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AWOL soldier surrenders after 19 months
Aug 31 2006 11:35PM (CT)
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) - A year and a half after going AWOL before his second deployment to Iraq, a soldier surrendered at Fort Hood on Thursday with a dozen war protesters by his side.
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FBI searches 6 Alaska lawmakers' offices
Aug 31 2006 11:33PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska lawmakers Thursday in an investigation of large oil field services company, officials said.
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1 lane in Big Dig tunnel to open
Aug 31 2006 11:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Mitt Romney said Thursday one traffic lane in the tunnel linking Interstate 90 to Logan Airport could reopen for the Labor Day weekend with temporary supports propping up ceiling panels.
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Man indicted in 'spooky house' shooting
Aug 31 2006 11:25PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A grand jury indicted a man Thursday on charges of felonious assault in the shooting of a teen who along with her friends was sneaking around outside his house on a ghost hunt.
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Mont. wildfire grows; destroys 20 houses
Aug 31 2006 11:24PM (CT)
BIG TIMBER, Mont. (AP) - A wildfire has burned 20 houses and 15 other buildings and continued to spread in southern Montana, officials said Thursday.
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Past victims to testify in N.D. trial
Aug 31 2006 11:20PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Two women assaulted more than 30 years ago by a man found guilty of killing a University of North Dakota student will be allowed to testify before jurors who will decide whether he should receive the death penalty.
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Appeals court frees jailed videographer
Aug 31 2006 11:18PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A freelance video journalist jailed for a month after he refused to turn over footage of a political protest to a grand jury will be released while a federal appeals court considers his case.
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Accused Wal-Mart gunman sent to hospital
Aug 31 2006 11:12PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man was found incompetent to stand trial on charges that he gunned down two Wal-Mart employees as they collected shopping carts in the parking lot last year.
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Ernesto comes ashore on Carolina coast
Aug 31 2006 11:09PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall on the southern North Carolina coast late Thursday, coming ashore with heavy rains but sustained winds that fell just short of hurricane levels.
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Polygamist leader waives extradition
Aug 31 2006 11:07PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The leader of a polygamist sect said Thursday he would not fight extradition to Utah on charges he arranged marriages between underage girls and older men.
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Inmates executed in Texas, Oklahoma
Aug 31 2006 10:31PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man convicted in the slayings of a South Texas mother and her teenage son at their home nine years ago was executed Thursday.
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Pentagon targets payday lenders
Aug 31 2006 10:29PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - With a family to feed and no money for groceries, Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Damon LaForce recently did something the military is trying to crack down on: He went to one of the many payday-lending businesses near his base for an instant loan.
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Official in Apollo program dies at 80
Aug 31 2006 9:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rocco Petrone, who was director of launch operations at Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s and played a key role in the Apollo program that landed men on the moon, has died. He was 80.
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Super typhoon knocks out weather sensors
Aug 31 2006 9:32PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Typhoon Ioke knocked out Wake Island's weather sensors on Thursday as it lashed the isle with some of the central Pacific's fiercest winds in over a decade, the National Weather Service said.
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Va. senator turns down leadership award
Aug 31 2006 9:19PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A senator who had singled out an Indian man at a campaign event and referred to him as "Macaca" declined a leadership award from a minority scholarship fund Thursday after donors protested his selection.
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Tests show problems with mine air packs
Aug 31 2006 9:05PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia alerted its underground coal operations Thursday about potential problems with emergency air packs after decay was found inside packs carried by state mine inspectors.
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Man gets 28 years in Colo. slavery case
Aug 31 2006 7:59PM (CT)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A man convicted of sexually assaulting an Indonesian housekeeper and keeping her virtually as a slave was sentenced Thursday to 28 years to life in prison.
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Court filings in Astor feud made public
Aug 31 2006 7:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge wants the old, smelly couch and tattered nightgowns that became symbols of the family feud over the care of 104-year-old philanthropist Brooke Astor thrown out, according to court papers made public Thursday.
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Jet's landing gear catches fire in Miami
Aug 31 2006 7:52PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jet's landing gear caught fire on the runway at Miami International Airport after two tires blew out during landing, officials said. No one was injured, and the fire was quickly extinguished.
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NASA sets new launch time for Atlantis
Aug 31 2006 7:08PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.
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Dem. reconsiders dropping U.S. House bid
Aug 31 2006 6:57PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A former Democratic congressman said Thursday he would reconsider his campaign hours after he dropped out of the crowded free-for-all race against Republican incumbent Rep. Henry Bonilla for a newly-drawn congressional district.
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Plane crash puts focus on new technology
Aug 31 2006 6:54PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A cockpit warning system used by only a few commercial airlines might have prevented the deadly Comair jet crash last weekend if the plane had been equipped with the $18,000 piece of technology, a former top federal safety official says.
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Activists want Ohio election chief out
Aug 31 2006 6:44PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Activists filed a civil-rights lawsuit Thursday claiming Secretary of State Ken Blackwell deprived people of their voting rights during the 2004 presidential election and seeking to have him removed from overseeing the general election in November.
