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Woman reaches plea deal in smuggling case
Mar 31 2006 11:55PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Haitian woman facing federal charges after a human skull was found in her luggage has reached a plea deal, her lawyer said Friday.
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Charleston homes, businesses without water
Mar 31 2006 11:39PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A main line at South Carolina's largest water treatment plant ruptured Friday, leaving homes and businesses in the Charleston area without water, officials said.
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John Dean blasts warrantless eavesdropping
Mar 31 2006 11:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - John W. Dean, Richard Nixon's White House lawyer, told senators Friday that President Bush's domestic spying exceeds the wrongdoing that toppled his former boss.
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Flooding threatens homes, roads in Midwest
Mar 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Flooding from heavy rain and snowmelt around the Red River threatened homes and washed out roadways, killing a woman who stumbled into a water-filled ditch, officials said Friday.
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Cries for help edited out of 9/11 tapes
Mar 31 2006 10:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Emergency operators listening to trapped callers' heartbreaking pleas from the burning World Trade Center repeatedly said help was on the way while they struggled with crashing computers, utter confusion and their own emotions, several hours of 911 calls released Friday show.
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Charles Taylor's son arrested in Miami
Mar 31 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, has been arrested by U.S. authorities in Miami, days after his father was handed over to a war crimes tribunal.
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Hal, the Central Park coyote, dies
Mar 31 2006 10:09PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Hal, the coyote who paid a visit to New York City and was captured as he loped around Central Park, died as he was being tagged for release in the wild, a state official said Friday.
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La. lawmakers join Blanco on Katrina tour
Mar 31 2006 9:39PM (CT)
COW ISLAND, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco and legislators set out by bus Friday to tour the lingering damage of last fall's Hurricane Rita, a major storm that was overshadowed by the even more destructive Katrina a month earlier.
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Dean says Bush 'scapegoating' Hispanics
Mar 31 2006 9:38PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean accused President Bush and the Republican Party on Friday of exploiting the immigration issue for political gain by scapegoating Hispanics.
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Students stage new immigration protests
Mar 31 2006 9:25PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Thousands of students protesting tough immigration bills being debated in Congress marched in California, Texas, Nevada and other states Friday. Most demonstrations were peaceful, but there was a stabbing during a protest in Virginia.
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Eight in Gambino crime family plead guilty
Mar 31 2006 9:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Eight members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family, including an acting underboss, have pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, authorities said Friday.
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Indiana moves to daylight-saving time
Mar 31 2006 9:21PM (CT)
WEST COLLEGE CORNER, Ind. (AP) - Seven months a year, Deano's Tavern cashes in on Indiana's refusal to observe daylight-saving time. Ohio residents whose bars close at 2:30 a.m. can go four miles up the road to Deano's for another hour of drinking before last call.
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Government to settle Denver Mint bias case
Mar 31 2006 9:13PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Mint agreed Friday to pay $9 million to female workers at its Denver plant who alleged their bosses demanded sex in exchange for promotions, harassed them and retaliated when they complained.
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Four homes damaged, four ruined in Ga. fire
Mar 31 2006 8:48PM (CT)
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) - Fire destroyed four homes and damaged four others in a suburban Atlanta neighborhood Friday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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Illegal immigrants put cities in a bind
Mar 31 2006 8:47PM (CT)
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - The hodgepodge of U.S. immigration laws, policies and practices is well-illustrated in this Southern California community of millionaires and blue-collar workers.
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Red Cross: FBI conducts own Katrina probe
Mar 31 2006 8:47PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The FBI is looking into allegations of theft and other wrongdoing by American Red Cross volunteers who distributed relief supplies after Hurricane Katrina.
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Moussaoui jury ends third day, no ruling
Mar 31 2006 8:42PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Jurors in the death-penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui ended a third day of deliberations Friday without deciding whether the confessed al-Qaida conspirator is eligible for the death penalty.
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Daylight-saving time returns Sunday
Mar 31 2006 8:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Heat up the grill and break out the badminton set: daylight-saving time is returning to shift an hour of light to the evenings.
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Scott Peterson's family seeks 'real killer'
Mar 31 2006 8:20PM (CT)
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - Scott Peterson's family on Friday offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of his pregnant wife.
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Five whales wash ashore in Fla.
