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U.N.: Nations refuse to stop geneocide
Apr 7 2006 11:29PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Twelve years after the Rwanda genocide, nations still seem unwilling to commit the troops and money that would be needed to stop mass slaughter of civilians, a top U.N. envoy said.
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Family files suit over Midway accident
Apr 7 2006 11:23PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The family of a 6-year-old Indiana boy killed when a Southwest Airlines jet skidded off a runway and crashed into their car filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday against the carrier and the plane's manufacturer.
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NYC coyote death due to illness, stress
Apr 7 2006 10:58PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A coyote that was caught loping around New York's Central Park last month died of heartworms, exposure to rat poison, and the stress of his capture and handling, state pathologists reported Friday.
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Four convicted in $24M Medicare scam
Apr 7 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Four people were convicted of federal fraud charges for submitting more than $24 million in false bills to Medicare, including one person who used the proceeds to buy a Rolls-Royce, a yacht and other luxury items, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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Del. Scout leader charged with child rape
Apr 7 2006 10:52PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A former Boy Scout leader who spent 20 years volunteering for the organization was charged with raping two boys, authorities said.
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Texas mom not guilty by reason of insanity
Apr 7 2006 10:45PM (CT)
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A mother charged with murder for cutting off her baby daughter's arms in what her lawyers portrayed as a religious frenzy was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday by a judge.
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Tornadoes sweep through Tennessee, kill 11
Apr 7 2006 10:43PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes marched across the South on Friday, peeling away roofs, overturning cars and killing at least 11 people in Tennessee, officials said.
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Judge to toss R.I. medical center charges
Apr 7 2006 10:42PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge on Friday agreed to dismiss corruption charges against a medical center after federal prosecutors said the hospital was on the path to reform.
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Police investigate response to 911 call
Apr 7 2006 10:40PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A 5-year-old boy called 911 to report that his mother had collapsed in their apartment, but an operator told him he should not be playing on the phone, and she died before help arrived.
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Bus driver gets DUI while driving students
Apr 7 2006 10:36PM (CT)
FORT DRUM, Fla. (AP) - A bus driver bringing 37 middle school students to a theme park on Friday was arrested and charged with DUI after a teacher recognized he had been drinking, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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Texas Panhandle wildfires mostly contained
Apr 7 2006 10:35PM (CT)
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - Firefighters contained the last two blazes in the Texas Panhandle on Friday, a day after wildfires scorched 27,000 acres and destroyed at least nine homes north of Amarillo.
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Sago Mine owner says most citations fixed
Apr 7 2006 10:33PM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal inspectors issued 115 citations for alleged problems found at the Sago Mine during inspections earlier this year, the mine owner said Friday.
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Denver transit workers approve contract
Apr 7 2006 10:31PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Striking bus drivers, train operators and mechanics overwhelmingly approved a new contract with the city's mass transit agency Friday, setting the stage to end the area's first transit strike in 24 years.
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Coroner says 3 skiers likely asphyxiated
Apr 7 2006 9:50PM (CT)
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) - Two ski patrol members who fell into a volcanic fissure were probably asphyxiated by poisonous gas spewing from the vent, along with a third member who tried to rescue the pair, a coroner said Friday.
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Panel sees progress at Boston Archdiocese
Apr 7 2006 9:18PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Archdiocese of Boston has made "a solid beginning" in adopting new protections for children since the clergy sexual abuse scandal broke four years ago, but needs to commit more staffing and money to the effort, a review panel said Friday.
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NYC crack kingpin could face death penalty
Apr 7 2006 8:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that a notorious crack kingpin with ties to the rap music industry could face the death penalty _ a decision that will indefinitely delay his murder conspiracy trial.
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3 Philadelphia priests defrocked
Apr 7 2006 8:44PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Three more priests accused of sexually abusing children have been defrocked, bringing to 17 the number of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese who have been defrocked since the clergy abuse scandal broke four years ago.
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Flood forces Calif. trailer park to empty
Apr 7 2006 8:43PM (CT)
NEWMAN, Calif. (AP) - The swollen San Joaquin River overflowed its banks Friday, flooding a trailer park and forcing the evacuation of about 50 residents.
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Jobless rate jumps for Katrina evacuees
Apr 7 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than a third of Hurricane Katrina evacuees still out of their homes were unemployed in March, a sharp jump from February, the federal Labor Department reported Friday.
