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Katrina evacuees wear out stay in Houston
Mar 29 2006 11:54PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Seven months after taking in about 200,000 Louisiana residents left homeless by Hurricane Katrina, Houstonians aren't feeling so hospitable anymore.
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New Orleans officers indicted in beating
Mar 29 2006 11:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two fired New Orleans police officers and one current officer were indicted Wednesday in the videotaped beating of a retired teacher in the French Quarter last fall.
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Ex-pizza delivery man executed in Texas
Mar 29 2006 11:32PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former pizza delivery man with a long criminal record was executed Wednesday for the robbery and slaying of a Houston-area man 13 years ago.
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La. Senate panel defeats voter bill
Mar 29 2006 11:27PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A state Senate committee on Wednesday rejected a bill pushed by civil rights groups to make it easier for displaced New Orleans residents to vote in the mayoral election next month.
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Federal agencies make Klamath suggestions
Mar 29 2006 11:23PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Federal fisheries agencies recommended Wednesday that four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River install fish ladders and turbine screens as a condition of getting a new operating license. If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission adopts the proposal, it would restore access for salmon, steelhead, and lamprey to more than 300 miles of river for the first time since the early 1900s.
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State takes over 11 Baltimore schools
Mar 29 2006 11:15PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland board of education voted Wednesday to take control of four Baltimore high schools and seven middle schools, citing the federal No Child Left Behind Act as a justification.
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Inside L.A. schools, lessons from walkouts
Mar 29 2006 11:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Teachers and students are turning the pro-immigration walkouts that have emptied high schools across Southern California into a real-life lesson about immigration policy, the lawmaking process and civic duty itself.
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Three students indicted for church fires
Mar 29 2006 11:11PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted three college students Wednesday on conspiracy and arson charges related to nine church fires that plagued rural Alabama last month.
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Officials: Water OK after teen break in
Mar 29 2006 11:10PM (CT)
BLACKSTONE, Mass. (AP) - Tests found no evidence of chemical contamination in the town's drinking water supply after three teenagers allegedly broke into a water storage facility, authorities said Wednesday.
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Prosecutors: Moussaoui killed with lies
Mar 29 2006 11:01PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors said al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui killed Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, by lying to federal agents weeks earlier to keep the plot secret. Defense attorneys called him an "al-Qaida hanger-on" who only dreamed he had a role in the worst terrorist attack in the nation's history.
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Abramoff gets almost 6 years in prison
Mar 29 2006 11:00PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Assuring the judge he is working to become "a new man," disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison for committing fraud in the purchase of a fleet of gambling boats.
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To ease traffic, Mo. may drive on left
Mar 29 2006 10:58PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Traffic engineers trying to ease congestion and reduce accidents in Kansas City have come up with an audacious idea for this side of the Atlantic: making people drive on the left side of the road.
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Man opens fire in downtown of S.C. city
Mar 29 2006 10:54PM (CT)
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A man opened fire with an automatic weapon Wednesday in the downtown of this small city, wounding a police officer before he was shot and killed by police.
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Ill. man testifies in children's drownings
Mar 29 2006 10:52PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A man charged with killing his then-girlfriend's three children took the stand Wednesday and admitted lying to investigators in the hours after the drownings.
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American Airlines sued over dog's death
Mar 29 2006 10:51PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A pet owner sued American Airlines on Wednesday after his English bulldog died following a cross-country flight.
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Fla. subpoenas vote machine companies
Mar 29 2006 10:43PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's attorney general said Wednesday his office has issued investigative subpoenas to the three companies certified to sell voting machines in Florida as he reviews a dispute between the firms and Leon County's elections supervisor.
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Study: Minority candidates raise less cash
Mar 29 2006 10:42PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Minority candidates for state office often can't raise as much money as their white opponents, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Trial planned over 'Son of Sam' property
Mar 29 2006 10:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has told "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz and his former lawyer that a trial will be needed to resolve their dispute over ownership of items Berkowitz says are his.
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Charges filed in NYC fire; 2 in NYFD died
Mar 29 2006 9:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Manslaughter charges have been filed in connection with a fast-spreading fire in an apartment building that forced two firefighters to leap to their deaths, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Md. judge to let Muhammad be own lawyer
Mar 29 2006 9:51PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A judge ruled Wednesday that John Allen Muhammad can represent himself at his trial for six killings during the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks, the second time a court has done so.
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Man sentenced for Bush assassination plot
Mar 29 2006 9:09PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - An American Muslim was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush.