Mar 31 2006 7:28PM (CT)
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - The body of a melon-headed whale, rarely found in Florida waters, washed ashore this week hours after four others were found dead or had to be euthanized because scientists determined they were too sick to be saved.
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Powerful defense radar leaves Pearl Harbor
Mar 31 2006 7:14PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A powerful radar that will be part of the national missile defense system set sail from Pearl Harbor on Friday for its base in Alaska.
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Pa. landfills to be combed for student
Mar 31 2006 6:59PM (CT)
EWING, N.J. (AP) - Authorities planned Saturday to search two Pennsylvania landfills for a missing college student after his blood was found in and around a trash bin outside his dormitory.
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Nuclear reactor shut down in Florida
Mar 31 2006 6:56PM (CT)
FLORIDA CITY, Fla. (AP) - One of two reactors at the Turkey Point nuclear plant was shut down Friday after damaged equipment was discovered during a routine inspection, officials said.
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Airport screening equipment fails in Tenn.
Mar 31 2006 6:55PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A software glitch knocked out computerized X-ray machines at Nashville International Airport for five hours Friday, causing long lines and flight delays while officials searched bags by hand.
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Mashpee Wampanoag tribe nears recognition
Mar 31 2006 6:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, whose ancestors greeted the Pilgrims, won preliminary approval Friday for the federal recognition the tribe has sought for three decades.
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Muhammad representing self despite judge
Mar 31 2006 5:31PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad on Friday refused to back down from his decision to represent himself in his latest murder trial, but agreed to let the court find an attorney to help with the case.
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Remains found in New Guinea of WWII pilot
Mar 31 2006 4:32PM (CT)
SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Human remains found in the wreckage of a World War II bomber in New Guinea have been identified as a 24-year-old airman who disappeared on a stormy night in 1943.
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Board says Conn. ethics boss wrongly fired
Mar 31 2006 4:17PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The former director of the Connecticut Ethics Commission was ordered reinstated Friday, more than a year after he was fired over allegations he cheated on his work hours and told a subordinate to lie in a criminal investigation.
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Twin sentenced in rape after third trial
Mar 31 2006 3:19PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man convicted of rape after two mistrials over DNA evidence that could have come from his identical twin was sentenced Friday to up to 20 years in prison.
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Powell warns against U.S. isolation
Mar 31 2006 3:14PM (CT)
KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said America must not allow post-9/11 security concerns to cost the country its sense of openness.
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Ex-police chief gets 12 years in sex case
Mar 31 2006 3:06PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former police chief was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in his police car.
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Authorities search Pa. landfills for teen
Mar 31 2006 2:42PM (CT)
EWING, N.J. (AP) - Authorities planned Friday to search two Pennsylvania landfills for a missing college student after his blood was found in and around a trash bin outside his dormitory.
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Panel calls for removing N.Y. judge
Mar 31 2006 2:25PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state commission has recommended removing a judge who sought donations to his defense fund from lawyers who were trying cases before him.
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Orlando street troubled by bird droppings
Mar 31 2006 2:15PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The foul-smelling white substance cakes lamp posts, covers sidewalks and park benches and stains the bushes and trees. Parked cars become spattered in a matter of minutes along "bird poop alley."
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Judge: Skakel attorneys must ID suspects
Mar 31 2006 1:09PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A judge ordered attorneys for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, convicted in the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor, to identify two men they say have been implicated in the killing.
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Clinton wants billions to aid world's poor
Mar 31 2006 1:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Clinton's attempt to marshal the resources of the world's wealthy and influential to solve global problems resulted in $2.5 billion in pledges during a signature conference held last year.
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Judge throws out Ky. sodomy conviction
Mar 31 2006 11:59AM (CT)
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A judge threw out the conviction of a man after he spent five years in prison on charges of sodomizing his teenage daughter, who had claimed repressed memories of a childhood attack.
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Buttafuoco to stand trial on weapons charge
Mar 31 2006 10:19AM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - Joey Buttafuoco, the Long Island body shop owner who gained notoriety in the 1990s when his teenage girlfriend shot his wife, has been ordered to stand trial on a felony charge of illegally possessing ammunition.
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Carroll to return home soon, editor says
Mar 31 2006 10:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - American journalist Jill Carroll, released by her Iraqi captors after 82 days, will begin her journey home as soon as possible, her editor at The Christian Science Monitor said Friday.
