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Bane of companies, PETA spy reveals self
May 30 2005 10:54PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Lisa Leitten is finished living her double life. For the past three years, the soft-spoken, 30-year old moved from Missouri to Texas to Virginia, applying for jobs at businesses dealing with animals. She gave her real name, and some real details about herself: a master's degree in animal psychology and prior work at a primate sanctuary in Florida.
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Mourners pay respects to Ohio fire dead
May 30 2005 10:23PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Thousands of mourners paid their respects Monday to eight victims of the city's deadliest house fire, filing past the caskets of a mother and seven children lined end-to-end at a downtown auditorium.
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Man in crane standoff faces more charges
May 30 2005 10:19PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Florida murder suspect whose 56-hour crane standoff led to a traffic-clogging spectacle in Atlanta last week was denied bail Monday pending an extradition hearing.
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Brooklyn girl, 9, held in fatal stabbing
May 30 2005 10:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 9-year-old girl was being questioned Monday in the stabbing and killing of another young girl in Brooklyn, police said.
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Ohio murder-suicide leaves town stunned
May 30 2005 9:45PM (CT)
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) - A teen about to graduate from high school shot to death his grandparents, mother and two friends, then wounded his younger sister before committing suicide, authorities said Monday. The rampage perplexed school officials, who said he seemed to have been in good spirits.
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Court papers detail terror arrest charges
May 30 2005 9:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two American citizens facing a terrorism charge _ one a doctor and the other a self-described martial arts expert _ became enthusiastic followers of al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden before their arrests, according to court papers released Monday.
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U.S. Rep. Shaw cancels lung tumor surgery
May 30 2005 8:54PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw has canceled his Tuesday surgery to remove a small cancerous tumor on his lung, opting instead for a prescription drug treatment.
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Mich. woman survives war, but dies at home
May 30 2005 8:24PM (CT)
PLAINWELL, Mich. (AP) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Schmidt and her father share a unique, yet tragic bond _ both survived their war experiences in the Navy only to be killed in car accidents back home. The 32-year-old soldier also was buried on the 32nd anniversary of her father's death.
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Woman drops bid to become Gold Star Mother
May 30 2005 8:24PM (CT)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A Yonkers woman has dropped her bid to become a Gold Star Mother. Ligaya Lagman was denied acceptance by the organization of mothers who have lost sons and daughter in combat because she is not a U.S. citizen.
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Surfing pioneer Dale Velzy dies at 77
May 30 2005 8:24PM (CT)
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Dale Velzy, a surfing pioneer who helped popularize the sport along the California coast and was once the world's biggest surfboard maker, died at 77.
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Fla. teens accused in homeless killing
May 30 2005 8:24PM (CT)
HOLLY HILL, Fla. (AP) - Two Florida teenagers found a homeless man in the woods and beat and kicked him to death "to have something to do," according to Volusia County sheriff's investigators.
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Steve Mason, Vietnam War poet, dies at 65
May 30 2005 6:24PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Steve Mason, a soldier and poet who became the unofficial bard of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 65. Mason died Wednesday of lung cancer at his home in Ashland, his family said.
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Hawaii seeks answers in missing child case
May 30 2005 6:07PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Before he was 4 months old, Peter Kema Jr. already had his arms, a leg and three ribs broken. Doctors concluded the fractures were signs of child abuse.
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Activist faces trial for officer assault
May 30 2005 3:40PM (CT)
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - An activist arrested during a raucous meeting to discuss embattled University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill must stand trial on a charge of assaulting an officer, a judge ruled.
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Texas school funding measure defeated
May 30 2005 3:28PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas legislators failed to pass a school financing overhaul, despite orders from a state district judge that school funding problems be fixed by this October.
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Teen believed to blame for Ohio shootings
May 30 2005 2:56PM (CT)
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) - An 18-year-old who was about to graduate from high school is believed to have fatally shot his grandparents, mother and two family friends before killing himself, authorities said Monday.
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Missouri state trooper shot nine times
May 30 2005 2:44PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man who recently was fired from his job at an elementary school is accused of shooting a state highway patrol trooper nine times after a traffic stop.
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4-year-old boy shot, killed in Minnesota
May 30 2005 8:26AM (CT)
TOWER, Minn. (AP) - A 4-year-old boy was fatally wounded when he wandered behind a paper target while family and friends were practicing shooting, authorities said.
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Slim Goodbody still entertains, educates
May 30 2005 6:12AM (CT)
ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) - The huge afro disappeared years ago, but the heart, lungs, stomach and liver look the same. The organs are painted on the colorful body suit worn by the super hero of children's health, Slim Goodbody, who continues to captivate young audiences three decades after he became a regular on CBS' "Captain Kangaroo."
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Crazy Horse monument fundraising begins
May 30 2005 5:46AM (CT)
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - Nearly six decades have passed since work began on the Crazy Horse Memorial, a granite mountain being carved into a colossal sculpture of the Sioux warrior, arm outstretched toward his ancestral homeland, astride a stallion more than two football fields long.
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End nears for Latin Mass at Boston church
May 30 2005 4:00AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dan Linnell drives from his home on Cape Cod to Boston's South End most Sundays so he can worship at Holy Trinity Church, the only Roman Catholic congregation in the area that celebrates Mass in Latin.
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Corruption probes not uncommon in Tennessee
May 30 2005 3:17AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A two-year FBI sting operation nicknamed the "Tennessee Waltz" has led to the arrest of several lawmakers. But the probe isn't the state's first dance with scandal. Government corruption cases dot the past three decades of Tennessee history. In the 1970s, the "TennPar" investigation found that associates of then-Gov. Ray Blanton were selling pardons, while another corruption probe in the late '80s and early '90s broke up illegal gambling rings run by bingo operators.
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Rumsfeld, Myers join bikers saluting vets
May 30 2005 12:34AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of motorcycles rolled down the streets of the nation's capital Sunday in a rally organized by Rolling Thunder, a biker group that supports veterans' rights.
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Idaho ticket wins $220 million Powerball
May 30 2005 12:17AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket here over the weekend has won a $220.3 million jackpot, the 10th largest jackpot ever awarded by the multistate lottery, officials said Sunday.
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