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McGreevey to enter Episcopal seminary
May 2 2007 11:22PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The nation's first openly gay governor has become an Episcopalian and been accepted into a seminary, according to a published report.
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McGreevey to enter Episcopal seminary
May 2 2007 11:22PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The nation's first openly gay governor has become an Episcopalian and been accepted into a seminary, according to a published report.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit from Katrina
May 2 2007 11:01PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed claims against the government in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of three people who died in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Detroit man sentenced for child porn
May 2 2007 10:59PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A 29-year-old man who was accused last year at a congressional hearing of molesting a teenage boy was sentenced Wednesday to several prison terms.
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Queen Elizabeth II to visit Jamestown
May 2 2007 10:47PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The last time Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamestown, scientists believed the original fort at England's first permanent settlement in America had long ago eroded into the James River.
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Accomplice sentenced in NY shootings
May 2 2007 10:36PM (CT)
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A man already serving time for helping a fugitive hide was sentenced Wednesday to almost two years in prison on a federal weapons conviction in the same case.
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Human error led to fouled Mass. water
May 2 2007 10:35PM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Human error and a faulty alarm system were to blame for the release of too much of an anti-corrosion chemical into a town's water supply last week, state officials said Wednesday.
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School bus driver stabbed to death
May 2 2007 10:09PM (CT)
NEWARK, Del. (AP) - A school bus driver was stabbed to death in her vehicle Wednesday just before she was to begin picking up children for their morning ride to school, state police said.
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Freight train with shuttle parts derails
May 2 2007 10:06PM (CT)
MYRTLEWOOD, Ala. (AP) - A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed Wednesday after a recently repaired bridge collapsed over boggy ground, authorities said. Six people aboard the train were reported injured, one critically.
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Freight train with shuttle parts derails
May 2 2007 10:06PM (CT)
MYRTLEWOOD, Ala. (AP) - A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed Wednesday after a recently repaired bridge collapsed over boggy ground, authorities said. Six people aboard the train were reported injured, one critically.
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Arrest made in Internet child abuse case
May 2 2007 10:05PM (CT)
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of raping his own daughter has been arrested in Hong Kong, ending a manhunt that began after the girl's decision to tell her story on national TV helped connect the case to some of the Internet's most notorious molestation videos.
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Students hit by SUV near Calif. school
May 2 2007 10:04PM (CT)
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb outside a middle school Wednesday afternoon, plowed into a group of children waiting for a bus and rammed into a tree, trapping several students underneath, police said.
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Students hit by SUV near Calif. school
May 2 2007 10:04PM (CT)
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb outside a middle school Wednesday afternoon, plowed into a group of children waiting for a bus and rammed into a tree, trapping several students underneath, police said.
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Students hit by SUV near Calif. school
May 2 2007 10:04PM (CT)
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb outside a middle school Wednesday afternoon, plowed into a group of children waiting for a bus and rammed into a tree, trapping several students underneath, police said.
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Police: $1.8M stolen from armored truck
May 2 2007 9:52PM (CT)
HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Two men robbed an armored truck of $1.8 million as it delivered money to a check cashing store Wednesday, authorities said. Shots were fired, but no injuries or arrests were reported.
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Officials: Freeway ramp can be repaired
May 2 2007 9:47PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A highway ramp shut down by the collapse of an overpass near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won't have to be rebuilt from scratch and could reopen within 10 days, the governor said Wednesday.
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Marine charged in accidental shooting
May 2 2007 9:40PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine has been charged with negligent homicide and dereliction of duty in the accidental shooting death of a comrade during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton last fall, according to a report.
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D.C. library's archives mostly intact
May 2 2007 9:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most of the art and irreplaceable documents that were feared lost in a fire at the historic Georgetown public library probably can be saved, library officials said Wednesday.
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Police to review clash at LA rally
May 2 2007 9:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William J. Bratton on Wednesday promised an investigation into the conduct of police who dispersed an immigration rally, after videos captured officers using force with reporters and firing rubber bullets into crowds.
