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Ex-teacher sentenced on sex assault charges
Mar 22 2006 11:31PM (CT)
SUTTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former sixth-grade teacher described herself as a "monster" as she was sentenced Wednesday to up to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting students.
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Man indicted in fatal shooting of boy
Mar 22 2006 11:29PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A retiree was charged Wednesday with fatally shooting a neighbor boy who walked on the man's well-kept lawn.
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Mining company, Nevada ranch reach deal
Mar 22 2006 11:22PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The world's biggest gold mining company and a sprawling Nevada ranch agreed to dramatically reduce livestock grazing across nearly 800 square miles of public land.
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Indonesian Christian gets asylum chance
Mar 22 2006 11:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A court has given an Indonesian citizen a new chance at asylum after his claim of religious persecution was rejected because his grasp of Christianity seemed shaky.
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Jet with landing gear problem lands safely
Mar 22 2006 11:14PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Continental Express flight safely made an emergency landing Wednesday after losing a wheel on its landing gear, officials said.
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Judge scolds LAPD for decree 'failure'
Mar 22 2006 11:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge scolded city officials for failing to meet key provisions of a 2001 court consent decree to reform the Police Department.
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Report: principal exposed school cheating
Mar 22 2006 11:01PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six months after Joseph Carruth became principal of one of the city's high schools, one of his bosses gave him step-by-step instructions on how he should cheat to make sure students got passing scores on state standardized tests, according to a report.
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Company to pay former worker $1 million
Mar 22 2006 10:55PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A company has agreed to pay $1 million to a black former employee who said he experienced racial harassment that included a co-worker placing a noose around his neck and choking him.
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Talks resume on ground zero development
Mar 22 2006 10:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After a weeklong stalemate, face-to-face discussions resumed Wednesday between officials representing the World Trade Center site's owner and a developer over how to rebuild ground zero.
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Jury refuses to indict officer in shooting
Mar 22 2006 10:43PM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A grand jury declined to indict a man for fatally shooting a fellow officer as they cleaned their guns inside a police station, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Warship USS Oriskany returns to Pensacola
Mar 22 2006 10:42PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A retired aircraft carrier returned Wednesday to Pensacola, where the Navy plans to sink it and create the first of many artificial reefs from former warships.
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N.Y., Calif. air is dirtiest, EPA says
Mar 22 2006 9:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - New Yorkers and Californians breathe the dirtiest air in the nation and face higher cancer risks than the rest of the nation, according to the latest data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Army dog handler gets six months in prison
Mar 22 2006 9:49PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army dog handler was sentenced Wednesday to six months behind bars for using his snarling canine to torment prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
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Body found hanging outside VFW post in Ky.
Mar 22 2006 9:48PM (CT)
WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - A man hanged himself outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post early Wednesday, just hours after he apparently burned American and POW-MIA flags in the same place, authorities said.
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U.N. clears way to abolish rights panel
Mar 22 2006 9:47PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. gave a green light Wednesday night to abolish the discredited Human Rights Commission on June 16, clearing the way for the new Human Rights Council to become the U.N.'s main rights watchdog.
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Bouncer said to be charged in NYC murder
Mar 22 2006 9:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bouncer with a long rap sheet has been charged with murder in the slaying of a graduate student who was raped, strangled and dumped last month in a desolate section of Brooklyn, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
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Nev. files new federal suit in Yucca fight
Mar 22 2006 9:35PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada sued the federal government Wednesday, accusing it of withholding documents that show the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear dump cannot safely hold the nation's radioactive waste.
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College Board finds 27,000 unchecked SATs
Mar 22 2006 9:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The College Board disclosed Wednesday that 27,000 SAT college entrance exams missed being re-scanned following the initial discovery of scoring problems, including those of another 375 students who were given incorrectly low marks.
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Official: FAA didn't know Moussaoui's plans
Mar 22 2006 9:19PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - An aviation security officer testified Wednesday that numerous measures could have been instituted to thwart suicide hijackers had officials known in August 2001 that Zacarias Moussaoui was an al-Qaida member plotting to fly jetliners into U.S. buildings.
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Christian truckers seek salvation and rest
Mar 22 2006 9:04PM (CT)
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (AP) - The billboards out the window in this part of central Missouri advertise rock-bottom prices on adult videos and getaways to the Ozark Mountains. But at the truck stop just off Interstate 70, Chaplain Bob Holt is making another kind of promise to weary truckers: salvation.
