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Schools review safety after Va. massacre
Apr 18 2007 11:48PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Cell phone text messages. Loudspeakers on towers. Cameras that detect suspicious activity. Colleges and universities are considering these and other measures in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, seeking to improve how they get the word out about emergencies to thousands of students across sprawling campuses.
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Va. gunman sent videos and photos to NBC
Apr 18 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs."
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Va. gunman sent videos and photos to NBC
Apr 18 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs."
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Va. gunman sent videos and photos to NBC
Apr 18 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs."
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Wildfire destroys 14 homes Georgia
Apr 18 2007 10:57PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - A swift wildfire destroyed 14 houses Wednesday in southeastern Georgia, where more than 1,000 people had been forced from their homes earlier in the week, officials said. No injuries were reported.
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Jury gives S.D. woman life in prison
Apr 18 2007 10:49PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday spared the life of a woman who killed an acquaintance and hacked up her body with a chainsaw, sentencing her to life in prison without parole.
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Pal: Teen who shot principal was abused
Apr 18 2007 10:34PM (CT)
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) - Officials did nothing to stop students from teasing Eric Hainstock despite complaints, a friend testified Wednesday at a hearing to determine whether adult charges should stand in the shooting death of the teenagers' school principal.
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Papers sought in polygamy case
Apr 18 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - News organizations asked a judge Wednesday to unseal court papers in the criminal case against polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
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Campus community reacts to Cho's words
Apr 18 2007 10:23PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The chilling images of the gunman who was responsible for the massacre at Virginia Tech silenced crowds near campus as they played on television screens.
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Campus community reacts to Cho's words
Apr 18 2007 10:23PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The chilling images of the gunman who was responsible for the massacre at Virginia Tech silenced crowds near campus as they played on television screens.
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Campus community reacts to Cho's words
Apr 18 2007 10:23PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The chilling images of the gunman who was responsible for the massacre at Virginia Tech silenced crowds near campus as they played on television screens.
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Boy, 7, finds crack cocaine in pocket
Apr 18 2007 10:22PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A first-grader searching his jacket pocket for money found a bag of crack cocaine worth $8,900, authorities said Wednesday.
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'The Wizard of Id' cartoonist dies at 86
Apr 18 2007 10:15PM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Brant Parker, who for decades illustrated "The Wizard of Id" comic strip, has died just days after the passing of his collaborator on the comic. He was 86.
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Utilities still struggling after storm
Apr 18 2007 10:13PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Utility crews cut their way through toppled trees Wednesday to restore service to thousands of customers still without power since a huge weekend storm battered the East Coast.
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Fake firefighter suspect fit for trial
Apr 18 2007 9:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A writer accused of posing as a city firefighter and sexually abusing a woman was declared medically fit for trial despite three skull fractures, a judge said Wednesday.
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Crews move tons of rock in miner search
Apr 18 2007 9:34PM (CT)
BARTON, Md. (AP) - Crews moved thousands of tons of rock Wednesday in a bid to find two men trapped for more than a day under at least 40 feet of rubble at a surface coal mine.
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Mom: Ill. arson suspect is mentally ill
Apr 18 2007 9:34PM (CT)
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A parolee accused of setting a fire at his cousin's house that killed five children had stopped taking medication for bipolar disorder, his mother said.
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N.C. student makes threats, shoots self
Apr 18 2007 9:14PM (CT)
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A teenager shot and killed himself Wednesday shortly after pointing a handgun at two other students in a high school parking lot, police said.
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NRA cartoon of NYC mayor raises concerns
Apr 18 2007 8:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A National Rifle Association magazine cover depicting New York mayor and gun control campaigner Michael Bloomberg as an octopus is raising questions because the imagery has a history as an anti-Semitic symbol.
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Survivors to remember Okla. City bombing
Apr 18 2007 8:39PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Survivors and relatives of victims will gather to mark the 12th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing on Thursday, three days after the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history shocked the nation.
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2 gunmen named in Fla. slayings
Apr 18 2007 8:28PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two men linked to the slayings of a family along Florida's Turnpike last year were identified as the gunmen in a federal indictment released Wednesday.
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Preacher's wife: Shooting was accidental
Apr 18 2007 8:12PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife testified at her murder trial Wednesday that her husband abused her physically and sexually, but she said the shotgun fired accidentally as she pointed it at him in their parsonage bedroom.
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Preacher's wife: Shooting was accidental
Apr 18 2007 8:12PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife testified at her murder trial Wednesday that her husband abused her physically and sexually, but she said the shotgun fired accidentally as she pointed it at him in their parsonage bedroom.