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Police to review clash at LA rally
May 2 2007 9:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William J. Bratton on Wednesday promised an investigation into the conduct of police who dispersed an immigration rally, after videos captured officers using force with reporters and firing rubber bullets into crowds.
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Police to review clash at LA rally
May 2 2007 9:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police Chief William J. Bratton on Wednesday promised an investigation into the conduct of police who dispersed an immigration rally, after videos captured officers using force with reporters and firing rubber bullets into crowds.
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$5M settlement in Fla. boot camp death
May 2 2007 9:15PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A $5 million settlement for the family of a teenager who died after being roughed up by guards at a state-supervised boot camp won lawmaker approval Wednesday and was sent to the governor, who is expected to sign it.
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Conn. lawmakers pass Plan B pill
May 2 2007 9:15PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The state House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to require all hospitals to offer rape victims emergency contraception, over objections from Catholic leaders who say it infringes on their religious rights.
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Neb. high court stays electrocution
May 2 2007 9:05PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an execution over concerns about a new electrocution protocol in the only state that still relies solely on the electric chair for capital punishment.
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NYC judge tosses suit against Israeli
May 2 2007 8:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit Wednesday against an Israeli cabinet member for a July 2002 Israeli Air Force bombing that killed 15 people in an apartment building in Gaza City.
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Woman, 93, selling heart of N.D. town
May 2 2007 7:42PM (CT)
SIBLEY, N.D. (AP) - For sale by owner: small North Dakota town. Call: Toots. More than half a century after Edythe "Toots" Hagglund and her husband, Eddie, decided to build a town on a treeless piece of prairie at the edge of a popular fishing lake, Toots is putting the heart and soul of the town on the auction block.
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Ore. lawmakers OK domestic partnerships
May 2 2007 7:36PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill giving Oregon's gay and lesbian couples the benefits of marriage through domestic partnerships won final legislative approval Wednesday.
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Lawsuit planned in elderly shooting
May 2 2007 7:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Attorneys for a niece of the 92-year-old woman who was killed by police during a botched drug raid have filed a wrongful death claim with the city as a precursor to a lawsuit.
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Lawsuit planned in elderly shooting
May 2 2007 7:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Attorneys for a niece of the 92-year-old woman who was killed by police during a botched drug raid have filed a wrongful death claim with the city as a precursor to a lawsuit.
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UN lawyer reports Hariri court deadlock
May 2 2007 7:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.'s top lawyer said Wednesday he had failed to persuade Lebanon's rival factions to approve an international tribunal in the assassination of a former prime minister, prompting the U.S. to warn that the Security Council could create one without Lebanese approval.
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1-year-old Tenn. boy left in car dies
May 2 2007 7:27PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A 1-year-old boy died after being left alone in a car for hours as temperatures soared into the 80s, and his father was charged with negligent homicide, police said.
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Wrong body buried in Ohio mix-up
May 2 2007 7:13PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - The family of a woman who died in a fire was given the wrong body, and was not notified of the error until a friend noticed the body was being exhumed.
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Mall shooter used dead woman's home
May 2 2007 7:09PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man who opened fire at a shopping mall and killed two people this week had been using the home of a next-door neighbor while her dead body lay on the floor, police said Wednesday.
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Wrong man deported after Mass. raid
May 2 2007 6:10PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A man rounded up in a raid of immigrants working at a factory was apparently deported by mistake after federal officials got him mixed up with another detainee with the same name.
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Judge: 1964 kidnap case can go to trial
May 2 2007 5:59PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss the case against a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged with kidnapping in the brutal 1964 slayings of two black Mississippi teenagers.
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Heart rhythm problem tied to bone drugs
May 2 2007 5:59PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two research reports suggest a possible link between two bone-building drugs and irregular heart rhythms in a small number of women who take the medicine.
