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Panel to probe UN NKorea operation
Sep 11 2007 11:50PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. anti-poverty agency announced the appointment Tuesday of a three-member panel to investigate its North Korea operation following allegations about its financial transactions in the reclusive communist nation.
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Author, WHO doctor win Heinz Award
Sep 11 2007 11:45PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An author who has nurtured young writers and a doctor who has pushed nations to share disease information in hopes of combating illness are among six people named Heinz Award winners on Wednesday.
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New Orleans retains a black majority
Sep 11 2007 11:40PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is narrowly retaining a black majority after Hurricane Katrina, according to a study released Wednesday by The Brookings Institution.
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Details emerge in W.Va. torture case
Sep 11 2007 11:08PM (CT)
BIG CREEK, W.Va. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, a young black woman was held captive in a mobile home, forced to eat animal waste, stabbed, choked and repeatedly sexually abused _ all while being peppered with a racial slur.
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Details emerge in W.Va. torture case
Sep 11 2007 11:08PM (CT)
BIG CREEK, W.Va. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, a young black woman was held captive in a mobile home, forced to eat animal waste, stabbed, choked and repeatedly sexually abused _ all while being peppered with a racial slur.
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Details emerge in W.Va. torture case
Sep 11 2007 11:08PM (CT)
BIG CREEK, W.Va. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, a young black woman was held captive in a mobile home, forced to eat animal waste, stabbed, choked and repeatedly sexually abused _ all while being peppered with a racial slur.
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2 wildfires burn near Los Angeles
Sep 11 2007 10:27PM (CT)
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - A brush fire burned about 80 acres in the high desert north of Los Angeles, coming within yards of homes and forcing the evacuation of animals before firefighters got the upper hand, officials said Tuesday.
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Texas now unsure about Crockett letter
Sep 11 2007 10:19PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Historical Commission, which had declared itself "99.9 percent" certain about the authenticity of a letter purportedly written by Alamo hero Davy Crockett, is now backing off that contention.
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Almanac calls for warmer weather in 2008
Sep 11 2007 10:14PM (CT)
DUBLIN, N.H. (AP) - The Old Farmer's Almanac says it used time-honored, complex calculations to predict that 2008 will be the warmest year in a century, along with a bit of folklore _ years that end in "8" have weird weather.
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ELF activist's trial starts in Calif.
Sep 11 2007 10:07PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A few hours after a $50 million condo project burned down, apparently in an eco-terrorism attack, Earth Liberation Front spokesman Rod Coronado stood in front of a San Diego audience and explained how to build a homemade Molotov cocktail.
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Wyo. sniper scrawled wishes on plates
Sep 11 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The day he took his life, a military-trained sniper who fatally shot his estranged wife as she sang in a bar scrawled his final wishes on a bunch of paper plates and a cardboard box.
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Wyo. sniper scrawled wishes on plates
Sep 11 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The day he took his life, a military-trained sniper who fatally shot his estranged wife as she sang in a bar scrawled his final wishes on a bunch of paper plates and a cardboard box.
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Wyo. sniper scrawled wishes on plates
Sep 11 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The day he took his life, a military-trained sniper who fatally shot his estranged wife as she sang in a bar scrawled his final wishes on a bunch of paper plates and a cardboard box.
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Tenn. electric chair execution nears
Sep 11 2007 9:30PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man convicted of killing his three sons and their half-sister was set to become the first inmate executed in the electric chair in Tennessee since 1960.
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Chicago Transit faulted in derailment
Sep 11 2007 9:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A seriously flawed inspection and maintenance program that failed to spot corroded, bent and broken track fasteners likely played a major role in a subway train derailment last year in Chicago that injured more than 150 people, federal regulators said Tuesday.
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Escaped N.J. killer returns to hospital
Sep 11 2007 9:21PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - An admitted killer who walked away from a psychiatric hospital over the weekend returned on Tuesday and surrendered, authorities said.
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5 Atlantic City casinos going smoke-free
Sep 11 2007 9:07PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Smokers may soon be out of luck: At least five of Atlantic City's casinos are making gambling areas smoke-free.
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Nation remembers 6th anniversary of 9/11
Sep 11 2007 8:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site.
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Nation remembers 6th anniversary of 9/11
Sep 11 2007 8:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site.
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Nation remembers 6th anniversary of 9/11
Sep 11 2007 8:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site.
