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9/11 kin: Don't leave remains in landfill
Oct 17 2005 11:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge urged the city and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks Monday to decide together how to honor the memories of those whose bodies were never found at the World Trade Center and may have reached a landfill.
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Currents bring litter to south Texas coast
Oct 17 2005 11:25PM (CT)
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - Gulf currents are dumping litter from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the white beaches of this resort island, one of the most popular destinations for college students on spring break.
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Lawyer: 9,000 stake claim in Fla. cemetery
Oct 17 2005 11:11PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - About 9,000 people have staked a claim to a $100 million settlement against two cemeteries accused of desecrating graves and mishandling burials, an attorney said.
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Trial date set for terror plot suspects
Oct 17 2005 10:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four men accused of plotting terrorist attacks on military facilities and synagogues are set for trial next year, federal prosecutors said Monday.
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Thunderstorms set off Calif. mudlslides
Oct 17 2005 10:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thunderstorms pounded Southern California with lightning-streaked downpours of rain and hail Monday, knocking out power to some 140,000 customers and snarling traffic as mudslides forced closure of the state's main north-south interstate.
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Break said near in lawyer's wife's killing
Oct 17 2005 10:24PM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - On a scenic hillside near San Francisco, criminal defense attorney Daniel Horowitz and his wife were building their dream home on a site swarming with contractors.
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New Orleans mayor: New evacuation possible
Oct 17 2005 10:19PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin warned residents Monday to prepare for another evacuation if Tropical Storm Wilma strengthened and moved toward the hurricane-weary city.
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Nation's murder rate hits 40-year low
Oct 17 2005 10:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's murder rate declined last year for the first time in four years, dropping to the lowest level in 40 years. Experts said local rather than national trends were mostly responsible.
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Tropical Storm Wilma forms in Caribbean
Oct 17 2005 10:16PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Wilma, the record-tying 21st tropical storm of the season, formed in the Caribbean on Monday, and forecasters warned it could become a powerful hurricane and hit somewhere along the U.S. Gulf Coast as early as the weekend.
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Las Vegas tax rebel trial nears end
Oct 17 2005 9:56PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An outspoken anti-tax author told jurors in his criminal tax evasion trial Monday that no law requires Americans to pay income taxes and the Internal Revenue Service has no authority to collect them.
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Grandmothers arrested at Iraq war protest
Oct 17 2005 9:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Eighteen antiwar grandmothers were arrested and face disorderly conduct charges after they showed up at a military recruiting center in Times Square and said they wanted to enlist, a protest group said.
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John Edwards starts poverty awareness tour
Oct 17 2005 9:53PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Former Sen. John Edwards began a national anti-poverty campaign Monday by exhorting students at the University of North Carolina to launch a grass-roots effort similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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Buckling dam stabilized in Mass. city
Oct 17 2005 9:46PM (CT)
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A dam that had buckled under the pressure of a rain-swollen river, prompting the evacuation of about 2,000 residents, became more stable late Monday, officials said.
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Mexico snares Boston bomb hoax suspect
Oct 17 2005 9:25PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man accused of making a phony threat of a nuclear attack on Boston earlier this year has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said Monday.
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'Intelligent Design' advocate testifies
Oct 17 2005 9:23PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A biochemistry professor who is a leading advocate of "intelligent design" testified Monday that evolution alone can't explain complex biological processes and he believes God is behind them.
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Driver in Wis. fatal had suspended license
Oct 17 2005 9:23PM (CT)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - A 22-year-old semitrailer driver had a suspended license when his rig jackknifed and was struck by a bus carrying a high school band, killing five people and injuring 29, authorities said Monday.
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Chief: Air Force Academy faces oversight
Oct 17 2005 9:03PM (CT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The outgoing head of the Air Force Academy said Monday the school had grown too independent before it blundered into a sex assault scandal and predicted the military would now keep a closer watch.
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Global violence has decreased, U.N. says
Oct 17 2005 8:50PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A study issued Monday paints a surprising picture of war and peace in the 21st century: Armed conflicts have declined by more than 40 percent since 1992, and genocide and human rights abuses have plummeted around the world.
