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NYC construction workers threaten strike
Jun 30 2006 11:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A midnight Friday deadline passed with more than 3,000 heavy equipment operators threatening a walkout at hundreds of construction sites around the city, including the Freedom Tower at ground zero.
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3 federal prisoners captured after escape
Jun 30 2006 11:47PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Three prisoners who escaped from a suburban Fort Worth jail Friday by cutting a hole through a roof were captured by police hours later at two separate motels, authorities said.
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N.J. governor may order state shutdown
Jun 30 2006 11:46PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lurched into a financial crisis as the midnight Friday deadline to adopt a budget expired and a dispute over the governor's plan to increase the sales tax remained unresolved.
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Man convicted of attempting to make ricin
Jun 30 2006 11:44PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a man of attempting to produce a biological weapon, a year after he was arrested for possessing explosives and illegal silencers.
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Schwarzenegger team reaches settlement
Jun 30 2006 11:37PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A campaign committee controlled by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will pay $200,200 for not promptly reporting millions of dollars in expenditures promoting four measures on last November's special election ballot, officials said Friday.
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Ex-jailer pleads guilty in inmate's death
Jun 30 2006 11:24PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A former jailer will serve at least 16 months behind bars after pleading guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of an inmate.
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NYC mayor spent $85.1M on re-election
Jun 30 2006 11:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The bills are paid, the books are closed and the final number is in: Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent $85.1 million on his re-election.
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Ark. governor seeks gay foster parent ban
Jun 30 2006 11:05PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Friday he hopes the Legislature considers reimposing a ban on gay foster parents, struck down a day earlier by the state Supreme Court.
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Northeast residents weary after floods
Jun 30 2006 10:57PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Even as they cleaned up the muck left behind by some of the Northeast's worst flooding in decades, some riverside residents wondered Friday how long it would be before they would be at it again.
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Sheehan sues over Bush ranch parking bans
Jun 30 2006 10:50PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - Cindy Sheehan and four other war protesters filed a lawsuit Friday challenging roadside camping and parking bans near President Bush's Crawford ranch.
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Man guilty of imprisoning housekeeper
Jun 30 2006 10:03PM (CT)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A jury on Friday found a man guilty of sexually abusing an Indonesian housekeeper and imprisoning her for four years in his home.
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Autopsy: Boy at Disney had heart defect
Jun 30 2006 9:54PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The 12-year-old boy who died after riding a Walt Disney World roller coaster had a congenital heart defect, an autopsy found Friday, and an inspection of the ride found no mechanical problems.
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Media defend reporting on secret programs
Jun 30 2006 9:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two journalism organizations criticized lawmakers on Friday for condemning newspapers that reported on the government's secret program for tracking the finances of terrorists.
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Tornado flips truck on New York highway
Jun 30 2006 9:07PM (CT)
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) - A tornado touched down in a Buffalo suburb Friday afternoon, flipping a truck driving along the New York State Thruway and a construction trailer with a worker inside. No serious injuries were reported.
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Feds probing Illinois gov. office hiring
Jun 30 2006 8:23PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hiring practices of the Illinois governor's office are the focus of a federal investigation into possible misconduct at several state agencies, a federal prosecutor said in a letter made public Friday.
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Lawyer details Sears Tower terror plan
Jun 30 2006 8:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man accused of leading a group that authorities said was plotting to blow up the Sears Tower wanted to create a distraction so he could free Muslim prisoners at a nearby jail, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Calif. court OKs teens' suit vs. school
Jun 30 2006 7:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two teens expelled from a Lutheran high school because of an alleged lesbian relationship can sue the school even though it is a private religious institution, the California Supreme Court ruled.
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Eminent domain case holdouts leave homes
Jun 30 2006 7:36PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The last two holdouts in a government land-seizure case that led to a landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to leave their property to make way for private development.
