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Jet stuck in mud at Mississippi airport
Aug 10 2006 10:57PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A jetliner strayed off the runway Thursday night at an airport and got stuck in the mud, stranding more than 200 passengers for hours, authorities said.
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Cops suspended over video parody sue
Aug 10 2006 10:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eighteen police officers who were suspended after making a video that parodied life on the force sued the city Thursday, claiming they were victims of racial bias because they were disciplined while four Asian-American officers were not.
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MTV: No decision yet on cartoon's return
Aug 10 2006 10:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The MTV2 network said it had not decided whether it will ever again air a cartoon criticized as offensive for depicting women being led around on leashes.
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Police: Teen given to older man for sex
Aug 10 2006 10:34PM (CT)
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) - A woman who feared she would lose her boyfriend while she recuperated from surgery arranged for her 15-year-old daughter to have sex with him, authorities said.
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Woman finds baby's body in truck
Aug 10 2006 10:26PM (CT)
STUART, Fla. (AP) - A mother left her toddler in a truck for several hours Thursday and found his lifeless body in his car seat when she was unloading packages, authorities said.
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5 young siblings die in Missouri fire
Aug 10 2006 10:23PM (CT)
STEELE, Mo. (AP) - Fire destroyed a house Thursday in southeast Missouri, killing five young siblings and injuring three adults, authorities said.
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Remains of soldier killed in Korea ID'd
Aug 10 2006 10:21PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The remains of a soldier killed in the Korean War have been identified as those of a New Jersey man and returned to his family, officials announced Thursday.
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Ministry founder lends support to Gibson
Aug 10 2006 10:13PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Focus on the Family ministry founder James Dobson spoke in support Thursday of Mel Gibson and his film, "The Passion of the Christ," saying Gibson's drunken tirade during a traffic stop had nothing to do with "one of the finest films of this era."
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ACLU says inmates stranded post-Katrina
Aug 10 2006 10:08PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A report released Thursday describes Orleans Parish prisoners trapped in flooded cells, deprived of food and water for days, and calls the scene at the jail "some of the worst horrors of Hurricane Katrina."
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Calif. jury recommends death for trucker
Aug 10 2006 9:46PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - A jury on Thursday recommended the death penalty for a former truck driver convicted in the slayings of four women whose mutilated bodies were dumped across California in the 1990s.
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Travelers forced to throw out liquids
Aug 10 2006 9:44PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Airline passengers around the country stood in line for hours and airport trash bins bulged with everything from mouthwash and shaving cream to maple syrup and fine wine Thursday in a security crackdown prompted by the discovery of a terror plot in Britain.
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Judge OKs Arizona marriage measure
Aug 10 2006 9:03PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A judge ruled Thursday that an initiative that would limit marriage to opposite-sex couples and restrict domestic partner benefits can go on the November ballot.
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Dr. Phil visits post-Katrina New Orleans
Aug 10 2006 8:59PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Phil McGraw, who brought his "Dr. Phil" show to New Orleans just after Hurricane Katrina, returned this week to tape follow-up episodes that will air in the coming weeks.
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HMO fined over kidney transplant program
Aug 10 2006 8:55PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest health maintenance organization, will pay a $2 million fine and give $3 million to an organ donor program because of mismanagement of a kidney transplant center, state officials said Thursday.
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Calif., Ore. fishing declared a disaster
Aug 10 2006 8:53PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday declared commercial salmon fishing a failure off Oregon and California this year, enabling the states to seek federal aid.
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Lattes, iPods among air security fears
Aug 10 2006 8:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Shampoo, iPods and Starbucks lattes have suddenly become security threats. Terrorists could easily slip a few apparently innocuous items past airport security and assemble them into a lethal explosive once aloft, security experts said.
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Psychologists adopt anti-torture policy
Aug 10 2006 8:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The American Psychological Association took a stand against torture Thursday but kept an existing policy saying that it's ethical for psychologists to assist in military interrogations.
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Judges consolidates telecom spy lawsuits
Aug 10 2006 8:17PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal panel of judges has consolidated 17 lawsuits throughout the United States filed against telephone companies accused of assisting the Bush administration to monitor Americans' communications without warrants.