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Whale beaches itself in NYC, dies
Apr 18 2007 8:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock Wednesday and died suddenly.
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Report: Sudan violated U.N. arms embargo
Apr 18 2007 8:01PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Sudanese government violated a U.N. arms embargo by flying military aircraft, weapons and ammunition into conflict-wracked Darfur and impeded peace efforts by disguising planes to look like U.N. aircraft, a U.N. panel said in a report obtained Wednesday.
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Professor had expelled gunman from class
Apr 18 2007 7:51PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The mood in the basketball arena was defeated, funereal. Nikki Giovanni seemed an unlikely source of strength for a Virginia Tech campus reeling from the depravity of one of its own.
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FBI snitch: Tenn. senator threatened me
Apr 18 2007 7:30PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An FBI informant testified Wednesday that an influential former state senator at the center of a public corruption investigation threatened to kill him after growing suspicious of him.
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N.C. student makes threats, shoots self
Apr 18 2007 7:25PM (CT)
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A teenager shot and killed himself Wednesday shortly after pointing a handgun at two other students in a high school parking lot, police said.
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Mom, boyfriend, worker shot in NYC home
Apr 18 2007 7:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gunman killed his mother, her boyfriend and a home health care worker before fatally shooting himself, police said Wednesday.
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Mo. man charged with plotting to kill 14
Apr 18 2007 6:47PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man acquired whips, handcuffs, dog chains and a girl's tank top with "Princess" printed on it in a plot to kidnap, rape and kill two girls and kill 12 others, police said Wednesday.
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8 U of Minnesota buildings evacuated
Apr 18 2007 6:44PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Eight buildings at the University of Minnesota were evacuated Wednesday after a professor discovered a bomb threat.
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AP NewsBreak: Haggard leaves Colorado
Apr 18 2007 6:37PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard moved Wednesday from his longtime home in Colorado Springs to Phoenix, where the disgraced minister will join the same church that helped fallen televangelist Jim Bakker.
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Cuban militant Posada posts $250K bail
Apr 18 2007 6:05PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An anti-Castro Cuban militant was set to be freed Wednesday after his attorneys posted $250,000 bail, but he still faced the prospect of being held by immigration authorities.
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Skakel classmate implicates 2 in slaying
Apr 18 2007 5:21PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A classmate of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel testified Wednesday that he told lawyers before Skakel's trial about a claim implicating two other men in the 1975 murder that sent Skakel to prison.
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Student arrested over Va. Tech remarks
Apr 18 2007 5:13PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A University of Colorado student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to making comments that classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech, authorities said.
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Account changes in N.J. gov. crash
Apr 18 2007 4:59PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - It was an ominous tale _ an erratic driver in a red pickup racing wildly along the nation's busiest toll road sends the governor's sport utility vehicle careening into a guard rail.
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Account changes in N.J. gov. crash
Apr 18 2007 4:59PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - It was an ominous tale _ an erratic driver in a red pickup racing wildly along the nation's busiest toll road sends the governor's sport utility vehicle careening into a guard rail.
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IRS chief named new Red Cross president
Apr 18 2007 4:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Trading one tough job for another, Internal Revenue Service chief Mark Everson was selected Wednesday as the new president of the American Red Cross, taking over as the charity restructures itself after sharp criticism of its response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Anti-Castro TV exec gets prison term
Apr 18 2007 4:16PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former executive at a U.S.-funded anti-Castro TV station who pleaded guilty to accepting more than $100,000 in kickbacks was sentenced Wednesday to two years and three months in prison, prosecutors said.
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Judge: N.O. suspects still lack counsel
Apr 18 2007 3:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An irate judge halted the prosecution of 42 criminal defendants Wednesday, saying the city's underfunded public defender's office isn't providing adequate representation.
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Abortion ruling will impact states
Apr 18 2007 3:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that bans a particular abortion procedure will encourage anti-abortion forces to push for an array of other restrictions in legislatures across the country, activists on both sides of the issue agree.
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ND state officials face felony charges
Apr 18 2007 3:04PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Two officials of North Dakota's workers compensation agency face felony charges stemming from a discovery of questionable spending and possibly illegal use of driver's license photos to spy on employees, a prosecutor said Wednesday
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Victims approve Spokane abuse settlement
Apr 18 2007 2:54PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Victims of clergy sexual abuse and parishes that will foot part of the bill to pay them have voted to approve a $48 million settlement, setting the stage for the Spokane Catholic Diocese to emerge from bankruptcy.
