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Suit: Dead rat found in senior's mouth
Apr 6 2007 11:29PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Staffing was so inadequate at a California senior center that a rat crawled into an Alzheimer's patient's mouth and died there before staff noticed, a lawsuit claims.
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Bacteria in peanut butter linked to leak
Apr 6 2007 11:29PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Moisture from a leaky roof and faulty sprinkler helped salmonella bacteria grow and contaminate peanut butter at its Georgia plant last year, sickening more than 400 people nationwide, ConAgra Foods said.
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Sex offenders live under Miami bridge
Apr 6 2007 11:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Five convicted sex offenders are living under a noisy highway bridge with the state's grudging approval because an ordinance intended to keep predators away from children made it nearly impossible for them to find housing.
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Sex offenders live under Miami bridge
Apr 6 2007 11:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Five convicted sex offenders are living under a noisy highway bridge with the state's grudging approval because an ordinance intended to keep predators away from children made it nearly impossible for them to find housing.
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Sex offenders live under Miami bridge
Apr 6 2007 11:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Five convicted sex offenders are living under a noisy highway bridge with the state's grudging approval because an ordinance intended to keep predators away from children made it nearly impossible for them to find housing.
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Missile-defense system test succeeds
Apr 6 2007 10:42PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The military shot down a Scud-type missile in this year's second successful test of a new technology meant to knock down ballistic missiles in their final minute of flight, the Missile Defense Agency said Friday.
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Man who abused puppy sentenced to jail
Apr 6 2007 10:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after bringing a 7-month-old Doberman puppy with broken ribs and leg injuries to a shelter and telling the workers there that his hands hurt from hitting her.
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Fruit growers fret over cold snap
Apr 6 2007 10:12PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Bob Lawless had a sunny outlook for his peach crop earlier this week as delightful weather pushed some of his trees nearly to blossom. Then the cold snap hit.
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Retrial sought in Lodi terror case
Apr 6 2007 9:23PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Shaky testimony and prejudice by the jury foreman should be enough to grant a new trial to a Lodi man convicted last year of terrorism-related charges, a defense lawyer argued Friday.
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'Just shoot me,' begs FBI fugitive in NJ
Apr 6 2007 9:10PM (CT)
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) - When a third suspect was caught Friday in a bank robbery investigation that led to the fatal shooting of an FBI agent, he had a request for officers: "Just shoot me."
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'Just shoot me,' begs FBI fugitive in NJ
Apr 6 2007 9:10PM (CT)
BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) - When a third suspect was caught Friday in a bank robbery investigation that led to the fatal shooting of an FBI agent, he had a request for officers: "Just shoot me."
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Few border-crossers are prosecuted
Apr 6 2007 8:55PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - For all the tough talk out of Washington on immigration, illegal immigrants caught along the Mexican border have almost no reason to fear they will be prosecuted.
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Author suggests Alger Hiss wasn't a spy
Apr 6 2007 8:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An author who has researched the Cold War's most famous espionage case said new evidence suggests another U.S. diplomat, not Alger Hiss, was the Soviet agent who fed U.S. secrets to Moscow.
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Forecaster blasts Gore on global warming
Apr 6 2007 8:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
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Forecaster blasts Gore on global warming
Apr 6 2007 8:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
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U.N. may probe Syria-Lebanon smuggling
Apr 6 2007 8:01PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - France circulated a draft Security Council statement that expresses "serious concern" at mounting reports of illegal arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon and authorizes an independent mission to assess how their border is being monitored.
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Man accused of kicking hole in painting
Apr 6 2007 7:49PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man accused of kicking a hole in an expensive 17th century painting of David and Goliath told police he was bothered by the depiction of a man carrying a severed head, authorities said Friday.
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Man pleads not guilty in filmmaker crash
Apr 6 2007 7:39PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A driver arrested after the crash that killed "A Christmas Story" director Bob Clark and his son pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
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Handyman questioned in prostitute deaths
Apr 6 2007 7:34PM (CT)
MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) - A man who was interrogated and had his home searched by authorities investigating the deaths of four Atlantic City prostitutes was arrested Friday on an unrelated charge, authorities said.
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Midshipman denies sexual assault
Apr 6 2007 7:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Naval Academy student accused of sexually assaulting two female students last year testified at his court-martial Friday that he had consensual sex with one of them.
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Child psychiatrist accused of molesting
Apr 6 2007 7:19PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A child psychiatrist who once headed the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was arrested amid allegations he molested male patients dating back to the 1960s.
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Chicago officer charged with battery
Apr 6 2007 7:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been charged with domestic battery and stripped of her police powers, officials said. The case comes as the department grapples with three videos that allegedly show other officers attacking people.
