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OJ Simpson told to pay DirecTV $25G, fees
Jul 26 2005 9:19PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay $25,000 in damages for pirating satellite television signals from DirecTV.
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House passes bill to update Postal Service
Jul 26 2005 9:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill designed to make the Postal Service more competitive _ and which might help head off the rate increase planned for next year _ was passed overwhelmingly by the House Tuesday night.
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Jurors watch video of professor on trial
Jul 26 2005 9:07PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jurors in the terrorism conspiracy trial of a former college professor saw a 1991 video Tuesday in which he called Jews "monkeys and pigs" and urged Palestinians not to give up "one foot of our sacred land."
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ACLU sues N.C. for varied courtroom oaths
Jul 26 2005 9:01PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When witnesses are sworn in, the religious texts of non-Christian faiths should be allowed in North Carolina courts along with the Bible, the ACLU argued in lawsuit filed against the state Tuesday.
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Heat wave prompts summer school 'snow day'
Jul 26 2005 8:52PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A blistering heat wave gave Philadelphia summer school students the equivalent of a snow day Tuesday as temperatures climbed into the upper 90s and so many homeowners cranked up their air conditioners that their power grid set a record.
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Witnesses say Army dogs bit detainees
Jul 26 2005 8:37PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - Military dogs bit at least two detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, one severely enough to require stitches, witnesses testified Tuesday at a pretrial hearing for two Army dog handlers.
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Pataki to announce campaign plans in Sept.
Jul 26 2005 8:31PM (CT)
TROY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. George Pataki, eyeing a possible 2008 bid for the Republican presidential nomination, said Tuesday he'll announce by the end of September whether he will seek re-election to a fourth term next year.
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Boy Scouts 'all started screaming'
Jul 26 2005 8:28PM (CT)
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) - They were deeply devoted to the Boy Scouts, traveling thousands of miles to the woods of northern Virginia for 10 fun-filled days of fishing, archery and storytelling beside the campfire. One of their first tasks: Set up a large tent.
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Aftershocks shake southwestern Montana
Jul 26 2005 8:27PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Eight aftershocks rumbled through southwestern Montana late Monday and early Tuesday following a magnitude-5.6 earthquake that rattled windows and buildings and damaged highway bridges.
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Woman convicted of groping screener
Jul 26 2005 8:26PM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A woman who was upset over being searched bodily at an airport was convicted Tuesday of assaulting a security screener by grabbing the federal officer's breasts.
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Mother of American victim 'in shock'
Jul 26 2005 8:17PM (CT)
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) - Kristina Miller's mother isn't sure of the exact Latin word _ it may have been "iustus" _ her daughter had tattooed on the base of her neck in small black letters.
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Smart kidnap suspect sent to hospital
Jul 26 2005 8:12PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man charged in the kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial Tuesday.
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Export license checks tied to security gap
Jul 26 2005 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security agents do not consistently screen sensitive chemical and biological materials to ensure they are being legally exported, the department's inspector general said Tuesday.
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Newlywed's disappearance on cruise probed
Jul 26 2005 7:16PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The night a newlywed vanished from his honeymoon cruise, the sounds of a loud party were coming from his stateroom, followed by male voices arguing on the balcony and then a "horrific thud," a fellow passenger says.
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Lawyers spar over inmate's mental level
Jul 26 2005 7:14PM (CT)
YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - A lawyer for a death row inmate told jurors Tuesday his client was so limited mentally that he couldn't get a driver's license and was cut from the football team because he didn't understand the rules.
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Man charged for having sex with teen wife
Jul 26 2005 7:14PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 22-year-old man faces criminal charges in Nebraska for having sex with an underage 13-year-old girl, although he legally married her in Kansas after she became pregnant.
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AFL-CIO leaders agree to more organizing
Jul 26 2005 7:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - AFL-CIO leaders passed a resolution Tuesday to increase union organizing and political action across the country _ issues that drove two major unions out of the organization a day earlier.
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U.S. returns 10-foot altarpiece to Peru
Jul 26 2005 6:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 400-year-old carved and painted altarpiece, 10 feet high and weighing about 1,000 pounds, was returned to the government of Peru on Tuesday after it was stolen from a church in Peru and put on sale in Santa Fe, N.M.
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Judge finds teen in school shootings sane
Jul 26 2005 6:28PM (CT)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - A teenager convicted of murder in the deaths of two classmates was not insane at the time of the shootings and will go to prison instead of a mental hospital, a judge has ruled.
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Environmental report names top polluters
Jul 26 2005 6:20PM (CT)
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) - Ten power plants in the Northeast last year produced a third of the region's carbon dioxide emissions, considered a major contributor to global warming, according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of environmental groups.
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Voting activists warn of 'Trojan horse'
Jul 26 2005 5:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act are set to expire soon, but staunch supporters warned Tuesday that a permanent extension could reverse many of the law's gains for minorities.