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N.H. Congressional candidate found alive
Apr 7 2006 8:30PM (CT)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A congressional hopeful wrecked his car and wandered a mile in a daze, swimming across a river and then huddling under leaves for warmth until he was found alive a day later, officials and relatives said.
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Falwell touts Christian college debaters
Apr 7 2006 8:30PM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The football team doesn't have a prayer, and heaven knows the basketball team needs help. But the debate team at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University looks like a mighty David in a land of rhetorical Goliaths.
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Fear, concern follow Minneapolis killings
Apr 7 2006 8:05PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two random killings of innocent bystanders in the last month, both in trendy parts of town, are rattling this city's self-image as a nice place to live.
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Bad gauges cited in Mo. reservoir collapse
Apr 7 2006 7:46PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Shoddy construction and gauges that malfunctioned were to blame for the rupture of an earthen reservoir that sent a billion gallons of water rushing down the side of an Ozarks mountain, injuring a family of five, a report said Friday.
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Ex-exec pleads guilty in wiretap case
Apr 7 2006 7:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former record company executive pleaded guilty Friday to hiring a Hollywood private eye to tap his former girlfriend's phones to learn how the woman might testify in a business lawsuit.
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Family survives Utah avalanche
Apr 7 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Michael Thomas and his five young children had just finished an afternoon of skiing and were driving back down the mountain when the avalanche hit.
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Arkansas bans smoking in most public spots
Apr 7 2006 7:22PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Huckabee, a champion of healthy living, signed into law Friday a ban on smoking in most indoor public places.
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Two mine fatals push W.Va. total to 18
Apr 7 2006 7:20PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two workers were killed in separate accidents at underground coal mines in West Virginia on Friday, bringing the state's mining fatalities for the year to 18.
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Singer lands Vegas gig, $1 a month condo
Apr 7 2006 7:11PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The condominium is plush with marble and hardwood, but the residents are still living out of suitcases. Clothes drape off chairs, and CDs and photos litter shelves. The clutter is reminiscent of the detritus _ in better-than-average surroundings _ that might accompany those who've fled a hurricane.
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Bourbon Street bouncer trial to be moved
Apr 7 2006 6:57PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The trial of four Bourbon Street bouncers charged with manslaughter in the death of a college student will be moved out of New Orleans, a judge ruled Friday.
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Abortion foes seek Kansas grand jury probe
Apr 7 2006 4:50PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Abortion opponents Friday submitted petitions demanding a grand jury investigation into the case of a mentally retarded woman who died of an infection after undergoing a late-term abortion.
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Episcopal panel: Use caution in elections
Apr 7 2006 4:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Episcopal Church panel studying the furor over the denomination's first openly gay bishop proposed Friday that dioceses use "very considerable caution" from now on in electing bishops with same-sex partners, but stopped short of the moratorium critics demanded.
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Underground Railroad house in Ohio saved
Apr 7 2006 3:48PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - An 1853 house believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad will be preserved after a nearly 10-year fight to save it.
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About 48 immigrants, mostly Haitians, held
Apr 7 2006 3:36PM (CT)
HILLSBORO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities detained 46 illegal immigrants Friday after the group landed on the beaches of this upscale neighborhood in a 45-foot cabin cruiser.
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Fla. utility offers reward in reactor hole
Apr 7 2006 3:33PM (CT)
FLORIDA CITY, Fla. (AP) - A Florida utility announced a $100,000 reward Friday for information leading to whoever drilled a hole in a pipe that helps maintain pressure in a nuclear reactor.
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Suspects charged in deadly Ala. shootings
Apr 7 2006 2:47PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A 23-year-old man faces capital murder charges in a shooting at a McDonald's drive-through that killed two men and wounded a third, police said Friday.
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Mother convicted of murder in girl's OD
Apr 7 2006 2:02PM (CT)
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - A woman accused of giving her 7-year-old daughter a fatal dose of antidepressant to block a sex-abuse investigation was convicted of murder.
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Fla. mobile home fire kills 6
Apr 7 2006 1:58PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Fire spread through a mobile home before dawn Friday, killing four children and two adults, authorities said.
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Inmate free after serving 10 years extra
Apr 7 2006 1:30PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A man who spent 10 years too many behind bars because of a judge's sentencing error walked free Friday into the arms of his family.
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Prisons: Curb terror-suspect communication
Apr 7 2006 1:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wary of militants ordering attacks from behind bars, the federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking to sharply restrict communication between suspected terrorist inmates and the outside world.
