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N.C. mom sentenced for causing amputation
Apr 21 2006 11:52PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A woman was sentenced to at least five years in prison after pleading guilty to tying her son to a doorknob so tightly that he developed gangrene and lost a leg.
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United Airlines flight diverted to Denver
Apr 21 2006 11:42PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb aboard a United Airlines flight was subdued by passengers as the California-bound plane was diverted to Denver International Airport, airport officials said.
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Student says rumors rampant before arrests
Apr 21 2006 11:24PM (CT)
RIVERTON, Kan. (AP) - A student at the small-town high school where five teens are accused of planning an attack said Friday that rumors were rampant on the day before their arrest, prompting some schoolmates to tell the suspects: "Whatever you do, don't shoot me."
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Man allegedly tried to sell tot for $7,000
Apr 21 2006 11:12PM (CT)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A man raising his 18-month-old daughter alone tried to sell the little girl for $7,000 so he could make improvements to his house, police said Friday.
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Porn site owner gets 5 years probation
Apr 21 2006 11:07PM (CT)
BARTOW, Fla. (AP) - A man who ran a pornographic Web site that included grisly photographs of war dead taken by U.S. troops was sentenced Friday to five years' probation, his attorney said.
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House fire in Florida kills 4, injures 1
Apr 21 2006 11:03PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A house fire trapped five Guatemalan migrants Friday, killing four and seriously injuring one as a relative who escaped screamed for them to get out and tried in vain to use a water hose to save them.
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AP: FBI says 2 in Ga. plotted terrorism
Apr 21 2006 10:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student and another man traveled to Canada to meet with Islamic extremists to discuss "strategic locations in the United States suitable for a terrorist strike," according to an affidavit made public Friday.
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Plane crash kills 5 Ind. music students
Apr 21 2006 10:01PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana University student was piloting a small plane through dense fog when the aircraft crashed, killing the four passengers and fellow classmates, officials said Friday.
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U.N. chief: Step back from Sahara conflict
Apr 21 2006 9:54PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The deadlock over Western Sahara has become so intractable that the only way out is for Morocco to negotiate directly with the region's rebels, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Friday.
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AP: Shopping said to follow Pa. killings
Apr 21 2006 9:41PM (CT)
LEOLA, Pa. (AP) - Police believe a 21-year-old man charged in the beating deaths of six family members used their credit cards or cash for a shopping spree after the killings, court documents show.
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FEMA wants $4.7M back from Katrina victims
Apr 21 2006 9:01PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Thousands of Gulf Coast residents have been told they must repay millions of dollars in federal Hurricane Katrina benefits that were excessive or, in some cases, fraudulent.
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Furor grows over Fla. boot camp death
Apr 21 2006 8:34PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush is facing a rapidly growing furor over the death of a 14-year-old boy at a juvenile boot camp, with about 1,500 demonstrators accusing authorities Friday of a cover-up, and Florida's chief law enforcement officer resigning under fire.
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Prosecutor ties nun's cuts, priest's blade
Apr 21 2006 8:27PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Stab wounds in the chest of a nun killed 26 years ago match exactly with the diamond-shaped blade of a letter opener found in the room of a priest accused in the slaying, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Baptists call for public school support
Apr 21 2006 8:05PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group of Baptist leaders called on its members Friday to "speak positively about public education" in response to a conservative movement to pull Baptist children out of public schools.
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L.A. Times suspends Web site blog
Apr 21 2006 6:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Times suspended an Internet blog written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter because the paper says he posted items using assumed names.
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Muslim women want single-sex workouts
Apr 21 2006 6:25PM (CT)
LINCOLN PARK, Mich. (AP) - About 200 Muslim women who have memberships to the Fitness USA chain of athletic clubs have signed a petition asking the gyms to honor what they say was a promise to provide separate exercise times for women and men.
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Citizens become advocates for openness
Apr 21 2006 6:24PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In nine months, Ryan Nees has gone from a precocious, 15-year-old filmmaker to an open records activist whose latest foray cost the city of Kokomo more than $11,000.
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Charges added to 'dog crate' prison break
Apr 21 2006 5:47PM (CT)
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A woman accused of helping a convicted murderer escape from prison in a dog crate had smuggled him a cell phone that he used to help plan his breakout, prosecutors said Friday.
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Hu wraps up U.S. tour with visit to Yale
Apr 21 2006 3:36PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - China will make its own decisions on political freedom and human rights and not simply copy the model of Western countries, President Hu Jintao said Friday as he wound up his U.S. tour.
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Trial in Fla. child slaying told to move
Apr 21 2006 3:04PM (CT)
INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) - The trial of a sex offender accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl was ordered moved outside the county Friday out of concern that heavy publicity would make it difficult to pick a jury.
