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Store owner sues Mo. over ban on sexy ads
Apr 8 2005 11:20PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man who owns a string of adult novelty stores is suing Missouri over its ban on sexy highway billboards, arguing the law is unconstitutional.
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Cops working as bouncers face tax charges
Apr 8 2005 11:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eleven current and former police officers have been charged with failing to pay taxes on income they earned as bouncers at suburban strip clubs, prosecutors said Friday.
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Woman accused of cannibalism to be freed
Apr 8 2005 11:14PM (CT)
ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) - A woman accused of killing and cannibalizing her boyfriend will be allowed to leave a state mental hospital as long as she continues to take her medication and undergoes therapy, a judge ruled Friday.
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No bail for suspect in Md., Del. killings
Apr 8 2005 10:45PM (CT)
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - A man charged with murder in a shooting spree that left two dead was denied bail Friday at a hearing during which he muttered and cursed.
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Wife of suspect arrested in slaying probe
Apr 8 2005 10:16PM (CT)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors arrested a woman Friday in the murder investigation of a retired Arizona couple who disappeared last fall after telling friends they were taking prospective buyers of their yacht on a test cruise.
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Eric Rudolph to plead to Atlanta bombing
Apr 8 2005 10:06PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and setting off three other blasts in a deal that allows the anti-government extremist to escape the death penalty, the Justice Department said Friday.
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Calif. Ex-Fundraiser Faces Myriad Charges
Apr 8 2005 10:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A political fundraiser has been charged for allegedly diverting $125,000 from a taxpayer-funded grant into the campaign coffers of former Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, authorities said Friday.
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Former co-worker of BTK suspect slams him
Apr 8 2005 9:55PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The suspect in the BTK serial killings was an unfair boss who created a hostile working environment, according to a co-worker who reported to Dennis Rader for more than six years and has filed a complaint against the city they worked for.
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Postal Service seeks 2-cent stamp increase
Apr 8 2005 9:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The post office wants an extra 2-cents-worth for its stamps. However, at the same time Friday that the agency proposed the stamp price increase, it also invited Congress to eliminate the need for it. The proposal sent to the independent Postal Rate Commission calls for increases to take effect early next year.
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Woman claiming finger in chili sues often
Apr 8 2005 9:35PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The woman who claims she bit into a human finger while eating chili at a Wendy's restaurant has a history of filing lawsuits _ including a claim against another fast-food restaurant.
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Calif. man gets 25 years for killing mom
Apr 8 2005 9:20PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A judge imposed a sentence of 25 years to life in prison Friday for a man who killed his mother and then dismembered her in an attempt to conceal her identity, which he said he learned from "The Sopranos."
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Records give voice to Guantanamo detainees
Apr 8 2005 9:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay asked his U.S. military judge a pointed question: "Is it possible to see the evidence in order to refute it?" In another case, a judge blurted out: "I don't care about international law."
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Montana moves to ban drinking behind wheel
Apr 8 2005 9:13PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Some Montana motorists, the joke goes, measure distances driven by how many beers they can down along the way. But the long-cherished right to have a cold one behind the wheel is about to end. State lawmakers passed an open-container ban Friday that makes Montana one of the last states to outlaw drinking while driving.
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Americans rise early to pay pope respects
Apr 8 2005 9:11PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - In the dark, early morning hours, junior high students came to school in Ohio, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the floor of a dimly lit classroom to watch Pope John Paul II's funeral on television.
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U.S. citizenship of ex-Nazi guard revoked
Apr 8 2005 9:10PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal court on Friday revoked the U.S. citizenship of a former Nazi SS member who served as a concentration camp guard.
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Boston Herald fires writer aiding governor
Apr 8 2005 9:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Herald on Friday fired a columnist who signed a contract worth up to $10,000 to help Gov. Mitt Romney's administration promote its environmental policies.
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Texas man charged with shooting coach
Apr 8 2005 9:09PM (CT)
CANTON, Texas (AP) - A man charged with shooting and critically wounding his son's high school football coach got the idea the day before _ on his 45th birthday _ and expected to be killed by officers' gunfire afterward, police said Friday.
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Late columnist's son arrested in Chicago
Apr 8 2005 8:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A son of late newspaper columnist Mike Royko was arrested Friday after he allegedly walked into a bank with a device rigged to look like a pipe bomb and demanded a bag of cash, authorities said.
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Conviction in inmate's Bush threat tossed
Apr 8 2005 8:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court Friday overturned an inmate's conviction for writing a crude, rambling letter endorsing President Bush's death at the hands of terrorists _ two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Compromise enables Yeshiva to vie in event
Apr 8 2005 8:26PM (CT)
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - An agreement was reached Friday to let a Jewish high school participate in a national mock trial competition set to take place during the Jewish Sabbath.
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Priest accused of sex abuse gets new trial
Apr 8 2005 7:47PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge granted a new trial Friday to defrocked priest Maurice Blackwell on charges that he molested a boy who shot him years later. The conviction was thrown out less than two months after a jury found the former priest guilty.
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Conn. killer determined to be executed
Apr 8 2005 6:35PM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Serial killer Michael Ross, defending his right to give up his death-row appeals, testified Friday that he wants to be executed next month even though he recently renewed a relationship with his former fiancee.