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Mystery surrounds millionaire's stabbing
Apr 7 2006 1:03PM (CT)
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - Plenty of people had problems with Andrew Kissel: his estranged wife, his business partner, a few billion-dollar corporations, a group of tenants on New York's Upper East Side, state investigators, the U.S. Justice Department.
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Recent spate of mishaps confound NASA
Apr 7 2006 12:55PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Over the past three months, workers at the Kennedy Space Center have tripped, dropped things, banged into sensitive equipment and started fires in a deadly string of accidents that has NASA perplexed.
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Fla. teacher accused of taking bribes
Apr 7 2006 12:26PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A second middle school teacher was arrested for allegedly letting students skip gym class if they paid $1 each day.
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Judge dismisses case against Wis. teens
Apr 7 2006 12:11PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A judge dismissed charges against two teens accused in a mob beating after police reported they were unable to find key witnesses.
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Jury deliberates Illinois drowning case
Apr 7 2006 11:09AM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Jurors on Friday were deliberating the fate of a man accused of killing his former girlfriend's three children, who drowned when their car rolled into a lake.
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Jury hears of Sept. 11 emotional impact
Apr 7 2006 11:03AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - One boy wanted to become an astronaut so he could go into space and find his daddy in heaven. One girl lost her father, a hero firefighter, before she was even born.
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Bengal tiger kills owner in Minn.
Apr 7 2006 10:55AM (CT)
SANDSTONE, Minn. (AP) - A Bengal tiger attacked and killed its owner at a former animal breeding business, the latest in a series of recent maulings involving captive exotic animals in the state.
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Bald eagle tends to nest as single dad
Apr 7 2006 8:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Within earshot of traffic roaring along the Capital Beltway, a suddenly single dad is waging a quiet struggle to save his offspring _ a nest of bald eagle eggs on the verge of hatching.
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Ancient text shows a different Judas
Apr 7 2006 8:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story.
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Expatriate Italians vote for parliament
Apr 7 2006 8:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of Italians living in the United States cast ballots in Italy's first general election to allow expatriates to send their own representatives to the parliament in Rome.
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Consumer confidence in economy improves
Apr 7 2006 7:42AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer confidence in the economy's prospects improved in early April even as gasoline prices and borrowing costs marched higher.
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Religion in the news
Apr 7 2006 6:57AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Beth Hamedrash Hagodol synagogue is one of New York's treasured temples _ a Lower East Side landmark that has served as a house of worship for Jews dating back to the 1800s.
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Bawdy spring break on way out of Daytona
Apr 7 2006 6:50AM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Dana Wassum and Mary Jane Jackson brought their bikinis all the way from Maryland's Towson University to party and soak up spring break sun.
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Radioactive steam escapes from Ill. plant
Apr 7 2006 5:51AM (CT)
GODLEY, Ill. (AP) - Steam containing radioactive tritium escaped from a valve at an Exelon Corp. plant even as company officials met with local residents to discuss efforts to clean up earlier leaks.
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U.S. declines seat on U.N. rights council
Apr 7 2006 5:36AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States decided to forgo a seat on the new U.N. Human Rights Council this year rather than risk a losing battle for a panel it considers deeply flawed. But 42 countries announced their candidacy, including Cuba and Iran.
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Missing brother motivated fallen soldier
Apr 7 2006 4:16AM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - When Tom Stone joined the Army in 1971, one of his reasons for doing so was unusual: He hoped to find clues about his brother's disappearance in Southeast Asia the year before.
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Audit: TSU president misspent school funds
Apr 7 2006 4:14AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade spent nearly $650,000 in school funds on purchases such as church donations and car repairs not allowed in her contract, an internal audit found.
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Md. governor signs air pollution bill
Apr 7 2006 3:51AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Gov. Robert Ehrlich unexpectedly signed into law a bill requiring cleanups at power plants, after saying last year that Maryland did not need such a law.
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Feds probe fatal fire at W.Va. mine
Apr 7 2006 2:50AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are investigating a fire at a West Virginia coal mine that killed two men earlier this year, U.S. attorney Charles T. Miller said Thursday.
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Series of earthquakes rattle California
Apr 7 2006 1:56AM (CT)
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) - A minor earthquake and several small tremors shook central California near Hearst Castle, but there were no immediate reports of damage, authorities said.
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