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Cuba militant applies for U.S. citizenship
Apr 25 2006 11:31PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Cuban militant accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner has applied to become a U.S. citizen, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Woman ousted from Tennessee Senate sues
Apr 25 2006 11:10PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A woman who was voted from the Tennessee Senate because of a disputed election filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking to be reinstated.
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Fired radio show hostback on the air
Apr 25 2006 11:07PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis talk-radio host fired after using a racial epithet to describe Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back on the air.
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Sex offenders' killer studied states' lists
Apr 25 2006 10:57PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A man who fatally shot two people named in Maine's sexual offender registry drove by the homes of four others in the area who appear on the list, a police official said Tuesday.
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Corps of Engineers sued over Katrina
Apr 25 2006 10:55PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five people whose homes were flooded during Hurricane Katrina sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday, accusing the agency of ignoring repeated warnings that a navigation channel it built would turn into a "hurricane highway."
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Ex-Philippine president named in spy plot
Apr 25 2006 10:22PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Federal prosecutors identified former Philippine President Joseph Estrada and two other Philippine officials as alleged participants in a spy plot involving a former FBI analyst.
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Moussaoui jurors end deliberations, day 2
Apr 25 2006 10:09PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Jurors in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui completed their second day of deliberations Tuesday without deciding whether the Sept. 11 conspirator should receive a death sentence or life in prison.
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Police: Remains of white man found in Pa.
Apr 25 2006 10:07PM (CT)
TULLYTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Human remains were found Tuesday in a Pennsylvania landfill where authorities have been searching for the body of a missing college student, police said.
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Man who kept mom in freezer pleads guilty
Apr 25 2006 9:57PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A man convicted of keeping his dead mother in a freezer for years pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally collecting thousands of dollars of her Social Security benefits after her death.
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FBI probes Minn. school attack rumors
Apr 25 2006 9:52PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The FBI is investigating rumors of a possible attack at a northern Minnesota high school where a teen gunman went on a rampage and gunned down seven people last year.
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Man to be freed after serving 18 years
Apr 25 2006 9:51PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man imprisoned 18 years in the fatal shooting of a McDonald's restaurant manager will be freed because DNA tests show he didn't commit the crime, officials said Tuesday.
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'Deep Throat' defends role in scandal
Apr 25 2006 9:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A day after the release of his memoir, the man identified as Watergate's "Deep Throat" defended his role in exposing the scandal that ended Richard Nixon's presidency 32 years ago.
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Jury convicts Calif. man in terrorism case
Apr 25 2006 9:22PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a 23-year-old man of supporting terrorists by attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan three years ago.
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Edwards, Hoffa join Fla. university strike
Apr 25 2006 9:12PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, Teamsters President James Hoffa and civil rights leaders marched with striking service workers and about 200 supporters Tuesday at the University of Miami.
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Suit filed after Ky. college boots gay man
Apr 25 2006 8:25PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A gay-rights group sued Gov. Ernie Fletcher on Tuesday for not vetoing $11 million in state funds earmarked for a Baptist college that expelled an openly gay student this month.
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Border Patrol drone crashes in Arizona
Apr 25 2006 8:22PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An unmanned aerial drone used to help Border Patrol agents find smugglers and illegal immigrants crashed Tuesday in southern Arizona, authorities said.
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Prosecutors: No questioning Ryan jurors
Apr 25 2006 8:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors from former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial urged a judge Tuesday to bar defense attorneys from questioning two jurors, arguing that it's time to put the case to rest.
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N.Y. mayor hosts gun control summit
Apr 25 2006 8:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mayors of more than a dozen U.S. cities gathered at a summit aimed at purging the streets of illegal guns, with organizers saying the federal government is not doing enough to stop the problem.
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Advocates try to boost immigrant turnout
Apr 25 2006 8:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Today we march! Tomorrow we vote!" It's been a popular slogan at recent immigration rights rallies, and now organizers are trying to make it reality. Advocates nationwide are aiming to boost low voter turnout among foreign-born citizens and to file naturalization papers for the millions who qualify for citizenship.
