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BTK killer Rader begins life sentences
Aug 19 2005 11:35PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - As he was being driven to prison Friday to begin serving a life sentence, Dennis Rader chatted with officers about the weather _ noting how green the scenery looked.
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Calif. prison locked down in wake of riot
Aug 19 2005 10:44PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Inmates at the state prison in Calipatria remained locked in their cells Friday as authorities investigated a deadly riot that erupted in an exercise yard and spread to two buildings.
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Ga. official's son driver in fatal crash
Aug 19 2005 10:18PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The 21-year-old son of Georgia's lieutenant governor told police he had been drinking before an interstate crash that killed his best friend, according to a police report released Friday.
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Miami drug agents launch air assault
Aug 19 2005 10:17PM (CT)
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - A $750,000 home behind fortress-like walls was seized Friday by heavily armed federal agents who dropped in from helicopters.
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2 officers fatally shot in Albuquerque
Aug 19 2005 10:04PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting two police officers as they tried to pick him up for a mental health evaluation was charged Friday with four counts of murder, two for the deaths of the officers and two for another shooting the same day.
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Four bodies found in California backyard
Aug 19 2005 10:00PM (CT)
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Police responding to a 911 call found the bodies of a woman and her two daughters stuffed inside a backyard freezer and the woman's husband lying dead nearby, a shotgun at his side.
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Small plane crashes after skidding on I-70
Aug 19 2005 9:39PM (CT)
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - A single-engine plane clipped a highway sign and skidding along Interstate 70 near Vail Pass before crashing into nearby trees Friday.
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Peruvian man subdued by pepper spray dies
Aug 19 2005 9:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A Peruvian man living in North Texas died Friday, two weeks after police used pepper spray on him when he reportedly resisted arrest.
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Coretta Scott King is mostly paralyzed
Aug 19 2005 9:05PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King is mostly paralyzed on the right side of her body and faces a long, difficult recovery from a stroke, but she managed to say a few words Friday, her doctor said.
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18 tornadoes wreak havoc in Wisconsin
Aug 19 2005 8:45PM (CT)
STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) - Emerging from her basement, Connie Janisch saw destruction all around her. One of more than a dozen tornadoes to hit the state Thursday night had ripped through the neighborhood, destroying homes and dumping remnants of three other roofs in her yard. Then she considered what could have been.
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Ex-Halliburton subsidiary worker guilty
Aug 19 2005 7:32PM (CT)
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A former employee of a Halliburton Co. subsidiary pleaded guilty Friday to accepting more than $100,000 in kickbacks from an Iraqi company in exchange for securing it a U.S. military construction contract, prosecutors said.
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Many NYC voters support subway searches
Aug 19 2005 7:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A large majority of the city's registered voters support random bag searches of bus and subway passengers, according to a poll released Friday.
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N.C. governor defends refusal for pardon
Aug 19 2005 7:15PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Mike Easley on Friday defended his decision not to pardon a rape suspect he put behind bars when he was a prosecutor two decades ago, rejecting the former inmate's suggestion that he didn't want to admit he made a mistake.
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Waterpark shut down after many illnesses
Aug 19 2005 6:52PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A popular waterpark in central New York has been shut down for the rest of the summer after the number of people who developed gastrointestinal illnesses after visiting the park rose to more than 1,700, the State Health Department announced Friday.
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2 ex-GIs cleared of Iraq mistreatment
Aug 19 2005 6:45PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two army reservists discharged last year over allegations they mistreated Iraqi prisoners have been cleared by an Army review board and can rejoin the military, their attorney said Friday.
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Ariz. ranch turned over to border crossers
Aug 19 2005 6:19PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona ranch once owned by a member of an armed group accused of terrorizing illegal immigrants has been turned over to two of the very people the owner had tried keep out of the country.
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Correctional officers indicted in death
Aug 19 2005 6:02PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Three correctional officers were indicted on second-degree murder charges in the beating death of an inmate at a troubled jail widely criticized for inhumane conditions, prosecutors announced Friday.
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Border governors impement safety plans
Aug 19 2005 5:36PM (CT)
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - The governors of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora on Friday announced stepped-up plans to combat border-related crime, saying they were prompted to act in part because their respective national governments have been slow to help.
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Blast injures woman in San Francisco
Aug 19 2005 5:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An explosion in a utility chamber under a downtown shopping district critically burned a woman, sent a manhole cover flying and shattered windows at a Polo Ralph Lauren clothing store, authorities said.
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Chinatown gang leader conviction tossed
Aug 19 2005 5:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A murder-for-hire conviction of a former Chinatown gang leader was overturned by a federal appeals court because the killing was never carried out.
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War protests continue near Bush's ranch
Aug 19 2005 4:24PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Dozens of war protesters camping near President Bush's ranch held a prayer service and other activities as planned Friday, a day after their leader had to go home to California to be with her mother in the hospital.
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Letter renews hopes of solving Crater case
Aug 19 2005 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Move over, Mark Felt. Just three months after the identity of "Deep Throat" was finally made public, authorities are chasing a new lead in one of the 20th century's other great unsolved mysteries:
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Ohio governor vows to stay in office
Aug 19 2005 3:31PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Bob Taft, a lame duck leader and now a convicted criminal for state ethics violations, said there is still important work for him to do and he will not resign.
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Week of grief tears at Ohio communities
Aug 19 2005 3:02PM (CT)
WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) - For days, this suburb and other Cincinnati-area communities have been dominated by grief and searing images of loss _ flag-draped caskets, solemn Marine honor guards, anguished parents and loved ones.
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Hip-hop researcher called in rap case
Aug 19 2005 2:29PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The violent rap lyrics that got their teenage author expelled from school are typical of a genre that emphasizes verbal jousting, not necessarily a prelude to violent action, an expert told a federal judge.
