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Thousands rally for immigrants across U.S.
Apr 9 2006 11:05PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people banged drums, waved U.S. flags and marched in a protest Sunday urging federal lawmakers to pass immigration reform that would legalize an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
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Post gossip reporter says he was set up
Apr 9 2006 10:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Post gossip writer accused of trying to extort money from a billionaire businessman for positive press coverage said Sunday he was set up.
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Lawyer: Woman came to Duke party injured
Apr 9 2006 10:01PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Time-stamped photographs will show an exotic dancer was already injured and "very impaired" when she arrived at a party where she claims she was raped by members of Duke University's men's lacrosse team, an attorney for one of the players said Sunday.
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Mich. officer accused of striking student
Apr 9 2006 9:39PM (CT)
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A police officer was charged with assault and fired after authorities said he was videotaped by a school bus camera striking a 15-year-old student.
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Girl, 14, shot dead at birthday party
Apr 9 2006 9:24PM (CT)
NORTH AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A 14-year-old girl dancing at a friend's birthday party was shot through a window by someone in the back yard and died in her sister's arms, police said.
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4 teens arrested in death of NYU student
Apr 9 2006 9:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four teenagers were charged with murder as adults in the death of a college student who was hit by a car while fleeing the group of boys, police said Sunday.
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Emotional Exxon Valdez hearing held
Apr 9 2006 8:50PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Oil that spilled when the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on a jagged rock in 1989 still lingers on and just below Alaska's surface.
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Searchers find second body in Ohio River
Apr 9 2006 5:21PM (CT)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Police have recovered the bodies of two of four men missing since a sport utility vehicle they were in plunged into the Ohio River.
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Freed reporter's family says thanks
Apr 9 2006 5:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The family of the American journalist held captive in Iraq for 82 days issued a public thank-you Sunday to everyone who helped win her release.
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Worshippers gather after deadly storms
Apr 9 2006 5:18PM (CT)
MADISON, Tenn. (AP) - The Metro Baptist Church congregation gathered under a basketball scoreboard and state championship banners in a school gymnasium Sunday, a temporary place to worship after a twister ripped the church building's stucco and concrete blocks from its steel frame two days earlier.
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Americans say immigration a rising concern
Apr 9 2006 3:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People are now about as likely to mention immigration as the economy when they are asked to name the most important problem facing the United States, though both rank behind war in Iraq and elsewhere, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
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Historic New Orleans church gets reprieve
Apr 9 2006 3:27PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The ancient cypress doors were propped wide in the bright sunshine, palm fronds stacked high, pews filled and joyous music poured from St. Augustine as the historically black Catholic church celebrated Palm Sunday.
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Pilot sues Air Force over mistaken bombing
Apr 9 2006 2:29PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A decorated pilot involved in a friendly fire bombing in Afghanistan that killed four Canadian soldiers is suing the Air Force, accusing it of ruining his reputation.
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Suit planned over response to 911 call
Apr 9 2006 1:15PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A lawyer said he plans a lawsuit over the death of a woman whose young son called 911 to report she had collapsed, only to be told he shouldn't be playing on the phone.
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Ill. hospital helps war veterans cope
Apr 9 2006 12:53PM (CT)
HINES, Ill. (AP) - Josh Dobbelstein drives as close to the middle of the road as he can. Over on the side, in a plastic bag or stuffed in the carcass of a dead dog, that's where he knows the enemy intent on killing him hides bombs.
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Evacuee students finding ways to fit in
Apr 9 2006 11:37AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The badge dangling from Sabrina Hernandez's neck identifies her as a Hastings High senior. The oversized button with the smiling picture of Sabrina in her black-and-gold uniform tells you she's a member of the Bears cheerleading squad. As she glides down the crowded concrete halls, nothing about the bubbly 18-year-old in the pink Barbie T-shirt and silver-sequined tennis shoes says "evacuee" or "refugee" or "victim."
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Trial of alleged Xbox slayings to begin
Apr 9 2006 11:16AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Kay Shukwit is still trying to cope with the August 2004 deaths of her daughter and five of the young woman's friends, who prosecutors said were beaten to death with aluminum bats over an Xbox video game system.
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Liberians find new life in U.S. cities
Apr 9 2006 10:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Philip Saywrayne speaks with a Southern drawl, tinged with the African accent of his native tribe in Liberia.
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