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Curiosity seekers visit Amish school
Oct 8 2006 11:56PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - Curiosity seekers left flowers and messages of sympathy Sunday near the one-room Amish schoolhouse where a quiet milkman killed five young girls and wounded five more.
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E. coli fears prompt recall of lettuce
Oct 8 2006 11:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration lifted its warning on fresh spinach grown in California's Salinas Valley, a popular brand of lettuce grown there was recalled Sunday over concerns about E. coli contamination.
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Sports programs help disabled veterans
Oct 8 2006 10:51PM (CT)
JACKSON'S GAP, Ala. (AP) - Army Pfc. Joshua Stein grew up in the water, swimming, diving and spearfishing at his native island of Saipan in the Pacific Ocean. Now, however, Stein is learning to water ski without his legs, which were blown off when a roadside bomb hit the Bradley fighting vehicle he was driving.
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Paper: Stem cell transplant program sued
Oct 8 2006 10:24PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A lawsuit against a stem cell transplant program alleges that it failed to ensure its stem cells were in good condition and concealed problems from patients, the Kansas City Star reported Sunday.
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Cleanup on at burned plant
Oct 8 2006 9:41PM (CT)
APEX, N.C. (AP) - Business owners and work crews tried to clean up Sunday in and around what remained of a hazardous waste facility where a spectacular fire prompted widespread evacuations.
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Marine takes bids on new name
Oct 8 2006 8:51PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Hoping to raise money for his family and an orphanage, a 29-year-old Marine is running an online auction in which the winning bidder will get to give him a new name _ and he promises to make it legally binding.
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3 family members slain in Chicago home
Oct 8 2006 8:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A family friend who found three slain relatives in a South Side home said she climbed through a window of the locked apartment and discovered the bodies and one survivor scattered throughout the residence.
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Lesbian R.I. couple weds in Mass.
Oct 8 2006 8:22PM (CT)
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) - A lesbian couple from Rhode Island that won the right to marry in Massachusetts held their ceremony Sunday.
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1 dead, 1 missing in Fla. boat collision
Oct 8 2006 8:22PM (CT)
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Two boats collided during South Florida's annual Columbus Day regatta, killing one person, seriously or critically injuring seven and leaving one man missing, authorities said Sunday.
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Paper: Detainee lawyer must leave Navy
Oct 8 2006 8:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Navy lawyer who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush administration's military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been passed over for promotion and will have to leave the military, The Miami Herald reported Sunday.
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Report: Women who killed kids form bond
Oct 8 2006 7:49PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Two Texas women who killed their young children in cases that drew nationwide attention have formed a friendship at a state hospital, a newspaper reports.
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Horse dies in crash with NYC taxi
Oct 8 2006 7:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A startled horse being ridden by a teenage boy at the edge of a park collided with a taxi Sunday, critically injuring the boy and killing the animal, police said.
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Bucking norm, some relish big families
Oct 8 2006 4:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Laura Bennett isn't bound by convention. Professionally, at age 42, she's pursuing a mid-career switch into big-time fashion design. At home, she's a mother of five _ with No. 6 due next month.
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Business may play role in 3 N.J. deaths
Oct 8 2006 3:43PM (CT)
MANALAPAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A soured business relationship may have led a man to kill his brother-in-law and the man's wife before killing himself with his own gun, prosecutors said Sunday. A fourth person was wounded.
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Boat capsizes in Lake Superior
Oct 8 2006 3:39PM (CT)
GRAND MARAIS, Mich. (AP) - A fishing boat capsized in rough Lake Superior waters, leaving three people missing after one was rescued by the Coast Guard, officials said.
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3 found dead in Detroit shop
Oct 8 2006 3:29PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The bodies of three men were found Sunday morning in a furniture resale shop in an apparent case of carbon monoxide poisoning, police said.
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Texas art teacher, school still sparring
Oct 8 2006 2:06PM (CT)
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Like the artwork that teacher Sydney McGee insists she was fired for letting her students study, her former school says there's more to her dismissal than is apparent at first glimpse.
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Pit bull kills woman and injures sister
Oct 8 2006 11:39AM (CT)
AIRMONT, N.Y. (AP) - A woman died after being bitten in the head and throat by a pit bull that she and her sister were watching for a friend.
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Ex-cons get sweet chance - as beekeepers
Oct 8 2006 11:19AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Before heading into the yard to work, Tony Smith pulls over his head a white hooded jacket with stiff veiled netting that protects his face. He tugs yellow leather gloves beyond his wrists and makes sure his pants cover the tops of his tennis shoes.
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Battered Marines adjust to civilian life
Oct 8 2006 6:51AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A year after they returned home, members of a badly battered Marine Corps unit are still finding it hard to adjust to their civilian lives.
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Thousands ride in honor of slain student
Oct 8 2006 5:31AM (CT)
BAILEY, Colo. (AP) - About 5,000 motorcyclists rode in a caravan in honor of the 16-year-old girl who was shot at her high school by a gunman who held her hostage.
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Boy, 6, dragged by school bus in N.Y.
Oct 8 2006 12:49AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy remained hospitalized Saturday after a school bus dragged him along the road for about 60 feet.
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3 dead, 1 injured in Chicago residence
Oct 8 2006 12:36AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three adults were found dead and a teenager was found critically injured Saturday in an apartment on the city's South Side, police said.
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Boy, 6, dragged by school bus in N.Y.
Oct 8 2006 12:29AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy remained hospitalized Saturday after a school bus dragged him along the road for about 60 feet.
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Minor quake strikes near Mount Rainier
Oct 8 2006 12:24AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled homes east of Mount Rainier on Saturday night, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported.
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