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Wis. officers plead not guilty in assault
Mar 16 2005 11:31PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Three police officers accused of beating a man they thought had stolen a badge and wallet during an off-duty party pleaded not guilty to felony charges Wednesday after a court commissioner found there was enough evidence for them to stand trial.
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Ohio trooper shoots, kills hostile driver
Mar 16 2005 11:29PM (CT)
SUNBURY, Ohio (AP) - A trooper shot and killed a motorist who rammed his pickup into several cars along a busy freeway and then charged at the officer with an ax, authorities said.
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Ex-caregiver charged with murdering girl
Mar 16 2005 11:02PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A woman who was supposed to be taking care of Rilya Wilson was charged Wednesday with murdering the 4-year-old, three years after the foster child's disappearance scandalized Florida's child-protection agency.
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'Person of interest' sought in Fla. case
Mar 16 2005 11:02PM (CT)
HOMOSASSA, Fla. (AP) - Detectives Wednesday identified a "person of interest" they want to interview in last month's disappearance of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford as a registered sex offender who left the area without telling authorities.
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Iranian brothers detained 3 years freed
Mar 16 2005 10:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four Iranian brothers detained for more than three years after their arrest in an FBI terrorism probe were freed Wednesday night after agreeing to certain travel restrictions.
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Idaho Senate finalizes historic water deal
Mar 16 2005 10:44PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The state Legislature has ratified a historic agreement between the Nez Perce Indian Tribe, the federal government and the state's water users, setting water policy in Idaho for the next 30 years.
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Ga. beauty queen acquitted of murder
Mar 16 2005 10:27PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A beauty queen who shot and killed her two-timing boyfriend was acquitted of murder Wednesday after claiming she acted in self-defense.
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Colo. professor denies plagiarism charge
Mar 16 2005 10:25PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - An embattled professor who set off a firestorm with an essay comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a notorious Nazi denied allegations Wednesday he plagiarized another professor's work and physically threatened her.
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Student Press Law Center raising endowment
Mar 16 2005 10:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Student Press Law Center, which helps high school and college journalists with First Amendment and censorship issues, announced a drive to raise $3.75 million to create an endowment.
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Colo. city restores war-and-peace artwork
Mar 16 2005 10:20PM (CT)
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Faced with the prospect of costly legal action, city officials Wednesday restored a public artwork featuring quotes about war and peace _ including political commentator Bill Maher's definition of "a real coward."
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Judge affirms Peterson death sentence
Mar 16 2005 10:11PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A judge sent Scott Peterson to death row Wednesday for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci, after a turbulent court session in which his father-in-law warned him in a trembling voice: "You're going to burn in hell for this."
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Missouri lawmakers pass reform bills
Mar 16 2005 9:48PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Lawmakers in the state House and Senate passed bills Wednesday that would put a cap on medical malpractice and injury claims and restrict workers' compensation claims.
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Nichols' girlfriend: He wanted to see baby
Mar 16 2005 9:46PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A girlfriend of courthouse killings suspect Brian Nichols gave birth to his child just three days before the rampage, and she said Nichols repeatedly expressed his desire to be with the child.
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Two charged after man dies of heart attack
Mar 16 2005 9:46PM (CT)
CHADBOURN, N.C. (AP) - A 58-year-old man died of a heart attack while fleeing a weekend shooting and police have charged the two gunmen with his death.
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Two charged with trying to smuggle ammo
Mar 16 2005 9:45PM (CT)
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A woman and her daughter allegedly tried to sneak a clip loaded with .40-caliber handgun bullets to a sexual assault defendant at a courthouse lockup Wednesday, state police said.
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Man charged, allegedly helped D.C. snipers
Mar 16 2005 9:23PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly buying a rifle for the Washington, D.C.-area snipers _ though not the weapon used in the 2002 random shooting spree.
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Iowa lawmakers OK restricting cold meds
Mar 16 2005 8:20PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lawmakers Wednesday approved a measure placing new restrictions on access to pseudoephedrine, an ingredient in common cold medicine that's also used in the production of the highly addictive drug methamphetamine.
