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Judge orders tattoo ink health warnings
Sep 20 2005 11:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge ordered two manufacturers of ink used for tattoos to place labels on their bottles warning consumers of potential health risks, a watchdog group said Tuesday.
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Conservatives honor ex-Sen. Jesse Helms
Sep 20 2005 11:03PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Conservatives on Tuesday honored former Sen. Jesse Helms as a role model whose departure from elected office left a void in Washington.
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Forecasters fear Hurricane Rita's strength
Sep 20 2005 10:59PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Rapidly strengthening Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys on Tuesday and headed into the Gulf of Mexico, where forecasters feared it could develop into another blockbuster storm targeting Texas or Louisiana.
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AP Interview: Schwarzenegger admits errors
Sep 20 2005 10:34PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed confidence Tuesday he can persuade voters to approve several reform measures in the special election he called for Nov. 8, although he acknowledged making mistakes in his effort, starting with a widely publicized comment last year calling nurses a special interest group whose "butts" he is always kicking.
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Three shot dead, suspect killed in crash
Sep 20 2005 10:26PM (CT)
ELKHORN CITY, Ky. (AP) - Three people were found shot to death in eastern Kentucky, and state police said the suspected gunman and another person were killed in a car crash later Tuesday.
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Ore. girls charged with attempted murder
Sep 20 2005 10:13PM (CT)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) - Two girls were charged with attempted murder Tuesday after authorities said they put rat poison into milk cartons of two fellow students.
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Rita threatens more New Orleans flooding
Sep 20 2005 10:06PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers raced to patch New Orleans' fractured levee system Tuesday and residents were forced to decide yet again whether to stay or go as a new, rapidly strengthening hurricane threatened to flood the city anew.
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Jury seated in Calif. therapist's killing
Sep 20 2005 9:34PM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - A jury was seated Tuesday in a first-degree murder case that will pit two sons against each other as their mother stands trial for killing their father.
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Survey: Environment a low voter priority
Sep 20 2005 9:33PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A vast majority of voters favors stronger policies to protect the environment, but the issue still ranks low on their list of priorities, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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New Orleans mayor faces leadership crisis
Sep 20 2005 9:28PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Weeping and cursing in frustration at one point, jauntily announcing the city's comeback at another, Ray Nagin has pursued an erratic course as mayor of this woeful city over the past three weeks.
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La. governor asks FEMA for hotel rooms
Sep 20 2005 9:25PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked federal officials Tuesday to begin moving hurricane evacuees from shelters to hotel rooms, urging the government to step up its efforts to provide permanent housing.
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Union says engineer saw all clear signals
Sep 20 2005 9:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The engineer of a commuter train that derailed, killing two passengers, told investigators that he continued traveling at nearly 70 mph because he saw no signals indicating he was supposed to switch tracks, a union official said Tuesday.
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Hinckley's therapists say he's normal
Sep 20 2005 9:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - John Hinckley's relationships with women are normal, two of his therapists testified Tuesday, disagreeing with suggestions by government attorneys that the presidential assailant is not yet ready for lengthy visits to his parents' home in Virginia.
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Katrina evacuees in Texas now flee Rita
Sep 20 2005 9:15PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - They waded through the chest-high floodwaters in the streets of New Orleans. They were plucked from their rooftops in the rescue baskets of helicopters. They survived the hell of the Louisiana Superdome and a 350-mile bus ride to Texas.
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Phoenix police: Man admits sex assaults
Sep 20 2005 9:07PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women in a series of rapes that had frightened women across the city during the past 14 months, police said Tuesday.
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Seniors decry Alaska tuition waiver change
Sep 20 2005 9:05PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Senior citizen advocates armed with more than 5,400 signatures urged the University of Alaska Board of Regents to continue its policy of waiving tuition for the state's oldest students.
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Tucson Diocese emerges from bankruptcy
Sep 20 2005 8:49PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson officially emerged from bankruptcy Tuesday, exactly a year after sex abuse lawsuits drove it to seek Chapter 11 protection.
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Judge declares mistrial in Gotti case
Sep 20 2005 8:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in the John A. "Junior" Gotti racketeering case declared a mistrial on the most serious charges Tuesday and said she would likely grant bail to the jailed scion of the Gambino organized crime family.
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U.N. report warns of more terrorists
Sep 20 2005 8:15PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Al-Qaida has spawned a so-called "third generation" of followers skilled in urban warfare and suicide bombings and U.N. sanctions need to be updated to keep up with the changing tactics, a report warned Tuesday.
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New York's mayor differs with Bush, again
Sep 20 2005 8:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the second time in a week, Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg distanced himself from the president, saying on Tuesday the Bush administration was wrong to suspend wage laws for workers helping to rebuild areas ruined by Hurricane Katrina.
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Mexican officials raze 31 border buildings
Sep 20 2005 8:05PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Mexican officials bulldozed 31 abandoned buildings Tuesday along the U.S.-Mexican border in a village that has been a staging ground for drug and human smugglers.
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Conn. AG: Out-of-state civil unions valid
Sep 20 2005 8:00PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut will recognize civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships from other states and foreign countries when a new law allowing civil unions takes effect here Oct. 1.
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Galveston prepares to evacuate before Rita
Sep 20 2005 7:39PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Determined not to repeat the mistakes of Katrina, Texas prepared for Hurricane Rita on Tuesday by ordering the state's first mandatory evacuation, declaring the state a disaster area and moving supplies to inland cities in anticipation of evacuees.