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Amusement park manager gets probation
Jul 26 2005 5:44PM (CT)
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An amusement park manager convicted of reckless homicide in a passenger's fatal fall from a ride was sentenced Tuesday to four years of probation.
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Retired Marine sentenced for murder plot
Jul 26 2005 4:47PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A retired Marine who authorities said offered his wife's $20,000 engagement ring to a man in exchange for killing her was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.
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Romney says abortion views have 'evolved'
Jul 26 2005 4:30PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Abortion. Stem cell research. Emergency contraception. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican from a liberal state who is flirting with a 2008 presidential bid, has begun carefully redefining his positions on these hot-button social issues.
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City transit officials urge vigilance
Jul 26 2005 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Subway and commuter train riders must take a greater role in their own security to help thwart a London-style transit attack in the United States, big-city officials said Tuesday.
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Poll: Fewer people link Islam, violence
Jul 26 2005 3:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The percentage of Americans who believe Islam is more likely than other religions to inspire violence has declined in the past two years, according to a poll taken after the London bombings.
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Drifter confesses to killing homeless men
Jul 26 2005 3:07PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A drifter who lived in the woods behind a strip mall confessed Tuesday to strangling two other homeless men, telling authorities he "got addicted to sucking the souls out of people."
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Md. police charge man with girls' death
Jul 26 2005 2:34PM (CT)
ESSEX, Md. (AP) - A man registered as a sexually violent offender killed his 13-year-old stepdaughter, then set a house fire to cover up the crime, police said.
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Diverted LAX-to-U.K. flight leaves Boston
Jul 26 2005 1:05PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to Boston early Tuesday because three Pakistani passengers were acting suspiciously, but nothing amiss was found and the three were released after questioning, authorities said.
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No one killed in Illinois copter crash
Jul 26 2005 11:31AM (CT)
JUSTICE, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois Department of Transportation helicopter crashed Tuesday morning along the side of Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago, but no one was killed.
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Blistering heat wave causes more misery
Jul 26 2005 10:43AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Temperatures soared past 100 in several cities, and the National Weather Service posted excessive heat warnings and advisories from Illinois to Louisiana and from Nebraska to the District of Columbia. Some areas weren't expected to receive a break until Wednesday.
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Top U.S. skyscraper proposed in Chicago
Jul 26 2005 10:05AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A proposal to build a new 115-story building by 2009 could give Chicago claim to having the first and second tallest skyscrapers in the country.
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Ohio couple sentenced for scalding boy
Jul 26 2005 9:59AM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A couple pleaded guilty to child endangering charges for making a 7-year-old boy who wet his pants sit in scalding water that caused second-degree burns on his legs and feet.
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NYPD hopes to learn from London bombings
Jul 26 2005 9:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With New Yorkers still on edge after the terrorist attacks in London, the police department dispatched an explosives expert to Britain to study the suicide bombings and the mayor apologized to five tourists who were handcuffed during a bomb scare on a double-decker bus.
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Activists re-enact 1946 Georgia lynching
Jul 26 2005 9:12AM (CT)
MONROE, Ga. (AP) - Civil rights activists marked the 59th anniversary of an unsolved lynching Monday by re-enacting the brutal slayings of two black couples who were forced out of their car by a mob of white men and killed.
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Storms cut power for thousands in W. Va.
Jul 26 2005 9:03AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity to run lights and air conditioners Tuesday after violent thunderstorms battered West Virginia.
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Dead soldier's family hit by vandals
Jul 26 2005 8:24AM (CT)
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Vandals tore American flags out of the yard of a dead soldier's family the day after his funeral, then set a car on fire, authorities said.
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Guardsman gets 18 months on lesser charge
Jul 26 2005 8:15AM (CT)
FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) - An Indiana National Guard soldier charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi police officer unraveled the truth behind months of conflicting stories with a clear statement of guilt.
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Mass. emergency contraception bill vetoed
Jul 26 2005 8:09AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - For weeks, speculation has mounted over what Gov. Mitt Romney, who's contemplating a 2008 presidential run, would do with a bill expanding access to emergency contraception.
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Cancer survivors tackle Mount Rainier
Jul 26 2005 7:18AM (CT)
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) - Sherry Miller took one last deep breath, fought back tears, hugged her partner and turned to begin a long trek up a towering mountain. She wasn't alone last week. Over three days, nearly 40 women laughed and cried together as they slowly ascended Mount Rainier _ mothers, sisters, daughters and friends joined in the mutual goals of reaching the summit, and more importantly, raising awareness about breast cancer.
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Schwarzenegger urges passage of food bills
Jul 26 2005 4:00AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is promoting legislation that would encourage healthier food and drinks in schools, including a bill that would extend a statewide ban on soft drinks from lower grades to high schools.
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Earthquake rattles parts of Montana
Jul 26 2005 12:52AM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - An earthquake measuring a magnitude 5.6 struck southwestern Montana on Monday night, rattling windows, nerves and buildings, but there were no immediate reports of any serious damage or injuries.
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