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Ohio principal enters foot-kissing plea
Apr 18 2007 2:49PM (CT)
LORAIN, Ohio (AP) - A former principal who kissed the feet of three male students to settle a bet on a volleyball game entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor sex charge.
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Soldier killed in training at U.S. base
Apr 18 2007 1:44PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A soldier with the 101st Airborne Division was killed during a nighttime live-fire exercise at Fort Campbell early Wednesday, the Army said.
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Floods displace freshly stocked trout
Apr 18 2007 1:31PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Thousands of freshly stocked trout may have been swept away by this week's storm, but anyone who finds one better not try to put it on the dinner table without a fishing license, state officials said.
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Frustration over Corzine not buckling up
Apr 18 2007 12:46PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Last year, New Jersey law officers ticketed 271,182 people for not wearing seat belts. This year, one seat-belt violator stands out: Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who was critically injured in an automobile accident last week.
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Man pleads guilty in ex-SIL's death
Apr 18 2007 11:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man interrupted his trial to plead guilty to manslaughter in the killing of his pregnant former sister-in-law, whose body was found in the trunk of her own car.
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6 indicted in juvenile offender's death
Apr 18 2007 10:29AM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - Six former staff members at a school for juvenile offenders waited 41 minutes before calling 911 about an unresponsive 17-year-old student who died, prosecutors said in announcing an indictment against the workers.
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Iowa college student found dead in pool
Apr 18 2007 10:25AM (CT)
GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) - The body of a college student who had been missing since last fall was discovered in a country club swimming pool when a worker removed the pool cover to get it ready for summer, police said.
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School threats follow Va. Tech massacre
Apr 18 2007 10:03AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Schools and campuses in at least 10 states were locked down or evacuated in the aftermath of a Virginia Tech student's shooting rampage that killed 33 people.
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Nation's colleges mourn Va. Tech victims
Apr 18 2007 10:01AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A bell pealed 33 times inside the soaring cathedral at Muhlenberg College, breaking the silence as students mourned the dead in the Virginia Tech massacre hundreds of miles away.
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Nation's colleges mourn Va. Tech victims
Apr 18 2007 10:01AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A bell pealed 33 times inside the soaring cathedral at Muhlenberg College, breaking the silence as students mourned the dead in the Virginia Tech massacre hundreds of miles away.
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Feds: ID theft ring run from prison
Apr 18 2007 9:25AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man in prison for identity theft is accused of running a similar operation from behind bars, with an Emmy award-winning television producer and animator among the victims.
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S.C. rape suspect brags about dungeon
Apr 18 2007 8:37AM (CT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A convicted sex offender says he was proud of an underground bunker he built beneath his home, where prosecutors said he bound two teen girls with duct tape, raped them and left them to die.
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Murder charge dropped against 1 Marine
Apr 18 2007 8:04AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Marines Corps says murder and a second charge against a sergeant have been dropped and that he will testify at the trials of fellow Marines accused in the deadliest criminal case to arise from the Iraq war.
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Second tainted pet food ingredient found
Apr 18 2007 7:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An industrial chemical that led to a nationwide recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog foods has been found to contaminate a second pet food ingredient, expanding the recall further.
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U.N., AU announce Darfur peace plan
Apr 18 2007 7:17AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations and African Union are pledging to move "expeditiously" to deploy 3,000 U.N. peacekeepers to Darfur while intensifying efforts to achieve a political settlement, officials said.
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Security Council tackles climate change
Apr 18 2007 5:33AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - During the first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change, Britain argued that global conflicts are ignited over the issue, while developing nations said the topic didn't belong on the council's agenda.
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Security Council tackles climate change
Apr 18 2007 5:33AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - During the first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change, Britain argued that global conflicts are ignited over the issue, while developing nations said the topic didn't belong on the council's agenda.
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Security Council tackles climate change
Apr 18 2007 5:33AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - During the first U.N. Security Council debate on climate change, Britain argued that global conflicts are ignited over the issue, while developing nations said the topic didn't belong on the council's agenda.
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Stem cell agency president steps down
Apr 18 2007 4:51AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The president of California's $3 billion stem cell agency said that he would resign at month's end rather than in June as previously announced.
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Calif. voters weigh stronger levees
Apr 18 2007 2:51AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - When Bernadette Chiang bought her ranch-style home in one of Sacramento's more popular neighborhoods, she loved the idea of being close to the Sacramento River.
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Late filers swamp TurboTax e-file system
Apr 18 2007 1:33AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A flood of last-minute tax filers swamped the servers of the company that makes the popular TurboTax and ProSeries tax software Tuesday, forcing taxpayers to wait hours for confirmation that their electronic returns had been submitted successfully.
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