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Contractor accused of 'Green Zone' fraud
Sep 20 2005 7:30PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former government contractor was charged with fraud Tuesday for handing out top access ID badges in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to an Iraqi girlfriend and others not entitled to have them.
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Kentucky official indicted in hiring probe
Sep 20 2005 7:17PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's acting transportation secretary was indicted Tuesday for seeking to punish an employee who testified before a grand jury investigating alleged political hirings.
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Two on trial in Boston Chinatown massacre
Sep 20 2005 6:58PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - When three gunmen burst into a Chinatown social club and yelled "Robbery!" the men inside the club did what they were told, knelt down on the floor and put their hands behind their heads.
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Ex-Conn. sen. pleads guilty in bribe case
Sep 20 2005 6:21PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - In the latest in a string of corruption cases in Connecticut, a former state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of receiving a bribe, mail fraud and tax evasion.
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Galveston calls for voluntary evacuations
Sep 20 2005 5:40PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Taking a cue from the suffering in New Orleans, residents lined up for plywood and officials called for a voluntary evacuation of this island city as Hurricane Rita threatened to slam into the Texas Coast this weekend. Officials also began steps to fly thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees to Arkansas.
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Father and son lawyers accused of stealing
Sep 20 2005 5:26PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A disbarred personal-injury lawyer and his attorney son stole $1.1 million from clients, state prosecutors said in charges filed Tuesday.
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Trial opens in gay inmate's civil lawsuit
Sep 20 2005 5:07PM (CT)
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - State prison officials ignored a gay inmate's pleas for protection from rapes and instead told him to fight or get a boyfriend who could defend him, the man's attorney said Tuesday.
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Impact of hurricane tax aid questioned
Sep 20 2005 3:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims get their hands on needed cash could do more for higher income survivors than for the neediest, a congressional report says.
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Prosecution can use England statement
Sep 20 2005 3:41PM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A military judge reversed himself Tuesday and decided to let prosecutors use a statement Army Pfc. Lynndie England gave to investigators implicating herself in the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Wendy's chili finger tipster has beef
Sep 20 2005 3:34PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A man who says he helped Wendy's International Inc. unravel the scheme behind a fingertip slipped into a bowl of chili has a beef with the fast food chain. He wants the $100,000 reward the company offered.
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Pa. lawyer accused of stealing $1.1M
Sep 20 2005 1:37PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A disbarred personal-injury lawyer and his attorney son stole $1.1 million from clients, state prosecutors said in charges filed Tuesday.
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Rita strengthens into Category 2 hurricane
Sep 20 2005 12:31PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Rita strengthened rapidly on Tuesday to a Category 2 hurricane as it lashed the Florida Keys with flooding rain and strong wind and sparked fears the storm could eventually bring new misery to the Gulf Coast.
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Va. school district wins scholastic prize
Sep 20 2005 12:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Virginia school district won the nation's top prize in public education on Tuesday, earning $500,000 for showing consistent improvement by its students.
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Government: Man wanted Bush assassinated
Sep 20 2005 12:17PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A suspected terrorist accused of conspiring to assassinate President Bush said he proposed the plot but it wasn't pursued, and he was frustrated that other members of his al-Qaida cell lacked initiative, according to prosecutors.
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Group: Protect Katrina victim immigrants
Sep 20 2005 11:51AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Illegal immigrants affected by Hurricane Katrina should have "protected humanitarian status," representatives of Latin American and Caribbean communities said Tuesday in an appeal to the White House.
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Peace activist Sheehan hurt at rally
Sep 20 2005 11:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said Tuesday she was hurt slightly in a scuffle that erupted when police broke up a rally as she was at the microphone.
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Tiniest baby celebrates first birthday
Sep 20 2005 9:31AM (CT)
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) - A baby born weighing less than a soda can and believed to be the smallest baby ever to survive has celebrated her first birthday.
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Boy falsley accused of murder gets $6.2M
Sep 20 2005 7:23AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A boy falsely accused of killing an 11-year-old girl seven years ago agreed Monday to settle his lawsuit against the city and two police detectives for $6.2 million, a judge announced.
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Translation of bin Laden speeches released
Sep 20 2005 7:12AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The only way to defeat the enemy is to know the enemy. But in the case of Osama bin Laden, the public doesn't know enough, says the author of a new book on America's No. 1 nemesis.
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MacArthur Foundation awards 25 grants
Sep 20 2005 6:56AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A lobsterman from Maine, an oncologist from Nigeria and the first woman to lead a major American symphony are among the 25 people chosen for this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants," $500,000 that recipients can use however they wish.
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Miss. town seemingly forgotten after storm
Sep 20 2005 6:51AM (CT)
PEARLINGTON, Miss. (AP) - For more than a week, Pearlington survived largely on its own. Then, 10 days after Hurricane Katrina annihilated this tiny hamlet on the Louisiana state line, Jeff McVay and five other members of a state emergency response team from Walton County, Fla., arrived at the request of Hancock County.
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Company scraps Voting Rights landfill plan
Sep 20 2005 6:47AM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The nation's largest trash hauler has scrapped plans to develop a landfill along the historic trail that commemorates the 1965 Voting Rights marches, a decision applauded by opponents.
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Holocaust Survivor Simon Wiesenthal Dies
Sep 20 2005 5:27AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war criminals following World War II, then spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice against all people, died Tuesday. He was 96.
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La. Guardsman returns home from Iraq
Sep 20 2005 2:56AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lt. William Besselman came back after a year in Iraq to find a mess in his home from Hurricane Katrina: ruined photographs of his children, an overturned china cabinet his wife had inherited, a couch sprouting mold.
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