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Authorities urge evacuees to 'stay put'
Sep 24 2005 11:30PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast Saturday, battering communities with floods and intense winds, but residents were relieved the once-dreaded storm proved far less fierce and deadly than Katrina.
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Fla. college police officer fatally shot
Sep 24 2005 10:35PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A university police officer working with the state to curb underage drinking was shot to death by an Orlando police officer outside the Citrus Bowl Saturday as fans were arriving for a football game, authorities said.
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La. proposes group to aid storm evacuees
Sep 24 2005 9:37PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Saturday proposed creating a nonprofit group that would provide services to evacuated Louisiana residents, much as refugees are settled in the United States after fleeing political persecution overseas.
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La. proposes group to aid storm evacuees
Sep 24 2005 9:33PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Saturday proposed creating a nonprofit group that would provide services to evacuated Louisiana residents, much as refugees are settled in the United States after fleeing political persecution overseas.
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Rita hampers New Orleans' plan to dry out
Sep 24 2005 9:29PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Rita left floodwaters lapping at the high-water marks set by Katrina just three weeks ago, raising questions about how swiftly New Orleans can recover from its epic flooding and providing a grim reminder that the city remains in peril even as it seeks to rebuild.
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Anti-war demonstrators march on Washington
Sep 24 2005 9:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.
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Judge grants delay in Md. sniper trial
Sep 24 2005 8:57PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A judge has granted a delay for the trial of John Allen Muhammad in the six Maryland deaths linked to the 2002 Washington-area sniper spree.
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Three dead after Wis. helicopter crash
Sep 24 2005 8:40PM (CT)
CABLE, Wis. (AP) - A helicopter giving rides at a fall festival hit a power line and crashed into a northern Wisconsin lake Saturday, killing the pilot, a woman and her teenage son, authorities said.
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AP: Corporal punishment up in N.Y. schools
Sep 24 2005 8:13PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Formal complaints of corporal punishment in New York classrooms more than doubled over the past five years, with 4,223 accusations reported in 2004, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
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Houston spared from Rita's wrath
Sep 24 2005 7:38PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Thousands of residents of the nation's fourth-largest city had fled a monster storm they feared would fill their homes with water. But after Hurricane Rita spared Houston, they began heading home Saturday, despite the urgings of officials.
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Rita spreads misery in La. fishing ports
Sep 24 2005 7:25PM (CT)
LAFITTE, La. (AP) - Around this little town, everyone owns knee-high rubber boots, boats are anchored in most back yards, and one waterway or another runs past almost every house.
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Probe begins into deadly Dallas bus blast
Sep 24 2005 7:15PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Federal investigators sought clues Saturday in the burned-out remnants of a bus that exploded in a traffic jam and killed 24 elderly evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita.
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Oklahoma girl, alleged abductor found dead
Sep 24 2005 6:39PM (CT)
ADA, Okla. (AP) - A teenager who was abducted as she left school last week was found shot to death Saturday along with a man her mother had once dated. Authorities said it appeared to be a murder-suicide.
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Copter crashes off Kauai, killing three
Sep 24 2005 5:28PM (CT)
HAENA, Hawaii (AP) - A tour helicopter crashed into the ocean near Kauai's rugged Na Pali Coast, killing three people and leaving three others in the waves to swim to shore.
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Police: Suburbs dropping homeless in L.A.
Sep 24 2005 4:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - At least four suburban law enforcement departments have been spotted dropping off people who appeared to be homeless on the city's downtown streets, authorities said.
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Couple recall crash on Las Vegas Strip
Sep 24 2005 3:41PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Aidan Nolan and his wife were on the last leg of their honeymoon, holding hands as they walked down the Las Vegas Strip.
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Rita's victims wealthier than Katrina's
Sep 24 2005 3:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Rita smashed into a region that is wealthier, more mobile and much less densely populated than the one devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Executive order sought from Chicago mayor
Sep 24 2005 2:36PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal monitor reviewing hiring practices at City Hall wants an executive order from Mayor Richard Daley that protects city employees who cooperate with her investigation.
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Few seem to mind fleeing Hurricane Rita
Sep 24 2005 2:23PM (CT)
CONROE, Texas (AP) - In far-flung Texas shelters, where evacuees huddled as Hurricane Rita spared many of their homes, scarcely a gripe was heard. Nobody accused anyone of crying wolf.
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JPs scramble to prepare for civil unions
Sep 24 2005 2:05PM (CT)
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's new law allowing same-sex civil unions takes effect next weekend, and justices of the peace are still learning how to handle the new ceremonies.
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Galveston escapes devastation from Rita
Sep 24 2005 2:04PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - This barrier island city awoke Saturday with a collective exhale, relieved that Hurricane Rita failed to produce the devastation forecast just days earlier.
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Cardinal joins in criticism of movement
Sep 24 2005 1:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Cardinal Francis George is joining other Roman Catholic leaders in criticizing a secretive religious movement, banning the group from meeting in churches or other archdiocesan facilities.
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Katrina exposes American poverty
Sep 24 2005 11:26AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - "Let me tell you about abandoned people," whispered J.R., his voice rising above the sighs and soft snores of sleepers curled on the church pews around him.
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Fires cause damage in Galveston, Houston
Sep 24 2005 11:08AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Wind from Hurricane Rita whipped up dramatic fires in this city's historic Strand District and parts of Houston, sending out swirls of sparkling embers even as rain poured down in sheets.
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Ga. schools to close two days to save gas
Sep 24 2005 9:29AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Most of Georgia's public schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, taking two "early snow days," in an effort to conserve fuel in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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82nd Airborne soldiers allege Iraq abuse
Sep 24 2005 7:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Soldiers in the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division vented their frustration by systematically torturing Iraqi detainees from 2003 into 2004, hitting them with baseball bats and dousing them with chemicals, a U.S. rights group alleges in a new report.
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Fires hit Galveston's historic district
Sep 24 2005 7:07AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Wind from Hurricane Rita whipped up dramatic fires in this city's historic Strand District and parts of Houston, sending out swirls of sparkling embers even as rain poured down in sheets.
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Psychologist: England suffered depression
Sep 24 2005 5:56AM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A psychologist testified that Pfc. Lynndie England suffered from depression and has an overly compliant personality, making her a heedless participant in abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison.
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Bus company had history of safety problems
Sep 24 2005 4:35AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The owner of the charter bus that exploded while ferrying nursing home residents away from Hurricane Rita has a history of financial and safety woes, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday.
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Thousands of Texans bide time in shelters
Sep 24 2005 3:28AM (CT)
CONROE, Texas (AP) - Far from home, literally scattered to the winds, tens of thousands of Texans sat in shelters early Saturday, killing time, watching television and wondering what Hurricane Rita had left of their homes.
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FEMA budget so complex it defies consensus
Sep 24 2005 2:44AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If analysts agree on anything when it comes to the federal agency responsible for handling disasters, it's that it lacks the money to prepare for calamities that are not literally on the horizon. Much else about the budget of the Federal Emergency Management Agency defies consensus _ or even comprehension.
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