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Immigration protests raise questions
May 2 2007 5:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - After another, smaller round of protest marches, immigration rights advocates on Wednesday were left asking the same question they posed last year: What comes next in the quest for reform?
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Sinkhole forces Seattle bridge to close
May 2 2007 5:29PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A sinkhole swallowed two unoccupied cars Wednesday morning after rushing water from a main break undermined the road, police said.
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Engineer denies working as China agent
May 2 2007 5:22PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Chinese-born engineer accused of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology denied Wednesday in federal court that he ever worked as a spy for the Chinese government.
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Christian postings' removal upheld
May 2 2007 4:31PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - School officials did not violate a teacher's First Amendment rights when they removed Christian-themed postings from his classroom, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Report urges Texas youth prison reform
May 2 2007 4:30PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A special investigator issued a report Wednesday saying the state's juvenile prison system needs a sweeping overhaul to ensure the health and safety of children placed in the agency.
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Man dies of thirst during survival test
May 2 2007 4:23PM (CT)
BOULDER, Utah (AP) - By Day 2 in the blazing Utah desert, Dave Buschow was in bad shape. Pale, wracked by cramps, his speech slurred, the 29-year-old New Jersey man was desperate for water and hallucinating so badly he mistook a tree for a person.
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Man dies of thirst during survival test
May 2 2007 4:23PM (CT)
BOULDER, Utah (AP) - By Day 2 in the blazing Utah desert, Dave Buschow was in bad shape. Pale, wracked by cramps, his speech slurred, the 29-year-old New Jersey man was desperate for water and hallucinating so badly he mistook a tree for a person.
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Man dies of thirst during survival test
May 2 2007 4:23PM (CT)
BOULDER, Utah (AP) - By Day 2 in the blazing Utah desert, Dave Buschow was in bad shape. Pale, wracked by cramps, his speech slurred, the 29-year-old New Jersey man was desperate for water and hallucinating so badly he mistook a tree for a person.
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Excerpts from Reagan's diaries released
May 2 2007 2:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After he was seriously wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan described the experience simply in one of his presidential diaries: "Getting shot hurts."
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Gonzales: More campus guns aren't answer
May 2 2007 2:00PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that having more guns on college campuses is not the way to prevent campus violence like the massacre at Virginia Tech.
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Gonzales: More campus guns aren't answer
May 2 2007 2:00PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that having more guns on college campuses is not the way to prevent campus violence like the massacre at Virginia Tech.
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Evangelicals start adoption push
May 2 2007 1:55PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Prominent evangelical Christians are urging churchgoers to strongly consider adoption or foster care, not just out of kindness or biblical calling but also to answer criticism that their movement, while condemning abortion and same-sex adoption, doesn't do enough for children without parents.
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Va. Tech students skipping final exams
May 2 2007 1:31PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The bikini-clad freshmen are stretched out on colorful beach towels, music blasting from an iPod as they soak up the blazing Virginia sunshine.
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Barriers put up to stop vehicles
May 2 2007 12:52PM (CT)
ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) - Two hundred miles of vehicle barriers made of concrete, steel poles and train tracks are being erected across the Southwestern desert to thwart smugglers trying to bring illegal immigrants or drugs into the country in vans, SUVs and trucks.
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Ind. gov's plane makes emergency landing
May 2 2007 12:52PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A small plane carrying Gov. Mitch Daniels made an emergency landing in Gary because the aircraft's door opened shortly after takeoff, but the problem was quickly corrected and the governor was never in danger, a spokeswoman said.
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Correction: LA Slayings story
May 2 2007 12:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an Oct. 5, 2006, story about the wrongful conviction of David Allen Jones for three murders, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Chester Turner was later charged with two of the killings.
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Ousted MIT admissions dean had diploma
May 2 2007 12:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The popular MIT admissions dean ousted when officials learned she lied about her college education on her resume actually earned a diploma from a small Catholic college.
