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Two Atlantic tropical storms no threat
Aug 8 2005 11:03PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Irene weakened into a tropical depression Monday, and Tropical Storm Harvey was falling apart in the cooler waters of the north Atlantic, forecasters said. Neither threatened land.
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N.C. suit filed over judge vote financing
Aug 8 2005 11:01PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A lawsuit filed Monday contends that North Carolina's public financing system for judicial races limits free speech and puts candidates who don't participate at a disadvantage.
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San Quentin has largest riot since 1982
Aug 8 2005 10:59PM (CT)
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) - Forty-two inmates were injured Monday when a simmering dispute between two ethnic groups erupted into the largest riot at San Quentin State Prison in 23 years.
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Wash. fire burns 35,000 acres, 100 cabins
Aug 8 2005 10:58PM (CT)
POMEROY, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters strengthened their grip Monday on a 35,000-acre wildfire that had whipped through canyons, wheat fields and forestland in southeastern Washington, destroying dozens of homes and cabins.
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Ohio community lauds Marines slain in Iraq
Aug 8 2005 10:57PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - On the stage sat a helmet, a pair of worn soldier's boots and a folded American flag. In the audience were thousands who turned out Monday night to honor 16 fallen Marines and their hard-hit Ohio battalion.
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Teen piercing sparks near-fatal infection
Aug 8 2005 10:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A 13-year-old was in critical condition and her mother faced criminal charges Monday for failing to get medical help after the girl's attempt to pierce her own belly button caused a severe infection lasting weeks.
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Autopsy: Park ranger died of head injuries
Aug 8 2005 10:48PM (CT)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - A park ranger who had been missing for eight days in Rocky Mountain National Park died of head injuries from a fall on the day he left to patrol the rugged backcountry, park officials said Monday.
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Gotti kidnapping, extortion trial begins
Aug 8 2005 10:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - John A. "Junior" Gotti went on trial on kidnapping, extortion and fraud charges Monday, with a prosecutor saying he ordered the 1992 kidnapping of a radio host to silence him for his harsh verbal attacks on the Gotti family.
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Ohio teen crowned Miss Teen USA
Aug 8 2005 10:42PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Allie LaForce did her mother one better. LaForce _ the daughter of Miss Teen Ohio 1977 _ was named Miss Teen USA Monday night, defeating 50 other contestants to take home the crown and a prize package worth an estimated $250,000.
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Ex-U.N. officer pleads guilty to bribes
Aug 8 2005 10:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former United Nations procurement officer pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting a bribe under the oil-for-food program, making him the first U.N. official to face criminal charges in connection with the scandal-tainted operation.
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Judge raps EPA over rat poison safeguards
Aug 8 2005 9:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has scolded the Environmental Protection Agency for letting manufacturers decide whether to add safeguards to protect children from the hazards of rat poison.
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Enola Gay pilot recalls fateful flight
Aug 8 2005 9:51PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - When the Enola Gay took off en route to Hiroshima, Japan, 60 years ago, Col. Paul Tibbets sat at the controls carrying a few cigars and his favorite pipe.
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Officials test radio tags at Canada border
Aug 8 2005 9:50PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. (AP) - Security officials gathered Monday at a Canadian border crossing to mark the first test of a radio frequency identification system to be used by foreign visitors.
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Man charged with supporting terror in U.S.
Aug 8 2005 9:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A British citizen with alleged ties to the July 7 suicide bombers in London earlier tried to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon, according to court documents unsealed Monday.
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Dean says Democrats must take offensive
Aug 8 2005 9:39PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Howard Dean gives Republicans credit for one thing: They have put the Democrats on the defensive and forced them to fight on their turf. That, he said, is about to change.
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Army: Arlington to keep killer's remains
Aug 8 2005 9:05PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - The remains of an Army veteran convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death will remain at Arlington National Cemetery despite protests from the victim's son.
