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Mom holds out hope for missing soldier
Apr 8 2006 11:48PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - Nearly 30,000 pictures of Matt Maupin are circulating around Iraq, a loving effort by his parents to locate the only U.S. soldier still listed as missing since his capture two years ago.
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New Orleans mayoral candidates stump on TV
Apr 8 2006 10:49PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Seven candidates vying to be the next mayor of New Orleans sought support from displaced voters Saturday, two weeks before the election to decide who will guide the city through its long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans' black social networks hurting
Apr 8 2006 10:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ray Heisser misses the surprise visits. The doorbell on Camberley Drive would chime and there'd be an old friend on Heisser's porch mopping the humidity off his forehead, stopping by for no good reason. "What y'all gettin' into? Come on, take a drive with me."
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Wildfires threaten dozens of Texas homes
Apr 8 2006 10:20PM (CT)
HUNT, Texas (AP) - Firefighters wrested control of wildfires Saturday that killed one man and burned about 6,200 acres, officials said.
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Storm survivors try to pick up the pieces
Apr 8 2006 10:16PM (CT)
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - Emergency teams spray-painted damaged houses with "X" signs Saturday after checking them for bodies or survivors and crews moved in dump trucks to haul away the wreckage piled up by tornadoes blamed for 12 deaths.
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Driver killed as car plunges in Wash.
Apr 8 2006 9:52PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A car plunged from the fifth level of a mall parking garage Saturday, killing the driver, police said.
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Couple, 2 grandchildren found dead in Va.
Apr 8 2006 9:43PM (CT)
GIRDLETREE, Md. (AP) - A couple and two of their grandchildren were found dead in a home on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and a relative surrendered Saturday after a manhunt and car chase, authorities said.
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Police, berry poachers play cat-and-mouse
Apr 8 2006 5:24PM (CT)
LOXAHATCHEE SLOUGH NATURAL AREA, Fla. (AP) - Charles Robinson, a deputy in the Palm Beach County wildlands unit, was well into the fifth hour of his stakeout of the remote swamp when, suddenly, a head popped out of the thicket.
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Denver transit system board OKs contract
Apr 8 2006 4:21PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The executive board of the city's mass transit system unanimously approved a new labor contract Saturday, clearing the way for bus and train service to resume by the work week.
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Bikers pay tribute to slain Hells Angel
Apr 8 2006 4:17PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Bikers from all over the country gathered Saturday for the funeral of a Hells Angels leader gunned down on Interstate 95 in West Haven.
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Red Cross in daunting, 2-track overhaul
Apr 8 2006 4:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Assailed for its many missteps in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross is plunging into a daunting, two-track effort to overhaul its entire disaster response system and the often cumbersome way it governs itself.
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N.J. school official: Tip stopped tragedy
Apr 8 2006 2:19PM (CT)
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Two girls provided high school officials with a tip that led police to charge four boys with planning a lunch-period massacre, the school's interim principal said.
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Experts: Duke image can weather scandal
Apr 8 2006 12:38PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A pair of baseball players and their coach left Duke University last April in a steroid scandal. Two months later, the school's world-renowned hospital revealed doctors operated on nearly 4,000 patients with instruments washed in used hydraulic fluid.
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College Board, test company sued over SAT
Apr 8 2006 12:31PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A high school senior whose SAT was incorrectly scored low is suing the board that oversees the exam and the testing company that was hired.
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Wildfires threaten dozens of Texas homes
Apr 8 2006 12:05PM (CT)
HUNT, Texas (AP) - Wildfires in the Texas Hill Country that have killed one man were threatening about 55 homes Saturday, officials said.
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Texas mom not guilty by reason of insanity
Apr 8 2006 5:54AM (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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Wildfires likely killed bulldozer operator
Apr 8 2006 4:33AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A man found dead next to his bulldozer was most likely killed by fast-moving flames as he tried to protect his property from wildfires, officials said.
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Texas woman charged with her baby's murder
Apr 8 2006 4:28AM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - A woman has been charged for allegedly giving birth in a restroom and dumping the child in the trash, officials said.
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9/11 conspirator's commentary on his trial
Apr 8 2006 3:23AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Threatened with expulsion if he disrupts his trial, al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has behaved while his sentencing trial is in session. But when the court recesses, he is taken out by marshals after the judge and jury leave.
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L.A. County cancels death camp tag auction
Apr 8 2006 2:46AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A body marker from a Nazi concentration camp was removed from a public auction here after complaints from leaders at the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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Moussaoui sings and acts bored in court
Apr 8 2006 2:34AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - For a man who almost never speaks in court, al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has managed to convey many emotions _ particularly the day testimony and photos about 9/11 terror victims overcame many in the room.
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Families hopes Ohio slaying brings changes
Apr 8 2006 1:35AM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - Edward "Teddy" Shuman had been charged with brutally beating and strangling his autistic and severely retarded roommate. But when he came into the courtroom to face a judge, he wore a smile that widened when he spotted his parents, and turned to wave at them.
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40 acres once owned by killer up for sale
Apr 8 2006 1:29AM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Mike Fisher has had the unique distinction of owning the land where Ed Gein _ the grave robber and murderer whose story inspired the movie "Psycho" _ was arrested.
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Coroner says 3 skiers likely asphyxiated
Apr 8 2006 12:24AM (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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Fear, concern follow Minneapolis killings
Apr 8 2006 12:15AM (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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