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Nation remembers 6th anniversary of 9/11
Sep 11 2007 8:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Victims' families huddled under umbrellas Tuesday in a park to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the first remembrance ceremony not held at ground zero, an event that failed to evoke the same emotions as the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center site.
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Judge orders charity co-founder held
Sep 11 2007 8:02PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered that an Iranian-American co-founder of a defunct Islamic charity who is facing conspiracy and tax fraud charges be held until a hearing next week.
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Stevens mentioned in FBI video
Sep 11 2007 7:58PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - During a secret meeting to discuss what prosecutors say was a dirty deal to keep Alaska oil taxes low, two oil contractors said they had a powerful ally coming to town who could help build support for the plan: Sen. Ted Stevens.
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Judge pushes back astronaut trial
Sep 11 2007 7:56PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A judge has pushed back a trial date for former astronaut Lisa Nowak, accused of taking a frenzied road trip to attack a romantic rival.
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Light, armor-ready Humvees to be tested
Sep 11 2007 7:52PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - The Army said Tuesday that it will begin testing a nonmetal Humvee that is 900 pounds lighter than its conventional counterpart so it can add extra armor to better protect soldiers from roadside bombs.
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Jury rules for ex-officers in lawsuit
Sep 11 2007 7:28PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Two former police officers were awarded $6.5 million on Tuesday in a whistle-blower lawsuit that alleged extramarital affairs by the mayor and other misdeeds by his security unit.
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Chicago mob trial jury returns to court
Sep 11 2007 6:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A day after jurors handed down guilty verdicts in Chicago's biggest mob trial in years, a prosecutor asked them Tuesday to take the next step toward sending four defendants to prison for life for a series of "brutal and heinous" gangland murders.
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Wife who killed minister wants kids back
Sep 11 2007 6:30PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The woman who killed her minister husband with a shotgun is seeking custody of her three daughters, or at least frequent visits.
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Experts doubt Steve Fossett still alive
Sep 11 2007 6:19PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - As the search for Steve Fossett dragged into its ninth day Tuesday, experts said they doubted the millionaire adventurer could have survived more than a week in the rugged desert since his plane vanished.
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Mormon church regrets 1857 massacre
Sep 11 2007 6:14PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A ranking Mormon church official expressed "profound regret" Tuesday for the massacre of 120 California-bound pioneers moving through Utah on a wagon train on the 150th anniversary of the ambush.
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2 dead in helicopter crash off Florida
Sep 11 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A helicopter carrying three people on a photo and video shoot for a boating magazine crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, killing two of the people aboard.
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Congressman mourned at Ohio Statehouse
Sep 11 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rep. Paul Gillmor was remembered Tuesday in ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse as a kind, upfront legislator who "understood his adversaries were not his enemies."
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Congressman mourned at Ohio Statehouse
Sep 11 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rep. Paul Gillmor was remembered Tuesday in ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse as a kind, upfront legislator who "understood his adversaries were not his enemies."
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Congressman mourned at Ohio Statehouse
Sep 11 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rep. Paul Gillmor was remembered Tuesday in ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse as a kind, upfront legislator who "understood his adversaries were not his enemies."
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Congressman mourned at Ohio Statehouse
Sep 11 2007 5:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rep. Paul Gillmor was remembered Tuesday in ceremonies at the Ohio Statehouse as a kind, upfront legislator who "understood his adversaries were not his enemies."
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Bones confirmed as missing Mo. kids
Sep 11 2007 5:44PM (CT)
SUGAR CREEK, Mo. (AP) - Human remains found in a shallow grave near the Missouri River are those of two missing children last seen when their father picked them up for a weekend visit in 2004, authorities confirmed Tuesday.
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Seven 82nd Airborne soldiers die in Iraq
Sep 11 2007 5:32PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Seven soldiers killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq were members of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
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Court: Release or retry death row inmate
Sep 11 2007 5:29PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A death row inmate convicted of setting a fire that killed five children must be released or retried because his constitutional rights were violated when his confession was used at trial, a federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
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Suspect admits he's the 'Hat Bandit'
Sep 11 2007 5:21PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A paroled killer pleaded guilty Tuesday to six bank robberies, admitting he was the elusive hat-wearing bandit responsible for a total of 18 in New Jersey in the past year.