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Black Caucus members plan policy trip
Aug 8 2005 8:39PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - About a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus are scheduled to be in Jackson and the Delta this week to discuss health care, education, retirement, affordable housing and other issues facing their constituents.
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R.I. dog track, gambling execs convicted
Aug 8 2005 8:38PM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A dog track and two former executives were found guilty Monday of conspiring to bribe the speaker of the Rhode Island House with up to $4 million to arrange support for allowing more slot machines at the track.
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Soldier in Iraq sees daughter's U.S. birth
Aug 8 2005 8:30PM (CT)
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Sgt. William Hamrick II witnessed the birth of his daughter Monday. That may seem unremarkable _ except that Hamrick was 6,000 miles away in Iraq.
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City, state police to guard Amtrak line
Aug 8 2005 7:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With the London bombings fresh in their minds, police along Amtrak's New York-Washington corridor joined forces Monday to begin patrolling the train platforms and watching for suspicious activity along the tracks.
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Ex-U.N. officer pleads guilty to bribes
Aug 8 2005 5:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former United Nations procurement officer pleaded guilty Monday to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from U.N. contractors, federal prosecutors said.
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Guilty plea expected in highway shootings
Aug 8 2005 5:18PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The man who carried out a series of highway shootings that terrorized central Ohio and killed one woman is dropping his insanity defense and agreeing to plead guilty, the judge said Monday.
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Ohio town pays for accounting scandal
Aug 8 2005 4:17PM (CT)
GALION, Ohio (AP) - When the former finance chief in this industrial town attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head last year, he left behind a note that contained a startling confession: He had been stealing money from the city.
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Ohio area readies for Marine memorial
Aug 8 2005 4:15PM (CT)
BROOK PARK, Ohio (AP) - Antoine James was one of dozens of residents drawn Monday to a makeshift memorial along the chain-link fence surrounding the headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines.
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Lutheran leader hopes for focus at meeting
Aug 8 2005 3:24PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Divisions over homosexuality threaten to overshadow other major concerns within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, its leader said Monday as a churchwide assembly began that will take up the issue of gays' role in the clergy.
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Cheerleaders use chant to help police
Aug 8 2005 2:38PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A man who left an accident scene was tracked down with the help of some cheerleaders who witnessed the crash and turned his license plate number into a cheer, police said.
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Second body found in collapsed Ky. mine
Aug 8 2005 1:09PM (CT)
CUMBERLAND, Ky. (AP) - Searchers recovered the body over the weekend of a miner trapped by a rock fall deep inside a coal mine, and a state official vowed to launch a study of mine safety.
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Interstate Bakeries recalls oatmeal cookies
Aug 8 2005 11:57AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Interstate Bakeries Corp., which makes such brands as Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies, is recalling packages of Hostess oatmeal cookies because they may contain eggs and milk not listed as ingredients on the package.
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Escaped Mich. inmate arrested in Wis.
Aug 8 2005 11:03AM (CT)
BARAGA, Mich. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a maximum security prison was arrested 160 miles away in Wisconsin with a female prison worker who police said had aided in his escape.
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Adviser: Pirro will challenge Clinton
Aug 8 2005 8:52AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Jeanine Pirro, the high-profile district attorney from suburban Westchester County, will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for re-election next year, a top adviser said Monday.
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Bull kills rider at Idaho rodeo
Aug 8 2005 5:04AM (CT)
GRACE, Idaho (AP) - A bull flipped in a rodeo ring and landed on its rider, who died of his injuries a day later, officials said.
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Tropical storms in Atlantic pose no threat
Aug 8 2005 4:42AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Two tropical storms _ Irene and Harvey _ churned in the Atlantic Ocean early Monday but were no immediate threat to land, forecasters said.
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Students trace roots at genealogy camp
Aug 8 2005 3:14AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jameel Reese expected to spend his summer swimming, hanging out, goofing off with friends. Instead, he spent it finding family.
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