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Judge urges reduction of court backlog
Aug 31 2006 6:38PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana judge Thursday backed off for now a threat to release New Orleans inmates who have been jailed for months without court dates or lawyers, but said the district attorney must begin weeding out cases he has no chance of winning.
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Shooting suspect obsessed with Columbine
Aug 31 2006 6:38PM (CT)
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - A teenager accused of killing his father and opening fire outside his former high school was obsessed with school massacres and sent e-mail to the principal of Columbine High School in Colorado warning of his attack, authorities said Thursday.
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IRS says NAACP didn't violate tax status
Aug 31 2006 6:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The NAACP did not violate the conditions of its tax-exempt status when its chairman gave a speech that criticized President Bush, according to a newly released letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the civil rights group.
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Key witness for Skakel Appeal takes 5th
Aug 31 2006 4:56PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A man who implicated two friends in the 1975 murder that sent Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to prison has refused to testify, prompting a prosecutor Thursday to accuse him of making up the account.
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N.Y. man kills his children and himself
Aug 31 2006 3:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A father, convinced he was the victim of a voodoo curse, drowned his two young children in the bathtub and then jumped to his death in front of a subway train, police said Thursday.
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Missile-defense test postponed by fog
Aug 31 2006 2:29PM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A key test of the nation's missile defense system was postponed Thursday because of fog in Alaska, authorities said.
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L.A. domes for homeless to be auctioned
Aug 31 2006 2:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A community of squat, futuristic domes once billed as a utopian refuge from life on the streets is itself facing homelessness.
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Poll: One-third of U.S. fears new attack
Aug 31 2006 1:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fears of another terrorist attack are intensely personal for those who live in the two cities struck Sept. 11, 2001 _ New York and Washington.
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Cuba and U.S. cooperate on forecasting
Aug 31 2006 1:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. and Cuban governments avoid talking politics or religion, but as with every strained relationship, the weather is usually a safe topic.
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Superdome sues over Katrina roof damage
Aug 31 2006 1:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Superdome's roof should have survived Hurricane Katrina, the agency that oversees the stadium argues in a lawsuit filed in New Orleans Civil District Court.
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Religion news in brief
Aug 31 2006 11:18AM (CT)
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - The Army's school for chaplains has selected the first African-American to serve as its commandant.
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Congressmen want airport control probe
Aug 31 2006 11:07AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Two congressmen called for an investigation into the staffing at airport control towers after investigators revealed that only one controller was on duty when Comair Flight 5191 crashed in Kentucky and that he had had just two hours of sleep between shifts.
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Investor Buffett marries on his birthday
Aug 31 2006 10:34AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett married his longtime companion, Astrid Menks, in a private ceremony Wednesday, the Omaha World-Herald reported in a copyrighted story in its Thursday editions.
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Bartender gets $10,000 tip
Aug 31 2006 10:13AM (CT)
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - The regular customer eating dinner the end of the bar always tipped well _ $15 or so on $30 tabs. The $100 tip two weeks ago was a nice surprise, but the amount he left bartender Cindy Kienow this week left her stunned.
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Calif. unveils anti-global warming plan
Aug 31 2006 9:42AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California will impose broad caps on its greenhouse-gas emissions under a landmark plan that marks a clear break with the federal government and which backers hope will become a national model.
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Conn. man charged with killing neighbor
Aug 31 2006 9:22AM (CT)
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A lawyer in this quiet suburban community was charged with killing a 58-year-old neighbor he suspected had molested his 2-year-old daughter, prompting police to investigate whether the molestation actually occurred.
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N.Y. priests accused of abuse get choice
Aug 31 2006 6:55AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Priests suspected of sexually abusing children but protected from expulsion by Catholic law are being offered a choice in the New York Archdiocese: Enter a lifelong supervision program or leave the church.
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Glenn Ford, longtime leading man, dies
Aug 31 2006 4:47AM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - In his roles from westerns to romances, actor Glenn Ford portrayed strong, thoughtful protagonists, bringing his touch to three decades of film.
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Government hints at case against Marines
Aug 31 2006 4:18AM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Alleged confessions appear to form the crux of the government's case against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in an Iraqi man's slaying last April.
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Murder charge sought in hit-and-runs
Aug 31 2006 4:07AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police will recommend murder charges be filed against the man who went on a hit-and-run rampage, using his SUV to kill one pedestrian and injure at least 18 others, officials said Wednesday.
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School takeover by mayors can be risky
Aug 31 2006 4:00AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As the mayor prepares to assume some control over the nation's second-largest school district, experts where similar experiments have been launched said he might want to lower his expectations.
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Feds buy Badlands ranch for $5.3 million
Aug 31 2006 3:12AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service will buy an historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota in a deal worth about $5.3 million, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.
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Immigrant Gold Star mom becomes citizen
Aug 31 2006 3:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Jamaican-born woman who was initially rejected for membership in the American Gold Star Mothers because she was not born in the United States has become a citizen.
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Prof's role in JonBenet case debated
Aug 31 2006 2:54AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Investigators say the journalism professor who tipped them off about John Mark Karr's claim to be JonBenet Ramsey's killer "did us a great service," but journalism educators question whether he crossed the ethical line that keeps news reporters independent of the government.
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