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Mychal Bell of the `Jena 6' back in jail
Oct 12 2007 11:58PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate drew thousands to Louisiana for a civil rights demonstration is back in jail, but a prosecutor said Friday the sentence has nothing to do with the racially charged case.
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Loss of leg doesn't stop hunting dog
Oct 12 2007 11:56PM (CT)
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) - Pheasant hunting season brings out the best in Tess, a 5-year-old German wirehaired pointer who became a national champion despite the loss of one leg. "When you let her out of the truck, she's hunting from the second she jumps off that tailgate. Just like that," said the dog's owner, Keith Kemmer, snapping his fingers.
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Mom charged with buying Pa. teen weapons
Oct 12 2007 11:53PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope.
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Mom charged with buying Pa. teen weapons
Oct 12 2007 11:53PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope.
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Mom charged with buying Pa. teen weapons
Oct 12 2007 11:53PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope.
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Mom charged with buying Pa. teen weapons
Oct 12 2007 11:53PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope.
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Mom charged with buying Pa. teen weapons
Oct 12 2007 11:53PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A troubled teenager accused of plotting a school attack built up a stash of weapons with the help of his mother, authorities said Friday. Michele Cossey, 46, was arrested Friday on charges of illegally buying her home-schooled son, Dillon, a .22-caliber handgun, a .22-caliber rifle and a 9 mm semiautomatic rifle with a laser scope.
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Roberts presented film award
Oct 12 2007 11:22PM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Last year, Julia Roberts presented the American Cinematheque award to pal George Clooney. This time it was her turn to receive the honor.
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Roberts presented film award
Oct 12 2007 11:22PM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Last year, Julia Roberts presented the American Cinematheque award to pal George Clooney. This time it was her turn to receive the honor.
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Roberts presented film award
Oct 12 2007 11:22PM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Last year, Julia Roberts presented the American Cinematheque award to pal George Clooney. This time it was her turn to receive the honor.
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Man accused of slaying wife, 2 children
Oct 12 2007 11:07PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - A man accused of killing his estranged wife and two stepchildren fatally shot himself Friday as he drove into a lake after a nearly seven-hour standoff, police said.
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Police: Attacker bites off man's ear
Oct 12 2007 10:23PM (CT)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - A crazed attacker broke into a Long Island man's home, beat him with a karaoke machine and bit off his ear, police said.
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Five plead not guilty in whale shooting
Oct 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Five American Indian tribesmen pleaded not guilty Friday to misdemeanor charges in the killing of a protected gray whale during an unsanctioned hunt last month.
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Police: Attacker bites off man's ear
Oct 12 2007 10:17PM (CT)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - A crazed attacker broke into a Long Island man's home, beat him with a karaoke machine and bit off his ear, police said.
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Schwarzenegger vetoes gay marriage
Oct 12 2007 10:14PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed another gay marriage bill Friday, saying voters and the state Supreme Court, not lawmakers, should decide the issue.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Nobel vindication for Gore, scientists
Oct 12 2007 10:11PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how dire global warming is.
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Students halt bus after driver's seizure
Oct 12 2007 10:10PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Two teenagers took control of a bus filled with students Friday after the driver suffered a seizure and lost control.
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Men imprisoned for pornographic spam
Oct 12 2007 10:00PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Two men who sent millions of unsolicited pornographic e-mails have been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison as part of the first prosecution under a federal anti-spam law, U.S. Department of Justice officials said Friday.
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Lawyers: Closed office aided execution
Oct 12 2007 9:55PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - High-profile lawyers are accusing a state judge of violating the rights of a condemned inmate by cutting off appeals once office hours ended, leading to his execution.
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Defense builds in pregnant woman's death
Oct 12 2007 9:53PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman who cut a baby from the womb of a woman she killed was abandoned and sexually abused as a child, witnesses testified Friday as her lawyers built her insanity defense.
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Border Patrol agent admits smuggling
Oct 12 2007 9:44PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty Friday to taking $100 for each carload of illegal immigrants that he helped get past one of his agency's highway checkpoints.
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Dying of cancer, Ala. inmate seeks stay
Oct 12 2007 9:21PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A quadruple murderer with terminal cancer has asked courts to block his execution this month, arguing that the chemicals that would be used to kill him could interact with his medication and cause undue pain.
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Man accused of inflatable ghost attack
Oct 12 2007 9:14PM (CT)
LLOYD, N.Y. (AP) - A woman says a neighbor attacked her inflatable Halloween lawn display of three ghosts and a giant pumpkin, then apparently smashed his head through her window in a fit of rage.
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Former Duke lacrosse coach sues school
Oct 12 2007 8:41PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A former Duke University men's lacrosse coach has sued the university after resigning earlier this year under the pressure of allegations that three of his players raped a stripper, school officials said Friday.
