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Hurricane Dennis roars toward Gulf Coast
Jul 9 2005 11:28PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Dennis dealt a glancing blow to the Florida Keys on Saturday, knocking out power and leaving streets flooded with seaweed as it roared toward the storm-weary Gulf Coast, where nearly 1.4 million people were under evacuation orders.
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Spreading Colo. fire prompts evacuations
Jul 9 2005 10:56PM (CT)
WETMORE, Colo. (AP) - Searing heat and dry, gusting wind spread a wildfire across 2,400 acres of southern Colorado, forcing the evacuation of 150 homes as flames crawled along mountain ridges west of Pueblo.
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Vignettes from Hurricane Dennis' approach
Jul 9 2005 10:42PM (CT)
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - Of the thousands of Floridians preparing for Hurricane Dennis, Kristi Kief had one of the more unusual duties: moving alligators.
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Paula Jones plans Clinton library visit
Jul 9 2005 9:45PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Paula Jones plans to make her first visit to the Bill Clinton presidential library a profitable one _ she plans to wear a T-shirt emblazoned with a sponsor's name.
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Man accused of stealing keys from sheriff
Jul 9 2005 8:47PM (CT)
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - Athens Police and the McMinn County Sheriff's Department routinely work together, but on Friday the top officers went a step further to foil a petty thief.
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Bail denied for 90-year-old drug suspect
Jul 9 2005 8:45PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge ordered a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old son jailed without bail on drug charges, saying they might represent a danger to the community if freed.
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Tenn. police nab suspect in church fires
Jul 9 2005 8:04PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police on Saturday arrested a suspect believed to have set fires that burned two black churches in Tennessee, but investigators said they had no reason to believe the blazes were a hate crime.
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NYC man among missing after London blasts
Jul 9 2005 7:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Bronx man who moved abroad after the 2001 terrorist attacks was among those missing in London after the transit bombings there, his friends and relatives said.
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Ivan survivor refuses evacuation order
Jul 9 2005 6:57PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Ten months later, Betty Jernigan awakes every night at the same time, and she is still in that water _ that swirling, black, debris-choked soup that took her mother from her, and nearly took her.
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Calif. diocese to settle sex abuse suits
Jul 9 2005 6:51PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle a dozen lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a once-popular priest.
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Group: Church abuse scandal may cost $3B
Jul 9 2005 6:49PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The chairman of the Catholic lay reform group Voice of the Faithful predicted Saturday that the clergy sexual abuse scandal will eventually cost U.S. dioceses $2 billion to $3 billion.
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Consulate blast still shrouded in mystery
Jul 9 2005 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two months after an explosion blew out a window near the British consulate in midtown Manhattan, authorities have no clear motive or suspects.
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Minn. lawmakers end government shutdown
Jul 9 2005 3:56PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The first partial government shutdown in Minnesota history ended early Saturday as Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a temporary spending plan and lawmakers agreed on the outline of a two-year budget.
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NAACP gathering addresses court vacancy
Jul 9 2005 3:54PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The new Supreme Court justice must be a strong advocate for civil rights, and NAACP members are pressuring lawmakers to make that a priority in the selection process, NAACP officials said at the group's annual convention Saturday.
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Remote Mont. forest ideal for kidnap plot
Jul 9 2005 3:15PM (CT)
ST. REGIS, Mont. (AP) - They were less than 100 miles from home, but they may as well have been 100,000. The vast, thickly veiled forest in remote northwestern Montana proved to be the ideal hiding place for a man accused of kidnapping two children from their home just across the border in Idaho.
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Ind. mosque arson probed as hate crime
Jul 9 2005 3:11PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Someone tried to set fire to a mosque early Saturday and the FBI was investigating it as a hate crime, officials said.
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Mass. upset, confused over beating death
Jul 9 2005 3:07PM (CT)
AYER, Mass. (AP) - A staredown in the street, a few words and 30 seconds later a popular teenager was dying. Twin brothers with a reputation for aggressiveness as well as personal generosity, members of a well-known local family, are accused of kicking and beating him to death.
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Hurricane prompts massive evacuations
Jul 9 2005 1:28PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Coastal residents packed up and evacuated or hunkered down Saturday as Hurricane Dennis lashed the Florida Keys with wind and sheets of rain and charged toward areas still rebuilding from last year's storms.
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Chicago now a model for heat response
Jul 9 2005 1:20PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Ten years ago this week, a heat wave in Chicago killed more than 700 people in the span of four days _ more than twice as many deaths as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In the decade since, the city has honed a heat response system that has become a model for the nation.
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Woman pleads guilty in passport scheme
Jul 9 2005 1:20PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A woman who falsely claimed she was a Buddhist nun to gain asylum in the United States has pleaded guilty to misusing a passport and could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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Investigators describe BTK serial killer
Jul 9 2005 12:58PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The serial killer who terrorized Wichita for 31 years, naming himself BTK for "bind, torture, kill" and taunting investigators, wasn't done when authorities finally tracked him down, police say.
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U.S. forces French flight to turn around
Jul 9 2005 11:35AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An Air France flight en route to O'Hare International Airport was ordered to return to Paris about two hours into its trip after a passenger's name showed up on the federal no-fly list.
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Many New Yorkers resolute in travel plans
Jul 9 2005 9:10AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Frankie Ling is only 14, but he's already planning a trip to London. He wandered down to the Barnes & Noble in his Brooklyn neighborhood a month ago, bought a guidebook with his own money and has been lobbying his parents to take the next big family vacation there. Thursday's bombing on the London Underground hasn't changed his plans, or those of many New Yorkers.
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Idaho suspect's blog mentions Minn. girl
Jul 9 2005 8:41AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two children in Idaho wrote about a missing Minnesota girl on his Weblog, and investigators are now looking into whether he might have had anything to do with her disappearance.
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Ohio paper holding 2 investigative stories
Jul 9 2005 8:32AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, is holding two investigative stories based on leaked documents because they could result in the type of court showdown that led to a New York Times reporter being jailed.
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N.D. deputy could face fleeing charges
Jul 9 2005 5:26AM (CT)
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy and a former lawmaker reached speeds of nearly 100 mph while trying flee from law enforcement officers, and both admitted they had been drinking, authorities said.
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Judge tosses out England abuse statements
Jul 9 2005 5:26AM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - In a setback for the prosecution, a military judge ruled Friday that Pfc. Lynndie England's statements to Army investigators about her actions at Abu Ghraib prison cannot be used as evidence at her upcoming trial.
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Calif. boy convicted of killing teammate
Jul 9 2005 5:20AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy was convicted Friday of beating another teen to death with a baseball bat after his team lost its first game of the season.
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NASA relaxes some shuttle launch security
Jul 9 2005 4:15AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials are confident enough about their security measures that they are changing back to some pre-Sept. 11 practices, and the London bombings didn't change their plans, a spokesman said Friday.
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Leland Stanford Mansion to reopen in fall
Jul 9 2005 3:59AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's chief executive may not have an official governor's mansion, but he soon will have a historic place to entertain visiting dignitaries. The Leland Stanford Mansion was home to three governors before becoming an orphanage at the turn of the 20th century and finally falling into disrepair. When it opens to the public in September after a three-year, $20 million facelift, it will have been restored to its former glory with some high-tech additions.
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Despite Scopes, evolution still on trial
Jul 9 2005 3:57AM (CT)
DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) - Jim Sullivan stood outside the Rhea County Courthouse and recalled the carnival-like atmosphere during the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, when the teaching of evolution was put on trial.
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