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Dodgeball game leads to assault charges
Mar 31 2006 9:38AM (CT)
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - A youth minister was charged with assault for allegedly knocking a 16-year-old boy down and kicking him in the groin after taking a head shot from the teen in a dodgeball game.
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Ariz. at the center of immigration debate
Mar 31 2006 9:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Arizona's leaders are in a tizzy over immigration, pressured by political crosswinds that reflect the growing national debate over how to control U.S. borders.
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Woman gets probation in newborn's drowning
Mar 31 2006 8:34AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving birth on a toilet and letting the baby drown was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to get psychological treatment for depression, paranoia and anorexia.
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More stress than ever for SAT-takers
Mar 31 2006 7:51AM (CT)
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - With the big test coming Saturday, the final SAT prep class was part strategy session, part pep rally. Instructor Cary Wagner ran down the check list of things for students to remember: water, a watch, tissues, a sugary snack.
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Religion in the news
Mar 31 2006 7:14AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - It sounds like the setup for a punch line: What do you get when you cross an ultra-Orthodox rabbi with a mobile phone?
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L.A. County warns of ID theft
Mar 31 2006 7:14AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - County officials have sent 94,000 letters warning people of possible identity theft after documents containing their confidential information were publicly exposed in January.
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1965 voting rights provisions to expire
Mar 31 2006 6:59AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - On what would become known as "Bloody Sunday," voting rights marchers in March 1965 reached the highest point on the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma, Ala., and saw a blue sea of uniforms awaiting them at the end of the bridge.
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Plans for massive blast in Nev. draw fire
Mar 31 2006 6:04AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Plans for a Pentagon-led experiment that involves detonating 700 tons of explosives in the desert drew criticism from state leaders and a disarmament activist.
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Annan: U.N. should cut down on reports
Mar 31 2006 6:01AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In 2005, the United Nations delivered 1,200 reports on issues from Guinea-Bissau to the rights of women in the developing world. Its human rights office alone produced 44,000 pages of documents _ which in turn had to be translated into six official languages.
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Court: gays can't come to Mass. to marry
Mar 31 2006 5:58AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Christopher McCary and John Sullivan still consider themselves married, even if a ruling by Massachusetts' highest court puts their union in legal limbo.
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Prosecutors outline case vs. ex-FBI agent
Mar 31 2006 5:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was at one of their weekly meetings in 1992 that FBI agent R. Lindley DeVecchio allegedly made it easy for his favorite mob informant to kill a gangland rival.
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Catholic watchdog calls for more oversight
Mar 31 2006 5:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of a lay watchdog panel created by Roman Catholic bishops says a key reform the prelates adopted to protect children from clergy sex abuse is insufficient.
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Firefighters tame fires in Texas Panhandle
Mar 31 2006 4:29AM (CT)
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Firefighters in the parched Texas Panhandle brought under control a series fast-moving wildfires that burned 14 homes near Amarillo. There were no reports of injuries.
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Moussaoui case tests judge's patience
Mar 31 2006 3:57AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Normally reserved, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema shoved her chair back from the bench, visibly angry about what she was being told. A government lawyer who had coached key witnesses had been deeply involved in the case against confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
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Explosive devices found in Minn. home
Mar 31 2006 3:37AM (CT)
FROST, Minn. (AP) - More than 110 explosive devices and more than 20 pounds of highly explosive materials in a Frost home, in what authorities say was part of a large bomb-making operation.
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Buttafuoco to face ammunition charges
Mar 31 2006 12:55AM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - Joey Buttafuoco, the Long Island body shop owner who gained notoriety in the 1990s when his teenage girlfriend shot his wife, was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a felony charge of illegally possessing ammunition.
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TSA screeners plead guilty to theft
Mar 31 2006 12:47AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Two security screeners at the Honolulu International Airport pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of yen from the luggage of Japanese tourists.
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Man cleared of murder, rape to get $1M
Mar 31 2006 12:37AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A man who was freed from prison in December after DNA evidence cleared him of murder and rape convictions has reached a tentative settlement with the state.
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Tenn. minister's wife held without bail
Mar 31 2006 12:26AM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A minister's wife charged with shooting her husband to death in the church parsonage waived her right Thursday to a hearing that would have aired evidence against her.
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