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4 shot, gunman killed in Ohio school
Oct 10 2007 11:54PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.
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4 shot, gunman killed in Ohio school
Oct 10 2007 11:54PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.
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4 shot, gunman killed in Ohio school
Oct 10 2007 11:54PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.
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Mom, 2 kids hurt in LA road rage crash
Oct 10 2007 11:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A road-rage crash critically injured a mother and her two small children, who were crushed between parked cars, police said Wednesday.
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Ind. man charged in death of girlfriend
Oct 10 2007 11:31PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - A man who said he discovered his girlfriend unresponsive was charged Wednesday with killing her, while authorities investigate why her sister died mysteriously six days later.
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Cop sues family of brain-damaged tot
Oct 10 2007 11:14PM (CT)
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) - A police officer who slipped and injured a knee responding to a toddler's near-drowning has sued the family of the 1-year-old boy, who suffered brain damage and can no longer walk, talk or swallow.
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Chemical cars derail in Ohio
Oct 10 2007 11:10PM (CT)
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - About 30 cars in a freight train hauling some toxic chemicals derailed Wednesday, setting off a large, smoky fire and leading to the evacuation of potentially hundreds of people. No injuries were reported.
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Chemical cars derail in Ohio
Oct 10 2007 11:10PM (CT)
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - About 30 cars in a freight train hauling some toxic chemicals derailed Wednesday, setting off a large, smoky fire and leading to the evacuation of potentially hundreds of people. No injuries were reported.
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Chemical cars derail in Ohio
Oct 10 2007 11:10PM (CT)
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - About 30 cars in a freight train hauling some toxic chemicals derailed Wednesday, setting off a large, smoky fire and leading to the evacuation of potentially hundreds of people. No injuries were reported.
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Suit claims topless clubs cheat workers
Oct 10 2007 11:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A chain of upscale topless clubs cheats dancers and other workers by taking portions of their tips and failing to pay proper wages, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
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Ill., pharmacists OK birth control deal
Oct 10 2007 11:01PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois pharmacists who object to dispensing emergency birth control would be allowed to let someone else fill the prescription under a deal that could settle a lawsuit against the state.
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Maryland police plan no-candy signs
Oct 10 2007 10:53PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - To discourage contact with children, some registered sex offenders in Maryland will be asked to post signs at their homes that say "No Candy at This Residence," on Halloween.
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ACLU seeks to stop drugging of deportees
Oct 10 2007 10:52PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Indonesian immigrant Raymond Soeoth says he was awaiting deportation when four officers stormed into his holding cell, wrestled his pants off and pinned him down for an injection of anti-psychotic drugs.
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FBI: Woman charged in slaying left clues
Oct 10 2007 10:43PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An exchange of messages on an Internet chat site about rat terriers helped investigators track down a woman accused of slicing a baby from the womb of a pregnant woman who sold puppies, FBI agents testified Wednesday.
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Deal allows sidewalk sleeping in L.A.
Oct 10 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Homeless people will be allowed to sleep on sidewalks at night _ if they don't block doors and driveways _ under a settlement between the city and civil liberties advocates.
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Sex offenders don't have to move, yet
Oct 10 2007 10:33PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state Supreme Court issued a three-week reprieve Wednesday to four recently released sex offenders who are illegally living too close to schools and parks.
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Ohio woman gets 4 years in son's caging
Oct 10 2007 10:23PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A mother convicted of punishing her son by forcing him to sit in a dog cage was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison.
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Ciprianis resolve tax evasion case
Oct 10 2007 10:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The father and son at the helm of the Cipriani restaurants _ an empire that includes Manhattan's Rainbow Room and Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy _ were sentenced Wednesday to non-jail terms and ordered to pay $10 million for tax evasion.
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Dad fails to see baby fall from stroller
Oct 10 2007 10:15PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A man says he was drunk and didn't notice until he got home that his infant son had fallen out of his stroller during a nighttime walk through a field, according to authorities.