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Police: Missing teen found in nearby house
Mar 22 2006 9:02PM (CT)
McKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - A woman who disappeared as a teen 10 years ago had been living with a middle school security guard who didn't allow her to leave his home for several years, police said Wednesday.
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Police balanced odds in search for family
Mar 22 2006 8:49PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - When a family of six vanished in the snowy mountains of southern Oregon en route to the coast in a motor home, detectives weighed several theories in their quest to find them _ including the possibility that they didn't want to be found.
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Poll: Acceptance of gay marriage up
Mar 22 2006 8:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The public backlash over gay marriage has receded since a controversial decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2003 to legalize those marriages stirred strong opposition, says a poll released Wednesday.
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Prosecutors want DeLay charges reinstated
Mar 22 2006 7:58PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors argued before a Texas appeals court Wednesday that some of the criminal charges against Rep. Tom Delay should be reinstated.
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Search intensifies for two Milwaukee boys
Mar 22 2006 7:56PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Police walked shoulder-to-shoulder through wooded areas and dive teams searched the sewers Wednesday in an escalating search for two young boys who disappeared while playing together Sunday.
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Anthrax victim dances as he awaits release
Mar 22 2006 7:41PM (CT)
SAYRE, Pa. (AP) - A dancer and drum maker who became infected with anthrax danced for reporters Wednesday in a hospital auditorium, showing off his remarkable recovery from a rare and usually fatal form of the disease.
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Jury in Ill. ex-gov.'s trial has trouble
Mar 22 2006 6:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Jurors in the racketeering and fraud trial of former Gov. George Ryan were having trouble reaching a verdict because of "personal difficulties," the judge said Wednesday. The development threatens a five-month trial stemming from a yearslong investigation into state corruption.
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Group says NYPD lying about GOP arrests
Mar 22 2006 6:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A civil liberties group accused police Wednesday of lying about the circumstances surrounding the arrests of hundreds of protesters during the Republican National Convention.
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VX destruction resumes in Ind. after spill
Mar 22 2006 6:40PM (CT)
NEWPORT, Ind. (AP) - An Army contractor has resumed destroying the deadly nerve agent VX following a spill of wastewater last week at the complex built to destroy the Cold War-era chemical weapon.
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Obese man crosses U.S. to shed pounds
Mar 22 2006 6:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Vaught is trying to shed unwanted pounds the long, slow way: step by step as he walks across the United States.
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Miss. couple sues State Farm; claims probed
Mar 22 2006 6:01PM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A couple who got conflicting reports from an engineering firm about how one of their homes was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing State Farm Insurance Co. of manipulating those reports to deny their claim.
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Cuban militant to stay in U.S. custody
Mar 22 2006 5:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Cuban militant accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner will remain in U.S. immigration custody for the foreseeable future, but efforts to deport him to a country willing to accept him will continue, officials say.
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Police hunt 'sniper,' find pigeon shooter
Mar 22 2006 5:47PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Police cordoned off downtown streets for nearly two hours and SWAT teams searched buildings Wednesday for a possible sniper with a rifle, but it turned out to be a man with a pellet gun that he used to shoot pigeons.
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No contest plea in Williams kin's killing
Mar 22 2006 5:08PM (CT)
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - A gang member pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in the 2003 shooting death of the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.
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Two killed demolishing Miss. casino barge
Mar 22 2006 4:45PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Two construction workers drowned during a demolition project at the hurricane-ravaged Grand Casino Gulfport, authorities said.
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Professors may have found Sgt. York site
Mar 22 2006 4:35PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Researchers say they believe they have found the site where Sgt. Alvin C. York single-handedly captured more than 100 German soldiers during World War I in one of the U.S. military's most storied exploits.
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N.H. lawmakers OK eminent domain limits
Mar 22 2006 3:58PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire lawmakers gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a constitutional amendment that would limit government's ability to seize private property.
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Four family members dead in Ohio fire
Mar 22 2006 3:29PM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Four members of a family, including a 2-year-old boy, were killed when a fire swept through their duplex, authorities said Wednesday.
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In 3rd trial, Boston man convicted of rape
Mar 22 2006 3:29PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A rape suspect who twice won mistrials because key DNA evidence could have come from either him or his twin brother was convicted Wednesday in his third trial.
