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Tenn. minister's wife charged with murder
Mar 24 2006 11:45PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A minister's wife was charged Friday with shooting her husband to death in the parsonage in a crime that shocked the congregation and shattered the couple's happy and loving image.
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Judge quashes subpoena for TSA lawyer
Mar 24 2006 11:37PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The federal judge in the case of Zacarias Moussaoui quashed a subpoena Friday for the government lawyer whose conduct caused major problems for the prosecution.
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Engineers concerned about levee failures
Mar 24 2006 10:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A national organization of civil engineers said Friday it was concerned about levees that survived Hurricane Katrina based on the engineering judgment used to build the now-notorious failed flood protection system.
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Frozen WWII airman gets proper burial
Mar 24 2006 10:30PM (CT)
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) - A World War II airman whose frozen body was chipped out of a California glacier last fall was laid to rest in his hometown Friday, more than six decades after the young man disappeared during a training flight.
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Yellowstone winter visits up despite debate
Mar 24 2006 10:07PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The number of people touring Yellowstone National Park by snowmobile and snowcoach rose this winter as the snow _ and the debate over regulating the modes of travel _ deepened.
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Cruise ship goes aground on Columbia River
Mar 24 2006 10:01PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A cruise ship with more than 250 people on board ran aground Friday on the Columbia River east of here. Officials said no injuries were reported, the vessel wasn't sinking and was not leaking fuel.
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S.C. restaurant settles discrimination suit
Mar 24 2006 9:48PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A restaurant chain that closed two Myrtle Beach locations during a black biker rally three years ago agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit, the NAACP said Friday.
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Thousands rally for immigrants' rights
Mar 24 2006 9:10PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in cities such as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages.
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Court stays execution set for next week
Mar 24 2006 9:04PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas court on Friday put off the execution of a man who had been scheduled to die Tuesday for killing a Houston bar owner in 1983.
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Storm victims to pay for trailers soon
Mar 24 2006 9:00PM (CT)
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) - Victims of the 2004 hurricanes still living in temporary trailers will have to start paying rent May 1 and find somewhere else to live by the end of the summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.
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Four students injured in school bus crash
Mar 24 2006 8:53PM (CT)
WIGGINS, Colo. (AP) - A school bus collided with a cattle truck in heavy fog early Friday, injuring four students and sending animals spilling onto a northeastern Colorado highway in a chain-reaction wreck, officials said.
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Woman missing for 10 years seeing counselor
Mar 24 2006 8:18PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A woman who said she ran off with a school security guard when she was an eighth-grader and was held in his house for a decade is getting counseling following her escape.
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15-year-old fatally beaten at bus stop
Mar 24 2006 8:05PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 15-year-old boy died after being beaten as he waited for a bus near his school, police said. Authorities on Friday were seeking four or five males they believed were involved.
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Drug warrant issued for rescued couple
Mar 24 2006 8:02PM (CT)
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Arizona authorities have brought drug charges against a couple who were rescued with four family members from their snowbound motor home in Oregon this week.
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Bomb found in car stopped for speeding
Mar 24 2006 8:00PM (CT)
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) - Explosives experts removed a homemade bomb found in the back seat of a car early Friday after the driver was stopped for speeding in this eastern Los Angeles suburb, authorities said.
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Navy agrees to extend EDS contract
Mar 24 2006 7:52PM (CT)
PLANO, Texas (AP) - The Navy said Friday it has extended by three years a multi-billion-dollar contract under which Electronic Data Systems Corp. is building a communications network for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Police: Father concealed bodies of daughter
Mar 24 2006 7:51PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man concealed the bodies of his two young daughters in a plastic container in the back seat of his car before killing himself, authorities said Friday.
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Crude bombs explode outside homes in Colo.
Mar 24 2006 7:37PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - At least three crude bombs exploded and two others were disarmed Friday at the homes of people who work for an FAA contractor in Grand Junction, prompting evacuation of the air traffic control tower at the city airport, officials said.
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Constitutional questions show in AIPAC case
Mar 24 2006 6:25PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday questioned the constitutionality of a law under which two former lobbyists with a pro-Israel group have been charged with receiving and disclosing national defense information.
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Abramoff, ex-partner may give statements
Mar 24 2006 6:24PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A judge has approved subpoenas for former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and an ex-business partner to answer questions about the mob-style slaying of the owner of a gambling fleet they bought.