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Hispanics against immigration hearings
Jun 30 2006 7:28PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Hispanic leaders said Friday that Republican plans to hold national hearings on an immigration bill are a stall tactic aimed at delaying immigration reform and attracting more votes for the GOP this fall.
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Helicopter filming movie crashes in Iowa
Jun 30 2006 7:12PM (CT)
WALFORD, Iowa (AP) - A helicopter being used to film scenes for a movie crashed in eastern Iowa on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said.
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Former NYPD chief Kerik pleads guilty
Jun 30 2006 6:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former police commissioner Bernard Kerik, whose rise from beat cop to nominee for Homeland Security head was derailed by ethics questions, dodged prison Friday in a plea bargain by admitting he took $165,000 in gifts from a company attempting to do business with the city.
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Jail psychiatrist says Yates improved
Jun 30 2006 6:50PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - About a month after drowning her five children in the bathtub, Andrea Yates said she was no longer seeing Satanic ducks and teddy bears on her cell walls and was hearing fewer noises from hell, a jail psychiatrist testified Friday.
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Judge tosses 'Mafia cops' conviction
Jun 30 2006 6:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge tossed out racketeering convictions for two former police detectives accused of moonlighting as mob hit men, saying Friday he still believed they were guilty but the statute of limitations had passed.
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Tennessee seeks to remove accused mayor
Jun 30 2006 5:10PM (CT)
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials are taking the rare step of trying to remove a small-town mayor accused of frequently using racial slurs, including the n-word, and targeting Hispanic drivers for tickets because they are "mostly illegal anyway."
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Convicted molestor getting new trial
Jun 30 2006 5:08PM (CT)
PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A former day-care aide convicted of raping five children in 1985 was released from prison Friday pending a new trial that he hopes will show the generation-old allegations against him are false.
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Testimony: Wife shot minister after fight
Jun 30 2006 4:43PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A minister's wife charged with murdering her husband told police she shot him after they argued over family finances and then told him "I'm sorry" as he lay dying in their bedroom, according to testimony at a bond hearing Friday.
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Episcopal rift over gay bishops widens
Jun 30 2006 3:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more Episcopal dioceses that consider gay relationships sinful are distancing themselves from the denomination by seeking oversight from fellow Anglicans overseas instead of the American church.
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Judge tosses confession in Fla. killing
Jun 30 2006 3:42PM (CT)
INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) - A convicted sex offender's confession to raping and killing a 9-year-old girl was obtained in violation of his rights and can't be used in court, a judge ruled Friday. Prosecutors said they have enough evidence to try the case.
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Survivors opine on Ethan Allen tragedy
Jun 30 2006 3:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Survivors of a deadly tour boat trip in the Adirondacks say heavy people and too much water flipped the boat over, according to newly released documents in a case that exposed how America's safety rules have been eclipsed by its expanding waistlines.
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Americans take to the roads and skies
Jun 30 2006 2:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The roads and airports will likely be pretty crowded this weekend. AAA over 40 million people will travel over the Independence Day weekend. That's a record.
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State agency goes ahead with 9/11 memorial
Jun 30 2006 2:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The state's redevelopment agency signed off Friday on a scaled-back Sept. 11 memorial that would display victims' names at street level and have less underground museum space.
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Ky., N.C. to send National Guard to border
Jun 30 2006 2:05PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky and North Carolina announced Friday they were sending 950 National Guard soldiers to assist security efforts along the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Police officer, suspect die in Ga. shootout
Jun 30 2006 1:53PM (CT)
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) - A police officer was fatally wounded in a foot-chase-turned-shootout that also killed the man he was pursuing at a cluster of apartment buildings where many Hurricane Katrina victims were relocated.
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Feds arrest alleged Genovese family head
Jun 30 2006 1:47PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The alleged head of the Genovese crime family's South Florida ring and six others were arrested and charged with extortion, robbery, money laundering and other acts of racketeering spanning more than a decade, prosecutors said Friday.