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Judge: Border caretaker can be fired
Oct 12 2007 8:25PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - President Bush has the authority to fire the head of a little-known agency that oversees caretaking of the U.S.-Canada border, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Man gets 10 to 20 years for sex assaults
Oct 12 2007 8:15PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A nursing student who told the dates he met online tall tales of being a doctor, an astronaut and a spy was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison Friday for sexual assault.
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Man eyed in 4 deaths admits taping teen
Oct 12 2007 8:00PM (CT)
SALEM, N.J. (AP) - A handyman who was investigated in the deaths of four Atlantic City-area prostitutes pleaded guilty Friday in an unrelated case to videotaping his ex-girlfriend's nude teenage daughter.
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Mistrial for ex-TSU president
Oct 12 2007 7:54PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a former Texas Southern University president after a jury said it couldn't decide if she misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes.
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Mistrial for ex-TSU president
Oct 12 2007 7:54PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a former Texas Southern University president after a jury said it couldn't decide if she misspent school funds to lavishly decorate her homes.
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Scam earns ex-U.N. official 4-year term
Oct 12 2007 7:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former Russian diplomat who once chaired the United Nations' powerful budget oversight committee was sentenced Friday to four years and three months in prison for laundering money from companies seeking U.N. contracts.
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Charismatic guru Sri Chinmoy dies in NYC
Oct 12 2007 7:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As a spiritual guide to followers worldwide, Sri Chinmoy spread a message of peace through his lectures, his writings, his meetings with world leaders like Pope Paul VI and Nelson Mandela.
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Notice of possible suits in VT shootings
Oct 12 2007 7:33PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A lawyer for families of 20 people killed or injured in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech gave notice Friday that lawsuits may be filed against the town where they occurred. Another notice was given to the state.
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Report: slight drop in childbirth deaths
Oct 12 2007 7:22PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Women are dying from complicated pregnancies and childbirth at almost the same rate they were in 1990, and the vast majority of deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, a report said Friday.
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Dispute roils plans to build museum
Oct 12 2007 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As diplomatic tensions flare over a House committee's approval of a resolution labeling the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, another dispute has roiled plans to build a museum and memorial to the victims.
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Doctor in stunted-growth case kills self
Oct 12 2007 7:04PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Dr. Daniel Gunther, who oversaw a widely debated surgery and other treatment meant to stunt the growth of a brain-damaged 9-year-old to improve her quality of life, has died. He was 49.
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Ohio GOP congressman Regula to retire
Oct 12 2007 7:01PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Rep. Ralph Regula announced Friday he will not run for a 19th term in Congress next year, setting up a likely battle for Republicans hoping to keep the seat.
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Simpson co-defendant to take plea deal
Oct 12 2007 6:39PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A co-defendant in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify that guns were involved in the theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers, the man's lawyer said Friday.
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Lawmaker's lawyer: Bribe charge bogus
Oct 12 2007 6:08PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Louisiana congressman caught on tape accepting a $100,000 cash payment should not have been charged with bribery because technically, such an act is closer to influence peddling than bribery, defense lawyers argued Friday.
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Lawmaker's lawyer: Bribe charge bogus
Oct 12 2007 6:08PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Louisiana congressman caught on tape accepting a $100,000 cash payment should not have been charged with bribery because technically, such an act is closer to influence peddling than bribery, defense lawyers argued Friday.
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Schools report spike in staph infections
Oct 12 2007 5:57PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Schools across the country are reporting outbreaks of staph infections, particularly among athletes, and the germs include an antibiotic-resistant strain that is sometimes associated with serious skin problems and blood disorders.
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AP IMPACT: Calif. water is getting worse
Oct 12 2007 5:51PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The mighty river delta that supplies water to two-thirds of California's population and serves as one of the most important wildlife habitats on the West Coast is in worse shape than ever despite $4.7 billion in government spending.
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4 dead at Wis. horse show
Oct 12 2007 5:44PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Carbon monoxide from an old portable propane heater killed two children and their grandparents as they slept in a combination camper-horse trailer ahead of a horse show, authorities said Friday.
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4 dead at Wis. horse show
Oct 12 2007 5:44PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Carbon monoxide from an old portable propane heater killed two children and their grandparents as they slept in a combination camper-horse trailer ahead of a horse show, authorities said Friday.
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4 dead at Wis. horse show
Oct 12 2007 5:44PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Carbon monoxide from an old portable propane heater killed two children and their grandparents as they slept in a combination camper-horse trailer ahead of a horse show, authorities said Friday.
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Contractor on trial in Cunningham case
Oct 12 2007 5:33PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A defense contractor who pleaded guilty to bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham testified Friday that Cunningham told him to lie after news broke about their illicit business transactions.
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Guards acquitted in boot camp case
Oct 12 2007 5:08PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - Eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was videotaped being punched and kicked. The scene sparked outrage and changes in the juvenile system, but it took jurors just 90 minutes to decide it was not a crime.
