTIN (AP) - The reigning Miss Deaf Texas who was killed by a train was text messaging her parents and friends on her cell phone as she walked near the tracks and might have been distracted, police said.
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Ex-businessman at Gitmo petitions court
Mar 15 2006 8:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Pakistani businessman is petitioning a federal appeals court over his detention at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the mastermind of the Sept. 11 plot and two other al-Qaida members in U.S. custody can exonerate him of terrorist activity.
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RFK's convicted killer denied parole again
Mar 15 2006 7:59PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Sirhan Sirhan, who shot Robert F. Kennedy to death in 1968, was denied parole Wednesday for the 13th time since his conviction.
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Pa. prosecutors seize paper's hard drives
Mar 15 2006 7:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - State prosecutors seized four computers from a newsroom as part of a grand jury probe into whether a county coroner gave reporters his password to a secure law enforcement Web site, the newspaper said Wednesday.
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Flight turbulence sickens passengers
Mar 15 2006 7:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Strong winds caused the pilot of a Northwest Airlines jet to abort a landing on Wednesday and touch down at a nearby airport. Three passengers who became sick as a result of the turbulence went to the hospital.
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N.Y. man gets 32 years for manslaughter
Mar 15 2006 7:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and left her 4-year-old daughter wandering the streets of New York was sentenced Wednesday to 32 years in prison.
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Woman pleads guilty in 'child groom' case
Mar 15 2006 6:51PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A woman who married the 15-year-old friend of one of her sons pleaded guilty Wednesday to statutory rape and was sentenced to nine months in jail.
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Acquitted ex-con charged in 2 new killings
Mar 15 2006 6:48PM (CT)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A charismatic ex-con who was found with at least five sets of human remains buried in his yard was acquitted of murder Wednesday but within hours was charged with two more killings.
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U.N. approves new Human Rights Council
Mar 15 2006 6:32PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to replace the U.N.'s discredited human rights body with a new Human Rights Council, ignoring U.S. objections that not enough was done to prevent abusive countries from becoming members.
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Mass. governor proposes gay-adoption bill
Mar 15 2006 6:22PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Republican Gov. Mitt Romney proposed legislation Wednesday that would allow Catholic Charities to refuse to arrange adoptions for gay couples.
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PETA lawsuit against circus boss dismissed
Mar 15 2006 6:06PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A $1.8 million lawsuit accusing a circus boss of a spy campaign against animal-rights groups was rejected by jurors Wednesday.
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Feds probe NYC fire dept. bias charges
Mar 15 2006 5:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It has been 24 years since Capt. Brenda Berkman joined the New York City Fire Department as part of the first graduating class of female firefighters, and since then women have risen to her rank and higher.
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Chicago neighborhood grieves two killings
Mar 15 2006 4:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Siretha White hadn't yet had a piece of her birthday cake when someone opened fire from a passing car. One of the bullets came crashing through a first-floor window, killing the 10-year-old at a surprise party at her aunt's home.
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Operations resume at W.Va. coal mine
Mar 15 2006 4:41PM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - With the tragedy still fresh in their minds, miners went back underground Wednesday and started digging coal at the Sago Mine for the first time since the explosion that killed 12 of their comrades 2 1/2 months ago.
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Mormon in legal gay marriage faces cutoff
Mar 15 2006 3:45PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A gay man who is a lifetime member of the Mormon church could be facing disciplinary action and excommunication after legally marrying his partner in Canada.
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Underground Railroad museum $5.5M in red
Mar 15 2006 2:21PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A national museum commemorating the Underground Railroad is $5.5 million in the red just 18 months after opening, and officials said they will seek public money to continue operations.
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Wrong man gets military insurance checks
Mar 15 2006 2:19PM (CT)
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) - Carlos G. Rojas didn't know what to think when the military life insurance checks started showing up at his office. He didn't know anyone who would have named him a beneficiary, and the checks totaled $200,000.
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FEMA trailers in Miss. sit in harm's way
Mar 15 2006 1:58PM (CT)
KILN, Miss. (AP) - On a satellite snapshot of this tiny town is a cluster of red dots that looks ominous to scientists like Joe Swaykos.
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Campus artists finally get top facilities
Mar 15 2006 1:23PM (CT)
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) - The scientists got their laboratories, the jocks their plush weight rooms and climbing walls. Now, at last, the massive campus building boom of the last 15 years is getting around to the performing arts.