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Woman testifies in human smuggling case
Mar 16 2005 8:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A truck driver accused in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed into his sweltering tractor-trailer could hear the smuggled passengers hitting the vehicle's walls but refused to help them, a woman who accompanied the defendant testified Wednesday.
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Polygamous police chief may lose badge
Mar 16 2005 7:39PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - A polygamous police chief who patrols his own small Arizona town and one across the border in Utah may lose his status as a peace officer in both states.
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Court orders priest killer off death row
Mar 16 2005 7:36PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A death row inmate convicted in 1985 of killing a Catholic priest is retarded and ineligible for execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday.
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Clinton's ex-aide now his deputy at U.N.
Mar 16 2005 7:20PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Former President Clinton's one-time chief of staff was appointed deputy U.N. special envoy spearheading reconstruction in tsunami-devastated countries, Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Wednesday.
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Police downplaying sermon in Wis. shooting
Mar 16 2005 7:16PM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Investigators trying to figure out why a man opened fire during a church service last weekend, killing seven parishioners and himself, effectively ruled out the possibility Wednesday that he was set off by something he heard in a sermon two weeks earlier.
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Court won't intervene in Schiavo case
Mar 16 2005 7:10PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A state appeals court refused Wednesday to block the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, shifting the stage in the legal battle over the brain-damaged woman to the Florida Legislature and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Man loses custody of more than 200 goats
Mar 16 2005 7:00PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man who allegedly left a trail of dead goats through several states has lost custody of his 200-plus remaining animals pending the outcome of animal cruelty cases in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Clinics say Kan. AG violated gag order
Mar 16 2005 6:58PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Two abortion clinics fighting Attorney General Phill Kline's efforts to acquire their patient medical records accused him Wednesday of violating a court's gag order by discussing his investigation publicly.
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Montana Supreme Court opens its meetings
Mar 16 2005 6:30PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday opened a door in the wall of secrecy that has surrounded the high court since statehood, by ordering that the justices' weekly administrative meetings be open to the public.
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Judges express security concerns
Mar 16 2005 4:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The people involved in the nation's court system, from the judges to the jurors, need increased security to protect them from violent attacks, Chicago's chief federal judge said Wednesday.
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Fire destroys historic Ark. building
Mar 16 2005 4:43PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A fire early Wednesday destroyed the former headquarters of a major black social organization, which was to be remodeled into a museum on African-American life.
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Message to Summers comes from core faculty
Mar 16 2005 4:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Some are calling the no-confidence vote against Harvard President Lawrence Summers a shout in the dark _ a symbolic gesture from just one of many divisions of the university, and a decreasingly influential one at that.
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Feds arrest suspected owners of tiger
Mar 16 2005 3:54PM (CT)
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) - A couple were arrested and charged Wednesday with lying to authorities when they denied they were the owners of a 350-pound tiger that was shot and killed as it roamed the hills near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Courthouse rampage focuses on handcuff law
Mar 16 2005 3:10PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Nichols, the man accused in the deadly Atlanta courthouse rampage, was on his way to the courtroom at the time without handcuffs or leg irons because of a long string of legal rulings against letting a jury see a defendant in shackles.
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Regulators OK return of gambling exec
Mar 16 2005 3:09PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A former casino president who was banned from the business for lying about his compulsive gambling won the right to return Wednesday if he continues to attend Gamblers Anonymous meetings and receive other treatment.
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Ga. deputy says she can't remember attack
Mar 16 2005 2:03PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The deputy who was allegedly overpowered and attacked while escorting suspected courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to his rape trial says she has no memory of the assault, her doctor said.
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Irish Catholics search for stained glass
Mar 16 2005 2:03PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They were Irish immigrants who contributed a portion of their meager wages from digging coal and building railroads to buy hundreds of stained glass windows for Roman Catholic churches.
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Ga. suspect's child born days earlier
Mar 16 2005 1:37PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A girlfriend of courthouse killings suspect Brian Nichols gave birth to his child just three days before the rampage, and she said Nichols repeatedly told her that he wanted to be with the child.
