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Official: 7 arrested in Sears Tower plot
Jun 22 2006 11:54PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Seven people were arrested Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including the FBI office here, a federal law enforcement official said.
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San Jose mayor indicted for fraud, bribery
Jun 22 2006 11:30PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Mayor Ron Gonzales was booked on fraud, bribery and conspiracy charges Thursday following a grand jury probe into a secretly negotiated garbage contract that cost taxpayers more than $11 million.
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Commerce Sec. seeks immigration balance
Jun 22 2006 11:27PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Americans can maintain a balance between enhancing border security and remaining a nation made up of immigrants, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Thursday.
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Media refuses to hold surveillance story
Jun 22 2006 11:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Bush administration and The New York Times are again at odds over national security, this time with new reports of a broad government effort to track global financial transfers.
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Kin arrested in Ark. mayor's slaying
Jun 22 2006 11:05PM (CT)
MAGNOLIA, Ark. (AP) - A man accused of stabbing a small-town mayor confessed to killing the 83-year-old with the help of the mayor's granddaughter, authorities said.
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Affirmative action in Mich. under scrutiny
Jun 22 2006 10:54PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Opponents of a proposal that would ban some affirmative action programs in Michigan filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to stop the measure from going to voters in November.
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Murder charge against Calif. man dismissed
Jun 22 2006 10:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A murder charge against a man accused of drowning his wife during an excursion on San Pablo Bay was dismissed Thursday because of questions about whether the woman's death was an accident.
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Man charged in 13th Kansas City killing
Jun 22 2006 9:53PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A former trash company supervisor accused of strangling a dozen women over two decades was charged Thursday in a 13th killing.
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Accused troops' supporters busy fundraising
Jun 22 2006 9:45PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Friends and family are rallying around the seven Marines and a Navy medic charged with killing an Iraqi civilian, setting up Web sites to raise money and draw attention to what they claim is an unfair prosecution.
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Spelunker's 41-year-old remains to surface
Jun 22 2006 9:36PM (CT)
DOLGEVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Forty-one years ago, rescuers couldn't get the body of James Mitchell out of the cave where he died while hanging 60 feet in the air, with icy water rushing over him. After he was lowered, workers dynamited the cave, sealed it with rocks and placed a memorial headstone above it.
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Soldiers' kin get confirmation on bodies
Jun 22 2006 9:35PM (CT)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Relatives of two soldiers who disappeared in Iraq during an insurgent attack comforted each other Thursday after the military confirmed two brutalized bodies found this week were the missing men.
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Crews use hand tools in western fire fight
Jun 22 2006 9:35PM (CT)
SEDONA, Ariz. (AP) - Fire crews burned away vegetation and used hand tools to scratch out firebreaks along a canyon as planes dropped retardant Thursday in hopes of keeping a 3,260-acre wildfire north of this scenic Arizona community from spreading.
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19th-century bills fetch $4.2 million
Jun 22 2006 9:32PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Two 19th-century pieces of U.S. currency, including a $100 note issued during the Civil War, have sold for $2.1 million each.
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Parole board rejects Kevorkian request
Jun 22 2006 9:10PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The Michigan Parole Board rejected Dr. Jack Kevorkian's request to have his second-degree murder sentence commuted, a state prisons spokesman said Thursday. Kevorkian claims he has less than a year to live.
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Appeals court backs N.C. in Bill of Rights
Jun 22 2006 9:01PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal appeals court agreed Thursday that North Carolina was entitled to reclaim the state's original copy of the Bill of Rights, seized three years ago from two men in Connecticut.
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Jury seated in Yates trial, starts Monday
Jun 22 2006 8:46PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A jury was seated Thursday to hear the second trial of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who claims she was insane when she drowned her five young children in a bathtub in 2001.
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Dealer pleads guilty to stealing rare maps
Jun 22 2006 8:07PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A dealer admitted in federal court Thursday he stole nearly 100 rare maps worth about $3 million in a case that sent librarians and investigators scurrying to review collections and recover stolen treasures.
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Ex-inmates say guard sex abuse rampant
Jun 22 2006 8:04PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Former inmate Ashley Turner was not surprised to hear that investigators had raided a federal prison to arrest guards accused of having sex with inmates. She said she was pressured by guards at the same facility.
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Many Americans in missile range just shrug
Jun 22 2006 7:54PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaskan coastal village of Hooper Bay is about 3,200 miles from North Korea's intercontinental missile. For some in the Bering Sea town, that's a bit too close for comfort.
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Jury says it's deadlocked on ex-Ala. gov.
Jun 22 2006 7:19PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Jurors in the corruption trial of former Gov. Don Siegelman and three others said they were deadlocked Thursday, but the judge told them to keep trying to reach a verdict.
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Fleeing man caught at Chicago courthouse
Jun 22 2006 7:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal courthouse was locked down for more than three hours Thursday while authorities searched for a man who was scheduled to appear in court but fled after he learned of a warrant for his arrest.
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Fla. OKs property insurance surcharge
Jun 22 2006 6:46PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The state has approved a 2 percent surcharge on all property insurance policies to help cover outstanding claims for one of Florida's largest property insurers, whose insolvent subsidiaries are being liquidated under state control because of hurricane losses.
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Jury deadlocks in baby's meth death case
Jun 22 2006 6:20PM (CT)
CORONA, Calif. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a woman accused of killing her baby by nursing with methamphetamine-contaminated breast milk, a district attorney's spokeswoman said.
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Prosecutors rest case in Coast Guard case
Jun 22 2006 5:56PM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Prosecutors rested their rape and assault case against a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Thursday after a fourth woman testified about a series of sexual encounters in her dorm room.
