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New autopsy finds Fla. teen was suffocated
May 5 2006 11:07PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 14-year-old boy kicked and punched by guards at a juvenile boot camp died because the sheriff's officials suffocated him, a medical examiner said Friday, contradicting a colleague who blamed the death on a usually benign blood disorder.
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Girl electrocuted while stretching
May 5 2006 10:41PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A 14-year-old girl was electrocuted Friday night in a city park after she leaned on a fence to stretch before a baseball game, fire officials said.
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Ex-priest gets 3 years in abuse trial
May 5 2006 10:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Retired Roman Catholic priest Michael Wempe was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday on one count of child molestation in a case that began with his admission that he had sexually abused many other boys decades ago.
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Ex-Vietnam War POWs see their rescue plane
May 5 2006 9:55PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - For years, they languished in prison camps in North Vietnam, fighting to keep hope alive. Then in 1973, a cargo plane later dubbed the "Hanoi Taxi" swooped down and took home a group of American prisoners of war.
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Booker T. Washington's death revisited
May 5 2006 9:52PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Booker T. Washington died of high blood pressure, a review of his medical records has determined, erasing a cloud over the civil rights leader's death left by one of his doctors more than 90 years ago.
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Feds to retry man accused of lying to FBI
May 5 2006 9:50PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal prosecutors will retry an ice cream vendor on charges that he lied to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training camp, authorities announced Friday.
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Warning lifted near W.Va. warehouse fire
May 5 2006 9:44PM (CT)
NITRO, W.Va. (AP) - Weary firefighters on Friday extinguished a day-old fire that consumed thousands of scrap tires illegally stored in a warehouse.
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Judge in Ryan trial finds no jury bias
May 5 2006 9:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The federal judge in former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering and fraud trial said Friday she was satisfied that jurors were not prejudiced by papers brought into the jury room during deliberations and ended a brief inquiry into the matter.
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Exonerated death row inmate to get $2.25M
May 5 2006 9:23PM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday awarded $2.25 million to a Virginia man who claimed a police investigator fabricated a rape and murder confession that sent him to death row.
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Muhammad questions sniper witnesses
May 5 2006 9:15PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, representing himself in his second trial stemming from the October 2002 Washington-area shootings, questioned witnesses Friday on the point that no one actually saw the gunman.
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Officials try to slash WTC memorial costs
May 5 2006 9:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Reeling from an estimate that the World Trade Center memorial could cost close to $1 billion, rebuilding officials began weighing possible design changes Friday, while the mayor slammed private fundraising efforts for the project.
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During derby, Louisville corrals cruising
May 5 2006 8:59PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - City officials say they are determined to clamp down on a Derby weekend tradition that has ballooned in popularity in recent years: an impromptu parade of souped-up cars that cruise the city's main drag, stereos blaring.
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Kan. lawmakers set minimum marriage age
May 5 2006 8:57PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas may have seen the last of its child brides. After a pregnant 14-year-old from Nebraska drove to Kansas last year to marry her 22-year-old boyfriend, now serving time for having sex with the minor, Kansas lawmakers decided it was time the set a minimum marriage age.
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Annan calls on U.S. to aid human rights
May 5 2006 8:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the United States on Friday to provide "strong and enlightened global leadership" to advance human rights _ through the United Nations as well as on its own.
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Baltimore officer faces second rape charge
May 5 2006 8:10PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A police officer accused of raping a woman at a police station has been indicted on a rape charge involving another woman, the state's attorney's office announced Friday.
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Mayor's twin hired to root out corruption
May 5 2006 7:35PM (CT)
DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - The twin brother of a suburban Chicago mayor has been hired to root out corruption in the municipal government, and will be paid $70,000 in his role as inspector general.
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NASA needs new blood, report recommends
May 5 2006 5:24PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's work force is graying and the agency lacks a long-term plan for luring qualified workers to help send astronauts to the moon and Mars, a National Research Council report says.
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Pa. exhibit tells of 2002 mine rescue
May 5 2006 5:20PM (CT)
WINDBER, Pa. (AP) - Coal miner Dennis Hall was working more than 240 feet underground in 2002 when his crew accidentally breached the wall of an abandoned mine, sending millions of gallons of water pouring in.
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Bible student charged with bookstore arson
May 5 2006 4:38PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a Bible college student charged with setting fire to an adult bookstore confessed to the crime after realizing it was a sin.
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Abuse reports spur exchange family checks
May 5 2006 4:28PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The families who host the nearly 30,000 foreign exchange students who stay in this country each year now will have to undergo criminal background checks, under new federal rules that went into effect this week.
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Teen gets life in murder of bus driver
May 5 2006 3:53PM (CT)
DOVER, Tenn. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life in prison for shooting his school bus driver after she reported him for using smokeless tobacco on the bus.
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Gay marriage foes face issue in schools
May 5 2006 2:44PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Ever since her 5-year-old brought home a book from kindergarten that depicted a gay family, Tonia Parker has felt that her parenting has been under attack in the only state that allows same-sex marriage.