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Brothers get different fates after murder
Mar 16 2005 1:21PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Brothers Kevin and Tilmon Golphin gunned down two law officers during a traffic stop on Interstate 95. Both were found guilty of murder. And both were sentenced to die.
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Money evaporating in Terri Schiavo battle
Mar 16 2005 12:46PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - As the battle over Terri Schiavo's life rages in the courtrooms and halls of government, the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman lies in a hospice bed, dependent on Florida taxpayers and the institution's charity for her care.
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Queen Mary operator files for bankruptcy
Mar 16 2005 9:38AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The operator of the Queen Mary, the historic ocean liner-turned-tourist attraction, has filed for bankruptcy, blaming Long Beach officials for failed negotiations that sought to resolve the city's demands for $3.4 million in back rent.
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Manslaughter defendant found in Costa Rica
Mar 16 2005 9:00AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who disappeared on the last day of his manslaughter trial in 1998 has been arrested in Costa Rica and faces extradition to the United States to serve a 32-year prison sentence imposed in his absence.
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Army 1st Lt. apologizes in Iraq drownings
Mar 16 2005 8:58AM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army platoon leader apologized for his role in forcing three Iraqi civilians into the Tigris River, saying his actions eroded Iraqis' trust in the United States.
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Report: Calif. freshmen fall below goals
Mar 16 2005 7:55AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - More than half of California State University's freshmen needed to brush up their English or math skills before they were ready to tackle college _ numbers below previously set proficiency goals.
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Cost overruns hobbled Bay Bridge project
Mar 16 2005 7:28AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When Northern California leaders set out to replace the seismically vulnerable eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, they hoped to create something to rival the iconic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge to the west.
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Fire destroys historic Ark. building
Mar 16 2005 7:07AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A fire early Wednesday destroyed the former headquarters of a major black social organization, which was to be remodeled into a museum on African-American life.
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Mass. investigating Big Dig contractors
Mar 16 2005 6:21AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts attorney general is investigating two of the largest contractors in the $14.6 billion Big Dig highway project amid new questions about the project's safety.
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Police believe bar fight led to shooting
Mar 16 2005 5:29AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A scuffle on the dance floor of a crowded college bar apparently spilled out onto a freeway intersection a few hours later, with a motorist opening fire on a car and killing three people.
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Judge: Lack of court security breeds fear
Mar 16 2005 4:14AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Noting recent violence against judges, the chief justice of California's Supreme Court urged lawmakers to boost security at courthouses, saying "the integrity and efficacy of the entire judicial process is in jeopardy."
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Miracle baby celebrates first birthday
Mar 16 2005 4:13AM (CT)
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Emmanuel Hawkins celebrated a birthday Wednesday that he was never supposed to live to see. For 16 weeks after his mother lapsed into a coma brought on by an assault, Emmanuel continued to grow inside her womb. Doctors tried to persuade his grandmother, Nonnie Hawkins, to end the pregnancy. They warned her that even if Emmanuel was born, he could be severely deformed _ or stillborn.
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King Center struggles amid financial woes
Mar 16 2005 2:57AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The King Center, one of the most revered sites in the civil rights movement and the final resting place of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is struggling amid reports of financial woes and questions about possible mismanagement.
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United Nations confronts sex abuse claims
Mar 16 2005 2:06AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - As the United Nations confronts claims of sex abuse on peacekeeping missions worldwide, officials say punishing soldiers may be easier than punishing civilians working for the world body.
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Missouri executes convicted murderer
Mar 16 2005 1:53AM (CT)
POTOSI, Mo. (AP) - A man convicted of kidnapping a woman and throwing her to her death off a bridge was executed early Wednesday.
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Some tsunami aid groups stop seeking money
Mar 16 2005 1:26AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite reconstruction costs estimated at up to $12 billion, several major charities and relief groups have stopped soliciting donations for survivors of December's Indian Ocean tsunami. At least one has begun returning money to donors.
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Border Patrol discourages civilian help
Mar 16 2005 12:08AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A civilian group's plan to have volunteers near the border observe and report illegal immigrants and smuggling activity to the Border Patrol represents "the recipe for a tragedy," a top agency official in Arizona says.
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