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New Orleans police still struggling
Jun 30 2006 1:34PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When the National Guard first rolled into town 10 months ago, New Orleans was descending into anarchy, a city besieged by high water, fires, looting and other lawlessness.
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At Graceland, protesters and fans mingle
Jun 30 2006 12:49PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Elvis had a special message for President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi: Eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches instead of whale meat.
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'Suicide' bullet may have been accident
Jun 30 2006 12:21PM (CT)
EUREKA, Mont. (AP) - A bullet that killed a teen-age girl may have been accidentally discharged by a 19-year-old man, who was also fatally wounded in what authorities initially said was a suicide.
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4 tons of pot, 805 pounds of coke seized
Jun 30 2006 12:02PM (CT)
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - U.S. and Canadian authorities said they have broken up smuggling rings that used air drops to move tons of drugs across the border, a method that has become more prevalent with tightened security at traditional crossings.
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Tribal leader ousted over abortion clinic
Jun 30 2006 11:57AM (CT)
PORCUPINE, S.D. (AP) - A Sioux tribe ousted its president for proposing an abortion clinic on the reservation, which would be beyond the reach of South Dakota's strict new abortion ban.
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Court OKs Ohio wrongful imprisonment award
Jun 30 2006 11:18AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Court of Claims approved the largest wrongful incarceration settlement in state history, agreeing to a $2.5 million award for a man found innocent after serving 26 years for a bank robbery and a guard's murder.
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Okla. ex-judge convicted in penis pump case
Jun 30 2006 11:17AM (CT)
BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) - A former judge could be sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of exposing himself by using a sex gadget while he presided over trials.
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Man sues creator of date-warning Web site
Jun 30 2006 11:06AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A city attorney is suing the creator of a Web site that lets women dish dirt on men they claim have wronged them, saying they made defamatory statements about him.
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Landowners sued over Hawaii dam break
Jun 30 2006 7:41AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Families of six of the seven people killed when a century-old earthen dam burst on the island of Kauai in March have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the property's owners.
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Texas parents sue over fatal bus crash
Jun 30 2006 6:38AM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - A couple whose teenage daughter was killed in a March bus accident has sued the charter bus company and its driver, claiming they were negligent.
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Religion in the news
Jun 30 2006 6:12AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The arena crowd was on its feet, arms in the air, dancing to the lively beat. Colored lights flashed on the performers, who belted out some of their most popular songs.
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Police find skeleton in Cleveland home
Jun 30 2006 5:58AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Officers who went to a home to serve a search warrant found a skeleton in the bed where an 80-year-old woman said her mother was sleeping.
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Ex-Mont. State athletes charged in slaying
Jun 30 2006 5:05AM (CT)
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Two former Montana State University athletes were arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the shooting death of a suspected cocaine dealer whose body was found last week at the school's agronomy farm.
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Rhode Island AG campaign took donations
Jun 30 2006 3:43AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - When Attorney General Patrick Lynch struck a deal with DuPont Co. to drop it from the landmark lead paint lawsuit in exchange for charity donations of about $12.5 million, he described it as an important victory for the state.
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Kimmel Center marks 1st operating surplus
Jun 30 2006 3:25AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announced Friday that it has ended the fiscal year with an operating surplus, a first for the facility since its opening five years ago.
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Former Alabama governor, ex-CEO convicted
Jun 30 2006 2:36AM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and ex-HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy voiced confidence they will be vindicated on appeal, despite a jury finding them guilty of government corruption charges.
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Budget hotel bookings online may be scam
Jun 30 2006 2:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kelly and Deidre Britt were thrilled to find an Internet listing for a three-star Manhattan hotel "suite" at a bargain $250-a-night for their family's trip to the Big Apple _ until they opened the door to the room.
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Lawyer: FBI was responsible for mob hit
Jun 30 2006 12:53AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The FBI failed to control two gangster informants and was responsible for the death of a fisherman, an attorney for his family said Thursday during closing arguments in a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government.
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