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New images in mine cause for optimism
Aug 15 2007 11:55PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Images from a videocamera lowered Wednesday into the mine where six men were trapped 10 days ago showed an undamaged shaft and a curtain that could mean the men, if they survived the initial blast, found breathable air, the mine's co-owner said.
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New images in mine cause for optimism
Aug 15 2007 11:55PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Images from a videocamera lowered Wednesday into the mine where six men were trapped 10 days ago showed an undamaged shaft and a curtain that could mean the men, if they survived the initial blast, found breathable air, the mine's co-owner said.
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Study: Teen drug use at schools worsen
Aug 15 2007 11:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says.
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Bridge with view of collapse is closed
Aug 15 2007 10:58PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The public got its best view in weeks of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse on Wednesday when the city briefly opened a nearby pedestrian bridge, but the span was soon closed after recovery workers called the move disrespectful to families of those still missing.
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Bridge with view of collapse is closed
Aug 15 2007 10:58PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The public got its best view in weeks of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse on Wednesday when the city briefly opened a nearby pedestrian bridge, but the span was soon closed after recovery workers called the move disrespectful to families of those still missing.
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Islamic ex-director pleads not guilty
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The fugitive former director of a defunct Islamic charity pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and tax fraud charges after returning voluntarily to the United States to fight the allegations.
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Islamic ex-director pleads not guilty
Aug 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The fugitive former director of a defunct Islamic charity pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and tax fraud charges after returning voluntarily to the United States to fight the allegations.
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Weather stoking fires in Idaho, Montana
Aug 15 2007 10:38PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Hundreds of homes across Idaho remained threatened by wildfires Wednesday, and meteorologists said firefighters shouldn't expect any help from the weather.
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Some baby bibs contain lead, group says
Aug 15 2007 10:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Some vinyl baby bibs made in China and sold at Toys "R" Us stores contain lead levels well above federal safety limits for lead in paint, a California environmental group said Wednesday.
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Tropical Storm Erin heads for Texas
Aug 15 2007 10:19PM (CT)
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - South Texas braced Wednesday for Tropical Storm Erin to bring torrential downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summers on record.
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Pets found dead in feces-filled mansion
Aug 15 2007 10:10PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A rotten odor seeping from a home in an upscale neighborhood led to the discovery of dozens of dogs and cats, many of them dead, inside the feces-ridden mansion, authorities said Wednesday.
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U.N. provides aid for Sudan flood relief
Aug 15 2007 9:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations released nearly $5 million from a humanitarian fund Wednesday to assist victims of massive flooding in Sudan, where thousands are in urgent need of food, shelter and medicine.
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NYPD warns of homegrown terror threat
Aug 15 2007 9:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - They preferred bookstores or hookah bars to mosques. They stopped listening to pop music and instead surfed Web sites promoting radical Islam. They threw away their baseball caps and grew beards.
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New Orleans DA loses race-firing appeal
Aug 15 2007 8:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans district attorney lost his fight Wednesday against a ruling that said he violated the civil rights of dozens of white employees when he fired them after taking office in 2003 and replaced them with black workers.
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Fla. shootings worsen year for police
Aug 15 2007 8:11PM (CT)
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy killed Wednesday was the third law enforcement officer shot in Florida in 10 days, worsening a year that has been the deadliest in decades for the nation's police.
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Fla. shootings worsen year for police
Aug 15 2007 8:11PM (CT)
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy killed Wednesday was the third law enforcement officer shot in Florida in 10 days, worsening a year that has been the deadliest in decades for the nation's police.
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Fla. shootings worsen year for police
Aug 15 2007 8:11PM (CT)
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy killed Wednesday was the third law enforcement officer shot in Florida in 10 days, worsening a year that has been the deadliest in decades for the nation's police.
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Out-of-state gun case can proceed in NYC
Aug 15 2007 8:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that more than a dozen out-of-state gun dealers have helped criminals terrorize New Yorkers and now must face the city in court.
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Texas executes convicted rapist-murderer
Aug 15 2007 7:37PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A prisoner who had threatened to harm corrections officers before his execution was put to death Wednesday evening for the rape and fatal shooting of a woman during a break-in at her home nearly 10 years ago.
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Headless walruses alarm Alaska officials
Aug 15 2007 7:36PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An unusually high number of walrus carcasses missing their heads and ivory tusks have washed up on beaches this summer, alarming wildlife officials.
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Headless walruses alarm Alaska officials
Aug 15 2007 7:36PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An unusually high number of walrus carcasses missing their heads and ivory tusks have washed up on beaches this summer, alarming wildlife officials.
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ACLU: Patriot Act, free speech clash
Aug 15 2007 7:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Congress does not have the power to demand silence from people forced to turn over electronic communications such as Internet records used to investigate terrorism, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer argued Wednesday.
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Deliberations start in Padilla trial
Aug 15 2007 7:16PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Jurors began deliberations Wednesday after three months of testimony in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of operating a support cell for Islamic terrorists, including al-Qaida.
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South swelters under scorching skies
Aug 15 2007 6:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The South sizzled beneath a relentless sun Wednesday, with temperatures hitting the triple digits here for a sixth straight day. Officials in Memphis said two more people had died of the heat, raising the city's death toll to seven in a little more than a week.
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South swelters under scorching skies
Aug 15 2007 6:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The South sizzled beneath a relentless sun Wednesday, with temperatures hitting the triple digits here for a sixth straight day. Officials in Memphis said two more people had died of the heat, raising the city's death toll to seven in a little more than a week.
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South swelters under scorching skies
Aug 15 2007 6:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The South sizzled beneath a relentless sun Wednesday, with temperatures hitting the triple digits here for a sixth straight day. Officials in Memphis said two more people had died of the heat, raising the city's death toll to seven in a little more than a week.
