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Broadcaster Ralph Story dies at 86
Sep 26 2006 11:29PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ralph Story, a television and radio broadcaster for three decades and host of the hugely popular quiz show "The $64,000 Challenge" in the 1950s, has died. He was 86.
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Mom of brain-injured girl seeks visits
Sep 26 2006 11:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The biological mother of a girl who authorities say was beaten into a coma by her adoptive mother and stepfather asked a judge Tuesday to resume her hospital visits, which were stopped by the state.
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Hells Angels trial opens in Las Vegas
Sep 26 2006 10:51PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal prosecutor said Hells Angels motorcycle gang members plotted a deadly attack on a rival gang, showing jurors Tuesday a security video of leather-clad bikers wielding guns, knives, hammers and chairs in the bloody brawl at a southern Nevada casino.
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Newsweek prints two different covers
Sep 26 2006 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Newsweek offered different covers overseas and at home this week, featuring a close look at violence in Afghanistan for international readers called "Losing Afghanistan" while its domestic edition focused on photographer Annie Leibovitz for a story titled "My Life in Pictures."
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AWOL soldier surrenders at Army base
Sep 26 2006 10:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Army medic who fled rather than serve a second tour in Iraq because he believes war is immoral turned himself in Tuesday to face a possible court-martial.
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Two Sago Mine workers commit suicide
Sep 26 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Two miners whose jobs included watching for safety hazards inside the Sago Mine before the deadly explosion last January committed suicide in the past month.
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Big SoCal fire moves again toward homes
Sep 26 2006 10:22PM (CT)
LOCKWOOD VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Fire trucks, bulldozers and water tankers guarded homes within sight of a massive wildfire Tuesday as officials urged rural residents of Southern California mountain communities to evacuate.
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Two brothers who ran cartel plead guilty
Sep 26 2006 9:51PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In what the government called "the final, fatal blow" to the world's biggest cocaine supplier, two Colombian brothers who helped found the infamous Cali cartel pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug trafficking, agreed to forfeit billions in tainted assets, and received what could amount to a life sentence.
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U.S. sues to allow N.Y. Sabbath house
Sep 26 2006 9:36PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The federal government accused a village of religious discrimination Tuesday for denying a zoning variance to a residence used by Orthodox Jews so they can visit a hospital on the Sabbath without breaking religious laws.
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Son of Mickey Rooney dies at 59
Sep 26 2006 9:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Timothy Hayes Rooney, a son of Mickey Rooney who had a minor career as an actor, has died. He was 59.
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Pair accused in kidnap charged in Maine
Sep 26 2006 9:30PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A couple accused of tying up their pregnant daughter and driving out of state in the hopes of forcing her to undergo an abortion will only face charges back home in Maine after prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case in New Hampshire where they were arrested.
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Judge strikes down Ohio exit poll ban
Sep 26 2006 9:03PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2004 directive by Ohio's elections chief against exit polling within 100 feet of a voting place.
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Prosecutor: Bus owner had logs changed
Sep 26 2006 8:46PM (CT)
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The operator of a bus that exploded and killed 23 nursing home residents during the Hurricane Rita evacuation poorly maintained his vehicles and had drivers work excessively long shifts and lie about them, a prosecutor said in his opening statement Tuesday.
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Judge suspends ban on funeral protests
Sep 26 2006 8:31PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's law forbidding protests within 300 feet of military funerals and memorial services was suspended temporarily Tuesday after a federal judge ruled it was too broad.
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Noxious gas cloud sickens dozens in N.J.
Sep 26 2006 8:27PM (CT)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - A trucking company worker accidentally damaged a pressurized tank of sulfur dioxide Tuesday, releasing a cloud of the noxious gas and sickening dozens of people.
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Travelers embrace relaxed security rules
Sep 26 2006 8:00PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Happy that new security rules have cleared their liquids and gels for takeoff, air travelers presented small, clear plastic bags filled with toiletries for inspection Tuesday, but long lines grew at some airports as others confused about the changes filled trash cans with containers that were too large.
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Dalai Lama: Too many lives lost in Iraq
Sep 26 2006 7:52PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that violence in Iraq has cost too many lives and soured his view of the U.S.-led war.
