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Agencies propose Great Lakes cleanup plan
Jul 7 2005 11:45PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A partnership of federal, state and local officials proposed a long-term strategy Thursday for restoring the health of the ailing Great Lakes, an effort that would cost billions.
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Choppers rescue four hurt on Mt. Rainier
Jul 7 2005 11:27PM (CT)
ASHFORD, Wash. (AP) - Four climbers slipped down an icy Mount Rainier slope Thursday morning, catapulting two men across a crevasse and dropping two others inside it. Helicopters rescued the injured men.
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Fired man shoots at boss, then found dead
Jul 7 2005 11:07PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Hours after he was fired, a disgruntled employee returned to his suburban office building Thursday afternoon and fired shots through the window of his supervisor's office before apparently taking his own life, police said.
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San Quentin warden fired over health spat
Jul 7 2005 10:56PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The warden at San Quentin State Prison was removed Thursday after the prison system's inspector general found that she discouraged her medical staff from cooperating with attorneys in an inmate health care lawsuit.
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Tourists, some residents told to flee Keys
Jul 7 2005 10:48PM (CT)
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) - People in the Florida Keys were ordered to flee and residents along hundreds of miles of Gulf Coast began boarding up Thursday as a rapidly strengthening Hurricane Dennis took aim at the storm-weary region.
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La. judge agrees not to appeal fed charges
Jul 7 2005 10:14PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A state judge won't appeal a single federal mail fraud conviction reached against him last week, and in return federal prosecutors will not retry him on six other charges.
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U.S. judge won't stop Fla. abortion law
Jul 7 2005 10:10PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday refused to stop enforcement of a new Florida law requiring doctors to notify parents 48 hours before performing an abortion on a patient under 18.
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Va. candidate backs allowing gay adoption
Jul 7 2005 10:09PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Independent Russ Potts voiced unequivocal support Thursday for allowing cohabiting same-sex couples to adopt children, a stance that sharply distinguishes him from his two party rivals in this year's governor's race.
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Suspected kidnapper in Idaho kept blog
Jul 7 2005 10:04PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III spent months on the Internet documenting his internal struggle over right vs. wrong. Then, four days before two Idaho children he is accused of kidnapping disappeared, he wrote: "The demons have taken over."
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BTK killer blames 'demon' for murders
Jul 7 2005 10:03PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Confessed BTK serial killer Dennis Rader made his first public apology for the murders that horrified a community for a quarter-century, blaming a "demon" that got inside him at a young age.
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Report finds few pets die on plane trips
Jul 7 2005 10:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A cat named Tango and an overweight black Lab mix called Cave were among the four pets that died on commercial airline flights in May, according to the government's first monthly report on such incidents.
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Life terms reinstated in actor's slaying
Jul 7 2005 9:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated the life terms and convictions of three defendants in the slaying of a Cambodian actor who won an Oscar for his role in the movie "The Killing Fields."
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Man pleads guilty in Texas clerk abduction
Jul 7 2005 9:55PM (CT)
TYLER, Texas (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Thursday to capital murder in the death of a Wal-Mart store clerk whose abduction was captured in chilling detail on videotape as she left work.
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Anti-abortion extremist gets 19 years
Jul 7 2005 9:48PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who once claimed to be on a mission from God to kill abortion providers was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in federal prison for mailing hundreds of letters with fake anthrax to women's clinics.
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Prayer said key to terror suspect case
Jul 7 2005 9:47PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A young man charged with lying about attending an al-Qaida-linked terrorist camp was carrying an Arabic prayer in his wallet that federal prosecutors say is significant to their case.
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N.M. gov. friend may benefit from new law
Jul 7 2005 9:42PM (CT)
SANTA FE (AP) - Businessman Gerald Peters, a friend and campaign contributor to Gov. Bill Richardson, has bought a ranch near Chama that could benefit from a tax break for private hunting resorts that the governor signed into law this year.
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Fla.'s Gov. Bush ends Schiavo inquiry
Jul 7 2005 9:05PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's state attorney said there was no evidence Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago involved criminal activity, and Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday declared an end to the state's inquiry.