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Judge won't dismiss pro-Israel spy case
Aug 10 2006 8:12PM (CT)
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - A federal judge rejected claims Thursday that two former lobbyists' constitutional rights would be violated if they were prosecuted under a World War I-era espionage law for receiving and disclosing national defense information.
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GOP wins round in tussle to replace Ney
Aug 10 2006 8:10PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The favored candidate to take Rep. Bob Ney's spot on the ticket can legally do so under Ohio law, the state attorney general said Thursday.
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Calif. senate OKs bill on press freedom
Aug 10 2006 8:01PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state Senate on Thursday sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would make California the first state to prohibit college administrators from censoring student newspapers.
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Deja vu for driver in deadly crash
Aug 10 2006 7:44PM (CT)
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of trying to flee from Border Patrol agents before crashing a vehicle packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine, was accused of leading authorities on a similarly dangerous chase last year, federal court records show.
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New Orleans residents frayed by stress
Aug 10 2006 7:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Like many other New Orleanians nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina, John McCusker was experiencing the overwhelming stress of rebuilding his life.
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Wis. AG candidates trade insults
Aug 10 2006 7:12PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - That great sucking sound you hear ... just might be coming from the race for Wisconsin attorney general.
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Soldiers say CIA questioner hit detainee
Aug 10 2006 7:10PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Several Army paratroopers testified Thursday they saw an ex-CIA contractor beat an Afghan detainee during a 2003 interrogation about rocket attacks on a remote base.
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N.J. officials charged with corruption
Aug 10 2006 6:48PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Six state treasury workers were indicted Thursday on suspicion of accepting dinners, entertainment, golf outings and spa treatments from a company hired to collect back taxes.
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9 charged in Asia-U.S. prostitution ring
Aug 10 2006 6:33PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Authorities said nine people were arrested Thursday as investigators broke an international sex-trafficking ring that smuggled Asian women into the U.S. in shipping containers.
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2 charged in Ohio with aiding terrorism
Aug 10 2006 6:22PM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Attorneys for two Arab-American college students accused of supporting terrorism through the sale of mobile phones said their clients were victims of discrimination, while authorities charged them Thursday with an additional felony.
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Lawmaker drops out of Ore. governor race
Aug 10 2006 6:16PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - State Sen. Ben Westlund dropped out of the gubernatorial race Thursday, potentially shifting momentum toward Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
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Utah Teen arrested in mother's death
Aug 10 2006 5:49PM (CT)
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) - Police in Montana arrested a Utah teenager suspected in the death of his mother whose body was found in her own freezer, police said Thursday.
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Travelers forced to throw out liquids
Aug 10 2006 5:38PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Airline passengers around the country stood in line for hours and airport trash bins bulged with everything from mouthwash and shaving cream to maple syrup and fine wine Thursday in a security crackdown prompted by the discovery of a terror plot in Britain.
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GI who exposed Abu Ghraib feared revenge
Aug 10 2006 5:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The soldier who triggered the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal by sending incriminating photos to military investigators says he feared deadly retaliation by other GIs and was shocked when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld mentioned his name at a Senate hearing.
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N.J. has highest property taxes in U.S.
Aug 10 2006 5:23PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, N.J. (AP) - Barbara Lehman has lived in this central New Jersey community for 30 years, but her time here is nearing an end.
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Canadian flight makes emergency landing
Aug 10 2006 5:20PM (CT)
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - An Air Canada jet made an unscheduled landing at the Baltimore airport Thursday after an unclaimed package was reported on board.
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Ex-restaurateur guilty in Philly death
Aug 10 2006 4:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former restaurateur pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular homicide in a hit-and-run that killed a teenager, a case that drew weeks of protests outside the woman's home and business.
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Miss. woman surrenders in hot-oil death
Aug 10 2006 4:10PM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - A woman accused of killing her husband by pouring hot cooking oil on him turned herself in to authorities Thursday after more than a week on the run.
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Father cleared in scared-straight visit
Aug 10 2006 3:27PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A father and four guards at a juvenile detention center were acquitted Thursday of breaking the law by taking the man's teenage son on a frightening visit to the lockup in hopes of scaring him straight.