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Snowmobiles banned to help Idaho caribou
Sep 26 2006 7:21PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A judge has declared nearly 470 square miles of national forest land in northern Idaho off-limits to snowmobiles in an effort to save the last mountain caribou herd in the contiguous 48 states.
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NYC mobster sentenced for racketeering
Sep 26 2006 7:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An ailing 74-year-old Gambino crime family captain who recommended an undercover FBI agent for mob membership before he was arrested in a sting asked for leniency Tuesday but received more than 12 years in prison instead for racketeering.
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Gotti retrial jury says it's deadlocked
Sep 26 2006 7:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury deliberating the fate of John "Junior" Gotti at his third racketeering trial told the judge Tuesday it was unable to agree on a verdict. The judge asked the jury to try again.
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NYC mulls ban on trans fats in eateries
Sep 26 2006 6:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.
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Researchers: Rare woodpecker sighted
Sep 26 2006 6:16PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - After spending months in remote northwest Florida swamps searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker, researchers say they have seen and heard the rare bird once believed to be extinct.
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House aide resigns over fake blog posts
Sep 26 2006 6:05PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A top aide to U.S. Rep. Charles Bass resigned Tuesday after disclosures that he posed as a supporter of the Republican's opponent in blog messages intended to convince people that the race was not competitive.
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Teen sentenced in Calif. woman's slaying
Sep 26 2006 6:04PM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - A teenager convicted of murdering the wife of defense attorney and TV legal analyst Daniel Horowitz was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
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Blimp gets stuck in trees in Mass.
Sep 26 2006 5:35PM (CT)
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. (AP) - A blimp crashed in a wooded area Tuesday when the pilot lost rudder control shortly after takeoff and tried to make an emergency landing on a nearby beach, authorities said.
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Missing boy's mother leaves suicide note
Sep 26 2006 5:28PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The mother and prime suspect in the disappearance of a 2-year-old boy said her parental shortcomings led her to suicide, according to a letter released by investigators Tuesday.
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West Point buries 'Class of 9-11' cadet
Sep 26 2006 5:22PM (CT)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - The first member of West Point's "Class of 9-11" to die in combat was buried at the military academy Tuesday, two weeks after she was killed by a bomb at the head of a convoy in Iraq.
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Ohio family sues over tainted spinach
Sep 26 2006 4:45PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Five family members who said they were sickened after eating fresh spinach filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a processing company investigators are examining in their search for the source of the tainted greens.
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WWI soldier buried at Arlington Cemetery
Sep 26 2006 4:44PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - The only testament to Francis Lupo's death in a World War I battle has long been his name, etched on a French chapel wall with those of hundreds of other missing soldiers.
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N.C. accused killer's car found in Tenn.
Sep 26 2006 2:13PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A car police say was stolen by a man accused of pushing his way into a North Carolina domestic violence shelter and shooting his wife to death has been found in a Tennessee bus station parking lot, authorities said Tuesday.
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Review turns up problems in Mass. tunnel
Sep 26 2006 2:03PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A city transportation review prompted by a deadly collapse in a Big Dig tunnel has found cracks that will require major repairs to an older tunnel under Boston Harbor, Gov. Mitt Romney said Tuesday.
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Cartels use surburban homes to grow pot
Sep 26 2006 1:40PM (CT)
ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Leon Nunn stepped out his front door one recent afternoon only to be waved back by a squadron of drug agents using a battering ram on a neighbor's home. The half-million-dollar home in the quiet subdivision was found to be stuffed with high-grade marijuana plants, growing in soil-free trays under bright lights.
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Courtroom interpreters in short supply
Sep 26 2006 1:31PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Federal court interpreter Teresa Thorpe spoke Spanish softly into a microphone as one Hispanic defendant after another stepped forward.
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14th person charged in sexual assault
Sep 26 2006 1:19PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 14th person has been charged in the case of an 11-year-old girl who police say was coached by an older girl as she was sexually assaulted by as many as 20 males.
