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Tropical Storm Franklin spins in open sea
Jul 23 2005 10:58PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Franklin strengthened Saturday as it moved away from the Bahamas and headed eastward in the Atlantic, while its rotation carried extremely hot weather to the Florida peninsula.
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Editor defends giving up reporter's notes
Jul 23 2005 10:50PM (CT)
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The editor in chief of Time Inc. on Saturday defended his decision to surrender a reporter's notes to a federal prosecutor investigating the unmasking of a CIA agent.
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Teen spots man who vanished at volcano
Jul 23 2005 9:54PM (CT)
HILO, Hawaii (AP) - A sharp-eyed teenager on a helicopter tour over a volcano spotted a man who had vanished during a late-night hike across desolate lava fields days earlier.
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Phoenix works to ID victims of record heat
Jul 23 2005 9:34PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - In the span of a week, in the throes of a record heat wave, 14 transients have perished on the streets of metropolitan Phoenix. They lived in obscurity, and many of them died the same way _ anonymous, ignored, alone. Their bodies were found crumpled on sidewalks near strip malls or in the shadow of downtown skyscrapers. Some were discovered only after strangers stumbled upon them and dialed 911.
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Poll: Americans say World War III likely
Jul 23 2005 9:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are far more likely than the Japanese to expect another world war in their lifetime, according to AP-Kyodo polling 60 years after World War II ended. Most people in both countries believe the first use of a nuclear weapon is never justified.
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Schwarzenegger cuts ties with competition
Jul 23 2005 9:09PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has cut business ties with an annual bodybuilding competition that bears his name, taking another step to distance himself from makers of nutritional supplements.
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Hundreds protest N.M. border patrol group
Jul 23 2005 7:21PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets Saturday to protest a controversial civilian border patrol group, calling the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps racist and un-American.
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Pressure on U.S. to use more surveillance
Jul 23 2005 7:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pressure is building for greater use of video cameras to keep watch over the nation's cities _ particularly in transportation systems and other spots vulnerable to terrorism _ after the bombings in London.
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Crews quell blaze threatening Utah town
Jul 23 2005 6:30PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Fire crews on Saturday quelled a 17,000-acre fire that had threatened a town in southwestern Utah while authorities lifted evacuation orders in a nearby community that had been nearly surrounded by a separate blaze.
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Vietnam commander buried at West Point
Jul 23 2005 5:20PM (CT)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam during a major escalation of the war, was buried Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy, where he was once superintendent.
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Former bus driver headed to prison
Jul 23 2005 4:12PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A former school bus driver has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting a $10 bribe to ignore two students as they sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, authorities said.
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Lawyer: Man cleared in rape to be deported
Jul 23 2005 4:05PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man charged with rape in an apparent case of mistaken identity has been turned over to immigration authorities for deportation because of an unrelated crime, his attorney said.
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Sen. Collins christens Farragut warship
Jul 23 2005 3:41PM (CT)
BATH, Maine (AP) - The fifth warship to bear the name of Adm. David Glasgow Farragut, the Civil War naval leader credited with the battle cry "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" was christened Saturday with the traditional bottle of champagne.
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POW and VP candidate Stockdale buried
Jul 23 2005 3:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Retired Navy Vice Adm. James Stockdale, one of the country's most decorated Vietnam war veterans and a one-time vice presidential candidate, was buried Saturday at the Naval Academy.
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Poll: Many in U.S., Japan oppose Iraq war
Jul 23 2005 3:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite many disagreements, people in the United States and Japan have the same general view of how their governments are handling Iraq: More than half in each country disapprove.
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Fla. doctor sentenced for 'pill mill'
Jul 23 2005 2:32PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A doctor accused of running a "pill mill" was sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking the painkiller oxycodone.
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Sight-impaired workers make uniforms
Jul 23 2005 1:41PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Making the Army's new camouflage uniform isn't easy for Dorothy Velez, who has been blind since birth.
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U.N. works on defining terrorism
Jul 23 2005 9:35AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. diplomats have revised their blueprint for reforming the world body to include a definition of terrorism, indicating nations are moving toward consensus on a contentious global issue.
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Judge rejects American Indian's appeal
Jul 23 2005 9:19AM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A judge has rejected an appeal by imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, who argued the U.S. government had no right to try him for crimes that occurred on a South Dakota reservation.
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U.S. man questioned about London suspect
Jul 23 2005 9:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An American once accused of trying to set up a terror training camp in Oregon is being questioned about a man sought in the London bombings, U.S. officials said Friday.
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New Yorkers mostly tolerant of searches
Jul 23 2005 9:13AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - City straphangers submitted calmly Friday as police inspected their bags and briefcases after the latest attacks on London's Underground. Some were skeptical, some were critical, but most said they were glad for the extra security.
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Americans cope with record temperatures
Jul 23 2005 9:11AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - When it's 117 degrees, the beads of sweat feel as big as golf balls, and gamblers still want their cars parked. Casino valet attendants have only one hope: Pray for a Cadillac.
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Mother feels guilty for having Samantha
Jul 23 2005 9:01AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - More than three years after 5-year-old Samantha Runnion was kidnapped and murdered, her mother said she feels guilty for "bringing that sweet baby into this world only to be tortured and terrified."
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Future of Confederate White House unknown
Jul 23 2005 3:29AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In the 1800s, the idea of a separate Southern nation seemed real enough to warrant a grand executive office _ a Confederate answer to the White House that would symbolize the lasting Dixie empire. Officials chose a hilltop mansion in the Shockoe Hill section, a former doctor's home that dominated the then-sparse landscape. But what was once a Civil War centerpiece is now an afterthought.
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Lawyer admits giving FBI memo to reporter
Jul 23 2005 12:16AM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A defense attorney on Friday admitted giving an FBI memo to a newspaper reporter writing about a corruption probe, and a federal judge urged a prosecutor to investigate how two other sealed documents were leaked.
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