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Hurricane donation earmarked for Bush firm
Mar 24 2006 5:12PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to a hurricane relief fund on the condition that it be spent to buy educational software from her son Neil's company.
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U.S. Christians outraged over Afghan case
Mar 24 2006 4:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Religious groups outraged that the U.S.-aided government of Afghanistan might execute a man for converting from Islam to Christianity urged the Bush administration Friday to help save him. Reports surfaced that the man might be freed.
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Trial gets under way in suburban slaying
Mar 24 2006 4:43PM (CT)
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - The slashing and strangling of a woman, allegedly by a man hired to wash her deck, exposed a potential danger in quiet suburbs, her friends said: a homemaker alone in a house where a stranger is working.
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L.A. investigating alleged patient dumping
Mar 24 2006 4:28PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities are examining a surveillance tape that shows an elderly woman wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers as they investigate the practice of hospitals and police agencies dumping homeless people downtown.
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Two dozen horses die in N.J. stable fire
Mar 24 2006 4:11PM (CT)
UPPER FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - A fast-moving fire swept through a wooden stable at one of New Jersey's largest horse farms early Friday and killed all two dozen horses inside, including 12 foals less than a month old.
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911 calls in Chattanooga go unanswered
Mar 24 2006 3:49PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of calls to Chattanooga's 911 call center have been going unanswered, according to records examined after a caller was unable to report a kitchen fire because three of four dispatchers were taking breaks at the same time.
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Authorities say Ryan juror may have record
Mar 24 2006 3:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether a juror at former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial concealed repeated convictions for drunken driving, a government official close to the investigation said Friday.
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Family of suspect in UNC attack shocked
Mar 24 2006 3:13PM (CT)
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - Relatives of a man accused of trying to run down college students in a crowded pedestrian plaza described him as a gentle soul Friday, shortly after a hearing in which the 22-year-old appeared to laugh while witnesses described the attack.
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Man gets 4 years for 1968 Navy killing
Mar 24 2006 3:09PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A former Navy seaman who killed a shipmate nearly 40 years ago after getting caught stealing from the ship's safe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.
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Crude bombs explode outside Colo. homes
Mar 24 2006 2:32PM (CT)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - At least three crude bombs exploded and two others were disarmed Friday outside homes in Grand Junction.
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Minn. Democrat caught stretching the truth
Mar 24 2006 2:27PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - One of Minnesota's top Democrats is catching grief after getting caught on tape telling a lie _ or, as he put it, "sanding off the truth."
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Md. lawmakers fear electric rate backlash
Mar 24 2006 2:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - When Maryland lawmakers voted in 1999 to deregulate utility companies in hopes of lowering people's electric bills through competition, they didn't realize they had just armed a time bomb.
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Arizona issues warrant for rescued couple
Mar 24 2006 1:22PM (CT)
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Arizona authorities have issued a warrant on drug-related charges for a couple who were among a family of six rescued from a snowbound motor home this week, according to court documents and a newspaper report.
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Opponents of S.D. abortion ban seek vote
Mar 24 2006 1:15PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Opponents of South Dakota's new ban on nearly all abortions began a petition drive Friday to let voters decide its fate.
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Katrina victims hail sheriff who took ice
Mar 24 2006 1:09PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Randy Walker swears he would have died from his diabetes after Hurricane Katrina had a sheriff not seized two FEMA trucks filled with ice and distributed it to residents, many of whom had to keep their insulin cold.
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Ex-KBR employee pleads guilty to kickbacks
Mar 24 2006 12:49PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An ex-employee of a Halliburton subsidiary pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks from a Saudi subcontractor that was awarded a multimillion-dollar U.S. military contract. An official with the subcontractor, meanwhile, was charged with lying to authorities.
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Man pleads guilty to killing Ind. girl
Mar 24 2006 12:31PM (CT)
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Friday to molesting and killing a 10-year-old girl whose body was found in a creek 15 miles from her southern Indiana home.
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Pa. woman says her confession was coerced
Mar 24 2006 12:27PM (CT)
KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) - A woman accused of trying to cut a fetus from her neighbor's womb testified Friday that police yelled and cursed at her, wouldn't let her use the bathroom and tightened her handcuffs before she finally gave them a statement.