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N.Y. official: Sept. 11 'bonuses' paid
Oct 17 2005 8:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Some state employees reaped thousands of dollars worth of "bonuses" for their work after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, a state official testified Monday.
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Documents reveal abuse at ranch for boys
Oct 17 2005 8:43PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Newly released documents reveal multiple allegations of sexual abuse stretching back more than 25 years at a home for troubled boys and indicate problems have continued in recent years.
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Hurricane Rita bus driver charged
Oct 17 2005 8:42PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The driver of a bus that caught fire while carrying nursing-home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita was charged Monday with criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of 23 passengers.
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Some in journalism turn on Miller, Times
Oct 17 2005 8:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Reacting to a lengthy self-critique published over the weekend, some journalists have turned on The New York Times and its reporter Judith Miller, who only weeks ago was being lauded for her willingness to go to jail to protect a source.
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Casino companies to rebuild in the Gulf
Oct 17 2005 7:13PM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi placed its bets on gambling giants to help rebuild the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast with a law signed Monday by Gov. Haley Barbour allowing casinos to build onshore.
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Nissan to recall 100,000 minivans
Oct 17 2005 5:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nissan Motor Co. said Monday it will recall more than 100,000 minivans because of problems with a seat adjustment mechanism that could cause a finger injury.
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Survivors of Ark. plane crash text for aid
Oct 17 2005 5:31PM (CT)
BIG FLAT, Ark. (AP) - Unable to use their wireless phones to call for help in a conventional way, the pilot and passenger of a small plane that crashed in the rugged Ozark National Forest used text-messaging to contact their parents, who summoned help.
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Tenn. court rejects claim on lethal shot
Oct 17 2005 4:40PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously rejected claims Monday that the three-drug combination used to execute killers can cause extreme pain in violation of the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Hmong clan: Cemetery insulted customs
Oct 17 2005 1:03PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Xia Yang's relatives were shoveling dirt on their matriarch's grave, performing the last rite of a traditional Hmong burial, when they saw something that made them scatter in panic.
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Poll: How much is too much for gasoline?
Oct 17 2005 12:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are grumbling about gas prices hovering around $3 a gallon, but that price would be welcome in many other countries.
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Repairs proceed quickly in Texarkana
Oct 17 2005 12:20PM (CT)
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - Railroad repair crews built a temporary route to replace a trestle and track destroyed by fire after a railroad tanker car filled with a volatile chemical exploded.
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Baby sitters arrested after child wanders
Oct 17 2005 11:59AM (CT)
VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) - Two baby sitters were arrested after a 2-year-old boy they were supposed to be watching wandered off and was found on a busy street, crying for his mother, police said.
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D.C. zoo panda cub gets a name: Tai Shan
Oct 17 2005 11:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Zoo's giant panda cub, known to its keepers simply as "the Cub" since his birth 100 days ago, finally has a name: Tai Shan, which means "peaceful mountain."
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Toledo mayor: Neo-Nazis had right to march
Oct 17 2005 11:12AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - The city was calm Monday after weekend violence triggered by a white supremacist group's march along the sidewalks of a racially mixed neighborhood.
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Private jet forced to land near Camp David
Oct 17 2005 10:40AM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Fighter jets forced a private airplane to make an unscheduled landing at an airport after the plane violated restricted airspace around Camp David, the Secret Service said.
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Cheerleader falls from float, dies
Oct 17 2005 9:16AM (CT)
HUTTO, Texas (AP) - A seventh-grade cheerleader died when she fell from a float and was run over during the Old Tyme Days festival parade on Saturday, authorities said.
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National Zoo's giraffe put to death
Oct 17 2005 6:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A poor prognosis for its 2-year-old giraffe forced the National Zoo to euthanize the animal after it took a turn for the worse.
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New anti-gun control law set for Alaska
Oct 17 2005 3:08AM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Starting Wednesday, handgun owners won't need permits to carry concealed weapons in the seven Alaska cities where they're still required. There also will be no more restrictions on keeping a firearm in a vehicle.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy helps rescue fishermen
Oct 17 2005 1:24AM (CT)
HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy attempted to rescue six men who had become trapped by high tide on a jetty off Hyannisport on Sunday.
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