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Court: children can't authorize searches
Jun 1 2006 11:33PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Children under 16 cannot legally authorize police to search their parents' home, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled.
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Communities grapple with mistaken identity
Jun 1 2006 11:31PM (CT)
CALEDONIA, Mich. (AP) - In one small Michigan town, they are talking excitedly about welcoming home a beloved friend they had thought they had buried. In another, the news is still sinking in that a young woman believed to have survived a horrific crash five weeks ago is dead.
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Police: Couple admit to killing 2nd woman
Jun 1 2006 11:20PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A couple accused in the death of a woman whose sexual assault and strangulation were videotaped told police they were responsible for another similar slaying, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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7 killed in Indianapolis shootings
Jun 1 2006 11:15PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police officers found seven people fatally shot execution-style Thursday night inside a home near a prison, according to media reports.
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Marines to face charges in Iraqi's death
Jun 1 2006 10:52PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Military prosecutors plan to file murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman in the shooting death of an Iraqi man in April, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
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13-year-old N.J. girl wins spelling bee
Jun 1 2006 10:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 13-year-old New Jersey girl making her fifth straight appearance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee rattled off "ursprache" to claim the title of America's best speller Thursday on prime-time television.
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Arizona wildfire destroys 2-4 buildings
Jun 1 2006 10:23PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A wildfire near a small northern Arizona community burned a handful of buildings Thursday and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes before moving off into the wilderness, officials said.
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Air marshal drops bullets, leaves plane
Jun 1 2006 10:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A U.S. air marshal removed himself from a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday after dropping a clip of bullets on the floor just before the plane was to take off, an airline spokeswoman said.
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Texas to install cameras along border
Jun 1 2006 10:11PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The state plans to install security cameras with night vision along some of the most isolated and dangerous stretches of the Texas-Mexico border to monitor illegal immigration and drug trafficking, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.
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Busy fire season predicted in the West
Jun 1 2006 10:08PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The risk of wildfires is rising in the West due to an unusually thick blanket of grasses that is drying quickly, creating copious fuel, according to a forecast Thursday from federal land managers.
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Corps takes blame for New Orleans flooding
Jun 1 2006 10:07PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A contrite U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took responsibility Thursday for the flooding of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and said the levees failed because they were built in a disjointed fashion using outdated data.
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New Orleans mayor sworn in for 2nd term
Jun 1 2006 10:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Taking his oath at an iconic site of Katrina's misery, Mayor Ray Nagin began his second term and a new hurricane season Thursday by recounting small miracles in the city and promising bigger ones to come.
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Schwarzenegger to order troops to border
Jun 1 2006 10:01PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed Thursday to send the California National Guard to the Mexican border, ending a 17-day standoff with the Bush administration.
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Boy mauled by dogs has surgery on face
Jun 1 2006 9:55PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A 4-year-old Kenyan boy who was mauled by dogs after he was abandoned on a trash heap at birth underwent surgery Thursday for the first of a series of procedures to reconstruct his face.
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Town abuzz over Prince Albert's child
Jun 1 2006 9:47PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - This desert oasis that has long been home to presidents and movie stars now has a touch of royalty.
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Oklahoma executes 74-year-old inmate
Jun 1 2006 9:08PM (CT)
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A 74-year-old man was executed Thursday for the nearly decapitating his stepson with a knife more than two decades ago.
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Police find pipe bombs during home search
Jun 1 2006 9:07PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities said they found pipe bombs and a jar containing the potentially deadly poison ricin while searching a home in suburban Nashville.
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Lawyers for ex-Ill. gov. seek new trial
Jun 1 2006 9:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Lawyers for former Gov. George Ryan asked for a new trial Thursday, saying juror misconduct tainted Ryan's conviction for racketeering and fraud.
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Women gaining on men in advanced fields
Jun 1 2006 8:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women now earn the majority of diplomas in fields men used to dominate _ from biology to business _ and have caught up in pursuit of law, medicine and other advanced degrees.
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Teen accused of spiking rival's drink
Jun 1 2006 8:40PM (CT)
HURST, Texas (AP) - A teenager accused of spiking a fellow theater student's drink with bleach because she wanted the lead role in a school play surrendered to authorities.
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Man talks to Ky. mine blast investigators
Jun 1 2006 8:38PM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - A mine technician said Thursday he had no training when he helped build a wall to seal poisonous gas in an abandoned shaft at a southeastern Kentucky mine three months before five workers were killed in an explosion.