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Girl dies looking for mom in burning home
Apr 25 2006 7:46PM (CT)
STEELTON, Pa. (AP) - A 6-year-old girl who escaped a house fire early Tuesday died after running back inside to find her mother, authorities said.
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3 generations found living in Texas SUV
Apr 25 2006 7:45PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Paramedics discovered an emaciated 6-week-old girl and a 14-month-old boy living with their mother and grandmother in a litter-filled sport utility vehicle, authorities said.
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Police find human bones on N.H. farm
Apr 25 2006 7:43PM (CT)
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. (AP) - Investigators searching the ranch of a woman accused of killing a farmhand and burning his body say they found human bones in a burn pile on her property, blood in her house and a bloody knife, according to court documents.
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Changes aim to speed immigration cases
Apr 25 2006 7:41PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - With an Arab-American rights group threatening mass court filings, a U.S. immigration spokesman said Tuesday that the government would change its naturalization procedures to stave off such legal challenges.
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WTC site developer agrees to newest offer
Apr 25 2006 7:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The World Trade Center developer and government officials agreed Tuesday to most terms of a deal that scales back his role and surrenders his job as landlord of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower.
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No bomb found after scare at Miami airport
Apr 25 2006 7:11PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Police evacuated part of Miami International Airport on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found, but inspectors said it turned out not to be a bomb.
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N.H. leads revolt against federal ID rules
Apr 25 2006 6:46PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire has suddenly become a battleground in the fight over privacy rights versus homeland security, with state legislators voting against strict new federal standards for issuing driver's licenses.
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Conn. aide to Rowland, builder get prison
Apr 25 2006 6:06PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A contractor and a top aide to former Gov. John G. Rowland were sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years behind bars in the corruption scandal that sent Rowland to prison.
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'Giuliani Time' an unflattering film
Apr 25 2006 5:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With Rudy Giuliani considering a run for president in 2008, a documentary aimed at tearing down his Churchillian image since Sept. 11 is about to be released.
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Chemical leaks in Ala. post office
Apr 25 2006 5:27PM (CT)
HUEYTOWN, Ala. (AP) - A chemical used to make artificial fishing lures leaked from a package at a post office and sent more than 20 postal workers to a hospital Tuesday after some experienced breathing problems, authorities said.
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Coroner: Priest's letter opener fit wound
Apr 25 2006 5:22PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A letter opener found in a priest's room was a "perfect fit" when inserted into a jaw wound suffered by a nun slain in 1980, an assistant coroner testified Tuesday at the priest's murder trial.
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Area evacuated, reopened at Fla. airport
Apr 25 2006 5:18PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Police evacuated part of Miami International Airport on Tuesday after a suspicious package was found, but inspectors said it turned out not to be a bomb.
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3 charged in connection with teen kidnap
Apr 25 2006 5:17PM (CT)
SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) - Three teenagers were charged Tuesday with kidnapping a 13-year-old girl for cash, forcing her into the trunk of a car and later abandoning her in the vehicle about a mile away.
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Ohio poll workers, voters face challenges
Apr 25 2006 5:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Poll workers in an Ohio district are being reminded that on Tuesday they will preside over a closely watched write-in voting effort, and that everything they say and do to help voters will be scrutinized.
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Audit faults gov't for Everglades delays
Apr 25 2006 12:49PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A decades-old project to restore water flows to Everglades National Park has mushroomed in cost and suffered delays because of government indecision and the inability of various agencies to communicate, a federal audit has concluded.
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Bombing victims get pittance from Rudolph
Apr 25 2006 12:06PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - For the pain of losing an eye and going through 21 operations since she was maimed by a blast at an abortion clinic, Emily Lyons has gotten all she ever expects to receive from the bomber, Eric Rudolph: $57.69.
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Smithsonian unveils portraits of Clinton
Apr 25 2006 11:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's list of firsts is anything but brief. She was the first president's wife to be elected to office. She is the first woman elected to statewide office in New York.
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Fla. woman dies after Taser gun shock
Apr 25 2006 10:48AM (CT)
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - A woman in a wheelchair who swung knives and a hammer at relatives and police died after being shocked by a stun gun, officials said.
