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Fire erupts at N.Y. terror suspect jail
Mar 26 2006 11:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A fire erupted Sunday at a federal jail where suspected terrorists are held, prompting hundreds of inmates to be moved to another wing. No injuries were reported.
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Six die in wreck during Wyoming blizzard
Mar 26 2006 10:46PM (CT)
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - At least 20 vehicles crashed on a rural Wyoming interstate in blizzard conditions Sunday, killing at least six people, officials said.
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Probe continues into Colo. explosives
Mar 26 2006 10:32PM (CT)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Three explosive devices detonated at the homes of aviation industry employees in western Colorado were similar to a device that exploded at a company's corporate office in Tennessee last month, authorities said Sunday.
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Kin, friends mourn Chilean crash victims
Mar 26 2006 9:53PM (CT)
WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Friends and family gathered Sunday to bury a New Jersey couple and a Connecticut couple who died last week when their tour bus plummeted more than 300 feet down a Chilean mountainside.
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Seattle murders shock 'rave' community
Mar 26 2006 9:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The partygoers didn't know Aaron Kyle Huff, and don't know who invited him to their after-party. In the culture of raves, all-night dance parties where they say young people can feel welcomed regardless of looks or background, such questions normally aren't important.
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Friend says Tenn. preacher's wife sorry
Mar 26 2006 6:06PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - The preacher's wife charged with murder in the death of her husband wanted his congregation to know "she was sorry for everything she has done," said a friend who visited her in jail Sunday.
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Letters prep 9/11 families on transcripts
Mar 26 2006 5:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city has sent out letters to 24 families of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks advising them that partial transcripts and recordings of 911 calls made by the victims soon will be released to the public because of a court order.
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Lawmakers to benefit from repealed raise
Mar 26 2006 3:37PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A widely criticized pay raise for Pennsylvania legislators will generate years worth of pension dividends for some retiring lawmakers _ even though it was repealed after just four months.
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'Class of Katrina' shares one last dance
Mar 26 2006 3:30PM (CT)
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - Wearing a canary yellow strapless evening gown, Jessica Jenkins walked across the remains of her home, raising her petticoat to keep it out of the red clay.
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Michael Schiavo: Divorce wasn't an option
Mar 26 2006 3:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Despite pleas from the Vatican, U.S. lawmakers and the president, Michael Schiavo says he could not have divorced his brain-damaged wife and given up the fight to let her die.
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Twain evoked by both sides in church flap
Mar 26 2006 1:15PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - In his 20s, Mark Twain was well-known for his carousing at Nevada gold rush saloons, irreverent views of the establishment and a skeptical attitude toward organized religions.
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Analysis: Moussaoui could harm own case
Mar 26 2006 1:10PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - After three rocky weeks, prosecutors wound up on a strong note as they rested their case for executing al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. But the witness who could prove most valuable for them has yet to take the stand: the defendant himself.
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Size of L.A. march surprises authorities
Mar 26 2006 12:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of immigration advocates marched through downtown Los Angeles in one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in recent U.S. history.
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Pregnant woman, 5 kids die in Nev. crash
Mar 26 2006 8:59AM (CT)
ALAMO, Nev. (AP) - A minivan collided with an oncoming semi-truck along a rural highway in southeastern Nevada Saturday, killing the van's pregnant driver and five children, the Highway Patrol said.
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Dozens fight New Orleans hospital closure
Mar 26 2006 5:54AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Doctors, former patients and preservationists rallied outside a public hospital that closed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, urging officials not to abandon the shuttered medical center.
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Federal agencies to probe safety at O'Hare
Mar 26 2006 5:37AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two federal agencies plan to investigate how commercial planes nearly collided twice in two days on runways at O'Hare International Airport.
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Ex-Erie mayor acquitted in corruption case
Mar 26 2006 1:11AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former Erie Mayor Rick Filippi and two of his business associates were acquitted Saturday on charges that they used inside information to benefit from real estate deals.
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La. investigates Red Cross complaints
Mar 26 2006 12:12AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - State Attorney General Charles Foti is investigating complaints that American Red Cross volunteers improperly diverted money and supplies meant for hurricane victims in New Orleans.
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