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Limbaugh reaches settlement in drug case
Apr 28 2006 11:54PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with prosecutors Friday in a fraud case involving prescription painkillers, though the conservative radio commentator maintains his innocence.
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Feds move to dismiss domestic spying suit
Apr 28 2006 11:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Justice Department said Friday it was moving to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's secretive domestic wiretapping program.
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Paper posts photos in linebacker case
Apr 28 2006 11:33PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A newspaper on Friday published a series of photos of University of Missouri football players working out instead of appealing a judge's order to hand them over to attorneys for a lawsuit over a linebacker's death.
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Wash. teen convicted of killing playmate
Apr 28 2006 11:10PM (CT)
EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) - A jury convicted a 15-year-old boy of first-degree murder Friday for a brutal attack on a developmentally disabled playmate more than three years ago.
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Coyote shot and killed near Seattle
Apr 28 2006 11:06PM (CT)
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - A coyote suspected of nipping two young boys was shot and killed Friday in this Seattle suburb by a state wildlife officer.
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Raid rumors spark fear among immigrants
Apr 28 2006 10:59PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Rumors of immigration roundups have prompted thousands of illegal immigrants to stay home this week and are making some afraid to participate in a national immigration protest planned for Monday.
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Body thought to be missing soldier found
Apr 28 2006 10:56PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A body believed to be that of a missing Fort Benning soldier was discovered inside a piece of air conditioning equipment Friday at a downtown hotel after guests complained of a foul odor in the lobby.
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Exonerated man dies in Ill. hit-and-run
Apr 28 2006 10:54PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Dan Young Jr. had a $150,000 check in his name awaiting the governor's signature _ the price the state put on the nearly 13 years he spent in prison for murder before DNA testing cleared him.
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Texas teens won't face hate crimes charges
Apr 28 2006 10:10PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors said Friday they won't seek hate crimes charges against two white teens accused of beating a 17-year-old Hispanic boy. Civil rights groups claimed there was no other reason for the attack.
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Jury awards $1.7M to woman spanked on job
Apr 28 2006 9:59PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A jury awarded $1.7 million Friday to a woman who was spanked in front of her colleagues in what her employer called a camaraderie-building exercise.
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Proposed gas boycott divides Texas county
Apr 28 2006 9:23PM (CT)
BEEVILLE, Texas (AP) - In many ways, Beeville is a typical slice of rural America, a city of about 33,000 that was built on farming and ranching.
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Developing nations block U.N. proposals
Apr 28 2006 9:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A powerful group of developing nations blocked reform proposals that would have given Secretary-General Kofi Annan more budget power Friday, and rich countries warned the move could push the world body toward financial crisis.
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Network breaks ties with NYC parachuter
Apr 28 2006 9:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Discovery Channel severed ties Friday with a television show host accused of trying to parachute from the Empire State Building.
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U.N. affirms duty to defend civilians
Apr 28 2006 7:24PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council affirmed for the first time Friday that the international community has a responsibility to protect civilians from genocide, war crimes and ethnic cleansing when national governments fail to do so.
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Teen immigrant from NYC faces deportation
Apr 28 2006 7:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The FIRST international robotics championship is supposed to be about the world's best young engineering wizards showing off their skills. But for an illegal immigrant getting a U.S. education under the threat of being deported to Africa, it meant a secret revealed.
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Airport shooter had history of violence
Apr 28 2006 7:06PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A man who was shot and killed by a patrolman after authorities said he fired on another officer at an airport had a history of violence and drug abuse, according to his lawyer and court records.
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Ex-principal acquitted in sex assault case
Apr 28 2006 6:59PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A jury on Friday acquitted a former high school principal charged with failing to tell police about a developmentally disabled student who said she was sexual assaulted.
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Man sentenced for kidnapping his children
Apr 28 2006 6:53PM (CT)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - A man who has refused to reveal the whereabouts of his children to his ex-wife and authorities for almost two years was sentenced Friday to 38 years in prison for kidnapping.
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N.J. priest gets probation in abuse case
Apr 28 2006 5:53PM (CT)
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - A Catholic priest accused of molesting a 9-year-old boy a decade ago after taking him to basketball games was sentenced to five years of probation Friday, angering some victims of sexual abuse including the cleric who replaced the defendant.
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Atlanta reporter resigns after allegations
Apr 28 2006 5:32PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A reporter has resigned from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution after an editor found that one of his stories used several unattributed passages from a Pittsburgh paper.
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Special prosecutor tosses warrant for DA
Apr 28 2006 5:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A felony arrest warrant was thrown out Friday against Fulton County's district attorney, accused of injuring a deputy in a courtroom altercation, but a newly appointed special prosecutor promised that the allegations would be thoroughly investigated.
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Moussaoui jury ends deliberations for day
Apr 28 2006 4:40PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui case finished a fourth day of deliberations Friday without a verdict but not without an admonishment from the judge, exasperated by their determination to look up definitions on their own.
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Easter Seals plans facility for autism
Apr 28 2006 4:25PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Easter Seals, a national provider of services for the disabled, says it plans to build a unique school and center for autism research in Chicago, combining education, research and independent-living services on a single campus.
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Stolen body parts blamed for illnesses
Apr 28 2006 3:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At least a dozen people who had routine operations claim they caught deadly viruses and other germs from body parts stolen from corpses in a ghoulish scandal that has sent hundreds of people for tests.
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Kin of mine blast victims demand changes
Apr 28 2006 3:39PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Relatives of the Sago Mine victims demanded swift improvements to the emergency air packs that coal miners count on, and they bristled at suggestions that the men did not know how to operate the devices.