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3 U.S. attorney's lawyers resign posts
Apr 6 2007 7:06PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Three lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis resigned their management posts, moves that gained national attention against the backdrop of claims top federal prosecutors elsewhere were fired for political reasons.
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Service held for 4 slain kids, dad
Apr 6 2007 6:54PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Police trying to locate a woman whose four children were found slain in their home 11 days ago have subpoenaed bank and telephone records, but have turned up no leads, authorities said Friday.
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Service held for 4 slain kids, dad
Apr 6 2007 6:54PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Police trying to locate a woman whose four children were found slain in their home 11 days ago have subpoenaed bank and telephone records, but have turned up no leads, authorities said Friday.
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Service held for 4 slain kids, dad
Apr 6 2007 6:54PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Police trying to locate a woman whose four children were found slain in their home 11 days ago have subpoenaed bank and telephone records, but have turned up no leads, authorities said Friday.
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Va. minister's death deemed suspicious
Apr 6 2007 6:43PM (CT)
SNOW CREEK, Va. (AP) - The minister of a tiny rural congregation was found dead in her church's parsonage, and investigators on Friday said it was a homicide.
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Fire erupts at Nashville apartments
Apr 6 2007 6:26PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An apartment complex near Nashville's airport caught fire Friday afternoon, destroying two buildings and sending up black smoke that could seen across town.
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Suit over Empire State Building jump try
Apr 6 2007 6:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly a year after a stuntman tried to parachute from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, there's a new round of legal fallout.
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Crime threatens New Orleans parades
Apr 6 2007 5:40PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A cherished tradition in which neighbors fall in behind wailing jazz parades is being threatened by the crime wave that has gripped this city famous for its street parties.
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Arrest made in 1982 slaying
Apr 6 2007 5:32PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A man already serving a 30-year prison sentence for molesting a child has been charged in the shooting death of a teenage clerk during a convenience-store robbery nearly 25 years ago, authorities said Friday.
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Judge halts deportation of immigrants
Apr 6 2007 4:59PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts judge on Friday temporarily barred federal officials from deporting a large group of illegal immigrants snared in a factory raid last month.
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Searches at 5 airports after JFK breach
Apr 6 2007 4:53PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Passengers aboard five flights from New York were evacuated and screened at their destination cities as authorities tried to find a man who breached security at John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said Friday.
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Shooting in car at JFK leaves 1 dead
Apr 6 2007 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A dispute between friends erupted in gunfire inside a car at Kennedy International Airport early Friday, leaving one man dead and a gunman on the loose, authorities said.
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Judge sets Cuban militant free on bail
Apr 6 2007 4:11PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles set free on bail pending trial on charges he lied in a bid to become a U.S. citizen, and the government immediately asked that he remain jailed.
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Ohio paper says photo was altered
Apr 6 2007 4:10PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A staff photographer for The Blade digitally altered a front-page photo of an Ohio college baseball team that lost five players in a bus crash, the newspaper says.
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Great White seeks removal from fire suit
Apr 6 2007 4:00PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Members of the rock band whose pyrotechnics ignited a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have asked to be removed from lawsuits filed by survivors and victims' relatives, saying they had no role in setting off the explosives or deciding to use them.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 3:45PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Author: At-home moms should work instead
Apr 6 2007 3:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Something is very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives," the late Betty Friedan wrote in "The Feminine Mystique," her groundbreaking 1963 book attacking the idea that a husband and children were all a woman needed for fulfillment.
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Inmate spared death for killing cellmate
Apr 6 2007 3:14PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A federal prison inmate convicted of killing a cellmate and using his entrails to taunt guards was spared execution Friday after a jury could not unanimously agree on the death penalty.
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Index would forecast Ariz. desert deaths
Apr 6 2007 3:12PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An emergency room physician has devised a scientific index to predict the likelihood that illegal immigrants will die while walking through the Arizona desert during extreme heat conditions.
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Hospitalized Betty Ford to turn 89
Apr 6 2007 2:57PM (CT)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former first lady Betty Ford received birthday messages along with her get-well cards Friday as she remained hospitalized following surgery.
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Richmond, Va., says `Enough is enough'
Apr 6 2007 2:52PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - At the scene of a recent homicide, someone dropped a note in a police car identifying the killer. The police chief was amazed.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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Christians worldwide mark Good Friday
Apr 6 2007 2:39PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Some in agony, others in ecstasy, Christians around the world marked Good Friday with prayer, processions and pleas for peace.