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Probe ordered after mistaken releases
Mar 29 2006 7:37PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A sheriff has ordered a criminal investigation of her own department after six inmates were released by mistake this year.
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Borders, Waldenbooks won't carry magazine
Mar 29 2006 7:36PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.
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Jurors in Ill. gov. case go back to work
Mar 29 2006 7:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Deliberations started all over again Wednesday in the marathon racketeering and fraud trial of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, after the judge dismissed two jurors and replaced them with alternates.
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S.C. lieut. gov. hits the road - on foot
Mar 29 2006 6:57PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer plans to use some shoe leather as a way to atone for his reputation for speeding on South Carolina roadways, and he started off Wednesday with a 10-mile walk to state GOP headquarters from the Capitol to file for re-election.
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Rob Reiner leaves Calif. school board
Mar 29 2006 6:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Complaining of "personal political attacks," Hollywood director Rob Reiner resigned Wednesday from a statewide preschool commission he helped create.
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House fire kills four children in Chicago
Mar 29 2006 6:26PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A house fire killed four children and seriously injured two adults Wednesday morning on the city's southwest side, authorities said.
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Ala. appeal in game-blame killings nixed
Mar 29 2006 6:20PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rejecting an appeal by video game makers and sellers, the Alabama Supreme Court has kept alive a $600 million lawsuit blaming "Grand Theft Auto" for the murders of the three-person night shift at a rural police department.
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Reforms announced in wake of N.Y. case
Mar 29 2006 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City officials, responding to the horrific torture death of a 7-year-old girl, announced new efforts Wednesday to prevent and detect child abuse.
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Sister pleads for release of journalist
Mar 29 2006 5:38PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The twin of kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll pleaded for her release on Arab television Wednesday, saying her sister is a "wonderful person" who is an "innocent woman."
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Sketches of Moussaoui's jurors
Mar 29 2006 5:11PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Here are thumbnail sketches of the jurors in the sentencing trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, followed by sketches of the alternate jurors in the order they were selected at random.
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Prosecutor in Detroit terror trial charged
Mar 29 2006 5:03PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A former federal prosecutor and a State Department official were indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiring to conceal evidence during a botched terrorism trial that proved a major embarrassment for the Bush administration.
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Wife charged after husband found in trunk
Mar 29 2006 4:03PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A woman accused of shooting her husband and having her 19-year-old son help dispose of the body by locking it in a car and rolling the vehicle off an embankment was charged Wednesday with murder.
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Texas sheriff orders jail release probe
Mar 29 2006 3:15PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A sheriff has ordered a criminal investigation of her own department after six inmates were released by mistake this year.
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Detroit Archdiocese to reduce parishes
Mar 29 2006 3:10PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The Archdiocese of Detroit announced plans Wednesday to close or merge 16 parishes, most of them in or near the city, under a five-year reorganization plan.
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Navy says Sikorsky strike depleting parts
Mar 29 2006 3:03PM (CT)
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - A five-week-old strike at Sikorsky Aircraft is causing "rapidly dwindling" supplies of spare parts for a military helicopter used in Iraq and around the world, a U.S. Navy spokesman said.
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FAA looks at third close call at O'Hare
Mar 29 2006 2:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal officials are investigating a third close call in less than a week involving planes at O'Hare International Airport.
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Imprisoned ex-Klansman Killen hospitalized
Mar 29 2006 2:41PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, the former Klansman convicted last year in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers, has been moved from his prison cell to a Jackson hospital, officials and family said Wednesday.
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Work resumes at Tenn. uranium storehouse
Mar 29 2006 2:33PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Construction is resuming on a fortified warehouse to hold the nation's largest inventory of bomb-grade uranium more than a month after work was halted because of missing and improper reinforcement, officials said Wednesday.
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Man with news of suicide finds family dead
Mar 29 2006 2:31PM (CT)
MATTESON, Ill. (AP) - Police who came to a couple's home to tell them their son had committed suicide in a Florida motel room found the man's parents and sister shot to death inside, authorities said Wednesday.
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Gunshot hits school bus in Shreveport
Mar 29 2006 2:23PM (CT)
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A gunshot fired by a man at his girlfriend hit a school bus Wednesday and injured a child with flying glass, police said.
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Man arrested after New York pastor slain
Mar 29 2006 2:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A minister and civil rights activist was found stabbed to death in his apartment, and authorities arrested a man who alleged the victim had pressured him for sex.
