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Alaska rescuers trying to untangle whale
Jun 6 2006 11:49PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Rescuers were unable to free a young humpback whale Tuesday who became caught in the lines and buoy of a crab pot in Glacier Bay National Park.
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Hispanics moved to Gulf Coast after storms
Jun 6 2006 11:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita drove an estimated 450,000 people from their communities along the Gulf Coast last year, but in the storms' wake Hispanics moved in _ perhaps 100,000 or more.
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Storms, apparent twisters slam Wisconsin
Jun 6 2006 11:24PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Suspected tornadoes ripped through southern and central Wisconsin on Tuesday, damaging dozens of buildings and overturning large trucks but causing only minor injuries, authorities said.
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City measure would bar illegal immigrants
Jun 6 2006 11:09PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The City Council wants a judge to decide whether it can legally call an election on a measure that would bar illegal immigrants from renting in the city and force day laborers to prove they are legal residents.
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2 women file suits alleging abuse by nun
Jun 6 2006 10:39PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Two women who claim they were sexually abused by a Roman Catholic nun filed lawsuits Tuesday alleging a religious order failed to protect them.
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Sex offender sought in student's death
Jun 6 2006 10:27PM (CT)
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities said Tuesday they were searching for a registered sex offender in the death of a Clemson University student strangled with her bikini top.
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Qatar minister seeks to vacate judgment
Jun 6 2006 10:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A member of the ruling family of Qatar who was accused of once harboring al-Qaida members has asked a federal judge to vacate a default judgment entered against him in a lawsuit filed on behalf of victims in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Defense opens in Aryan Brotherhood trial
Jun 6 2006 9:58PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Former prison gang members who testified in the government's trial against the Aryan Brotherhood received payment, promises of sentence reductions, and in some cases early release, a federal agent testified Tuesday as the defense opened its case.
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Saudi decries report on human trafficking
Jun 6 2006 9:54PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday that American criticism of his country's failure to stop human trafficking was unfair, especially given the mistreatment of some illegal immigrants in the U.S.
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Photographer Arnold Newman dies at age 88
Jun 6 2006 9:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Photographer Arnold Newman, whose "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians revealed their souls through evocative settings and lighting, died Tuesday. He was 88.
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Washington gay-rights challenge fails
Jun 6 2006 9:22PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Opponents of Washington state's new gay civil rights law failed to submit enough voter signatures Tuesday to force a statewide ballot on the issue this fall.
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Texas woman charged with kidnapping baby
Jun 6 2006 8:53PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Late last week, Stephanie Lynn Anderson Jones told the manager of her mobile home park that she had just had a baby _ news that came as a surprise to the manager.
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Ex-Tenn. lawmaker denies taking payoffs
Jun 6 2006 8:52PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A former Tennessee legislator charged with extortion took the stand in his own defense Tuesday and denied ever accepting payoffs from two FBI informants.
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Night Stalker appeals death sentence
Jun 6 2006 8:48PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez's death sentence in the terrifying 1980s Night Stalker slayings should be overturned because he wasn't properly defended at his trial, an appeals lawyer told the California Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Chuck Yeager sues kids over pension feud
Jun 6 2006 8:38PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Famed pilot Chuck Yeager is accusing his children in federal court of diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars from his pension fund.
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Man executed for killing girlfriend
Jun 6 2006 8:36PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former crack cocaine addict who killed his girlfriend with an ax 14 years ago was executed Tuesday.
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Real body found at Fla. fake crime scene
Jun 6 2006 8:19PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene when the students discovered a real body during a field trip.
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Teacher convicted of aiding terror group
Jun 6 2006 8:15PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A third-grade teacher was found guilty Tuesday of lending aid to a Pakistani terrorist organization, becoming the 11th conviction in what the government called a "Virginia jihad network."
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Gambino captain convicted of racketeering
Jun 6 2006 8:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Gambino family captain done in by the testimony of an undercover FBI agent and hours of government tapes was convicted Tuesday of racketeering _ a verdict his lawyer said almost guarantees he will die in prison.
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Jet with mechanical problem lands in L.A.
Jun 6 2006 8:09PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jetliner with a mechanical problem made an emergency landing Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
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Death penalty sought in Ind. slayings
Jun 6 2006 8:02PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A prosecutor announced Tuesday he would seek the death penalty for one of two men accused of gunning down seven family members during a robbery, three of them children.
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Blair son to attend grad school at Yale
Jun 6 2006 7:55PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's eldest son has accepted admission to a Yale graduate program, the school said Tuesday.
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DNA clears Conn. man convicted of rape
Jun 6 2006 7:53PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A man imprisoned more than 18 years for kidnapping and raping a woman was released Tuesday after new forensic tests showed evidence from the crime did not match his DNA.
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Illegal workers face hardship in Big Easy
Jun 6 2006 6:41PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Illegal immigrants helping to rebuild this shattered city are working in hazardous conditions without protective gear and earning far less than their legal counterparts, a study says.
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Arizona governor issues record 115th veto
Jun 6 2006 5:31PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have drawn Arizona deeper into the fight against illegal immigration by making it a crime for illegal immigrants to be in the state.
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FBI, informants said to exchange favors
Jun 6 2006 5:07PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A convicted gangster testified Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government that the FBI and its criminal informants share a corrupt relationship of favors, gifts and tip-offs.
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U.N. study concludes migration can be OK
Jun 6 2006 4:53PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. report unveiled Tuesday concluded migration can be good for all countries involved, and contradicted fears that migrants steal jobs from native workers or push down wages on a large scale.