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Ex-workers' comp official to plead guilty
Jun 1 2006 8:35PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The former chief financial officer for the Ohio workers' compensation fund will plead guilty to trading investment opportunities for gifts, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Man acquitted of unlawful sexual conduct
Jun 1 2006 8:23PM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A jury acquitted a man Thursday of unlawful sexual conduct with a 14-year-old, who was jailed for 12 days after authorities said she ran away to avoid testifying against him.
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NYC closes famed deli that served celebs
Jun 1 2006 8:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A famed deli that has served corned beef and pastrami on rye to celebrities such as Mike Tyson, former President Clinton and Milton Berle was briefly shuttered by city officials this week after it failed health inspections.
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Main road to Yosemite closed indefinitely
Jun 1 2006 8:18PM (CT)
EL PORTAL, Calif. (AP) - The main road to Yosemite National Park was closed after a rock slide buried it under 300 feet of debris and threatened to knock out electricity to the park, officials said.
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SCLC to open centers in Europe, Mideast
Jun 1 2006 8:18PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Expanding Martin Luther King Jr.'s international dream for nonviolence, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is planning conflict resolution centers in Europe and the Middle East.
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Truck dumps tons of gravel on woman's car
Jun 1 2006 7:58PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A tractor-trailer crashed on a freeway and dumped 40 tons of gravel on a woman's car Thursday morning, but officials said she survived after bystanders helped fire-rescue crews dig her out using hubcaps and any other tools they could find.
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Army private acquitted of abuse charges
Jun 1 2006 7:38PM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - An Army private was acquitted Thursday of charges that he abused inmates at a U.S. detention facility in Afghanistan.
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4 killed in Army helicopter crash in Ga.
Jun 1 2006 7:24PM (CT)
DOERUN, Ga. (AP) - An Army helicopter clipped a wire on a television transmission tower and crashed Thursday, killing four members of an elite combat unit on a training mission, officials said.
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Deadline arrives to renew refugee status
Jun 1 2006 6:30PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans who took refuge in the U.S. after Hurricane Mitch devastated their countries eight years ago were in danger of being deported if they failed to meet a Thursday deadline for filing paperwork needed to stay in the country.
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N.Y. steamed over terror fund cutbacks
Jun 1 2006 5:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - From Times Square and the Empire State Building to the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, New York is a city of spectacular landmarks. Ask any of the 41 million tourists who visited last year.
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L.A. parents warned on schools proposal
Jun 1 2006 5:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Activists in New York and Chicago are circulating an open letter warning parents in Los Angeles not to support their mayor's attempt to take control of their school district.
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Online gamblers get behind spelling bee
Jun 1 2006 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When a competition goes prime time, the gambling industry cannot be far behind, even when the participants are little kids spelling big words.
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Study wants nuclear weapons outlawed
Jun 1 2006 4:41PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A study led by former U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix called Thursday for outlawing nuclear weapons and reviving global cooperation on disarmament including security guarantees to curb the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea.
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ATV driver sentenced in Ind. kids' deaths
Jun 1 2006 4:08PM (CT)
KNOX, Ind. (AP) - A woman was sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for the deaths of two children who were killed when a van struck the sled she was pulling with an all-terrain vehicle.
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Plants highlight Lewis and Clark exhibit
Jun 1 2006 3:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - After a long journey across uncharted territory, the Lewis and Clark expedition turned homeward from the Pacific Coast. Before long, one of the party came down with severe back spasms and could hardly walk. He suffered for three weeks until cured by an American Indian herbal remedy.
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Sniper gets six consecutive life terms
Jun 1 2006 3:39PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Sniper John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to six consecutive life terms without parole Thursday in what Maryland prosecutors and the victims' families consider insurance in case his death sentence in Virginia is thrown out.
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Univ. of Ky. posts employee data online
Jun 1 2006 2:14PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The University of Kentucky inadvertently posted about 1,300 employee Social Security numbers on a Web site that was accessible to the public for several weeks last month.
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Americans tell story of detention in Congo
Jun 1 2006 1:34PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - They said they slept on inch-thick, bug-infested mats and flushed toilets with recycled bath water, eating only a piece of bread or a small can of corned beef hash once a day.