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Ark. judge upholds marriage law error
Oct 10 2007 10:00PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An error in a new law that allows Arkansans of any age _ even toddlers _ to marry with parental consent must be fixed by lawmakers, not an independent commission authorized to correct typos, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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New testimony in bribery trial
Oct 10 2007 9:58PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two Defense Department officers testified Wednesday that former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham made phone calls on behalf of a contractor now on trial on charges of bribing the lawmaker.
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Georgia's `Mansion Madam' pleads guilty
Oct 10 2007 9:54PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A woman accused of running a brothel out of her million-dollar, suburban Atlanta home, pleaded guilty to prostitution and cocaine possession Wednesday while more serious charges were dropped, her attorney said.
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NY's oldest inmate, 89, denied parole
Oct 10 2007 9:52PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The oldest inmate in the New York state prison system was denied parole a week after his 89th birthday. Charles Friedgood was a well-to-do Long Island heart surgeon convicted in 1976 of injecting his ailing wife Sophie with a fatal dose of the painkiller Demerol.
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5 workers died from smoke inhalation
Oct 10 2007 9:12PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Five workers trapped by a fire in an underground tunnel at a hydroelectric plant died from asphyxiation and smoke inhalation, the coroner said Wednesday.
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Hangman's noose found on NYC prof's door
Oct 10 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of Columbia University teachers and students voiced outrage Wednesday over a noose found hanging from a black professor's office door, while police investigated if it was the work of disgruntled students or a colleague.
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Hangman's noose found on NYC prof's door
Oct 10 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of Columbia University teachers and students voiced outrage Wednesday over a noose found hanging from a black professor's office door, while police investigated if it was the work of disgruntled students or a colleague.
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Hangman's noose found on NYC prof's door
Oct 10 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of Columbia University teachers and students voiced outrage Wednesday over a noose found hanging from a black professor's office door, while police investigated if it was the work of disgruntled students or a colleague.
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Hangman's noose found on NYC prof's door
Oct 10 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of Columbia University teachers and students voiced outrage Wednesday over a noose found hanging from a black professor's office door, while police investigated if it was the work of disgruntled students or a colleague.
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Memorial planned at Wis. shooting site
Oct 10 2007 8:38PM (CT)
CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - The house where an off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot six young people and injured another will be torn down and replaced with a memorial, a church pastor said Wednesday.
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Lawyer: Atlantic City mayor resigns
Oct 10 2007 8:32PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The mayor of this gambling resort resigned Wednesday after a two-week absence from office during which he checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.
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Parents in kidnap case reach deal
Oct 10 2007 8:21PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A couple accused of kidnapping their daughter to force her to have an abortion last year have reached a plea agreement in which they will serve no time behind bars, the father's lawyer said Wednesday.
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ME reiterates boot camp autopsy findings
Oct 10 2007 7:47PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - The medical examiner who performed the first autopsy on a 14-year-old boy who died after an altercation with boot camp guards told jurors Wednesday that he found no signs of serious injury on the teenager's body.
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ME reiterates boot camp autopsy findings
Oct 10 2007 7:47PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - The medical examiner who performed the first autopsy on a 14-year-old boy who died after an altercation with boot camp guards told jurors Wednesday that he found no signs of serious injury on the teenager's body.
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ME reiterates boot camp autopsy findings
Oct 10 2007 7:47PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - The medical examiner who performed the first autopsy on a 14-year-old boy who died after an altercation with boot camp guards told jurors Wednesday that he found no signs of serious injury on the teenager's body.
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Jimmy Carter: U.S. tortures prisoners
Oct 10 2007 7:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday, adding that President Bush makes up his own definition of torture.
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Woman to police: 'I drowned my grandson'
Oct 10 2007 7:31PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A woman calmly told a dispatcher that she drowned her 2-year-old grandson in the bathtub and wanted officers "to shoot me, if they could," according to 911 recordings released Wednesday.
