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2 arrested in random killings in Phoenix
Aug 4 2006 11:24PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Police said Friday that two men captured at a gated apartment complex are responsible for a string of apparently random late-night killings that have terrorized residents across this sprawling city for months.
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Judge orders killer released from prison
Aug 4 2006 11:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A convicted killer is set to be released from prison after a judge ruled his rights had been violated because he was continuously denied parole.
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Suffragist's birthplace up for sale
Aug 4 2006 11:04PM (CT)
ADAMS, Mass. (AP) - The birthplace of suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony was scheduled to go on the auction block Saturday, despite the effort of local residents to buy it.
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2 arrested for New Orleans shooting
Aug 4 2006 11:01PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two brothers accused in a quadruple shooting were arrested as this city struggles to rein in crime after Hurricane Katrina, police said Friday.
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Lightning strike causes fire at Va. dorm
Aug 4 2006 10:49PM (CT)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A lightning strike sparked a fire at a Christopher Newport University dormitory Friday, destroying at least two levels of the building, officials said.
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Police: Teacher may have molested dozens
Aug 4 2006 10:46PM (CT)
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - A substitute elementary school teacher was charged Friday with lewd and lascivious acts involving a 10-year-old girl, and police said he claimed to have molested more than 100 students.
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Lawyers spar over Calif. abuse records
Aug 4 2006 9:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers sparred in court Friday over access to records held by the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese, and the outcome could impact hundreds of pending molestation cases involving current and former southern California priests.
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Calif. prison chief wants private care
Aug 4 2006 9:45PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The California prison system, plagued by mismanagement and negligence in delivering health care to inmates, is ill-equipped to provide hospital services to prisoners and should let an independent health care provider take over, the state's corrections chief said Friday.
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Ex-Gov., Scrushy want convictions tossed
Aug 4 2006 9:21PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Attorneys for former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy sought to have their government corruption convictions thrown out Friday, saying the jury's verdict threatens the ability of candidates to raise campaign money through private donations.
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Cooler air brings relief from heat wave
Aug 4 2006 8:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cooler air settled over much of the East on Friday, bringing some relief from a searing heat wave that contributed to more than 200 deaths across the nation since it scorched California last week.
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Romney: Tunnel to reopen after review
Aug 4 2006 8:44PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Safety repairs to a portion of the Big Dig tunnel where a motorist was killed by falling ceiling panels have been completed and the section will reopen once federal authorities give the OK, Gov. Mitt Romney said Friday.
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Former publisher pleads in porn case
Aug 4 2006 7:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former publisher who has served on the state's education policy board pleaded guilty Friday to possessing child pornography on his company computer, prosecutors said.
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El Paso's flooding fears ease
Aug 4 2006 7:39PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An earthen dam that threatened to burst and send more than 6 million gallons of water into downtown El Paso was stabilized Friday after crews worked overnight to lower water levels, officials said.
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Chefs set for New Orleans cook-off
Aug 4 2006 7:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Frank Brigsten played host Friday night, but on Saturday he predicted all out war in the Great American Seafood Cook-off.
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Prison artist faces disciplinary hearing
Aug 4 2006 7:35PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A convicted killer who sold postcard-sized paintings he created with dye from M&Ms and brushes fashioned from his hair broke prison rules by running an unauthorized business out of his cell, officials said.
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More than 300 get rash in Mo. park
Aug 4 2006 7:33PM (CT)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - More than 300 people have called health officials to report a mysterious rash that children developed after playing in a mud-filled obstacle course at a county park.
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Body modification a growing trend
Aug 4 2006 7:32PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Allen Falkner's tongue is just one of his unusual features. It is split down the middle, and when he sticks it out, it looks like a two-pronged snake tongue.
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Relatives sue in Vegas police shooting
Aug 4 2006 7:17PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Relatives of a teenage suspect who was shot in the back and killed by police while handcuffed and running away sued three Las Vegas detectives and the sheriff Friday, claiming civil rights violations and a pattern of police abuse.
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Man arrested in death of Miami tourist
Aug 4 2006 7:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Police arrested a man Friday in the death of a tourist who authorities believe was robbed and shot when he stopped to ask for directions.
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Man sentenced in fork stabbing death
Aug 4 2006 7:01PM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A man was sentenced to 16 years in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his friend with a meat fork during a drunken argument.
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Union says derailed train was speeding
Aug 4 2006 6:48PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A train carrying sodium hydroxide was traveling more than four times the speed limit down a steep hill when it derailed and spilled the caustic chemical into a pristine trout stream, an official with a union representing the train engineer said Friday.
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American Indians confront bikers
Aug 4 2006 6:27PM (CT)
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - American Indians protesting development encroaching on sacred Bear Butte peacefully confronted bikers gathering Friday for a raucous annual motorcycle rally.
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Group sues EPA over beach pollution
Aug 4 2006 6:00PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An environmental group has sued federal regulators, charging that they failed to protect beaches and the Great Lakes from pollution and that negligence by the Bush administration exposed swimmers and surfers to potential illnesses.
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Ind. high court lets gay adoption stand
Aug 4 2006 5:57PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Supreme Court let stand a ruling that allows unmarried couples, including those of the same sex, to adopt children through a joint petition that gives both partners equal custody.