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Prosecutors' lose power over DNA testing
May 2 2007 12:33PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A law giving prosecutors the final say on whether an inmate can apply for DNA testing is unconstitutional because that authority is meant for judges, a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Texas officials criticize fence plan
May 2 2007 12:14PM (CT)
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A new map showing President Bush's planned border fence has riled Rio Grande Valley officials, who say the proposed barrier reneges on assurances that the river would remain accessible to farmers, wildlife and recreation.
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Senator asked not to speak at graduation
May 2 2007 12:09PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An invitation to Sen. Claire McCaskill to speak at her daughter's graduation from a Roman Catholic high school was withdrawn because of her positions on abortion and stem cell research.
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Man drowns in flooded Texas cavern
May 2 2007 11:45AM (CT)
BOERNE, Texas (AP) - The manager of a commercial tourist cavern in the Texas Hill Country drowned when he swam into a nearby cave to try to improve its drainage, friends and co-workers said.
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2 bodies recovered on Wyo. mountain
May 2 2007 10:26AM (CT)
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - The bodies of two climbers who apparently fell to their deaths on Grand Teton were recovered with the help of a helicopter, a park official said Wednesday.
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Body discovered by would-be home buyers
May 2 2007 10:23AM (CT)
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - A couple checking out a house for sale were shocked to discover the 55-year-old homeowner dead in her bed. Authorities said foul play was not suspected.
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Medical pot user's conviction reversed
May 2 2007 9:45AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The conviction of a motel owner who said he grew marijuana to treat his glaucoma has been reversed on medical grounds.
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Man jumps off bridge after police chase
May 2 2007 9:35AM (CT)
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - A driver being chased by police jumped off a 140-foot-high bridge and was rescued from the Hudson River, police said. The man was in critical condition Wednesday.
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IRS: Man ran secret bank from Wash. home
May 2 2007 8:40AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man operated a "warehouse bank" out of his suburban home, taking at least $28 million from people around the country who wanted a discrete bank account, according to court documents.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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In memoir, McGreevey's wife fires back
May 2 2007 8:10AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor says she felt forced to write her own memoir to tell her side of the story.
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Market vendors ponder future after fire
May 2 2007 6:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Every day for 15 years, Jose Canales and six family members would wake up before dawn and go to their three stores at the historic Eastern Market. But at 5:30 a.m Monday, Canales got a call from his daughter, who told him the building that was their livelihood was burning. The family arrived to find it gutted.
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Market vendors ponder future after fire
May 2 2007 6:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Every day for 15 years, Jose Canales and six family members would wake up before dawn and go to their three stores at the historic Eastern Market. But at 5:30 a.m Monday, Canales got a call from his daughter, who told him the building that was their livelihood was burning. The family arrived to find it gutted.
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Market vendors ponder future after fire
May 2 2007 6:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Every day for 15 years, Jose Canales and six family members would wake up before dawn and go to their three stores at the historic Eastern Market. But at 5:30 a.m Monday, Canales got a call from his daughter, who told him the building that was their livelihood was burning. The family arrived to find it gutted.
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Kent State audio tape released
May 2 2007 6:15AM (CT)
KENT, Ohio (AP) - A static-filled recording of the 1970 Kent State University shooting that killed four students raises questions not only about whether someone called on National Guardsmen to fire, but also who might have given the order.
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Kent State audio tape released
May 2 2007 6:15AM (CT)
KENT, Ohio (AP) - A static-filled recording of the 1970 Kent State University shooting that killed four students raises questions not only about whether someone called on National Guardsmen to fire, but also who might have given the order.
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911 call played in NYC sex-assault trial
May 2 2007 3:56AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Through sobs, the victim of a Halloween 2005 sexual assault told a 911 operator how her assailant had used a disguise to get into her apartment and begin a 13-hour attack.
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Scientists protest proposed species rule
May 2 2007 12:17AM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - More than three dozen scientists have signed a letter to protest a new Bush administration interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, saying it jeopardizes animals such as wolves and grizzly bears.
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