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2 guilty in N.Y. college student's killing
Mar 24 2006 11:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A murder suspect who forced a mistrial when he stabbed his attorney in court has been convicted at a second trial in the 2003 kidnapping, rape and killing a 21-year-old college student.
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Police rescue baby from frigid N.Y. waters
Mar 24 2006 10:26AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer rescued an 8-month-old boy from the frigid waters off Staten Island after he saw the baby's father jumping with him into the harbor.
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Dogs, aircraft used in search for 2 boys
Mar 24 2006 7:17AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - An airplane equipped with heat sensors was deployed, bloodhounds scrambled through the streets and police followed up on hundreds of calls as authorities searched for two boys who vanished while playing outside.
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Calif. city to enforce immigration law
Mar 24 2006 7:13AM (CT)
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - A new city policy that would give police the authority to enforce federal immigration law is hurting local businesses even though it has yet to be implemented, merchants say.
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Adoption institute supports gay parents
Mar 24 2006 7:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As debate over the issue flares in several states, a major adoption institute says in a new report that it strongly supports the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt, and urges that remaining obstacles be removed.
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Ice cream truck driver punished for crash
Mar 24 2006 6:56AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An ice cream truck driver who fled after a 2-year-old boy ran in front of her truck and was killed has been sentenced to six months in jail.
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3 suits fight plan to build Calif. highway
Mar 24 2006 4:55AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The state's attorney general and environmentalists are suing to put a roadblock in front of an $875 million plan to build a six-lane highway that some fear would ruin the forces of nature that create word-class surf waves.
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Unlicensed doc pleads guilty bilking 1,400
Mar 24 2006 4:43AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An unlicensed doctor pleaded guilty to charges he bilked more than 1,400 immigrants by performing fake medical exams and injecting them with a saline solution he claimed was a vaccine.
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Forensic evidence used to charge bouncer
Mar 24 2006 3:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With no incriminating statements or crucial eyewitnesses, investigators had nothing more than "CSI"-style bits of forensic evidence to piece together a graduate student's gruesome rape and murder _ cell phone records, rabbit fur, rug fibers and blood.
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La. residents ponder life without crawfish
Mar 24 2006 3:28AM (CT)
FORKED ISLAND, La. (AP) - Cajun rancher Charles Broussard needs a favor from the good Lord: Oodles of rain to wash away the salt Hurricane Rita deposited in his crawfish and rice ponds, ruining them.
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NYC transit contract to go to arbitration
Mar 24 2006 1:35AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The contract dispute involving New York City's subway and bus workers will go to binding arbitration, a state agency decided Thursday.
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NYC transit contract to go to arbitration
Mar 24 2006 12:44AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The contract dispute involving New York City's subway and bus workers will go to binding arbitration, a state agency decided Thursday.
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Ashley Smith gets justice with conviction
Mar 24 2006 12:43AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man was convicted Thursday in the 2001 murder of the husband of Ashley Smith, the woman who led authorities to the alleged Atlanta courthouse shooter Brian Nichols.
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Man catches train, forgets baby in car
Mar 24 2006 12:38AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car _ keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
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Tennessee to require DNA from abortions
Mar 24 2006 12:38AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Doctors performing abortions on girls younger than 13 years old would be required to preserve a sample of the fetal tissue for law enforcement under a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday.
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Penn will pay tuition for poorer families
Mar 24 2006 12:33AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday that it will pay tuition and room-and-board for students whose families earn less than $50,000 a year.
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Soldier back from Iraq dies in accident
Mar 24 2006 12:31AM (CT)
BANGOR, Mich. (AP) - A decorated soldier died after crashing an all-terrain vehicle on the day he returned to his Army base in Kentucky from his third tour of duty in Iraq.
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Katrina refugees score lower on tests
Mar 24 2006 12:24AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Young Hurricane Katrina refugees living in Texas scored considerably worse on a statewide standardized exam than Texas children, and thousands of them could be held back.
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Activist under fire for Wal-Mart position
Mar 24 2006 12:21AM (CT)
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - At the grand opening of a Wal-Mart in a black suburb of Atlanta, civil rights leader Andrew Young danced with store clerks, bouncing to the song "We Are Family."
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Fla. authorities detain man after standoff
Mar 24 2006 12:17AM (CT)
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies investigating two stabbings took a man into custody Thursday after a more than three-hour standoff at his mobile home, where Nazi flags were displayed outside.
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