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USC president leaves Getty Trust board
Mar 15 2006 1:10PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The president of the University of Southern California has resigned from the board of the troubled J. Paul Getty Trust a year and a half into his four-year term.
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Former EMT gets prison term for prank
Mar 15 2006 12:42PM (CT)
LEBANON, Va. (AP) - A former emergency medical technician who jolted a co-worker with cardiac defibrillator paddles as a prank and ended up killing her will spend a year in prison.
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Detroit mayor warns of painful budget cuts
Mar 15 2006 11:37AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick warned of deep, painful spending cuts as his rust-belt city deals with an enormous deficit, but he promised not to let Detroit die on his watch.
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Scientist John Barrow wins religion prize
Mar 15 2006 11:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - John D. Barrow, a British scientist and writer whose work explores fundamental questions about the universe and humanity's place in it, has won a religion award billed as the world's richest annual prize.
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Ind. spill halts destruction of VX gas
Mar 15 2006 11:00AM (CT)
NEWPORT, Ind. (AP) - An Army contractor halted destruction of the deadly nerve agent VX after about 300 gallons of wastewater spilled at the complex built to destroy the Cold War-era chemical weapon.
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Anti-war group accuses FBI of spying
Mar 15 2006 10:34AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An activist group claims FBI documents show the government spied on it because of its anti-war views, but the FBI said the surveillance was part of a criminal investigation of one specific person, not the group.
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Anthrax patient improving, hospital says
Mar 15 2006 8:58AM (CT)
SAYRE, Pa. (AP) - A man diagnosed with inhalation anthrax has been upgraded to fair condition after he suffered a setback last week, hospital officials said.
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Bishops bend rules for St. Patrick's Day
Mar 15 2006 8:42AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Michael O'Leary doesn't need to choose between sinning and nibbling this St. Patrick's Day. O'Leary will enjoy his corned beef on Friday with a clear conscience _ thanks to a special dispensation from another Irish-American, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee.
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RFK assassin comes up for parole in Calif.
Mar 15 2006 7:26AM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, comes up for parole again this week in a potential conflict for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to RFK's niece.
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Pathologist: teen didn't die from illness
Mar 15 2006 7:07AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A pathologist who observed the second autopsy of a 14-year-old boy who was punched and kicked by guards at a juvenile boot camp said Tuesday the boy may not have died of a blood disorder as a medical examiner had ruled.
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Anthrax patient's condition upgraded
Mar 15 2006 6:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man diagnosed with inhalation anthrax is in fair condition after he suffered a setback last week, hospital officials said.
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Reno teacher hailed as hero after shooting
Mar 15 2006 3:25AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A gym teacher is being hailed as a hero for risking her life to persuade a 14-year-old student to drop his gun after he allegedly wounded two eighth graders.
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DAR Museum Vaults display antique oddities
Mar 15 2006 2:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People who have never tried to cook with a posset pot or coax music from a glass harmonica can visit a new exhibit at the museum of the Daughters of the American Revolution and find out how it's done.
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Trial begins for former Erie mayor
Mar 15 2006 2:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Former Mayor Rick Filippi, whose bid for a second term was derailed when he was indicted in a corruption case, went on trial on charges of using insider information to try to profit from real estate deals.
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Calif. city reaches bank repayment deal
Mar 15 2006 1:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city of Gardena reached a tentative agreement Tuesday with two banks to refinance about $18 million in unpaid debt tied largely to a disastrous insurance venture, staving off the possibility of bankruptcy or default at City Hall, officials said.
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Defendant in fatal high-rise fall released
Mar 15 2006 1:27AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A man accused of homicide after his girlfriend fell to her death from the window of his 23rd-floor apartment told the woman's family in court Tuesday that he was sorry.
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Collection agency sues FBI, businessman
Mar 15 2006 12:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A South Korean businessman arrested on federal charges of accepting millions of dollars from Iraq in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal owes tens of thousands of dollars in gambling debts, a lawyer for a collection agency said Tuesday.
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Oil company knew of corrosion in pipeline
Mar 15 2006 12:07AM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The oil company blamed for the North Slope's largest oil spill said Tuesday its inspectors were aware of corrosion in a pipeline months before it burst, but believed the threat to be "manageable."
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La. gov. unveils plan for rental stock
Mar 15 2006 12:06AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Landlords who agree to cap their rents at affordable rates would be eligible for government loans to repair or build rental housing under a $1.7 billion program Gov. Kathleen Blanco proposed Tuesday to help restore hurricane-battered housing stock in Louisiana.
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