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Storm evacuees ineligible for rent aid
Apr 28 2006 2:40PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Thousands of hurricane evacuees must soon pay their own rent or move out after receiving word that they are being dropped from a FEMA housing program they thought would last a year.
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Wash. pastor charged with manslaughter
Apr 28 2006 2:22PM (CT)
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A pastor who struck and killed a bicyclist in a 2003 traffic accident was charged with manslaughter after a lawsuit uncovered evidence that he knew he couldn't see well enough to drive, prosecutors said.
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Police find dead baby, father cutting self
Apr 28 2006 1:54PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Police responding to reports of a stabbing early Friday said they found a bloody, naked man walking down a road, cutting himself with a knife and talking about his dead son.
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Woman fights off carjacker in Calif.
Apr 28 2006 1:31PM (CT)
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) - An attempted carjacking at a gas station was foiled when a woman refused to surrender her keys and fought off the suspect with a flurry of kicks and punches, authorities said Friday.
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2 men sentenced to prison in boy's death
Apr 28 2006 1:24PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man convicted of killing a 10-year-old during a gunbattle between rival drug dealers outside an elementary school cursed the dead boy in court Friday, and his co-defendant vowed to haunt the boy's family.
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Inmate surrenders after taking hostage
Apr 28 2006 1:18PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An inmate with a homemade knife held a sheriff's deputy hostage for nearly an hour at a county courthouse Friday before negotiators talked him into surrendering.
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AP: Miss. governor helped implicated firm
Apr 28 2006 1:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A GOP telemarketing firm implicated in two criminal prosecutions involving election dirty tricks got its startup money from Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, financial records show.
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Judge won't restrict Padilla's lawyers
Apr 28 2006 12:34PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge rejected prosecutors' efforts Friday to require lawyers for Jose Padilla and two terror suspects to sign a special security document regarding handling of secret evidence.
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Colo. teen dies after first bronc ride
Apr 28 2006 12:13PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A 17-year-old fulfilling a dream to learn rodeo died after a horse rolled on top of him during his first bucking bronco ride, his family said.
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Court rules New York can sue countries
Apr 28 2006 12:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled the city can sue foreign countries in U.S. courts for refusing to pay property taxes.
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Jury deadlocks on firefighter's 9/11 claim
Apr 28 2006 11:48AM (CT)
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the drunken driving case of a New York City firefighter who claimed lung damage caused by his exposure to dust on Sept. 11, 2001, led to an inaccurate breath test.
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NYC Transit union chief gets out early
Apr 28 2006 11:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The union president who was sent to jail for leading an illegal subway and bus strike that crippled the nation's largest mass transit system was released Friday after serving less than half his 10-day sentence.
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Penn student sues over alleged hazing
Apr 28 2006 9:29AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former University of Pennsylvania student is suing a fraternity and two members, alleging they beat and scarred him in a hazing incident.
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Construction begins at ground zero
Apr 28 2006 7:04AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After months of disputes over the future of ground zero, state and city officials finally brought in the heavy equipment and began construction Thursday on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that will rise at the World Trade Center site.
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Juror claims she was pressured to convict
Apr 28 2006 7:04AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A juror said in a sworn statement that she was pressured into casting the final vote to convict a man of attending a Pakistani terrorist training camp.
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Sago air equipment has history of problems
Apr 28 2006 7:01AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The emergency air packs that were said to have failed at the Sago Mine are among the most widely used emergency devices in the nation's underground mines, but also have a history of problems.
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Man going to court to leave nursing home
Apr 28 2006 7:01AM (CT)
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - A longtime Nashua resident will get his day in court on his claim that he doesn't need to be in a nursing home and is being held there against his will.
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Officials weigh charges in Ark. bat caper
Apr 28 2006 7:00AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A joker who made a bat cave out of a dorm room, and three other students believed to have stolen the dozen or so nocturnal critters used in the caper, could be in for criminal charges, officials said Thursday.
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Religion in the news
Apr 28 2006 6:57AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - At age 87, the Rev. Billy Graham speaks softly and no longer strides to the pulpit.
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Seattle police shoot gunman to death
Apr 28 2006 6:33AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Police fired a bullet directly into one of the chambers of a gun wielded by an angry man as they shot him to death in a confrontation at a bus stop, authorities said.
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Police kill man on run after Amber Alert
Apr 28 2006 5:32AM (CT)
SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) - Police shot and killed a man fleeing with his 2-year-old daughter a day after an Amber Alert had been issued for the child, authorities said.
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Parents' suit challenges gay-themed book
Apr 28 2006 4:19AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two couples who say a suburban school district undermined their parental rights by giving out and reading storybooks with gay themes without telling them first have filed a federal lawsuit against school officials.
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Amnesty: Torture allegations undercut work
Apr 28 2006 2:34AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Allegations of torture by U.S. agents and military personnel in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay have undercut the work of human rights workers worldwide, said the new leader of Amnesty International USA.
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Pregnant skydiver who survived fall to wed
Apr 28 2006 2:04AM (CT)
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - A skydiver who learned she was two weeks pregnant after she survived a fall when her parachute failed is nearing her due date and is set to marry Sunday.
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Fla. eminent domain plan could be largest
Apr 28 2006 1:33AM (CT)
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When Mayor Michael Brown envisions the future of this struggling city, he sees no poverty, no drug dealing, no prostitution _ and none of the 1,700 buildings where many of his poorest constituents live and work.
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