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2 hurt in Tenn. oil well explosion, fire
Apr 6 2007 2:12PM (CT)
COALFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - An explosion and fire at an oil well injured two workers Friday and sent smoke over eastern Tennessee in a rural area dotted with small oil and gas wells.
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City asks court to quit Abu-Jamal case
Apr 6 2007 1:29PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors want the entire 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to recuse itself from the latest appeal for death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal because Gov. Ed Rendell _ whose wife serves on the court _ was district attorney during his trial.
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Professor accused in $134M fraud case
Apr 6 2007 12:56PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An economics professor known for his flamboyant suits and million-dollar pen collection claimed amnesia after federal investigators discovered about $134 million missing from several investment funds he managed, according to court documents.
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Duke lacrosse case now a waiting game
Apr 6 2007 12:53PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - For a few weeks, it seemed as if the only silence in the Duke lacrosse case came when lawyers on all sides paused to take a breath.
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Principal sues youths over MySpace fakes
Apr 6 2007 12:21PM (CT)
HERMITAGE, Pa. (AP) - A school principal sued four former students who he claims posted parody MySpace.com profiles saying he smoked pot, kept beer at school and liked having sex with students.
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Hidden microphone leads to ex-deputy
Apr 6 2007 12:10PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) - A former sheriff's deputy accused of cutting holes in the ceiling of his apartment and planting a microphone to listen to his upstairs neighbor was arrested on misdemeanor harassment and criminal mischief charges.
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Rep. urges national arsonist registry
Apr 6 2007 10:56AM (CT)
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - A California congresswoman wants convicted arsonists to be forced to register on a national database similar to one used for sex offenders.
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Some records unsealed in astronaut case
Apr 6 2007 10:12AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A judge agreed to the release of some court documents in fired astronaut Lisa Nowak's case, including the search warrant for her car, hours after ordering the papers sealed.
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N.J. court examines breath test machines
Apr 6 2007 9:57AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A breath testing instrument used in thousands of drunken driving cases is under scrutiny as the state Supreme Court considers an appeal challenging whether the machine provides reliable blood-alcohol level readings.
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Thousands in dark after New England snow
Apr 6 2007 8:33AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Utility crews worked to restore power Friday to tens of thousands of northern New Englanders after a spring snowfall dumped more than a foot of snow around the region.
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Toy thought to be bomb closes ferry dock
Apr 6 2007 8:30AM (CT)
STEILACOOM, Wash. (AP) - A ferry dock was closed for several hours while authorities investigated a device that looked like a bomb but turned out to be a child's homemade toy with plastic pipes, a sheriff's spokesman said.
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N.Y. sextuplets celebrate turning 10
Apr 6 2007 7:17AM (CT)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Back in 1997, the six Boniello babies set a U.S. record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy _ 29 weeks and one day. Each weighed barely 2 pounds.
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N.Y. sextuplets celebrate turning 10
Apr 6 2007 7:17AM (CT)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Back in 1997, the six Boniello babies set a U.S. record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy _ 29 weeks and one day. Each weighed barely 2 pounds.
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N.Y. sextuplets celebrate turning 10
Apr 6 2007 7:17AM (CT)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Back in 1997, the six Boniello babies set a U.S. record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy _ 29 weeks and one day. Each weighed barely 2 pounds.
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N.Y. sextuplets celebrate turning 10
Apr 6 2007 7:17AM (CT)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Back in 1997, the six Boniello babies set a U.S. record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy _ 29 weeks and one day. Each weighed barely 2 pounds.
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Zimbabwe pres. could lose UMass degree
Apr 6 2007 7:09AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Since 1885, the University of Massachusetts has awarded nearly 2,000 honorary degrees to world leaders, renowned scholars and writers. For the first time, it is considering taking one back _ from Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe.
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Mo. town shocked by child sex accusation
Apr 6 2007 6:46AM (CT)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) - Al McDaniel waited nervously inside the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Department as detectives interviewed his 6-year-old grandson.
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Calif. city settles free speech lawsuit
Apr 6 2007 4:38AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city of Santa Barbara has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a man who was arrested while reciting the names of soldiers killed in Iraq, his attorneys said.
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Wal-Mart dog treats join pet food recall
Apr 6 2007 4:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The recall of pet foods and treats contaminated with an industrial chemical expanded Thursday to include dog biscuits made by an Alabama company and sold by Wal-Mart under the Ol'Roy brand.
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Filipino devotees nailed to cross
Apr 6 2007 3:00AM (CT)
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) - Seven devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in a northern Philippine village where the rites drew thousands of tourists and spectators.
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Filipino devotees nailed to cross
Apr 6 2007 3:00AM (CT)
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) - Seven devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in a northern Philippine village where the rites drew thousands of tourists and spectators.
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