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Search continues for Scout missing in Utah
Jun 19 2005 10:45PM (CT)
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Thousands of volunteers joined search-and-rescue crews Sunday as they continued combing a rugged mountain area for an 11-year-old Boy Scout who went missing while on a camping trip with a friend.
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Crowded van overturns in Mo., killing 5
Jun 19 2005 10:33PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A van carrying 20 people skidded and overturned on a Missouri highway Sunday, killing five passengers and injuring 15, police said.
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Citadel selects new president
Jun 19 2005 10:24PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Rosa, who took over the school following a sex assault scandal and acknowledged problems of religious intolerance, is leaving to become president of his alma mater, The Citadel.
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Alabama man convicted in police slayings
Jun 19 2005 10:20PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A jury on Sunday convicted a man in the shooting deaths of three police officers who were killed last year while trying to arrest the man's roommate.
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Church adopts sex abuse reporting changes
Jun 19 2005 8:35PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has formally adopted constitutional changes aimed at preventing and punishing sexual abuse by clergy.
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Protests decry Vietnam leader's U.S. trip
Jun 19 2005 7:38PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Phan Van Khai, the first Vietnamese prime minister to visit the United States since the end of the war 30 years ago, called on Vietnamese emigres to help strengthen ties between the two countries as he began a weeklong tour aimed at improving relations with Washington.
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CIA pilot buried 53 years after downing
Jun 19 2005 6:58PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A CIA pilot killed in an ambush by Chinese communists 53 years ago has been buried in his mother's grave, a year after military investigators found his remains and identified them.
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People mourn boy who died at Disney World
Jun 19 2005 3:00PM (CT)
SELLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners turned out to remember a 4-year-old boy who died after going on a ride at Walt Disney World, and the child's mother recalled how her son wanted to give all his toys to children he met on a trip to Africa.
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Schwarzenegger calls for special election
Jun 19 2005 2:45PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In some ways, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Year of Reform" special election isn't so special. Californians already have voted on several measures similar to those he placed on the Nov. 8 ballot and at least two of them went down to defeat.
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Santa Barbara County residents eye split
Jun 19 2005 1:48PM (CT)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - The main drag of this coastal city is lined with trendy boutiques, bars and restaurants offering everything from sushi to vegan hot dogs. Prius hybrid cars still sport Kerry-Edwards bumper stickers. There's even a bakery that caters to pets.
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Groups gather for human sexuality summit
Jun 19 2005 1:40PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Researchers want to talk about sex, and not just the naughty bits. Academics, social scientists and policy makers from around the world are gathering this week at San Francisco State University for a conference on human sexuality and the "moral panics" caused by such charged topics as homosexuality, abortion and sex education.
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Moderate quake hits off California coast
Jun 19 2005 1:16PM (CT)
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) - A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit about 120 miles off the Northern California early Sunday morning, near where a larger temblor prompted a brief tsunami warning last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Daley pushes ordinance to close taverns
Jun 19 2005 1:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Taverns and booze are entwined with Chicago's history and lore _ from Al Capone's bootlegging empire to the tavern owner whose curse on the Cubs is blamed for keeping them out of the World Series for a half century. But the dark, cool watering holes where for decades laborers dropped by for a belt on the way home are drying up.
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NYC squabbles over daily trash management
Jun 19 2005 12:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In one week, New Yorkers throw out enough garbage to equal the weight of the Empire State Building, and there's a battle brewing in City Hall to change the way the city gets rid of it.
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Pa. teen shoots dad after man kills mom
Jun 19 2005 10:50AM (CT)
SELLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A man who had recently left a mental health facility killed his wife after an argument and was shot to death by one of the couple's two sons, police said.
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Calif. man wins Nat'l Senior Spelling Bee
Jun 19 2005 8:56AM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - David Riddle was anything but paralyzed as he correctly spelled 14 words _ culminating with "ptosis," or limpness of a limb or eyelid caused by paralysis _ to win the National Senior Spelling Bee.
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Spokane mayor debates privacy online
Jun 19 2005 8:47AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - After what Mayor James West called his "brutal outing" by a newspaper that published transcripts of his conversations from a gay chat room, he complained in an e-mail to the city's commission on race relations. West asked: "Should we all fear that our private conversations will be splashed publicly and out of context for all in our sphere to see?" The answer, Internet privacy advocates say, is "yes."
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Retention threat sways students on tests
Jun 19 2005 8:13AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - High-stakes achievement tests that determine if a child is promoted to the next grade or held back a year are becoming more commonplace, and a growing number of school systems have learned that the threat of retention can be a strong incentive. However, the practice's effect on kids who are held back is still in dispute.
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Siblings provide alibi for ex-Klansman
Jun 19 2005 8:11AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - Siblings of the man accused in the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers took the stand Saturday in his defense, saying he was at a Father's Day meal that day and was never a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Vietnamese Americans protest U.S. visit
Jun 19 2005 7:48AM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of Vietnamese emigres took to the streets to protest the first U.S. visit by a Vietnamese prime minister since the war's end 30 years ago, saying the communist government needs to improve its human rights record.
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Father of the modern hybrid car dies
Jun 19 2005 5:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Victor Wouk, an electrical engineer and entrepreneur who developed the first full-size version of the modern hybrid car, has died. He was 86.
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Helicopter crash survivor describes escape
Jun 19 2005 5:27AM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Holding his breath while submerged in New York's East River, Lance Weaver knew the door of the crashed helicopter had to be opened quickly or he and seven others trapped inside would drown.
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Runaway bride, hero hostage to 'tell-all'
Jun 19 2005 4:48AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - One woman broke the law. The other helped catch a suspected killer. Both are selling their stories and could make millions in the process. Representatives of Ashley Smith _ whose 911 call led police to courthouse shootings suspect Brian Nichols _ and runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks made deals for their stories with publishing houses in the past week.
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Molester suspected in 36,000 abuse cases
Jun 19 2005 4:47AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Despite being arrested at least nine times for molesting boys, Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller managed to avoid lengthy prison terms, coach youth football, move in with another convicted sex offender _ and be named by authorities as one of the most prolific child molesters in history.
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Alligator escapes from Oregon home
Jun 19 2005 3:38AM (CT)
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - It is not often that police get a call about an alligator on the loose in Medford. But the call came Thursday after owner Paul Sabin was distracted caring for another sick pet, a 12-foot Burmese python.
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Study ties state laws, unwed child births
Jun 19 2005 2:52AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Tough child support laws may dissuade men from becoming unwed fathers, as states with the most stringent laws and strict enforcement have up to 20 percent fewer out-of-wedlock births, a new study shows.
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NYC to pay kin in Crown Heights slaying
Jun 19 2005 2:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city will pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a Hasidic student who died after being stabbed during the Crown Heights race riot 14 years ago.
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