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Palestinian gets five years on gun charge
May 31 2005 11:29PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Palestinian man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for carrying a machine gun during target practice alongside members of an Oregon terror cell.
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Council votes to ask Spokane mayor to quit
May 31 2005 11:25PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The City Council voted Tuesday night to ask Mayor James E. West to resign, hours after he told a national audience he would survive allegations that he offered city jobs to men he met online in gay chat rooms.
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Long-secret source 'Deep Throat' unmasked
May 31 2005 11:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward Tuesday as Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
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California gunman kills three, then self
May 31 2005 11:10PM (CT)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Three people were killed and five hurt in a series of shootings, pistol whippings and carjackings that ended Tuesday when the suspect killed himself with a shot to the head inside a Wal-Mart, authorities said.
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Cleveland fire that killed 9 ruled arson
May 31 2005 10:54PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities have determined a house fire that killed nine people on May 21 was deliberately set, a fire official said Tuesday night.
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Conn. lawmakers approve stem cell research
May 31 2005 10:30PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The state House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a 10-year, $100 million plan to fund stem cell research, seeking to position Connecticut to compete with other states in the emerging scientific field.
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Probe: Boy Scouts lied about black members
May 31 2005 10:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - An independent investigation of the Atlanta-area Boy Scouts found that the organization inflated its number of black Scouts by more than 5,000 in a program for inner-city youth.
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Friend says teen was fine before killings
May 31 2005 10:20PM (CT)
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) - An 18-year-old who went on a killing spree on the family farm played pool and watched television at a graduation party hours before the murder-suicide. Yet Scott Moody also was surrounded by a family feud over how to operate their struggling dairy farm and split up land left to them 10 years ago.
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Suspected al-Qaida loyalists denied bail
May 31 2005 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two U.S. citizens accused of being al-Qaida loyalists were each ordered held without bail Tuesday as they appeared in federal courtrooms in New York and Florida.
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Pa. ex-restaurateur guilty in tax case
May 31 2005 10:19PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Neil Stein, who attracted fine diners from across the country to his Philadelphia restaurants, pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of tax evasion Tuesday.
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Ford Motor Co. vows aid for wild mustangs
May 31 2005 9:49PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Citing the mustang as a "great symbol for our company," the Ford Motor Co. pledged money Tuesday to help find new homes for wild horses rounded up on federal rangeland in the West.
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Lawmaker wants lower soldier drinking age
May 31 2005 9:45PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - One Wisconsin lawmaker figures if the U.S. military trusts 19-year-olds with a $10 million tank, then the state should trust them with a beer.
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AP: Barksdale won't fund scholarships
May 31 2005 9:37PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale will not create $50 million in scholarships for Mississippi students because legislators did not fulfill his condition that they fully fund public schools, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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Houston police lab review finds problems
May 31 2005 9:37PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - An independent review of the troubled Houston police crime lab has uncovered a six-year gap in supervision in the DNA section and allegations of scientific fabrication by analysts.
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Calif. ex-sheriff sentenced for corruption
May 31 2005 9:35PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The former sheriff of San Joaquin County was sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement Tuesday on a federal fraud conviction.
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Record set straight on life vest inventor
May 31 2005 9:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Inventor Andrew Toti was praised by no less than former President Bush for inventing the "Mae West" inflatable life vest that saved his life when he was shot down over the Pacific during World War II.
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Ark. teen accused in concrete-block death
May 31 2005 9:20PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A teen was arrested Tuesday for allegedly throwing a concrete chunk from an interstate overpass, killing a driver, police said.
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Plane crash at N.J. airport injures pilot
May 31 2005 9:10PM (CT)
TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) - A small plane crashed and burst into flames Tuesday while landing at Teterboro Airport near New York City, the third accident of the year at the busy airport that caters to corporate jets.
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Judge: Ind. may see minors' medical files
May 31 2005 8:15PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana judge ruled Tuesday that Planned Parenthood of Indiana must turn over to the state the medical records of its patients under 14.