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Powell stresses openness at tech meeting
May 5 2006 2:27PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The United States must remain a place of freedom and openness despite the ongoing war on terror, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday.
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Family of electrocuted pastor sues builder
May 5 2006 2:15PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - The family of a pastor who was electrocuted during a baptism ceremony is suing the contractor that installed the baptistry's heater.
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Naval med center scaffold collapse hurts 3
May 5 2006 1:40PM (CT)
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Five stories of scaffolding collapsed at a medical school building Friday, injuring three workers on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center.
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Ariz. authorities probe shooting links
May 5 2006 12:42PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities investigating a series of more than 20 shootings in the Phoenix area are looking for possible links to four more, including the fatal shooting of a man at bus stop last spring.
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Govt plans $20M buyout of Okla. homes
May 5 2006 12:41PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The government will buy out hundreds of residents whose homes are at risk of caving into the mined-out areas below, and two towns could eventually cease to exist, officials said.
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ABA rates Conn. judge 'not qualified'
May 5 2006 12:37PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A judge recommended by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to fill an open seat on the federal bench is not qualified for the job, the American Bar Association said.
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Wis. man guilty of keeping sex slave
May 5 2006 11:30AM (CT)
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) - A man accused of kidnapping his neighbor and holding her captive as a sex slave for more than two weeks was found guilty Friday of all but one charge against him.
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Firefighter wants statements suppressed
May 5 2006 11:27AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Lawyers for the former commander of an elite wildfire team asked a court to suppress a statement he signed last year acknowledging that he started two forest fires in 2004.
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5 nations left off tsunami warning list
May 5 2006 11:06AM (CT)
EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) - A computer glitch left five Pacific island nations off a list of areas at risk of being hit by a tsunami after a powerful underwater earthquake struck near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, an official said.
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Mehlman tries to bridge gap on immigration
May 5 2006 10:41AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Trying to bridge a growing chasm in his party over immigration reform, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman said Thursday the nation needs both a temporary worker program and consequences for illegal aliens.
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Judge: N.H. wrong to deny benefits
May 5 2006 9:22AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The state was wrong to deny health care benefits and bereavement leave to the families of two lesbian employees, a judge ruled.
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Sago mine hearing ends with more questions
May 5 2006 8:38AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - A three-day public hearing about the Sago Mine disaster ended much as it had begun, with a flood of tears, some hearts full of anger and too many questions unanswered.
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Calif. voters to decide on public works
May 5 2006 8:15AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State lawmakers approved a plan early Friday to let voters decide whether to spend a record $37 billion on roads, schools and flood control.
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6 arrested in Boston Big Dig investigation
May 5 2006 8:03AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The indictment of six men who worked for the Big Dig's largest concrete supplier is just a small step in the pursuit of contractors suspected of fraud on the multibillion-dollar highway project, authorities say.
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Judge lifts punishment for reluctant juror
May 5 2006 7:56AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A federal grand juror who was ordered to sit on a court bench three days a week, every other week, after he balked at serving on the jury has been freed from his punishment.
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Religion in the news
May 5 2006 6:12AM (CT)
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) - Nothing about the rabbi's message was unusual: Moses and the burning bush and the congregation's need to stop and listen for God in their daily lives.
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Man pleads guilty in computer attack
May 5 2006 5:01AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man pleaded guilty to charges of launching an attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some that belonged to the Department of Defense, and crippled a hospital's network.
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Gunman shoots 3, killing 2, then himself
May 5 2006 4:37AM (CT)
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who had been ordered to stay away from his ex-wife fatally shot her and her brother-in-law and injured her sister before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
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Duke police probe new rape allegation
May 5 2006 4:35AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke University police searched a dorm room after a woman said a fellow student raped her following an end-of-classes party last week.
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Tennessee mulls ban of hallucinogenic herb
May 5 2006 4:31AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police and teachers haven't noticed a rush of kids getting hooked on the hallucinogenic herb Salvia divinorum, and federal drug agents say not many people use it.
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Juror: Moussaoui was minor actor on 9/11
May 5 2006 4:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was spared the death penalty because he had only a "minor" role in the terror attacks, a juror in Moussaoui's death penalty trial told The Washington Post.
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Ex-FBI analyst pleads guilty to espionage
May 5 2006 3:48AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former FBI intelligence analyst admitted that for five years he passed classified information gleaned from White House and FBI computers to conspirators he said were trying to overthrow Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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Closed S.D. gold mine could shine again
May 5 2006 3:45AM (CT)
LEAD, S.D. (AP) - The Homestake Gold Mine is played out, but state officials think there's billions of dollars worth of pay dirt left in its 8,000-feet-deep maze of shafts and tunnels. Cosmic pay dirt.
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Moussaoui sentenced to life at Supermax
May 5 2006 3:30AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A defiant Zacarias Moussaoui spent weeks at trial telling anyone who would listen that he will never feel any remorse for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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