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Calif. nun may face hit-and-run charges
May 18 2005 11:41PM (CT)
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) - A nun may be charged with felony hit-and-run for leaving the scene of a car accident she caused in which a woman suffered a broken arm, police said.
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U.S. gives Anchorage $1.5M for bus stop
May 18 2005 11:15PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Tom Wilson is faced with a problem many city administrators would envy: How to spend $1.5 million on a bus stop.
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Trump sounds off on World Trade Center
May 18 2005 11:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - To Donald Trump, the proposals for the replacement for the World Trade Center look like a junkyard. His solution? Rebuild the twin towers, more or less.
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Cuban militant gives U.S. tough choices
May 18 2005 11:10PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Freedom fighter or terrorist? Illegal alien or persecuted Cuban refugee? The Bush administration faces a tough choice in deciding what to do with Luis Posada Carriles, wanted on suspicion of orchestrating the deadly 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner.
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Report: Muslim world largely anti-American
May 18 2005 11:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-American feelings are widespread in the Muslim world and extend to U.S. consumer brands, according to a report released Wednesday. It suggested the U.S. burnish its image with a change in tone and by publicizing aid programs.
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Flood washes out road to airport in Alaska
May 18 2005 10:51PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Water overflowing the banks of the Yukon River has flooded the only road between the Yup'ik Eskimo village of Emmonak and its airport, crippling the community, officials said Wednesday.
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Woman agrees to talks over Nazi-looted art
May 18 2005 10:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman seeking the return of nearly $200 million worth of paintings stolen from her family after the Nazi invasion of Austria has agreed to arbitration with the Austrian government, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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Affirmative action opponent to pay $95G
May 18 2005 10:39PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a state lawsuit that accused him and his American Civil Rights Coalition of violating campaign laws by failing to reveal the source of $1.7 million in contributions.
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Okla. tribe, embattled professor fight
May 18 2005 10:38PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An Oklahoma Indian tribe says an embattled University of Colorado professor whose claim of Indian heritage is under investigation "could not prove any Cherokee ancestry."
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Feds announce $12M Fort Apache settlement
May 18 2005 10:35PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The federal government will spend $12 million to fix the deteriorating buildings and landscaping at historic Fort Apache, which an Indian tribe hopes to turn into a tourist attraction.
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Tacoma to pay $750,000 to detective
May 18 2005 10:20PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The city has agreed to pay $750,000 to a detective who said she was sexually harassed by police Chief David Brame before he killed his wife and himself two years ago.
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Md. cardinal to boycott Giuliani speech
May 18 2005 10:11PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Cardinal William Keeler will not attend a Jesuit university commencement because keynote speaker Rudolph Giuliani, a Catholic, supports abortion rights, an official said Wednesday.
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Idaho police question person of interest
May 18 2005 10:11PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A man sought for questioning in the bloody slayings of three people contacted authorities Wednesday as the search continued for two children missing from the home where the killings took place.
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Dad charged with beating daughter's coach
May 18 2005 10:06PM (CT)
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - A father apparently distraught over his daughter's suspension from a softball team was arrested on a charge of beating her coach with an aluminum bat.
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Woman says Quran came in mail desecrated
May 18 2005 10:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Muslim woman who said she ordered a Quran through Amazon.com only to find profanity and religious slurs written inside asked Wednesday for an apology and a full investigation by the online retailer.
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Beer co. says worker fired for remarks
May 18 2005 10:04PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A man who says a Budweiser distributor fired him for drinking a Coors beer made disparaging remarks about the company while drunk and in uniform at a bar, a company attorney said.
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Paul Keene, organic farmer, dies at 94
May 18 2005 9:59PM (CT)
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Paul K. Keene, a former missionary who founded one of the nation's oldest organic farms and proved that growing natural foods can be good business, has died. He was 94.
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Calif. sues power firms over energy trades
May 18 2005 9:54PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Two power providers conspired to drive up electricity prices during California's energy crisis in 2000 and 2001, Attorney General Bill Lockyer alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion.
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Hispanics urge Md. gov. to respond to slur
May 18 2005 9:51PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Some Hispanic advocates Wednesday called on the administration of Gov. Robert Ehrlich to eject the leader of a panel that nominates trial judges after he used a slur on his Web log.