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Kidnapper's lawyer: Sex tapes damning
Oct 12 2007 5:04PM (CT)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - In the bombastic tradition of any good trial attorney, Michael Kielty bellows and gestures when he talks about defending child kidnapper Michael Devlin. He employs his eyebrows athletically, furrowing and arching them to prove each point.
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Gunman's uncle: Teen upset with teachers
Oct 12 2007 4:30PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The 14-year-old who opened fire at his high school had been upset with teachers, saying they wouldn't listen to his side of the story regarding a recent after-school scuffle that got him suspended, the teenager's uncle said Friday.
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Gunman's uncle: Teen upset with teachers
Oct 12 2007 4:30PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The 14-year-old who opened fire at his high school had been upset with teachers, saying they wouldn't listen to his side of the story regarding a recent after-school scuffle that got him suspended, the teenager's uncle said Friday.
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Kennedy in surgery on blocked artery
Oct 12 2007 4:26PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent surgery Friday to repair a partially blocked artery in his neck, which was discovered during an examination of a decades-old back injury.
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Tropical depression forms in Atlantic
Oct 12 2007 4:23PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The 15th tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season was weakening Friday as it moved slowly through the open ocean, forecasters said.
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Surgeon scrutinized in patient deaths
Oct 12 2007 2:52PM (CT)
MARION, Ill. (AP) - Bob Shank was in good spirits as he awaited gallstone-removal surgery at a veterans hospital in August, laughing as he handed his wife his false teeth for safekeeping.
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Landlords can't ask about immigration
Oct 12 2007 2:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California has become the first state to prohibit landlords from asking tenants about their immigration status, drawing sighs of relief from property owners who were concerned they might have to be "de-facto immigration cops."
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No plans yet to recover Utah miners
Oct 12 2007 1:54PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A mine where six men were trapped more than 1,500 feet below ground is still too dangerous to recover their bodies more than two months after the disaster, a safety official said Friday.
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Searches in Anna Nicole Smith death
Oct 12 2007 12:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith raided six locations Friday, including the offices and residences of two doctors, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.
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Court reinstates some apartheid claims
Oct 12 2007 12:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court Friday reinstated some of the class-action claims of millions of people who say they suffered under apartheid while living in South Africa because of the actions of American, Canadian and European companies.
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Navy boat, tug collide in Va.
Oct 12 2007 12:11PM (CT)
JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) - The Coast Guard on Friday recovered the body of a sailor who was tossed with two other sailors into the James River when their small boat collided with a tugboat and capsized, the military said.
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Plea OK'd in parental abduction case
Oct 12 2007 12:10PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A judge approved a plea deal Friday allowing a couple to escape jail time for tying up their pregnant daughter and taking her out of state, allegedly in hopes of persuading her to have an abortion.
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Wisconsin 911: "He's shooting to kill"
Oct 12 2007 12:08PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Crandon Police Officer Greg Carter's frantic call came into dispatchers a little before 3 a.m. Sunday. "He is shooting to kill," Carter said.
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Report details calls in death at airport
Oct 12 2007 10:06AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A New York woman who died in police custody at Sky Harbor International Airport had been dead for more than two hours before authorities told her husband, newly released records show.
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Colorado lawmaker switches parties
Oct 12 2007 8:38AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A state representative abruptly left the Republican Party and became a Democrat, the first time in 20 years that a Colorado lawmaker has switched parties.
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NYPD gets security tapes in noose case
Oct 12 2007 7:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police began collecting 56 hours of surveillance camera images they hope will reveal the culprit who strung a noose on a black professor's office door at Columbia University.
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NYPD gets security tapes in noose case
Oct 12 2007 7:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police began collecting 56 hours of surveillance camera images they hope will reveal the culprit who strung a noose on a black professor's office door at Columbia University.
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Officer escorting Bush made fatal error
Oct 12 2007 5:24AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A police officer in President Bush's motorcade who crashed his motorcycle made an error when he failed to safely navigate a turn, according to a police report.
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Conservative Presbyterians leave church
Oct 12 2007 3:09AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Episcopal Church isn't the only mainline Protestant group shaken by open conflict between theological liberals and conservatives.
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2 drivers charged in LA road-rage crash
Oct 12 2007 12:55AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men were charged with murder in a road-rage crash that killed a 5-year-old boy and critically injured his mother and infant sister, authorities said.
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Rice: Missile defense plans to proceed
Oct 12 2007 12:30AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says plans to expand the U.S. missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic will proceed, but she wants to seek Russian suggestions for cooperation to address Moscow's opposition to the program.
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New Orleans unveils rebuilding plan
Oct 12 2007 12:07AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After struggling for months to come up with $1.1 billion for stage one of New Orleans' hurricane rebuilding plan, city officials faced with growing public frustration intend to move ahead with a drastically scaled-back first step of $216 million.
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