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S.C. priest pleads guilty in abuse case
Apr 25 2006 10:38AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty to three counts of assault and battery, avoiding a trial that was about to start on charges alleging he sexually abused two boys more than 25 years ago.
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Audit faults UC executive pay disclosure
Apr 25 2006 10:17AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - An independent audit into how the University of California system pays its leaders found administrators kept some details of compensation packages from the public and its own governing board.
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Alleged shooting plot unnerves Alaska town
Apr 25 2006 9:52AM (CT)
NORTH POLE, Alaska (AP) - The arrests of six boys accused of planning an assault on their school has gripped this small Alaska town with an unsettling epiphany: If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
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Tornadoes touch down in central Oklahoma
Apr 25 2006 8:48AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A powerful storm system spawned at least two tornadoes and several severe thunderstorms, causing damage in central and northeastern areas of the state Monday, authorities said.
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Md. kindergarten teacher is honored
Apr 25 2006 8:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - She may have just 15 students in her Maryland kindergarten class, but the students Kimberly Oliver teaches represent nearly every continent on the globe.
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Ex-soldier gets 3 years for 1991 killing
Apr 25 2006 8:36AM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A former soldier who was brought back from Afghanistan to face charges in the 1991 killing of another soldier was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Dad charged with telling daughter to lie
Apr 25 2006 8:31AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man accused of telling his 18-year-old daughter to lie on the witness stand when asked about the schoolyard murder of a 10-year-old boy was charged with witness intimidation.
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Thousands gather for N.Y. rabbi's burial
Apr 25 2006 8:27AM (CT)
KIRYAS JOEL, N.Y. (AP) - Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum, spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Satmar sect of Judaism, was buried early Tuesday as thousands of followers bid a tearful goodbye.
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Pa. school reinstates IB academic program
Apr 25 2006 7:58AM (CT)
UPPER ST. CLAIR, Pa. (AP) - An internationally recognized academic program has been reinstated by a school board two months after it was abolished for a curriculum that critics called anti-American and anti-Christian.
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Gehry designs aim to revive downtown L.A.
Apr 25 2006 7:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Gehry, the award-winning architect known for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, has designed two skyscrapers as cornerstones of a huge project intended to lure night life to the downtown area.
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Wyoming seeks to create conservation corps
Apr 25 2006 6:11AM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The open space and snow-capped mountains of scenic Wyoming attract plenty of young volunteers to work outdoors in conservation programs. The problem is, most of them aren't coming from Wyoming.
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Calif. Assembly committee OKs oil tax bill
Apr 25 2006 5:45AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - A bill that would slap a windfall profits tax on California oil producers was approved by a state Assembly committee as gasoline prices surged past $3 a gallon.
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Vigil held for NYC transit union chief
Apr 25 2006 3:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After a boisterous send-off complete with speeches, cheering crowds and a march across the Brooklyn Bridge, transit union boss Roger Toussaint began serving a 10-day jail sentence. Supporters started an overnight vigil in his honor.
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Computer Associates ex-CEO pleads guilty
Apr 25 2006 2:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sanjay Kumar, the former CEO of Computer Associates International Inc., apologized for his actions as he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and securities fraud charges in a massive accounting scandal at the Long Island-based software company.
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Paperboy has gone the way of the milkman
Apr 25 2006 1:34AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A young teen riding his bike at dawn reaches into his shoulder bag, grabs a tightly folded newspaper and deftly throws it to the front steps.
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4 dead, 8 hurt in Hawaii car accident
Apr 25 2006 1:03AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Four women were killed and eight other people were seriously injured Monday when the pickup truck they were traveling in swerved to avoid an oncoming car and collided head-on with a cement truck in Kunia, police said.
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Business tax expansion wins OK in Texas
Apr 25 2006 12:34AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A $3.4 billion business tax expansion, the cornerstone of Gov. Rick Perry's efforts to overhaul the state's method of paying for public schools, won approval in the House late Monday.
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Hispanic Calif. leaders receiving threats
Apr 25 2006 12:08AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The lieutenant governor and the mayor of Los Angeles, both Hispanic Democrats, have received threats amid a national debate over immigration policy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday.
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