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Missing Oregon family found after 2 weeks
Mar 22 2006 2:13PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Ore. (AP) - Inside their snowbound RV, the family's supplies and fuel were running low, and news reports indicated that a search for the six missing relatives had been called off.
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Bomb scare prompts evacuation in Oakland
Mar 22 2006 2:12PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A bomb scare shut down a commuter train station during rush hour Wednesday, causing major delays throughout the east San Francisco Bay area, authorities said.
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Bail for dungeon assault suspect denied
Mar 22 2006 2:10PM (CT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A man charged with abducting two teenage girls and raping them in an underground room behind his home was denied bail Wednesday for the second time. Kenneth G. Hinson, 47, was captured Friday after a four-day manhunt in the woods near his home.
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Ind. gov. signs law expanding deadly force
Mar 22 2006 12:59PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The governor has signed a measure that extends Indiana residents' right to use deadly force to protect themselves, spelling out that they don't have to back down before resorting to gunfire.
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Teachers' protest closes Detroit schools
Mar 22 2006 12:17PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Hundreds of Detroit teachers stayed home Wednesday, forcing more than 50 schools to close in what school officials described as a sick-out to protest a temporary pay cut.
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Courthouse bomb scare delays Vioxx trial
Mar 22 2006 11:32AM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A high-profile drug liability trial was delayed briefly Wednesday when a device believed to be used in bomb detection training was discovered in the courthouse, authorities said.
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Children separated by hurricanes reunited
Mar 22 2006 9:58AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When 4-year-old Cortez Stewart was reunited with her mother and five siblings in Texas last week, it closed a happy chapter in the sad story of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Detroit mayor seeks $130M in loans
Mar 22 2006 9:44AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The city of Detroit will run out of cash by June unless the City Council gives Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick permission to borrow $130 million to cover its bills, the city finance department says.
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Millionaire held for contempt for 10 years
Mar 22 2006 9:17AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A millionaire jailed for more than a decade for contempt in his divorce case continues to block efforts to trace his missing assets and should remain jailed, a three-judge panel ruled.
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N.Y. subways to get message boards
Mar 22 2006 8:05AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The ubiquitous New York subway stretch _ commuters craning their necks from the edge of the platform to see how long they'll be waiting for the next train _ could soon be a thing of the past.
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Pa. high-rise victim's family share doubts
Mar 22 2006 8:01AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Relatives of a woman who died in a 23-story fall from a high-rise apartment building said they have doubts about her boyfriend's claim that she wanted to be dangled from the window.
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Fla. teen wants to withdraw robbery plea
Mar 22 2006 7:00AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Tate, who beat and stomped a little girl to death when he was 12, wants a judge to let him withdraw his guilty plea to robbing a pizza delivery man, saying in a letter released Tuesday that he can prove he didn't pull the heist.
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Wal-Mart Stores recalling rocking chairs
Mar 22 2006 6:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is recalling about 643,000 Mainstays love seat and porch rocking chairs because poor construction and over-curvature of the chairs' runners can cause instability, imbalance, fracturing of the wood and tip-over during use, posing a falling hazard to consumers.
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Life sentence sought in smuggling case
Mar 22 2006 6:44AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence a woman to life in prison for her role in a 2003 human smuggling attempt that left 19 people dead.
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Nagin says New Orleans is better prepared
Mar 22 2006 4:43AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Determined to avoid a repeat of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, Mayor Ray Nagin says the city has improved its plans for evacuating residents during the upcoming hurricane season.
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Errors found in handling of girl's case
Mar 22 2006 4:39AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A panel reviewing the case of a 12-year-old brain-damaged girl who was at the center of a right-to-die fight found a series of errors in her care, and recommended new guidelines for removing a child from life support.
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Charges dropped in Fla. student sex case
Mar 22 2006 4:37AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A former teacher sentenced to three years of house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student in one Florida county won't face charges in another.
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Ex-mayor files for conviction dismissal
Mar 22 2006 2:26AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Attorneys for former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell have filed a motion seeking to dismiss his conviction for tax evasion.
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Slain Texas social worker remembered
Mar 22 2006 2:18AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Hundreds of state social workers gathered for a memorial service in honor of a slain administrator who was remembered as a dedicated public servant.
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High levels of radioactive material in water
Mar 22 2006 12:14AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - High levels of a radioactive material _ nearly three times the amount permitted in drinking water _ were found in groundwater near the Hudson River beneath a nuclear plant, the owner said Tuesday.
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