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Rash of noose incidents reported
Oct 10 2007 7:06PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In the months since nooses dangling from a schoolyard tree raised racial tensions in Jena, La., the frightening symbol of segregation-era lynchings has been turning up around the country.
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N.H. tax evader arrives at Ohio prison
Oct 10 2007 7:00PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A convicted tax evader who had holed up in his home for months after walking out of his federal trial arrived Wednesday at a federal prison in Ohio, authorities said.
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Feds appealing Patriot Act ruling
Oct 10 2007 6:47PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Bush administration is appealing a ruling by a federal judge in Oregon who struck down key portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional.
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Mo. boy's years of manipulation, abuse
Oct 10 2007 6:43PM (CT)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - The former pizza shop manager who abducted two boys and held them captive tightened his psychological hold on the one he kept for four years by taking him along on the kidnapping of the second child.
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Va. Tech tests emergency alert system
Oct 10 2007 6:32PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people reported they did not receive a message sent out during a trial run of Virginia Tech's expanded emergency alert system on Wednesday, though it was not clear whether all were signed up for the service, a university spokesman said.
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NYC must pay for exec's son's special ed
Oct 10 2007 5:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A multimillionaire who sued New York City over its refusal to pay for his learning-disabled son's private school education won by default Wednesday when the Supreme Court couldn't agree which side was right.
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Jury deadlocks in Texas Southern trial
Oct 10 2007 5:19PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Jurors deliberating whether Texas Southern University's former president misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes said they were at an impasse Wednesday, but the judge told them to keep working.
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Jury deadlocks in Texas Southern trial
Oct 10 2007 5:19PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Jurors deliberating whether Texas Southern University's former president misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes said they were at an impasse Wednesday, but the judge told them to keep working.
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Ex-prosecutor on trial over terror case
Oct 10 2007 5:05PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A former federal prosecutor's ambition led him to withhold evidence that could have helped the defense during the nation's first major terrorism trial after the Sept. 11 attacks, a government lawyer said at trial Wednesday.
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Murder charges filed in boater case
Oct 10 2007 4:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors charged two men Wednesday with murdering the captain and three crew members of a charter fishing boat they are accused of trying to hijack after hiring it for a quick trip to the Bahamas.
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Stripper accused of borrowing movie plot
Oct 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - In the 1994 movie "The Last Seduction," a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end.
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Crist wins praise from blacks
Oct 10 2007 3:11PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - In a marked change from his predecessors, Florida's new Republican governor is tackling many issues important to black voters, so much so that one black Democratic lawmaker calls him the state's first black governor.
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Nurses strike in Northern California
Oct 10 2007 2:09PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Nearly 5,000 nurses in 15 Northern California hospitals began a two-day walkout Wednesday to protest what they said were inadequate contract offerings.
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W.Va. ambulance driver faces DUI
Oct 10 2007 12:14PM (CT)
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - A West Virginia ambulance driver faces an impaired driving charge after running two red lights with a patient in the back, police said.
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2 men charged in deadly street crash
Oct 10 2007 10:45AM (CT)
EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) - Two men racing through the streets of this Southern California town have been charged in a crash that killed a woman and her two young children.
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Pope blesses Italian soccer team
Oct 10 2007 10:41AM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI blessed a third-division Italian soccer team Wednesday, praising the club for signing onto a program by a Christian sports organization that seeks to promote ethics in the game.
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Fla. police officer sues victim's family
Oct 10 2007 9:45AM (CT)
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) - A police officer who slipped and injured a knee during a rescue call has sued the family who phoned 911 after their 1-year-old boy nearly drowned.
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Guardsman charged in attempted slaying
Oct 10 2007 9:19AM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A National Guardsman was charged with attempting to kill Rutherford County's sheriff after an off-duty state trooper spotted him walking with an assault rifle slung on his shoulder.
