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ABC film on Sept. 11 airs amid criticism
Sep 10 2006 11:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - ABC aired its miniseries "The Path to 9/11" on Sunday but made editing changes after former Clinton administration officials complained it contained fabricated scenes about their actions prior to the terrorist attacks.
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Ex-Iranian president condemns bin Laden
Sep 10 2006 10:33PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami condemned Osama bin Laden and suicide bombings but also defended groups such as Hezbollah for what he characterized as resistance against Israeli colonialism.
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Tropical depression forms in Atlantic
Sep 10 2006 10:31PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A small tropical depression formed late Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of the Leeward Islands, forecasters said.
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Several arrested after Ohio State's win
Sep 10 2006 9:55PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio State University student accused of driving his car into three people, injuring them slightly, was among several people arrested during a raucous celebration of the No. 1-ranked Buckeye's win over No. 2 Texas.
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N.Y. slay suspect hinted at ominous turn
Sep 10 2006 9:52PM (CT)
CARROLL, N.Y. (AP) - Days before breaking out of jail in April, a disconsolate Ralph "Bucky" Phillips sent his parole lawyer a thank you note that hinted at an ominous turn in his life.
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2 skydivers fall to their deaths in N.J.
Sep 10 2006 9:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Two tandem skydivers fell to their deaths Sunday when their main and reserve parachutes opened only partially, authorities said.
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Thousands walk to Pentagon to mark 9/11
Sep 10 2006 9:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of people gathered on the eve of the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks to walk from the National Mall to the Pentagon, where streaks of light were projected into the night sky to honor the victims.
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No word on Dunn's fate from HP's board
Sep 10 2006 9:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board adjourned an emergency phone conference Sunday without announcing whether it would oust Chairwoman Patricia Dunn for ordering an investigation that may have used illegal means to spy on colleagues and journalists.
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6.0 Gulf quake felt from La. to Fla.
Sep 10 2006 8:58PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The largest earthquake to strike the eastern Gulf of Mexico in the last 30 years sent shock waves from Louisiana to southwest Florida Sunday, but did little more than rattle residents.
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Service held for Ky. plane crash victims
Sep 10 2006 8:54PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Candles glowed throughout Rupp Arena Sunday evening in remembrance of 49 people killed when a commercial jet crashed after trying to take off from the wrong runway.
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Nevada wildfires are nearly contained
Sep 10 2006 8:49PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.
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Sarkozy honors New York firefighters
Sep 10 2006 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy honored the New York City Fire Department Sunday for its bravery and service on Sept. 11 in a ceremony on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
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Marine recruit dies after strength test
Sep 10 2006 7:32PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) - A Marine recruit died shortly after he participated in a strength test, one of the first physical tests recruits take, a spokesman said Sunday.
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Nation's crime rate hits 32-year low
Sep 10 2006 7:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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Journalist jailed in Sudan returns home
Sep 10 2006 5:30PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - American journalist Paul Salopek returned home to New Mexico on Sunday, a day after being freed from prison in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where he had been held for more than a month on espionage charges.
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Prosecutors: GOP fundraiser sought perks
Sep 10 2006 3:50PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A prominent GOP fundraiser funneled $45,000 to President Bush's re-election campaign because he wanted perks that can come along with being among an elite group of the president's fundraisers, court papers said.
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9/11 trial for man nicknamed 'Taliban'
Sep 10 2006 3:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's tough enough facing narcotics charges in federal court. Try being introduced to jurors with the nickname "Taliban" on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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5th grader could be deported without mom
Sep 10 2006 1:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - At the age of just 8, Jonathan Martinez and a teenage cousin set out from El Salvador to the United States in search of his mother, whom he hadn't seen for four years.
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Day laborers suing NYC suburb
Sep 10 2006 1:38PM (CT)
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) - The landscaper's pickup truck stopped near a group of men desperate for work, but it was a policeman on a bicycle who approached first.
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Board votes to make women's college coed
Sep 10 2006 9:29AM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Amid boos and shouts of "traitors!" Randolph-Macon Woman's College officials announced Saturday that men would be admitted to the 115-year-old institution starting in 2007.
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Minn. woman learns dad was 9/11 hero
Sep 10 2006 9:29AM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - While searching for her birth parents two years ago, Mariah Mills found more than she bargained for: A hero of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Experts: U.S. likely to be hit again
Sep 10 2006 9:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The threat of terrorism against the United States remains chillingly lethal five years after 9/11, and officials predict another massive attack is not a matter of if _ but when.
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Man arrested in airport knife scare
Sep 10 2006 3:36AM (CT)
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said.
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