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Crawford embraces Bush, but not protestors
Aug 19 2005 2:25PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Things used to be pretty quiet around here _ downright uneventful _ until the new folks moved in about five years ago on a ranch just northwest of town off Prairie Chapel Road.
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Frist backs 'intelligent design' teaching
Aug 19 2005 1:51PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools alongside evolution.
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Judge orders sniper Muhammad moved to Md.
Aug 19 2005 12:23PM (CT)
SUSSEX, Va. (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered John Allen Muhammad to be moved from Virginia's death row to Maryland for his second trial over the 2002 sniper shooting spree in the Washington area.
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Schwarzenegger urged to declare emergency
Aug 19 2005 11:51AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state Assembly leader called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make California the third state to declare an emergency along its border with Mexico.
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Willian Weld to run for New York governor
Aug 19 2005 11:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld said Friday he plans to seek the Republican nomination for governor of his native New York next year.
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Twisters in Wis. kill one, injure eight
Aug 19 2005 11:12AM (CT)
STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) - The sky "just exploded" as a tornado damaged or destroyed dozens of homes, killing one man, a witness said. Fifteen homes were leveled Thursday and 30 others had moderate to severe damage in the town of 12,500 near Madison in south-central Wisconsin, state emergency management spokeswoman Lori Getter said.
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Van crash injures four disabled passengers
Aug 19 2005 10:47AM (CT)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A van carrying 12 people from a home for the developmentally disabled veered off a road and crashed into a tree Friday, seriously injuring the driver and three passengers, officials said.
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Shooting suspects to return to Tenn.
Aug 19 2005 10:43AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An escaped inmate and his wife will return to Tennessee to face charges in the shooting of a corrections officer during a violent getaway from a courthouse, a judge ordered Friday.
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School workers accused of changing grades
Aug 19 2005 10:27AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Two employees at a Florida university with access to computer databanks have been charged with accepting cash _ and one with accepting sex _ in exchange for changing the grades of dozens of students, authorities said.
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Miami airport Customs computers shut down
Aug 19 2005 9:06AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A U.S. Customs computer system used to process passengers arriving on international flights shut down for more than five hours in some areas Thursday evening, leaving long lines of impatient travelers, officials said.
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Combat stress unit returns to Iraq
Aug 19 2005 8:43AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Members of the 883rd Medical Company treat the kinds of wounds that can't be seen but are sometimes just as damaging as physical injuries. The "combat stress control" unit, which heads to Iraq on Friday for a second deployment, offers counseling and advice to soldiers who may be suffering from anxiety, depression, insomnia and a host of other psychological problems associated with combat.
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U.S. Jewish donors save Gaza greenhouse
Aug 19 2005 8:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a tough decision for the Jewish-American philanthropists who routinely write megabuck checks for charity. The cause this time was Palestinian jobs in Gaza, where Jewish settlers were being evicted by their own government.
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American Indians launch suicide hot line
Aug 19 2005 7:27AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Monica Yellow Bird was 17 when her cousin hanged himself. The boy, also 17, was ambitious and had plans for the future but drank alcohol, Yellow Bird said. One day, her family returned to her grandmother's home where they found him hanging by a sheet.
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Georgia town hires goats to gobble kudzu
Aug 19 2005 7:00AM (CT)
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) - City officials have pledged to spend up to $10,000 to bring in goats to eat kudzu, which threatens to kill trees.
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Teen killed by tiger during photo shoot
Aug 19 2005 6:51AM (CT)
MOUND VALLEY, Kansas (AP) - A Siberian tiger attacked and killed a teenage girl who was posing for a picture at an animal sanctuary Thursday morning, authorities said.
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Tuskegee Airmen recall segregated military
Aug 19 2005 6:17AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Even though they were treated like second-class citizens as black pilots in a segregated military during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen proved their mettle in the skies. The airmen never lost a plane under escort to enemy fighters, developing such a reputation that some German pilots stopped pursuing American planes they knew would be escorted by the scrappy airmen.
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'Stressed' gator makes Calif. lake home
Aug 19 2005 6:01AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alligator wrangler Jay Young took a break Thursday and headed back to his native Colorado after several unsuccessful attempts to catch the mysterious gator discovered in a local lake Aug. 12.
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Religion in the news
Aug 19 2005 5:38AM (CT)
MALDEN, Mass. (AP) - For most of the week, Congregation Beth Israel is nearly vacant.
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Hawaiian residents debate public access
Aug 19 2005 4:25AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Low thickets spill onto the sand from a number of oceanfront yards along the beach where Nancy Taylor has been walking for 35 years. By law, every beach in Hawaii is public. However, Taylor and others say the beaches have narrowed drastically over the years and it is increasingly difficult to discern between public beach space and the yards of affluent beachfront homes.
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Group pushes for changes in visa policy
Aug 19 2005 2:20AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States needs to loosen its visa rules, according to some immigration experts who say an emphasis on keeping out potential terrorists has made it difficult for foreign-born visitors to enjoy their U.S. stay.
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Armed forces medical plan limits abortions
Aug 19 2005 1:01AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that U.S. armed forces medical benefits should cover abortion costs only when a mother's life is at risk, a decision that the judges acknowledged was "callous and unfeeling."
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Bodies of four people found in Utah cave
Aug 19 2005 12:57AM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Four friends who disappeared while exploring a cave near Provo were found dead Thursday in a narrow, underwater passageway between its chambers, officials said.
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Georgia pauses to honor fallen soldiers
Aug 19 2005 12:55AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A day after war protesters held candlelight vigils across the nation, Georgia mourned its fallen troops and paid homage to those still serving Thursday during a prayer service and moment of silence.
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