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Lead paint damages denied
Aug 4 2006 5:42PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal jury ruled Friday against five families who claimed their children's mental disabilities were caused by lead paint peeling from in their decades-old apartments.
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Mass. National Guard: Money owed soldiers
Aug 4 2006 5:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts National Guard acknowledged Friday it failed to reimburse some soldiers for expenses they incurred on security assignments after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Lawsuit claims thousands of graves lost
Aug 4 2006 5:20PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Thousands of burials at a Miami cemetery were not properly recorded, leaving relatives unable to locate family graves, a lawsuit claims.
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Grand jury to probe La. bridge blockade
Aug 4 2006 4:53PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A grand jury will investigate last year's blockade of a Mississippi River bridge by armed police officers who turned back Hurricane Katrina evacuees trying to flee New Orleans.
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Formaldehyde feared in hurricane trailers
Aug 4 2006 4:48PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Federal authorities plan to test government trailers used by hurricane victims to determine whether people are being sickened by formaldehyde emissions, officials said Friday.
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Holloway's mom 'crushed' by dismissal
Aug 4 2006 4:05PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The mother of a Mountain Brook teen who disappeared more than a year ago in Aruba said she was "crushed" by the dismissal of the lawsuit filed in New York against the Dutch teen last seen with her daughter.
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Vt. weighs in on lesbian custody fight
Aug 4 2006 3:36PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Vermont courts, and not those in Virginia, have exclusive jurisdiction over a case involving two women battling for custody of a child they had while they were in a lesbian relationship.
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Court upholds HIV-spreading convictions
Aug 4 2006 3:32PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man convicted of having unprotected sex with four people while knowing he carried the virus that causes AIDS was denied appeals Friday by the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Former Bush adviser gets probation
Aug 4 2006 2:48PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A former White House adviser pleaded guilty to theft Friday, briefly breaking into tears as he tried to explain to a judge why he made phony returns at discount department stores while working as a top aide to President Bush.
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Students double up on math and English
Aug 4 2006 1:11PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - High school student Frank Oakley received a double dose of math and English during his freshman year. He says an extra elective would have been nice, but the emphasis on the three R's helped him overcome his math fears.
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Probe of Katrina deaths to wait a month
Aug 4 2006 11:02AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A grand jury investigation into deaths at a hospital during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will not begin for at least a month.
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Wildlife board nearly triples bison hunt
Aug 4 2006 10:58AM (CT)
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The number of licenses to hunt bison that wander into Montana from Yellowstone National Park this winter will almost triple from last season, state wildlife commissioners decided Thursday.
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Minorities growing in Washington region
Aug 4 2006 10:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Minority groups are edging closer to making up a majority of the population in the Washington region, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Feds investigate ex-NYPD commissioner
Aug 4 2006 10:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities are investigating former city police commissioner Bernard Kerik for his involvement in a foundation that he oversaw while head of the city's Correction Department, according to published reports Friday.
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Tropical storm weakens into a depression
Aug 4 2006 10:32AM (CT)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Tropical Storm Chris weakened into a depression Friday in the eastern Caribbean, though a tropical storm warning remained in effect for several islands in its path across the southeastern Bahamas.
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6 Marines charged in Iraq assault
Aug 4 2006 10:15AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - An investigation into the death of an Iraqi civilian has led to assault charges against six Marines accused of injuring civilians in the village of Hamdania in April, officials said.
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Man charged with running over his niece
Aug 4 2006 9:23AM (CT)
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A man who ran over his 2-year-old niece while she was playing in her driveway was charged with homicide by vehicle, speeding and other counts, police said.
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Baby grazed by stray bullet in N.Y.
Aug 4 2006 9:22AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A baby girl who was sleeping in the living room because the bedroom air conditioner broke down during this week's heat wave was grazed on the head by a bullet that blasted through the front door.
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Calif. environmental museum may get help
Aug 4 2006 8:40AM (CT)
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - The struggling Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education will remain open because two nonprofit groups, including one with ties to former Vice President Al Gore, have offered financial support.
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Family: death was suicide in Afghanistan
Aug 4 2006 8:21AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - One of two brothers who died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan committed suicide, family and military officials said Thursday.
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Castro's sister says he is still family
Aug 4 2006 6:44AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - While most people from the Cuban exile community rejoice at the news of Fidel Castro's failing health, one woman will not be celebrating.
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Religion in the news
Aug 4 2006 6:07AM (CT)
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Pastor Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian preacher, understands why some in Ukraine are suspicious of him.
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Firefighters survive house blast in N.Y.
Aug 4 2006 4:33AM (CT)
CONSTANTIA, N.Y. (AP) - Thirteen volunteer firefighters battling a house fire survived a explosion that blew the sides off the two-story stone and wood-frame home.
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Jailing of reporters send powerful signal
Aug 4 2006 2:52AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The jailing of a video journalist this week is turning up the heat on the growing list of reporters ordered to cough up information to federal grand juries. It also is sending a powerful signal: cooperate or face prison time.
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White supremacist files malpractice suit
Aug 4 2006 12:37AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A white supremacist serving a 40-year prison sentence for seeking to have a federal judge murdered has filed a malpractice lawsuit against his former attorney.
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Woman pleads guilty in Seattle kidnap case
Aug 4 2006 12:00AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A mother who sneaked her ailing baby out of a hospital in a diaper bag to prevent him from having court-ordered surgery pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge of custodial interference.
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