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West Point takes in its first Iraqi cadet
Jun 22 2006 5:07PM (CT)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - The U.S. Military Academy is welcoming its first cadet from Iraq, a 19-year-old who wants serve his country's army after witnessing violence in Baghdad.
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Police: Suspect in judge shooting spotted
Jun 22 2006 4:58PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A man wanted in the slaying of his estranged wife and the shooting of the judge handling their divorce arranged to surrender in Mexico on Thursday but failed to show up, authorities said.
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Voinovich to donate campaign donations
Jun 22 2006 3:49PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - U.S. Sen. George Voinovich said he would donate to charity thousands of dollars in campaign donations from two brokers charged with bribing a state official for lucrative business.
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Miss. mayor declares emergency over crime
Jun 22 2006 2:38PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Jackson's mayor declared a state of civil emergency and tightened a juvenile curfew Thursday, saying he wants to make the capital city "safe and secure."
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Calif.'s limited oil highlights dependence
Jun 22 2006 2:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Just two Arab countries have supplied almost 50 percent of California's imported oil over the past five years, a dependence that leaves the state more vulnerable than the rest of the country to disruptions in the world oil markets.
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Gulf Coast libraries get almost $18M
Jun 22 2006 1:38PM (CT)
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Public libraries hit by hurricanes Katrina and Rita are getting nearly $18 million to rebuild and set up bookmobiles or temporary mini-branches while they do so, three groups announced Thursday.
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Study shows divide between Muslims, West
Jun 22 2006 1:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Muslims view people from the West, especially the United States and Europe, as selfish, immoral and greedy. People from the U.S. and Europe view Muslims as arrogant, violent and intolerant.
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Arizona to vote on official language
Jun 22 2006 12:52PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona lawmakers agreed to let voters decide whether to deny more state services to illegal immigrants and whether to make English the state's official language.
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Ill. court upholds 'fair report' privilege
Jun 22 2006 12:06PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a key legal protection that lets journalists report on allegations made during official proceedings, whether the allegations are true or not.
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Blue Cross building closed for cleaning
Jun 22 2006 11:36AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - About 350 health care workers were told to stay home until Monday while crews flush out the water system at a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan building, where an employee was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Lightning strike kills Colo. motorcyclist
Jun 22 2006 11:33AM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) - A motorcyclist died after he was struck by lightning while riding in rush hour traffic between Denver and Boulder, police said.
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Cannibal seeks release from prison ward
Jun 22 2006 11:29AM (CT)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - A former teacher who admitted killing a teenager and eating parts of his body 27 years ago still belongs in a secured mental ward, two psychiatrists told a judge.
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Religion news in brief
Jun 22 2006 11:05AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The United Church of Christ announced that an assembly of one of its regional units, the United Evangelical Church of Puerto Rico, voted by 75 percent to leave the denomination due to its liberal policies on homosexuality.
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Religion today
Jun 22 2006 11:05AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Tucked away in Labib Iskandar's pocket is a neatly folded slip of paper with fraying edges that tells the story of a community fighting for recognition. It's a receipt Iskandar got when he applied for the computer-based identification card Egypt had just then begun issuing _ more than five years ago.
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Ridge: Terror war likely to last decades
Jun 22 2006 10:19AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, speaking at the opening of a new RAND Corp. office, said the war on terror is likely to last for decades, much like the Cold War.
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FAA grounds L.A. sheriff's drone plans
Jun 22 2006 8:48AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County sheriff's plan to use small, remote-controlled planes to track criminals and look for lost hikers has been temporarily grounded by federal officials worried about air safety.
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Dioceses won't perform background checks
Jun 22 2006 8:32AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Roman Catholic dioceses of Los Angeles and Orange County have backed away from a promise to conduct fingerprint background checks on anyone working with children, saying they don't want to lose volunteers who are illegal immigrants.
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Fraud trial set for Jackson accuser's mom
Jun 22 2006 8:12AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The woman who claimed Michael Jackson molested her son, leading to the sensational trial a year ago at which the singer was acquitted, was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on a charge of welfare fraud.
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Pentagon withheld info on troops' deaths
Jun 22 2006 6:30AM (CT)
TRACY, Calif. (AP) - The Pentagon waited nine months after completing an investigation into the deaths of two U.S. soldiers before notifying relatives the men were killed by Iraqi troops, the military acknowledged Wednesday.
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Presbyterian Church shifts investment plan
Jun 22 2006 5:04AM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) national assembly has softened its 2-year-old policy on disinvesting in companies that do business with Israel and has shifted more strongly against late-term abortions.
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Va. students to be checked for sex offense
Jun 22 2006 4:19AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A new law requiring Virginia's colleges to hand over prospective students' personal information to police for cross-checking against sex offender lists is coming under fire from privacy advocates and education leaders.
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Episcopalians adopt resolution for bishops
Jun 22 2006 4:00AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Conservative and liberal Episcopalians left a national meeting upset by a measure that won last-minute approval asking for restraint on electing more gay bishops.
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Court: 1st Amendment doesn't shield author
Jun 22 2006 3:53AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Edwin A. Kane begged for leniency in a fraud case, he presented more than 35 letters from family and friends attesting to his good character.
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Judge: 'Railroad Killer' to be executed
Jun 22 2006 3:15AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge ruled that "Railroad Killer" Angel Maturino Resendiz is mentally competent to be executed next week despite claims from his attorneys that he believes he is half-man, half-angel.
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Collection of MLK papers to go on auction
Jun 22 2006 3:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When the collected papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. go up for auction next week, don't expect any small-time memorabilia dealers to make bids.
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