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New Orleans Archbishop suffers stroke
Mar 31 2007 11:18PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Archbishop Philip Hannan suffered a stroke and was hospitalized Friday but was expected to make a full recovery, the Archdiocese of New Orleans said.
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3 shot in Atlanta attempted mall robbery
Mar 31 2007 10:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Three people were shot during an attempted robbery at a shopping mall Saturday, police said. One person was critically wounded.
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Sheriff: Man shot 2 on way to S.C. game
Mar 31 2007 10:25PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man killed a 60-year-old woman and shot a store clerk to get cars on his way to see his brother, who was playing football at the University of South Carolina, authorities said Saturday.
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Southern Calif. blaze sparks evacuations
Mar 31 2007 10:20PM (CT)
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) - Residents of 200 homes were ordered to evacuate Saturday as a wildfire burned out of control in hills and canyons in this city east of Los Angeles, authorities said.
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Tribune deadline hits with no sale yet
Mar 31 2007 10:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A deadline Tribune Co. set to announce the results of its six-month-long strategic review passed Saturday without the media giant revealing a decision about its future.
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Flight attendant arrested for weapon
Mar 31 2007 8:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A uniformed flight attendant was arrested at Dulles International Airport after she turned herself in for allegedly carrying a concealed handgun aboard a flight from Atlanta, authorities said Saturday.
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Trial delayed in Iraq rape-slaying case
Mar 31 2007 8:23PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The trial of a soldier accused in the rape and killing of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of her family has been delayed after new information surfaced in the case, the soldier's attorney said.
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Report: Tuskegee Airmen lost 25 bombers
Mar 31 2007 8:19PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - At least 25 bombers being escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen over Europe during World War II were shot down by enemy aircraft, according to a new Air Force report.
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Report: Tuskegee Airmen lost 25 bombers
Mar 31 2007 8:19PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - At least 25 bombers being escorted by the Tuskegee Airmen over Europe during World War II were shot down by enemy aircraft, according to a new Air Force report.
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Student gets 37 years in fatal fire
Mar 31 2007 5:31PM (CT)
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - A man who admitted setting a house fire that killed a fellow University of Maryland student has been sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison.
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Judge advances global warming lawsuit
Mar 31 2007 5:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has advanced a lawsuit against the government over its funding of overseas projects that environmental groups claim contribute to climate change.
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Mass. cell suicides hit 10 in 15 months
Mar 31 2007 4:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An inmate undergoing a psychiatric evaluation hanged himself in a shower room, becoming the 10th inmate to commit suicide in the state prison system in the past 15 months, the Department of Correction said Saturday.
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Car-Greyhound wreck kills 1 in Alabama
Mar 31 2007 3:07PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A car going the wrong way on a divided highway collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Saturday, killing the driver of the car and injuring 20 others, police said. Panicked passengers crawled out the bus' windows after the crash.
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Gingrich decries bilingual ballots
Mar 31 2007 2:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with "the language of living in a ghetto" and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.
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Gingrich decries bilingual ballots
Mar 31 2007 2:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with "the language of living in a ghetto" and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.
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Gingrich decries bilingual ballots
Mar 31 2007 2:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich equated bilingual education Saturday with "the language of living in a ghetto" and mocked requirements that ballots be printed in multiple languages.
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Migrant shooting victims identified
Mar 31 2007 2:28PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The two people killed by gunmen who apparently believed a pickup truck filled with illegal immigrants contained drugs have been identified as relatives from the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.
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Photographer Joel Brodsky dies
Mar 31 2007 2:13PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Joel Brodsky, whose photography was featured on hundreds of music album covers, has died at age 67, his daughter said.
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Boy gets attention for vacuum expertise
Mar 31 2007 2:09PM (CT)
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy who has collected more than 150 vacuum cleaners says he is learning to identify them by sound.