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Body in mistaken identity case is exhumed
Jun 6 2006 4:53PM (CT)
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) - The body of a young woman who was laid to rest under a grave marker with someone else's name on it was exhumed Tuesday for another burial after a heartbreaking case of mistaken identity.
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Herley, chairman indicted on fraud charges
Jun 6 2006 4:28PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - An electronic components manufacturer and its chairman were indicted Tuesday on charges alleging they schemed to defraud the U.S. military of millions of dollars.
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Talk swirls over Great Lakes windmills
Jun 6 2006 3:47PM (CT)
ALGOMA, Wis. (AP) - A little red lighthouse. Boardwalks. The blue-green waters of Lake Michigan stretching to the horizon. It's just another pretty-as-a-postcard view on the shores of this sleepy town of 5,700 a half-hour east of Green Bay. But how long the unspoiled vista in Algoma and in other communities along the Great Lakes will last is anybody's guess.
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Judge won't toss defendant's confession
Jun 6 2006 3:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge Tuesday refused to throw out a confession from the man accused of killing a judge and three other people in a shooting rampage that began at the Atlanta courthouse.
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Number of foster kids missing up in Fla.
Jun 6 2006 3:29PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The disappearance of 5-year-old Rilya Wilson in 2001 spurred a state effort to track down hundreds of children missing from Florida foster care, but those numbers have gone up again in recent years, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Lawyer: Gasper to plead guilty to charges
Jun 6 2006 3:03PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The former chief financial officer at Ohio's $15 billion insurance fund for injured workers will plead guilty to federal charges in addition to state counts alleging he traded investment opportunities for gifts, his attorney said Tuesday.
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5 shot, 3 fatally, in W.Va. home
Jun 6 2006 12:09PM (CT)
AMANDAVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A gunman shot five people in a home west of Charleston before dawn Tuesday, killing three and critically injuring another, authorities said.
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Gay Chicago magazine founder dies
Jun 6 2006 8:05AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Pioneering publisher Ralph Paul Gernhardt, who co-founded Gay Chicago magazine three decades ago, has died of lung cancer. He was 72.
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Conn. city leaders OK riverfront evictions
Jun 6 2006 7:48AM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - City officials voted to evict two residents whose refusal to give up their riverfront houses helped lead to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling that governments may seize property for private development projects.
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Teen charged in MySpace.com threat case
Jun 6 2006 6:44AM (CT)
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago teenager is facing felony harassment charges for threatening the life of a school official on MySpace.com, police say.
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Family remembers Reagan on anniversary
Jun 6 2006 6:14AM (CT)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Two years after Ronald Reagan's death, former first lady Nancy Reagan visited the hilltop gravesite of the nation's 40th president and gently tapped his tombstone.
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Poll: U.S. public warmer toward immigrants
Jun 6 2006 6:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Public acceptance of immigrants has grown in the U.S. and several European countries over the last few years at a time of immigrant riots, humanitarian crises and heated debates aimed at limiting migration.
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NYC 'Mafia Cops' sentencing delayed
Jun 6 2006 5:59AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Their sentencing may have been put on hold, but for two ex-NYPD detectives convicted of working as hit men for the mob, there was no escaping the anger of the families of their eight victims.
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Texas inmate killed during gang fight
Jun 6 2006 5:55AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A fight between rival gangs at a northeast Texas prison left one inmate dead with 23 stab wounds and at least three others injured, officials said.
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Rep. Kennedy to resume congressional duty
Jun 6 2006 5:09AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy said he was ready to return to a full schedule in Washington following a monthlong treatment for substance abuse, but emphasized that his priority was his mental health.
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Manhattan's famous hawk, Cosmo Girl linked
Jun 6 2006 3:23AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Never let it be said that Pale Male, New York's famous high-rise hawk, is not a cosmopolitan sort of bird. He's traded in one tony Manhattan address for another _ this time near Helen Gurley Brown.
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Communication workers union to strike
Jun 6 2006 2:54AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The union representing 2,500 employees at four television stations owned and operated by NBC Universal has voted to authorize a strike.
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Plan to raise Missouri River draws fire
Jun 6 2006 2:39AM (CT)
BROWNVILLE, Neb. (AP) - The massive old steamboat is on stilts now, resting on the shore about 100 feet from the river it helped reshape.
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Texas drivers cruise at 80 mph on I20
Jun 6 2006 2:38AM (CT)
PECOS, Texas (AP) - It was driving as usual for Steve Masters as he hit 80 mph along Interstate 20, the new speed limit along some wide-open stretches in rural Texas.
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Teen fatally shot outside LA high school
Jun 6 2006 2:04AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 17-year-old student was fatally shot in a Venice High School parking lot Monday after he tried to help his brothers in a fight, authorities said.
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Missing baby found, alleged abductor held
Jun 6 2006 1:27AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A missing 5-day-old baby was found Monday evening, and police arrested a woman suspected of abducting the child more than a day earlier after she had posed as a nurse in medical scrubs.
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ACLU sues Alaska over state's 'pot' law
Jun 6 2006 12:40AM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union sued the state of Alaska on Monday over a new law that would restore criminal penalties for marijuana possession.
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1st post-Katrina trial held in New Orleans
Jun 6 2006 12:26AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Criminal jury trials began in New Orleans' state district court Monday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded a stately courthouse.
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Boy killed in Md. car crash misidentified
Jun 6 2006 12:02AM (CT)
LA PLATA, Md. (AP) - A child who died in a car crash was misidentified as his younger brother, a mistake that his relatives discovered a week after the accident, state police said Monday.
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