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Ex-officer's early release request denied
Mar 29 2006 1:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid for early release for a former police officer serving a five-year prison term in the notorious jailhouse torture case of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
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Calif. man settles beach house suit
Mar 29 2006 1:49PM (CT)
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man who held an essay contest to give away his ocean-view house, but sold it instead after collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from entrants, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a class action lawsuit, records show.
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Fla. judge blames ADHD for hasty arrests
Mar 29 2006 12:07PM (CT)
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - A judge who had 11 people arrested for accidentally going to the wrong courtroom told an ethics board he was "horrified" by what he had done and blamed the problem on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Ga. stores ordered to stop selling puppies
Mar 29 2006 12:02PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - State officials ordered six Atlanta-area pet stores to stop selling dogs after more than 130 puppies tested positive for a parasite that can be transmitted to humans.
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Former Tibetan monk accused of rape
Mar 29 2006 11:23AM (CT)
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - A Tibetan monk who was granted political asylum in the United States was jailed Wednesday on a charge alleging he raped a 14-year-old girl, who became pregnant.
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Pa. dog owner gets 3 years for attack
Mar 29 2006 11:13AM (CT)
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - A woman whose three pit bulls fatally mauled an 82-year-old neighbor as she walked a small dog was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison.
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Hate crime official says she met Ill. gov.
Mar 29 2006 10:59AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Nation of Islam official whose presence on the state's hate crimes commission prompted the resignations of five Jewish members disputes the governor's claim that he didn't know about her affiliation when he named her to the panel.
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Second-graders stab classmate with needle
Mar 29 2006 9:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two second-grade boys stabbed a classmate with a hypodermic needle they had had picked up off the street on the way to school, a Department of Education spokesman said.
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U.N. to begin talks on Annan's successor
Mar 29 2006 9:07AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council agreed to start formal discussions this summer to choose a successor to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, with Asian countries pushing candidates from their region.
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S.C. Lt. Gov. caught speeding, no tickets
Mar 29 2006 8:23AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has been stopped at least twice in the past four months for speeding _ once for going 101 mph in a 70 mph zone on a wet highway _ but was let off without a ticket.
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Law professor bans laptops in class
Mar 29 2006 8:21AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it.
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Student spends spring break at Wal-Mart
Mar 29 2006 8:05AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For spring break, some college students set out for sun-drenched beaches or cheap European cities. Skyler Bartels headed for the local Wal-Mart.
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Arrest made in N.Y. pastor's stabbing
Mar 29 2006 7:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A minister and civil rights activist was found stabbed to death in his apartment, and authorities arrested a man who alleged the victim had pressured him for sex.
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Judge tosses suit to halt pig kills
Mar 29 2006 6:04AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop the killing of thousands of wild pigs on Santa Cruz Island as part of an effort to protect endangered island foxes.
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Slain Tennessee minister eulogized
Mar 29 2006 5:16AM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A slain minister was eulogized in front of his three young daughters at the church where he preached while his wife sat in a jail cell a few miles away, accused of his slaying.
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Couple whose family was stranded arrested
Mar 29 2006 5:09AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The joy of a couple's rescue from the snowy mountains of southwest Oregon turned sour after they were arrested on drug charges in Washington state, authorities said.
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Sago Mine survivor may go home Thursday
Mar 29 2006 5:08AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - For the last two months, the sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster has been recovering from brain damage and other injuries and undergoing therapy at a rehabilitation hospital.
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Lawmakers scramble to make room for limo
Mar 29 2006 5:01AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Five years ago, Tyler Lehmann's limousine fleet was dominated by the oversized luxury sedans that evoked the decadent 1980s: sleek, classy and low to the ground.
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Kentucky boy charged with threatening Bush
Mar 29 2006 4:20AM (CT)
FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy was charged with threatening President Bush _ who is scheduled to travel to nearby Cincinnati next week _ in two e-mails sent to the mayor, police said.
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Rain delays Hawaii's sunny PR campaign
Mar 29 2006 1:34AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - State and county tourism officials hoped to launch a nationwide public relations campaign this week promoting Hawaii's sunny skies, but their plans were postponed for a week because of the rainy weather.
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Polish statue finds a home in Boston
Mar 29 2006 12:32AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A statue of Polish freedom fighters that stood on the Boston Common for 23 years before it was abruptly removed will be installed in a plaza near a museum, officials said Tuesday.
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Raw sewage diverted into Hawaii canal
Mar 29 2006 12:28AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Millions of gallons of raw sewage have gushed into a canal since a major sewer line ruptured, forcing officials to monitor bacteria levels around Hawaii's most popular beaches.
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