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McDonald's suspect pleads not guilty
Sep 26 2006 12:26PM (CT)
COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) - A man accused of running down five family members, killing a 2-year-old girl, in a McDonald's parking lot last May pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
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Cardinal George 'feeling much better'
Sep 26 2006 11:59AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eight weeks after having bladder cancer surgery, Cardinal Francis George says he's feeling much better and isn't in any pain.
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Investigators zero in on tainted spinach
Sep 26 2006 11:29AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Test results linking two bags of Dole brand baby spinach to a deadly E. coli strain have helped health officials hone in on a specific batch from a San Juan Bautista processing plant that may be the source of a nationwide outbreak.
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Knife-wielding NYC driver shot by police
Sep 26 2006 10:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man wanted in a Rhode Island killing crashed his SUV at a Manhattan intersection, injuring several pedestrians, and then was shot by police after he emerged waving a knife at officers, authorities and witnesses said.
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Republican denounces Ariz. 9/11 memorial
Sep 26 2006 10:09AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The Republican candidate for governor says the state's recently dedicated 9/11 memorial should be torn down, calling it an insult to America because of wording that he says criticizes the United States and fails to adequately honor victims and military personnel.
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3 face courts-martial in Iraqi's death
Sep 26 2006 10:03AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three Marines from Camp Pendleton will face courts-martial on murder and kidnapping charges in the death of an Iraqi man in the town of Hamdania, the Marine Corps said Monday.
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Author, editor of vocabulary books dies
Sep 26 2006 8:14AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Norman Lewis, who wrote or edited more than 60 books on language and grammar, including the best-selling "30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary" and "Word Power Made Easy," has died. He was 93.
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Rice challenges Clinton 9/11 comments
Sep 26 2006 7:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged former President Clinton's claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue Osama bin Laden, and she accused President Bush's predecessor of leaving no comprehensive plan to fight al-Qaida.
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Police: Teen forced to drink turpentine
Sep 26 2006 7:05AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Police have arrested the mother and two cousins of a pregnant 16-year-old who are accused of forcing the teen to drink turpentine in an attempt to induce an abortion.
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New trial in deadly 1981 N.Y. robbery
Sep 26 2006 6:04AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Judith Clark went on trial for murder in 1983, a judge granted her the right to represent herself. But as prosecutors argued their case against her, she refused to come to court, remaining in a cell.
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Professor says senator used racial slur
Sep 26 2006 5:52AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A noted political scientist joined one of Sen. George Allen's former college football teammates in claiming the senator used a racial slur to refer to blacks in the early 1970s, a claim Allen dismisses as "ludicrously false."
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Report: Some refugees in legal paradox
Sep 26 2006 5:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For nearly 1 1/2 years, a Sri Lankan fisherman has waited in a federal detention center in New Jersey _ and in a legal Catch-22.
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Fans celebrate Superdome reopening
Sep 26 2006 4:52AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Martha Brown stared at the field in the Louisiana Superdome, tears streaming down her face, her sister's arm around her shoulders.
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Slaying of mother triggers sad memories
Sep 26 2006 4:22AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - When Katy Salhani heard on the radio that an East St. Louis woman had been killed, her fetus cut from her womb, she couldn't help wondering if her sister's story had played a role.
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Man slides to death on Alaska glacier
Sep 26 2006 3:19AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A hiker slid to his death after losing his footing on an Alaska glacier near a popular tourist destination, authorities said.
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Kinky, Jesse tour Texas colleges
Sep 26 2006 2:38AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - With political soul mate Jesse Ventura in tow, Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman is telling college audiences that he has no reason to apologize for his race-related remarks.
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Judge halts petroleum reserve lease sale
Sep 26 2006 1:22AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A federal judge has halted the sale of federal oil leases on a portion of Alaska's North Slope that environmentalists have pinpointed as a haven for migratory birds and calving caribou.
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Del. congressman recovering from strokes
Sep 26 2006 1:05AM (CT)
DOVER, Del. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Michael Castle was talkative and in good spirits Monday after suffering two small strokes over the weekend, aides said.
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'Girls Gone Wild' CEO pleads guilty
Sep 26 2006 12:35AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The founder of the company that produces the "Girls Gone Wild" videos of women appearing in sexual situations pleaded guilty Monday to charges of failing to document the ages of young women engaging in sexual acts in the videos.
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