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South swelters under scorching skies
Aug 15 2007 6:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The South sizzled beneath a relentless sun Wednesday, with temperatures hitting the triple digits here for a sixth straight day. Officials in Memphis said two more people had died of the heat, raising the city's death toll to seven in a little more than a week.
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Astor funeral to feature who's who list
Aug 15 2007 5:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Brooke Astor's funeral, which the Manhattan socialite had planned for years, will resemble the parties she hosted _ an A-list of movers and shakers in the worlds of culture, politics and business.
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Va. Tech students return for classes
Aug 15 2007 5:41PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Sophomore Dat Hoang was eager to return to Virginia Tech, but moving back Wednesday also brought back memories of the friend he lost in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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Immigration activist to leave sanctuary
Aug 15 2007 5:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that means risking arrest.
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Immigration activist to leave sanctuary
Aug 15 2007 5:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that means risking arrest.
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Immigration activist to leave sanctuary
Aug 15 2007 5:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that means risking arrest.
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Immigration activist to leave sanctuary
Aug 15 2007 5:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that means risking arrest.
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Immigration activist to leave sanctuary
Aug 15 2007 5:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church one year ago to escape deportation said Wednesday that she plans to leave her sanctuary soon to lobby Congress for immigration reform, even if that means risking arrest.
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Halt to 'female' Camel cigarettes sought
Aug 15 2007 4:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of women's and public health organizations on Wednesday called on R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to remove from the market its Camel No. 9 cigarettes, a brand they say is cynically aimed at getting young, fashion-conscious women and girls to start smoking.
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Va. Tech victims' fund may be changed
Aug 15 2007 4:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Families of victims in the Virginia Tech massacre will receive larger payments and benefits than originally envisioned under a final plan for distributing more than $7 million in contributions received by the university.
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Va. man indicted for threatening Arabs
Aug 15 2007 3:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Virginia man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he left threatening messages at an Arab political organization in the U.S. during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the Middle East last year.
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Soldier who paid to be shot not indicted
Aug 15 2007 3:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A soldier who admitted paying someone $500 to shoot him in the leg so he could avoid another tour of duty in Iraq won't face felony charges, though his wife and the gunman were indicted by a grand jury.
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Order of deaths key to wrestler's estate
Aug 15 2007 3:35PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The future of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's millions could come down to the timing of a horrible crime: Did Benoit _ having taken high doses of steroids _ strangle his wife and then their young son before killing himself, or did the boy die first?
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Ripped glove forces end to spacewalk
Aug 15 2007 2:35PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA cut short a spacewalk by two astronauts outside the international space station Wednesday after one of them noticed a hole in the outer layer of his glove.
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Ripped glove forces end to spacewalk
Aug 15 2007 2:35PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA cut short a spacewalk by two astronauts outside the international space station Wednesday after one of them noticed a hole in the outer layer of his glove.
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Ripped glove forces end to spacewalk
Aug 15 2007 2:35PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA cut short a spacewalk by two astronauts outside the international space station Wednesday after one of them noticed a hole in the outer layer of his glove.
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Colo. truck wreck kills 1, closes road
Aug 15 2007 1:33PM (CT)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A tractor-trailer rig crashed and exploded in flames early Wednesday, killing at least one person and snapping off an overpass support column.
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Colo. truck wreck kills 1, closes road
Aug 15 2007 1:33PM (CT)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A tractor-trailer rig crashed and exploded in flames early Wednesday, killing at least one person and snapping off an overpass support column.
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Bush, Congress duel for least favorable
Aug 15 2007 12:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush seem locked in a perverse competition for public unfavorability, according to a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
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U.S. eyes suspected Iranian terrorism
Aug 15 2007 10:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration's move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organization is a new salvo in a broader effort to choke off funding to Iranian elements accused of developing nuclear weapons and fomenting violence in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
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Sodden Texas warily eyes tropical system
Aug 15 2007 7:17AM (CT)
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - Rescue workers were activated in southern Texas in preparation for heavy rain expected to accompany a tropical depression slowly churning its way through the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.
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Sodden Texas warily eyes tropical system
Aug 15 2007 7:17AM (CT)
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - Rescue workers were activated in southern Texas in preparation for heavy rain expected to accompany a tropical depression slowly churning its way through the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.
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Exploding lawn mower destroys Ga. home
Aug 15 2007 7:13AM (CT)
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) - Danny Fendley started more than just his lawn mower when he tugged at its pull cord _ he started a fire that destroyed his home.
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Guard uses Taser on man holding newborn
Aug 15 2007 6:47AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn, sending both man and child crashing to the floor. Now William Lewis says his baby girl suffers from head trauma because she was dropped.
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Saudi at heart of eavesdropping case
Aug 15 2007 5:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Soliman al-Buthi is a prominent religious leader in Saudi Arabia, a father of three and a ranking government official. He's also a terrorist, according to the United States and United Nations.
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Navajo Cub Scout: Religion emblem needed
Aug 15 2007 5:28AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - When Kinlichiinii John set out to earn a religious emblem for his uniform like other Cub Scouts, he learned that none exists to acknowledge his Navajo beliefs.
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Battle likely over Brooke Astor will
Aug 15 2007 2:06AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In life, Brooke Astor was a picture of poise and largesse. With her death, the brewing battle over her estate could be much less dignified.
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45 parrots missing from NY pet shop
Aug 15 2007 1:16AM (CT)
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) - Polly want a rescue: Forty-five parrots worth more than $1,000 each were abducted from a pet store.
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Idaho Army National Guard info stolen
Aug 15 2007 12:53AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A small computer drive containing Social Security numbers and other personal information about every Army National Guard soldier in Idaho has been stolen, a National Guard spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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