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Hostage-taking bank robber shot at airport
May 18 2005 9:33PM (CT)
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A bank robber took at least six people hostage Wednesday, ordered them to strip to their underwear and took them to an airport, authorities said. Police shot the suspect during what may have been an attempt to make a getaway in a small plane.
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Awe marks Mount St. Helens anniversary
May 18 2005 9:19PM (CT)
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. (AP) - Hundreds of tourists, foresters and government officials reflected with humility and awe Wednesday on the 25th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, which killed 57 people and turned day to night across eastern Washington.
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Charge added against woman in Wendy's case
May 18 2005 8:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A woman accused of lying about finding a human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit fraud, adding to the theft counts she already faces.
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Judge denies tribal plea to halt nuke dump
May 18 2005 8:22PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal judge has denied an Indian tribe's plea to block plans for a nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a claim that the project would violate a 19th century treaty.
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Police have video of woman shot in Philly
May 18 2005 8:02PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A woman on her way to work was shot in the back of the head by a man who followed her from a bus stop, a killing recorded by post office surveillance cameras.
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Pit bull kills toddler in West Virginia
May 18 2005 7:48PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A pit bull that bit a neighbor last week fatally mauled a young girl before being subdued by firefighters using a fire extinguisher, officials said.
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NYC hospital fails to tell of cancer tests
May 18 2005 7:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City hospital admits that it didn't inform hundreds of women of their abnormal results on a cancer-screening test. An emergency review of all Pap smear tests at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx since late 2003 showed that 307 women were never notified of their atypical results.
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N.C. department deemed racially hostile
May 18 2005 7:17PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's transportation department allowed a racially hostile workplace but won't have to pay damages to black workers who sued after a white co-worker hung a noose in a maintenance shop, a federal jury decided Wednesday.
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Mont. dean told to apologize for letter
May 18 2005 7:15PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A University of Montana dean has been directed to apologize for releasing a letter from a media foundation that said it would not give money for a new journalism building until nonresident landowners _ such as the foundation's vice president _ are "more appreciated" in the state.
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Chicago businessman gets 10 years in fraud
May 18 2005 7:01PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A politically connected businessman who admitted lying to get $120 million in city contracts set aside for companies operated by women and minorities was sentenced Wednesday to almost 10 years in federal prison.
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ACLU to police: Show you're not spying
May 18 2005 6:49PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union demanded Wednesday that Denver police prove they are not using officers assigned to counterterrorism duties to spy on activists.
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Calif. students settle suit vs. school
May 18 2005 6:45PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Three students were awarded $20,000 each in a settlement of a lawsuit that alleged police illegally searched and questioned them at their high school during a crackdown on gang violence, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
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United Way withholds Boy Scouts funds
May 18 2005 5:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The local United Way chapter voted Wednesday to withhold money from the area's Boy Scouts pending an investigation into whether they inflated black membership numbers.
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Florida graduations can be held at church
May 18 2005 4:29PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that four public high schools can hold graduation ceremonies in a church and do not have to cover up the 16-foot cross in the sanctuary.
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Georgia teacher arrested for molestation
May 18 2005 4:27PM (CT)
SYLVESTER, Ga. (AP) - A third-grade teacher who slit her wrist in front of her class earlier this month has been arrested on charges of molesting a student, police said.
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Illinois governor defends offbeat boast
May 18 2005 3:39PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is defending his use of the phrase "testicular virility" to describe his ability to make tough decisions.
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Sept. 11 commission to assess progress
May 18 2005 2:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The commission that investigated missteps leading to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, plans a report card this summer on how the government has responded to its recommendations.
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N.J. high-rise fire kills 1, injures 5
May 18 2005 2:30PM (CT)
FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) - A fire in a high-rise apartment building Wednesday killed an elderly woman and injured five other people.
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Tenn. parolee charged in triple homicide
May 18 2005 2:25PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Tony Pope went to prison for bludgeoning his girlfriend to death with an iron skillet and was back out on the streets five years later despite a warning from a friend of the victim.