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Financier pleads guilty in rape scheme
Oct 10 2007 9:05AM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A wealthy former hedge fund manager has pleaded guilty to seeking a stranger to rape and abduct his ex-mistress.
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OC bishop faces contempt of court
Oct 10 2007 8:01AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The sexual abuse case was settled and Roman Catholic Bishop Tod Brown could have walked away without ever saying a thing about it in court.
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Gov't may buy thousands of Miss. homes
Oct 10 2007 7:45AM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the waterfront lives many residents are struggling to rebuild after Katrina.
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Gov't may buy thousands of Miss. homes
Oct 10 2007 7:45AM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the waterfront lives many residents are struggling to rebuild after Katrina.
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Gov't may buy thousands of Miss. homes
Oct 10 2007 7:45AM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties that it could destroy the waterfront lives many residents are struggling to rebuild after Katrina.
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Craig's `wide stance' enters lexicon
Oct 10 2007 7:20AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Among the most famous excuses ever given for questionable behavior, "I have a wide stance" must fall somewhere between the schoolchild's favorite "the dog ate my homework" and President Clinton's "I didn't inhale."
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Lives of plane crash victims remembered
Oct 10 2007 7:17AM (CT)
WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) - Ryan Shipley smiled numbly as he reflected on the lives of 10 members of the skydiving group he regarded as family.
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Arrests made in Hamptons art heist
Oct 10 2007 7:14AM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Three men pleaded not guilty to stealing paintings worth $500,000 from a Hamptons estate and burning down the mansion _ and artworks worth another $1 million inside _ to cover up the crime.
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Arrests made in Hamptons art heist
Oct 10 2007 7:14AM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Three men pleaded not guilty to stealing paintings worth $500,000 from a Hamptons estate and burning down the mansion _ and artworks worth another $1 million inside _ to cover up the crime.
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Forest Service chief visits Harlem
Oct 10 2007 7:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service visited a Harlem elementary school to talk about trees and to promote a program that will give $1.5 million to 24 schools nationwide to send kids into nature.
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Forest Service chief visits Harlem
Oct 10 2007 7:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service visited a Harlem elementary school to talk about trees and to promote a program that will give $1.5 million to 24 schools nationwide to send kids into nature.
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Forest Service chief visits Harlem
Oct 10 2007 7:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service visited a Harlem elementary school to talk about trees and to promote a program that will give $1.5 million to 24 schools nationwide to send kids into nature.
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Forest Service chief visits Harlem
Oct 10 2007 7:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service visited a Harlem elementary school to talk about trees and to promote a program that will give $1.5 million to 24 schools nationwide to send kids into nature.
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Vick must repay $20 million from bonus
Oct 10 2007 6:19AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Michael Vick has already paid a heavy price for his role in a gruesome dogfighting ring: a brilliant career on hold, the possibility of prison time, the loss of lucrative endorsement deals.
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Hawaii Superferry dealt new blow
Oct 10 2007 5:32AM (CT)
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - A judge has dealt another blow to the first passenger-vehicle ferry between major Hawaiian Islands, ruling that the service can't sail until it shows it won't harm the state's environment.
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Pilots' union boss blasts airline CEO
Oct 10 2007 3:44AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The president of the pilots' union at American Airlines ripped the company's chief executive in a letter that ended with a threat to "see you in court, in the newspapers, and on the picket line."
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Kids imperfect at keeping weight off
Oct 10 2007 2:29AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.
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Kids imperfect at keeping weight off
Oct 10 2007 2:29AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.
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Kids imperfect at keeping weight off
Oct 10 2007 2:29AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.
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Accusations vs. son shock Oral Roberts
Oct 10 2007 1:57AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Oral Roberts was blind-sided by allegations that the university he founded was being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said Tuesday in his first public comments on the case.
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Accusations vs. son shock Oral Roberts
Oct 10 2007 1:57AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Oral Roberts was blind-sided by allegations that the university he founded was being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said Tuesday in his first public comments on the case.
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