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Wedding eve crash kills 2, mother of bride
Apr 21 2006 1:49PM (CT)
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) - The mother of a bride-to-be was killed in a car crash Friday, the eve of her daughter's wedding, along with two relatives who had just been picked up at the airport, authorities said.
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Former first lady Betty Ford returns home
Apr 21 2006 1:20PM (CT)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former first lady Betty Ford returned home Friday after an overnight stay at Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests, a family spokeswoman said.
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Agency to join Wis. police beating probe
Apr 21 2006 1:02PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department will join a federal investigation into the beating of a biracial man after a jury acquitted three white former police officers of most state charges, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday.
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Poll: Doubts over U.S. bird flu plans
Apr 21 2006 12:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only half of Americans are confident their government will deal effectively with the bird flu if it reaches the U.S., and they want strong steps including human quarantine and closed schools if there's an outbreak in the population, according to a poll.
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Landmark Ill. restaurant reopens as cafe
Apr 21 2006 11:19AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The 107-year-old Berghoff Restaurant, which lured crowds for one last taste of sauerbraten and strudel before closing in February, quietly reopened this week as the Berghoff Cafe.
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Mich. teens charged with murder over $3
Apr 21 2006 10:14AM (CT)
WAYNE, Mich. (AP) - Three teens accused of beating a man to death in the middle of an intersection during a robbery that netted only $3 have been charged with murder, authorities said.
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States seek earlier Democratic primaries
Apr 21 2006 9:59AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Almost a dozen states sought to make their case to Democrats on Thursday to join Iowa and New Hampshire in holding early primaries or caucuses in 2008.
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Lawyer dies while arguing case in N.C.
Apr 21 2006 9:25AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A defense lawyer was arguing a drunken driving case when he fell on the courtroom floor and died of an apparent heart attack, officials and friends said.
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Federal judge faults NYC disabled services
Apr 21 2006 9:21AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A city program meant to give extra help to 23,000 welfare recipients with physical or mental disabilities often became a logistical nightmare instead, a federal judge said.
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Study: Distractions cause most car crashes
Apr 21 2006 7:53AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Those sleep-deprived, multitasking drivers _ clutching cell phones, fiddling with their radios or applying lipstick _ apparently are involved in an awful lot of crashes.
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Ex-employee settles confederate flag suit
Apr 21 2006 7:30AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A former city employee fired for refusing to remove a Confederate flag tag from his truck has settled a lawsuit with the city, his attorney said.
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Test pilot Scott Crossfield dies in crash
Apr 21 2006 6:25AM (CT)
RANGER, Ga. (AP) - Scott Crossfield, the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, routinely climbed into some of the most powerful, dangerous and complex aircraft of his time.
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Colorado Springs restricts fires
Apr 21 2006 6:06AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - With an unusually high number of grass fires already this season, city officials have issued fire restrictions and advised residents to prepare evacuation plans.
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NASA delays launch of satellites
Apr 21 2006 6:03AM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - The launch of a rocket carrying a pair of NASA satellites was delayed until Saturday because of a communications problem.
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Religion in the news
Apr 21 2006 5:57AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - As worshippers and tourists walk into the newly restored Basilica of the Assumption, organizers of the project expect them to be overwhelmed by one aspect of the Roman Catholic cathedral _ the light.
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1 more death linked to St. Louis shooting
Apr 21 2006 5:21AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A catering-service employee who killed three people in a daylong spree also fatally shot a woman whose body was found in the apartment of one of the gunman's friends, police said.
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Parents of boys who died in chest jailed
Apr 21 2006 4:39AM (CT)
SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) - A couple whose two children suffocated after accidentally becoming trapped inside a locked cedar chest were sentenced to jail for squalid living conditions at their home.
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Testimony concludes in Moussaoui trial
Apr 21 2006 4:16AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The judge in the death-penalty trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has said the case is one of the most complex criminal cases in American history, but jurors now face a single question: Does Moussaoui deserve to die?
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Toxic leaks tarnish image of Mich. resort
Apr 21 2006 3:28AM (CT)
PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) - On a hillside overlooking Lake Michigan, the community of Bay Harbor promotes itself as an environmentally sensitive luxury resort.
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AirTran flight struck by lightning
Apr 21 2006 1:55AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - An airplane was struck by lightning shortly after taking off but returned safely to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, authorities said.
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NYC doormen reach deal, avoid walkout
Apr 21 2006 1:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city's doormen reached a tentative agreement with building owners early Friday, avoiding a walkout that could have forced tens of thousands of apartment dwellers to take out their own trash and carry their own groceries.
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Mich. toddler dies after fall from window
Apr 21 2006 12:10AM (CT)
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A 15-month-old boy died Thursday after falling from a window on the seventh floor of an apartment building, authorities said.
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