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Saudi Academy disputes radical reputation
May 18 2005 1:56PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The Islamic Saudi Academy is seen by some as a dangerous outpost of militant Islam on the outskirts of the nation's capital. And as evidence, they point to the school's 1999 valedictorian, who is charged with joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush.
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Abused Florida girl awarded $26 million
May 18 2005 1:36PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A jury has ordered Florida's child protection agency to pay $26 million for failing to protect an abused girl who was once beaten unconscious and is unable to eat, walk or talk clearly.
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Banned pregnant graduate walks anyway
May 18 2005 1:31PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A pregnant student who was banned from graduation at her Roman Catholic high school announced her own name and walked across the stage anyway at the close of the program.
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Pre-K student brings handgun to school
May 18 2005 12:17PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A pre-kindergarten student brought a handgun to school, where it was seized by a fifth-grader and turned over to the principal, school district officials said Tuesday.
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Suspected bank robber shot at Kan. airport
May 18 2005 10:56AM (CT)
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A bank robbery in suburban Kansas City ended Wednesday with a suspect being shot at the Johnson County Executive Airport, where the suspect had brought about six hostages and may have been trying to get away on a small plane, police said.
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69,000 Bosch circular saws recalled
May 18 2005 10:38AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some 69,000 Bosch circular saws have been recalled because the lower blade guard can malfunction and pose injury risks, including amputation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.
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3 college students killed in van crash
May 18 2005 10:23AM (CT)
CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A van driving college students to an engineering competition crossed a highway median and collided with two oncoming semitrailers, killing three people and injuring seven others.
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Twice convicted killer executed in Mo.
May 18 2005 10:19AM (CT)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A twice-convicted murderer who strangled a 9-year-old girl in St. Louis in 1986 was executed early Wednesday after a split vote by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mt. St. Helens victims' families sound off
May 18 2005 10:01AM (CT)
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. (AP) - The four, their lungs filled with ash, were found inside their car after Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, with the force of a hydrogen bomb.
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Slain Florida girl suffered years of abuse
May 18 2005 9:56AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 13-year-old girl who was killed and dumped in a pond last month suffered years of abuse that included reports of beatings and witnessing violent fights between her parents, records show.
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Helicopter crash in Texas injures four
May 18 2005 9:47AM (CT)
HUFFMAN, Texas (AP) - A helicopter crashed and broke apart in a wooded area Wednesday, injuring the four people on board, an official said.
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Murder suspect attended prom after crime
May 18 2005 8:42AM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy was accused of shooting his wealthy parents to death in the family home, the same weekend he attended his high school prom.
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Ill. governor's inspector general resigns
May 18 2005 7:47AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The inspector general appointed two years ago by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to watch out for governmental misconduct is resigning, while Attorney General Lisa Madigan has launched another probe of the administration.
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Animal welfare activists more aggressive
May 18 2005 7:46AM (CT)
COMMACK, N.Y. (AP) - Last month, animal rights extremists followed the wife of a pharmaceutical company executive to her job, rifled through her car and stole a credit card. They used it buy $20,000 in travelers checks, which they then donated to four charities.
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Antonio Villaraigosa elected L.A. mayor
May 18 2005 7:37AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa trounced Mayor James Hahn to become the city's first Hispanic mayor in more than a century as voters embraced the promise of change in a metropolis troubled by gridlock, gangs and failing schools.
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Soldier gets six months in Abu Ghraib case
May 18 2005 7:18AM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army reservist was sentenced to six months in prison for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal after she tearfully apologized, saying she "let down the people in Iraq."
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North Carolina county protects gay workers
May 18 2005 5:50AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Commissioners in North Carolina's most populous county voted to add "sexual orientation" to its nondiscrimination policy despite vehement objections from Republicans.
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Three college students killed van crash
May 18 2005 5:27AM (CT)
CHIKAMING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Two semitrailers slammed into a van that had crossed a highway median and overturned, killing three of the eight people in the van. The other five were injured, one critically.
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Megan Kanka's hometown bans sex offenders
May 18 2005 4:46AM (CT)
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The hometown of Megan Kanka, the 7-year-old girl whose 1994 murder prompted a nationwide effort to warn residents of sex offenders living near them, has banned convicted molesters from many of its neighborhoods.
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