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Texas, Mass. dioceses pay alleged victim
Apr 8 2005 6:18PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest who moved from a Massachusetts parish to a Texas church has reached a $2.75 million settlement, the parties said Friday.
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No gun found at Minnesota high school
Apr 8 2005 5:54PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - Authorities who had received a tip that a gun had been stashed at the site of a deadly school shooting said Friday they found no such weapon in their latest search.
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Lawyer defends ex-Philly treasurer
Apr 8 2005 4:25PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former city treasurer charged with accepting bribes was only following instructions from the mayor when he gave special treatment to the lawyer accused of paying him off, his attorney told a jury Friday.
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AP seeks to dismiss suit over Iraqi photos
Apr 8 2005 4:17PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Associated Press asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the news agency violated copyright and privacy laws by publishing photos of Navy SEALs and Iraqi prisoners posted online by a serviceman's wife.
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Ex-detective sentenced in fake-drug case
Apr 8 2005 4:15PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A former Dallas narcotics detective was sentenced to five years in prison for his part in a scheme in which fake drugs consisting of crushed chalk were planted on innocent people.
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Rudolph to plead guilty to Olympics bomb
Apr 8 2005 3:23PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty in the deadly 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics and three other blasts in a deal that allows him to escape the death penalty, The Associated Press learned Friday.
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Dean outlines plans for support in states
Apr 8 2005 2:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Friday that the national party will invest almost half a million dollars in state parties in Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota and West Virginia.
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Milwaukee police criticized after lawsuit
Apr 8 2005 2:46PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Relations between blacks and the Milwaukee Police Department have become inflamed, first over a racially charged beating, then over a $2.2 million verdict this week against the former chief for promoting women and minorities ahead of white men.
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N.H. man sentenced to life for murders
Apr 8 2005 2:10PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A man who stabbed his own sister to death, along with her two small children, was sentenced to life in prison Friday after his mother testified it would be "a just sentence."
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N.Y. police ID suspect in jeweler's death
Apr 8 2005 1:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man behind bars in a Bronx shooting was accused Friday of gunning down a jeweler last year on a busy sidewalk near the Diamond District in a suspected murder-for-hire.
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Refinery warned of gas release years ago
Apr 8 2005 1:30PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Federal investigators 13 years ago warned the Texas City oil refinery where 15 people died in an explosion last month that part of the plant built to allow flammable gases to escape from a ventilation stack could harm workers.
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For-profit schools vie for federal funds
Apr 8 2005 1:20PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - To Alice Letteney, the community college she oversees 30 miles south of Albuquerque, N.M., has little in common with the big chains of profit-making schools whose radio and TV ads blanket the airwaves over much of the country.
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Widow's slaying symbolizes grief of war
Apr 8 2005 1:11PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Lavinia Gelineau's grief-filled odyssey began a year ago when her husband was killed in an ambush by Iraqi insurgents, just a few weeks before their second wedding anniversary. She spent the following months attempting to ease the pain by lending support to other widows of soldiers.
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Petting zoo-E. coli link confirmed in Fla.
Apr 8 2005 12:11PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - An outbreak of E. coli bacteria in Florida that has caused kidney disease in several people has been definitively linked to animals from petting zoos at three fairs, state officials said Friday.
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Ga. man shot with police bean bag gun dies
Apr 8 2005 11:54AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A man who telephoned a hot line to say he had a gun and was dreaming of killing children died after police shot him with supposedly non-lethal bean bag projectiles, officials said.
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Ga. judge's door unlocked before shooting
Apr 8 2005 11:38AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The suspect in last month's courthouse rampage was able to enter the slain judge's chambers and hold the occupants hostage because the door was unlocked and a buzzer entry system was not activated, a sheriff's report said.
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'Big Dig' fire doors repotedly blocked
Apr 8 2005 11:32AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Some fire doors in Big Dig highway tunnels are boarded up or missing, and others are blocked as a result of work to find and repair leaks, The Boston Globe reported Friday, citing its own survey of the troubled highway project.
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Soldier objects to juror in grenade case
Apr 8 2005 11:17AM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An Army sergeant on trial in the grenade killings of two officers in Kuwait told the judge Friday he disagrees with his lawyers about one juror selected to hear his case.
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Documents detail Fla. abduction case
Apr 8 2005 8:02AM (CT)
HOMOSASSA, Fla. (AP) - A 9-year-old girl who was abducted from her bed and allegedly slain by a sex offender might have been alive when officers questioned residents at the mobile home where the suspect lived, according to court documents.
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Religion in the news
Apr 8 2005 6:01AM (CT)
COTIA, Brazil (AP) - As the Buddhist monastery's sweeping red roof comes into view above the rolling green hills, a visitor can imagine its chambers filled with robed monks meditating and chanting.
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Is Philly the birthplace of gay rights?
Apr 8 2005 3:22AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Forty years ago, a group of men and women in their Sunday finest staged a daring July Fourth protest in front of Independence Hall in support of gay rights. Except for a few hoots and hollers, they were left alone.
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U.S. monument planned for Haitian soldiers
Apr 8 2005 2:55AM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - After 226 years, Haitian soldiers who made up the largest military unit in the Revolutionary War's bloody siege of Savannah may finally get a monument in their honor.
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