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Dry spell hits Okefenokee Swamp
Aug 10 2006 3:15PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - A dry spell has lowered the water level dramatically in the Okefenokee Swamp, hindering motor boats and canoes, raising the danger of wildfires and forcing alligators to crowd into the deeper pools in search of fish.
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Atty: Shooting suspect wants to plead
Aug 10 2006 2:38PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A Muslim man accused of killing a woman and wounding five other people in a shooting rampage at Seattle's Jewish Federation offices wants to plead guilty, his attorney told a judge Thursday.
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Police chief accused of forging check
Aug 10 2006 1:36PM (CT)
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - The city's longtime police chief was indicted on felony charges of forging his ex-wife's signature on a $5,800 real estate check and taking the money.
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Ex-flight steward sentenced in jet fire
Aug 10 2006 1:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A former flight attendant convicted of setting a fire in an airplane and lying about danger to another was sentenced Thursday to more than 22 years in prison.
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3 hurt in Kentucky train accident
Aug 10 2006 1:11PM (CT)
CALVERT CITY, Ky. (AP) - A train slammed into the back of several parked coal cars in western Kentucky on Thursday, injuring three railroad employees and derailing the train's engines, a company official said.
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Policeman accused of raping 4 indicted
Aug 10 2006 12:52PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A police sergeant accused of raping four women since 2002 was charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday with 35 counts, including multiple attacks on three of the victims.
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Heavy metal gets socially conscious
Aug 10 2006 12:43PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of "Amerika the Brutal," an anti-war song he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003.
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6 of 11 Egyptian students now in custody
Aug 10 2006 12:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up for their college program are now in custody after three additional students were arrested Thursday, the FBI said.
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Lieberman launches bid as independent
Aug 10 2006 11:19AM (CT)
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Stripped of Democratic Party support and with most of his staff gone, Sen. Joe Lieberman launched a new campaign as an independent Thursday with a pizza party in a city where voters supported him and the mayor understands his unusual position.
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Religion news in brief
Aug 10 2006 11:05AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - For the first time in almost three years, Cardinal Sean O'Malley met with representatives of Voice of the Faithful, a Roman Catholic lay reform group that was founded in response to the clergy sex abuse crisis.
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Religion today
Aug 10 2006 11:03AM (CT)
IRONDALE, Ala. (AP) - Twenty-five years ago, Mother Mary Angelica had a vision for Eternal Word Television Network, a channel offering nothing but Roman Catholic programming. She had little more than faith, $200 and a garage to use as a studio.
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Man crashes through Fla. airport fence
Aug 10 2006 10:27AM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - A driver believed to be mentally ill crashed through a fence and led police on a high-speed chase around a runway, endangering passengers on two planes, authorities said.
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Extra cops flood Indianapolis state fair
Aug 10 2006 6:58AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Police boosted security in and around the state fairgrounds to help ensure that the Indiana State Fair isn't marred by the sort of violence that's left 13 people in the city dead in recent days.
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Physicist and space pioneer dies at 91
Aug 10 2006 4:47AM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Physicist James A. Van Allen and scientists waited tensely for confirmation that the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, had reached orbit. It was January 1958 and the launch came just months after the Soviets' launch of the first Sputnik satellite.
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Feds target migrants ordered deported
Aug 10 2006 4:29AM (CT)
MABLETON, Ga. (AP) - Around 5 a.m., loud banging on a front door quieted a chorus of crickets on a pine-ringed road in this Atlanta suburb.
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Stations aim to promote change in Cuba
Aug 10 2006 3:31AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - As a taxpayer-funded radio and TV station run mostly by Cuban exiles expand broadcasts to Cuba in the wake of President Fidel Castro's ceding of power, they are also countering longtime critics who question their relevance, credibility and reach.
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Schwarzenegger eager to sign climate bill
Aug 10 2006 3:12AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to position himself as a leader on climate change while maintaining support from business leaders has created an election-year dilemma that threatens to undermine his environmental credentials.
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Big Dig memo writer fired over resume
Aug 10 2006 12:40AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A former Big Dig safety official who said he wrote a memo warning of problems in a tunnel where a woman was killed in a ceiling collapse was fired Wednesday, according to his lawyer.
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