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Gov't wants $92M more for 1989 Exxon spill
Jun 1 2006 1:28PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal and state authorities asked Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday for $92 million to clean up remaining oil from a devastating spill nearly 20 years ago.
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Teens arrested in Wash. state school fire
Jun 1 2006 11:44AM (CT)
CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) - Two 14-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a weekend fire that raced through one wing of an elementary school and destroyed 10 classrooms.
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Religion news in brief
Jun 1 2006 11:14AM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Parishioners at a Darien church say a Roman Catholic priest shouldn't be demoted for hiring a private investigator to probe his predecessor's financial dealings.
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Religion today
Jun 1 2006 11:13AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Episcopal Church is poised to apologize for failing to oppose slavery, but making up for its 19th century inaction won't come without 21st century controversy.
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4 die in military helicopter crash in Ga.
Jun 1 2006 9:36AM (CT)
DOERUN, Ga. (AP) - A military helicopter clipped a television station tower and crashed Thursday morning, killing four soldiers on a training mission, officials said.
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Panel: N.C. should pay for 1898 race riot
Jun 1 2006 8:50AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A state-appointed commission is urging North Carolina to provide reparations for the 1898 racial violence that sparked an exodus of more than 2,000 black residents from Wilmington.
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Judge denies motion in coroner case
Jun 1 2006 6:51AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - FBI agents had grounds to seize computers from the office of a nationally renowned medical examiner facing trial on theft and fraud charges, a federal judge ruled.
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Over 80 vehicles crash on N.C. highway
Jun 1 2006 6:50AM (CT)
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - Just as commuters on a busy highway were driving east into the rising sun, a blinding rainstorm hit, triggering a series of wrecks involving more than 80 cars, trucks and buses, officials said.
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Co. loses personal data of 1.3M customers
Jun 1 2006 6:24AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Equipment containing the names and social security numbers of about 1.3 million Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. borrowers has disappeared, company officials said.
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1-year-old 'left for dead' in Calif. house
Jun 1 2006 5:30AM (CT)
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Police searched for suspects and a motive in the stabbing deaths of a couple and their 6-year-old son, while an injured infant girl apparently left for dead at the scene was recovering in protective custody.
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Documents contradict Ill. gov. statements
Jun 1 2006 5:04AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office defended its hiring practices after lists indicated his aides reviewed and approved the hiring of state employees for hundreds of jobs, including highway workers and plumbers.
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Calif. man pleads guilty in terror case
Jun 1 2006 4:57AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An ice cream vendor charged with lying to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training camp pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, closing another chapter in a terror probe focused on a town inhabited by hundreds of people of Pakistani origin.
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Coin dealer awaits federal sentence
Jun 1 2006 4:30AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser who pleaded guilty to breaking federal campaign finance law has more legal troubles ahead _ a trial about the state's ill-fated $50 million investment in rare coins.
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Ala. attorney found alive after abduction
Jun 1 2006 4:20AM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A family law attorney was found Wednesday about nine hours after she was abducted at gunpoint from a parking lot and police arrested a man suspected in the kidnapping, officials said.
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Man charged with Md. road rage stabbing
Jun 1 2006 1:46AM (CT)
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) - A man who said he was cut off in traffic grabbed a knife from his vehicle and fatally stabbed the other driver in the neck when they reached a stop sign, officials said.
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Military ship leaves Port of Olympia
Jun 1 2006 1:26AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A ship carrying military gear bound for Iraq pulled away from this Puget Sound port Wednesday after a week of protests in which more than three dozen people were arrested. The protests ended peacefully, and there were no additional arrests.
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Gay couples seek right to wed in New York
Jun 1 2006 1:23AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Lawyers for same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in New York told the state's highest court Wednesday they are being treated as "unequal citizens" and denied a constitutional right.
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Woman pleads guilty to aiding teen husband
Jun 1 2006 12:48AM (CT)
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A 37-year-old woman who married a 15-year-old friend of one of her sons pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping her husband escape from state custody.
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3 sentenced in weapons-for-drugs case
Jun 1 2006 12:46AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A former Danish parliament member was among three men sentenced Wednesday to prison for their roles in a weapons-for-cocaine plot involving Colombian terrorists, prosecutors said.
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3 killed in fall from Iowa TV tower
Jun 1 2006 12:00AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) - Three workers fell 1,100 feet Wednesday from an Iowa Public Television tower and died, officials said.
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