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Football rivalry at center of bar fight
Sep 11 2007 5:06PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - To some Oklahoma football fans, there are things that just aren't done in the heart of Sooner Nation, and one of them is to walk into a bar wearing a Texas Longhorns T-shirt.
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Chertoff joins in Flight 93 memorial
Sep 11 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The 40 passengers and crew members who died when the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field were honored as "citizen soldiers" on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of their deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Chertoff joins in Flight 93 memorial
Sep 11 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The 40 passengers and crew members who died when the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field were honored as "citizen soldiers" on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of their deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Chertoff joins in Flight 93 memorial
Sep 11 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The 40 passengers and crew members who died when the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field were honored as "citizen soldiers" on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of their deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Chertoff joins in Flight 93 memorial
Sep 11 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The 40 passengers and crew members who died when the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field were honored as "citizen soldiers" on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of their deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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No charges in N.O. nursing home deaths
Sep 11 2007 3:29PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after a jury acquitted two nursing-home owners in dozens of Hurricane Katrina-related patient deaths, a prosecutor said that no charges would be filed in a similar case involving a nursing home run by an order of Roman Catholic nuns.
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Sculptor takes on Fla. skeleton mystery
Sep 11 2007 3:22PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Discarded like trash, eight bodies went unnoticed for years in a thicket of trees and scrub, on the edge of downtown. When they were discovered in March, nothing remained but bones.
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Court: Return Calif. inmate to death row
Sep 11 2007 2:51PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court has reinstated the death sentence for a convicted murderer after a lower court agreed to spare his life in 2000 because a juror had improperly used biblical quotes during the initial sentencing phase.
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Boy thrust into immigration spotlight
Sep 11 2007 2:09PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An 8-year-old boy has become a star attraction at pro-immigration events since his mother took refuge in a Chicago church before she was deported to Mexico.
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Pa. welfare department computers stolen
Sep 11 2007 2:01PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Burglars stole two computers containing records on people who receive medical assistance benefits for mental health and substance abuse treatment, state officials said Tuesday.
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Board: Charter school can teach Hebrew
Sep 11 2007 1:53PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A charter school may resume teaching in Hebrew, three weeks after the lessons were halted over concerns the Jewish faith was seeping into public classrooms, the school board voted Tuesday.
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Va. sheriff gets 8 months for corruption
Sep 11 2007 1:51PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The former sheriff of a struggling, rural county was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for lying to authorities about a scheme to resell drugs and guns seized from criminals.
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Evangelist's husband will fight divorce
Sep 11 2007 1:12PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Attorneys for a minister accused of attacking his popular televangelist wife in a hotel parking lot said Tuesday that they will contest her petition for divorce.
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Another charge reduced in 'Jena 6' case
Sep 11 2007 11:40AM (CT)
JENA, La. (AP) - Prosecutors reduced the attempted murder charge against another of the "Jena Six," a group of black high school students whose criminal charges after the beating a white classmate drew protests of racism and unequal justice.
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VA hospital evacuated over bomb threat
Sep 11 2007 10:54AM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A bomb threat forced hundreds of patients and staff to evacuate a Veterans Affairs hospital for about three hours Tuesday.
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Gang memoir author convicted in robbery
Sep 11 2007 10:04AM (CT)
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) - A former gang member could face life in prison for a jewelry heist that resembled robberies he described in a memoir about gang life.
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More surgery for New Jersey governor
Sep 11 2007 9:28AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine will undergo additional surgery on the leg that he broke last spring in a car crash that nearly killed him.
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Baby found safe after deadly carjacking
Sep 11 2007 9:19AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A baby girl who was strapped into her child safety seat when a carjacker killed her father and stole his SUV was found safe Tuesday morning outside a hospital, authorities said.
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Parents of trapped teen question efforts
Sep 11 2007 8:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The parents of a Bowie State University student who spent a week trapped in his car at the bottom of a ravine are questioning why more wasn't done to search for him. Police conducted one aerial search for Julian McCormick for an hour and a half well after dark Friday night.
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Report: Cadet not racial bias victim
Sep 11 2007 8:18AM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A former U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet who was sentenced to prison for extorting sexual favors from a female classmate was not a victim of racial discrimination, a federal review concluded.
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Ore. lawyer in court over Patriot Act
Sep 11 2007 7:36AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A lawyer who was wrongly arrested in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings because of a misidentified fingerprint was back in court, this time asking a judge to strike down provisions of the USA Patriot Act.
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