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Rushmore faces getting much-needed wash
Jul 7 2005 8:33PM (CT)
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) - Call it a makeover of monumental proportions. A crew began a project Thursday to wash the granite faces of Mount Rushmore to remove decades of dirt, grime and lichens that can damage the complexion of the four presidents.
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Woman charged after toddler falls from car
Jul 7 2005 8:23PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A woman was ordered jailed on child abuse charges Thursday after she allegedly failed to notice that her unrestrained toddler had tumbled out of her car as it rounded a curve.
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Survivor of brutal Idaho killings released
Jul 7 2005 8:16PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Eight-year-old Shasta Groene is out of the hospital _ five days after she was found at a restaurant with the man who allegedly abducted her, and whom authorities suspect killed four of her family members.
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Tenn. sisters injured in London blasts
Jul 7 2005 7:41PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two Tennessee sisters vacationing in London were among the subway riders injured in Thursday's explosions and both were hospitalized, their father said.
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Judge orders ex-NYC detectives out on bail
Jul 7 2005 7:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two former police detectives accused of leading double lives as Mafia hit men were ordered released on $5 million bail each Thursday after a federal judge said the government's case against them is weak.
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Calif. lawmakers approve budget
Jul 7 2005 7:04PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - With uncharacteristic dispatch, the state Legislature approved California's $117.5 billion budget on Thursday, sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the same agreement he struck earlier this week with legislative leaders.
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Pfc. England judge refuses to step down
Jul 7 2005 5:54PM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army judge refused Thursday to step aside for Pfc. Lynndie England's trial on charges of abusing prisoners in Iraq, saying he was not to blame for her botched guilty plea in May.
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Body believed to be of missing Iowa girl
Jul 7 2005 5:51PM (CT)
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - A young girl found dead in a river is believed to be a 5-year-old whose disappearance last week prompted a frantic search, authorities said Thursday.
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Police called to O.J. Simpson's Fla. home
Jul 7 2005 4:59PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A neighbor who went to O.J. Simpson's home on the Fourth of July to perform a favor ended up calling police to report a fight. Police responded, but said no one was arrested and no charges will be filed.
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Volkswagens, Fords, Toyotas recalled
Jul 7 2005 4:03PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Volkswagen AG is recalling nearly 40,000 Jetta sedans in the United States because fuel could leak and start a fire, federal safety regulators said Thursday.
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U.S. transit systems vulnerable to attack
Jul 7 2005 3:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Security for subways and commuter trains varies by city, but one thing all mass transit systems share is this: They're vulnerable to attack and no technology on the horizon promises to change that.
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Mont. troopers must make hourly stops
Jul 7 2005 3:39PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A new policy requires state troopers to stop at least one vehicle an hour, but the driver need not be ticketed, and the chief said the rule steers clear of an anti-quota law.
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U.S. raises alert to orange for transit
Jul 7 2005 3:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration raised the terror alert a notch to code orange for the nation's mass transit systems on Thursday, responding to a spate of deadly rush-hour bus and subway bombings in London.
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Atlanta police probe attack of driver
Jul 7 2005 3:08PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Rafael Diaz Jr. was driving his oil tanker through an Atlanta neighborhood this week when a bottle rocket flew into the cab and struck him in the face, sending the truck careening out of control.
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Fla. official who killed self stole money
Jul 7 2005 2:35PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A "highly trusted" county official stole more than $1 million from the government before she killed herself while under investigation this spring, officials said Thursday.
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N.C. men sentenced for cross burning
Jul 7 2005 2:00PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Two men convicted of trying to drive a black family out of the neighborhood, burning a cross in the family's yard and hanging a noose on the door, have been sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison.
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Fla. baby boom may be hurricane aftershock
Jul 7 2005 1:07PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Allan Woolard and his girlfriend, Edie de la Cruz, woke early the morning after Hurricane Jeanne whacked their neighborhood. They wanted to see the damage, and there was plenty: trees, roofs, porches, power lines _ all wet, all on the ground.
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Religion news in brief
Jul 7 2005 11:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leaders of the National Council of Churches and several member denominations marked July 4 with a petition stating vehement opposition to United States policy in Iraq.