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Mass. lawmakers override stem cell veto
May 31 2005 7:53PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Legislature on Tuesday swiftly overturned Gov. Mitt Romney's veto and approved a bill designed to propel Massachusetts to the forefront of embryonic stem cell research.
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Wounded gay soldier discharged from Army
May 31 2005 7:11PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - An Army sergeant from Ohio who was wounded in Iraq and wanted to remain in the military as an openly gay soldier was officially discharged Tuesday, according to an advocacy group.
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Mourners remember lost Korean War pilot
May 31 2005 6:21PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - More than 50 years after Air Force Capt. Troy "Gordie" Cope's jet crashed during a Korean War dogfight, mourners gathered Tuesday for a final goodbye at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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Runaway bride agrees to pay search costs
May 31 2005 5:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks has agreed to pay $13,250 to the city of Duluth, Ga., to help pay for the costs the city incurred searching for her, the mayor said Tuesday.
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Study: Malpractice caps entice doctors
May 31 2005 4:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors are gravitating to states that enact caps on malpractice awards, even though such awards are not the primary cause of skyrocketing insurance premiums, according to two studies released Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs.
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Judge: Feds may ban transport of cocks
May 31 2005 4:27PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A federal judge rejected arguments Tuesday that a federal law cracking down on cockfighting discriminates against Cajuns and Hispanics.
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Brooklyn girl, 9, held in fatal stabbing
May 31 2005 4:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 9-year-old girl fatally stabbed an 11-year-old girl in the chest with a steak knife during a fight over a ball, authorities said.
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NYPD seeks funds for surveillance cameras
May 31 2005 2:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's largest police force wants to install hundreds of surveillance cameras in busy commercial districts and other areas where there have been spikes in robberies and burglaries.
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Pa.'s major school privatization try fails
May 31 2005 1:04PM (CT)
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's first major experiment in school privatization is coming to an ugly end in this poverty-stricken city of abandoned buildings, vacant lots and closed-down shipyards on the outskirts of Philadelphia.
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Atlanta crane-climber fighting extradition
May 31 2005 1:00PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A murder suspect who perched atop a construction crane for 56 hours said Tuesday he will fight extradition back to Florida, where he faces charges that he killed his ex-girlfriend.
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Bane of companies, PETA spy reveals self
May 31 2005 12:18PM (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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Apology in L.A. shooting rare from police
May 31 2005 11:44AM (CT)
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - Residents in this community were still fixing shattered windows and bullet-pocked walls when a lawyer issued an apology from sheriff's deputies who fired 120 rounds at an unarmed driver in a Compton neighborhood.
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'Deep Throat' reportedly comes forward
May 31 2005 11:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former FBI official says he was the source called "Deep Throat" who leaked secrets about President Nixon's Watergate coverup to The Washington Post, Vanity Fair reported Tuesday.
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Wisconsin hiker missing in Canada
May 31 2005 9:09AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Wisconsin man vanished on a hiking outing while on a business trip to Canada, and his family called out for anyone who might have talked with him to contact authorities.
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Judge gives offenders option of church
May 31 2005 8:22AM (CT)
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge has been offering some drug and alcohol offenders the option of attending worship services instead of going to jail or rehab _ a practice some say violates the separation of church and state.
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Ill. lawmakers OK malpractice legislation
May 31 2005 7:45AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Ending two years of political gridlock, Illinois lawmakers moved to help lower doctors' medical malpractice insurance rates by approving legislation to limit lawsuit awards and strengthen oversight of insurers and doctors.
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Shedd Aquarium marks 75th anniversary
May 31 2005 5:34AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Among the 22,000 marine animals that call the Shedd Aquarium home is an Australian lungfish that arrived in 1933 for the World's Fair that year.
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Pa. Vietnam veteran gets Purple Heart
May 31 2005 4:48AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nearly four decades after her only son was killed in Vietnam at the age of 19, a mother on Memorial Day accepted a posthumous Purple Heart in his honor.
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School districts face bus driver shortage
May 31 2005 2:22AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Wanted: Drivers to transport dozens of often-unruly students to school on a 38-foot bus through congested suburban traffic.
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