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AP: Gen. tried to warn Bush on Tillman
Mar 31 2007 1:50PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - For weeks after his death, the Pentagon maintained that Pat Tillman was killed in an enemy ambush, even after a top general tried to warn President Bush that the NFL star-turned-soldier likely died by friendly fire, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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AP: Gen. tried to warn Bush on Tillman
Mar 31 2007 1:50PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - For weeks after his death, the Pentagon maintained that Pat Tillman was killed in an enemy ambush, even after a top general tried to warn President Bush that the NFL star-turned-soldier likely died by friendly fire, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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More damaging storms hit Texas
Mar 31 2007 1:22PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early Saturday, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes.
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Need outstrips beds for homeless vets
Mar 31 2007 1:02PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Now that warmer weather is arriving, the giant tent that was a winter home for 150 veterans is being packed away.
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Tropicana fetes 50th anniversary
Mar 31 2007 12:45PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - After the Tropicana Resort & Casino opened 50 years ago, it was soon dubbed the "Tiffany of the Strip" because of its manicured lawns, balconied rooms and elegant showroom. Years under mob control earned it a storied place in Nevada gambling lore.
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2 judges, attorney convicted of bribery
Mar 31 2007 12:13PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A prominent attorney and two former judges he was accused of lavishing gifts and money on in exchange for favorable rulings were convicted of bribery.
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Reports: NY settling student loan cases
Mar 31 2007 11:08AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state is offering colleges settlements in its investigation into student loan kickbacks if the schools promise to follow a code of conduct, according to published reports.
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Former Texas attorney general freed
Mar 31 2007 10:08AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A former Texas attorney general has been released from a halfway house after getting about six months trimmed off his four-year federal prison sentence on account of good behavior, authorities said.
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Stolen fetus defendant pleads not guilty
Mar 31 2007 9:48AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting her fetus from the womb has pleaded not guilty to a new version of her indictment.
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Ohio team shattered by crash plays ball
Mar 31 2007 8:07AM (CT)
BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) - Some players who survived a bus crash that killed five teammates said they wanted their first game since the accident to be about baseball, but it was much more than that.
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Ohio team shattered by crash plays ball
Mar 31 2007 8:07AM (CT)
BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) - Some players who survived a bus crash that killed five teammates said they wanted their first game since the accident to be about baseball, but it was much more than that.
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Ohio team shattered by crash plays ball
Mar 31 2007 8:07AM (CT)
BLUFFTON, Ohio (AP) - Some players who survived a bus crash that killed five teammates said they wanted their first game since the accident to be about baseball, but it was much more than that.
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'Barbie Bandit' suspect released on bail
Mar 31 2007 7:57AM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - One of the two young women dubbed the "Barbie Bandits" after they were accused of holding up a bank has been released on bail, authorities said Saturday.
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Maine man killed after 16-hour standoff
Mar 31 2007 5:26AM (CT)
AUBURN, Maine (AP) - A 16-hour standoff between police and a man who shot and killed his mother in the driveway of the house he holed up in ended early Saturday in the man's death, police officials said.
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Marines ban big, garish tattoos
Mar 31 2007 3:41AM (CT)
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Five tattooed skulls stretch from Marine Cpl. Jeremy Slaton's right elbow to his wrist, spelling out the word "Death." He planned to add a tattoo spelling "Life" on his left arm, but that's on hold because of a Marine policy taking effect Sunday.
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Naval Academy: No misconduct on cruise
Mar 31 2007 2:51AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Naval Academy probe into allegations of lewd behavior and heavy drinking on a Caribbean cruise found that up to 10 midshipmen acted "immature" but committed no crimes.
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Subcommittee criticizes Google images
Mar 31 2007 2:14AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Google's replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a "great injustice" to the storm's victims, a congressional subcommittee said.
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Mormon leaders at home in Holy Land
Mar 31 2007 2:11AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - When Jeffrey R. Holland, a top Mormon leader, visited Jerusalem in 1987, he was besieged by thousands of Orthodox Jewish protesters who feared the church's new educational center here would be a base for missionary work.
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10-year-olds accused in homeless beating
Mar 31 2007 1:20AM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A homeless Army veteran was recovering in a hospital Friday after two 10-year-old boys and a teenager were accused of attacking him on a street and smashing a concrete block into his face.
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