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Tourists ordered out of Florida Keys
Jul 7 2005 11:10AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Florida Keys ordered an evacuation of tourists and other nonresidents Thursday as Hurricane Dennis stormed through the Caribbean on a course that forecasters said might bring it to the state by the weekend.
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U.S. cities on heightened alert
Jul 7 2005 11:05AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities around the country stepped up security on public transportation systems and urged extra vigilance Thursday following the rush hour bombings in London that rocked the subway system and a crowded bus.
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More in U.S. have foreign-born mothers
Jul 7 2005 9:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 23 percent of all people born in the U.S. in 2002 had a foreign-born mother _ the largest percentage since a wave of immigration more than 90 years ago, a study of birth records by a private nonprofit group shows.
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L.A. to pay $700,000 to inmate's mother
Jul 7 2005 9:14AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother of a jail inmate who was strangled in his cell after he testified against another inmate in a murder case.
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Body believed to be of missing Iowa girl
Jul 7 2005 9:12AM (CT)
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - The body of a young girl found in the Cedar River is believed to be that of missing 5-year-old Evelyn Miller, Floyd County Attorney Marilyn Dettmer said Thursday.
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U.S. urges vigilance for transit systems
Jul 7 2005 8:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department asked authorities in major cities Thursday for heightened vigilance of transportation systems after a series of explosions on London transit systems.
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N.Y. Times reporter jailed over source
Jul 7 2005 7:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Will the jailing of New York Times reporter Judy Miller scare people off from risking careers to tell reporters about government misdeeds? Or will Miller's willingness to sit behind bars rather than name a confidential source embolden such whistleblowers?
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Judge tosses bid to revive reparation suit
Jul 7 2005 7:24AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An effort by slave descendants to gain reparations from corporations that allegedly benefited from slavery was dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge.
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Calif. guard unit's possible spying probed
Jul 7 2005 7:24AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Military authorities Wednesday began investigating whether a California National Guard unit was created to spy on citizens, as dozens of demonstrators confronted Guard officials while armed soldiers stood by.
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Serial rape suspect pleads guilty in Colo.
Jul 7 2005 6:13AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A man sentenced to more than 1,300 years in prison for a series of rapes expressed regret for his actions in letters sent to The Denver Post, but said the "need is often overwhelming."
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Suspect in charged in Fla. hit-and-run
Jul 7 2005 5:48AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A man who allegedly tried to run over his ex-girlfriend with his truck but instead fatally struck a toddler has been arrested after a two-day manhunt, authorities said.
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Big Dig officials identify new problem
Jul 7 2005 5:47AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Officials with the beleaguered Big Dig highway project have identified a new 1,500-foot section of tunnel that is riddled with defects.
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Poll: Drivers feel less safe on the road
Jul 7 2005 5:01AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roughly a third of American motorists say cell phone use by fellow drivers is their main annoyance on the road _ and, ironically, a habit that four out of 10 admit they engage in themselves.
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Ex-Catholic priest receives life sentence
Jul 7 2005 4:54AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A former Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old former parishioner who said he was too drunk following a wedding party to defend himself.
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No evidence Idaho defendant would reoffend
Jul 7 2005 4:01AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - While Joseph Edward Duncan III was undergoing treatment at a Washington state mental hospital after his 1980 conviction for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy, officials came to a conclusion.
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U.S. filmmaker among 5 arrested in Iraq
Jul 7 2005 3:57AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cyrus Kar's family says his passion for the documentary film he was working on about an ancient Persian ruler led to his being locked up in a military jail outside Baghdad in May.
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Energy co. paid $25,000 for DeLay meeting
Jul 7 2005 2:04AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Kansas energy company said it donated $25,000 so that it could attend a golf outing with U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to try to influence pending energy legislation.
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Roadside religious messages may proliferate
Jul 7 2005 1:12AM (CT)
WHITLEY CITY, Ky. (AP) - It's one of the more conspicuous road signs on U.S. 27, a scenic route that meanders through the Daniel Boone National Forest en route to a popular recreational area on Lake Cumberland.
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Kan. school finance plan goes to governor
Jul 7 2005 12:01AM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A compromise, $148.4 million education funding plan won legislative approval Wednesday night and went to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, answering a Kansas Supreme Court demand for additional money for public schools.
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