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Hawaii quake damage hits $46 million
Oct 17 2006 11:50PM (CT)
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - Preliminary damage estimates from the earthquake that shook Hawaii over the weekend hit $46 million on Tuesday, and President Bush declared a major disaster, opening the way for federal aid.
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Wounded rapper Fabolous arrested in NYC
Oct 17 2006 11:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan parking lot shooting early Tuesday left rapper Fabolous wounded and under arrest after police found two loaded weapons in a car carrying him and his entourage, authorities said.
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N.H. officer dies 1 day after shooting
Oct 17 2006 11:27PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A police officer shot while responding to a domestic disturbance has died, and the attorney general vowed to charge the suspect with capital murder and seek the death penalty.
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Abu Ghraib toga key to officer's defense
Oct 17 2006 11:24PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A Halloween toga party at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq became a key element for an Army officer's defense in establishing who was in charge when detainees were abused.
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Small quake rumbles north Calif. coast
Oct 17 2006 11:21PM (CT)
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) - A small earthquake about 90 miles off the northern California coast Tuesday generated no reports of damage or injuries, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department said.
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Colo. schools up security after standoff
Oct 17 2006 10:57PM (CT)
BAILEY, Colo. (AP) - Three weeks after a gunman invaded a high school and killed a 16-year-old girl, school district officials said Tuesday they will spend an extra $100,000 for stepped-up patrols for the rest of the academic year.
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Bank robber sentenced in trooper's death
Oct 17 2006 10:47PM (CT)
ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) - A convicted bank robber was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison without possibility of parole Tuesday in the slaying of a state trooper during a March shoot-out.
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Singer Whitney Houston files for divorce
Oct 17 2006 10:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After a tumultuous 14-year marriage marked by drug arrests and stints in rehab, Whitney Houston is divorcing Bobby Brown.
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Arab-American group files lawsuit
Oct 17 2006 10:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Arab-American civil rights group filed a lawsuit Tuesday aiming to prove that the federal government was guilty of racial profiling when it arrested more than 230 people for immigration violations.
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Prosecutors want to question shoe bomber
Oct 17 2006 10:15PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Federal investigators told a judge Tuesday that they want to question would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid because it was likely that he has "important information" about terrorist activities.
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Trial begins in BTK defamation lawsuit
Oct 17 2006 9:59PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - An attorney for a Wichita man told a jury Tuesday his client's reputation was destroyed when a local television station reported he was linked to the BTK serial killings, which later turned out to be untrue.
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CBS correspondent Christopher Glenn dies
Oct 17 2006 9:50PM (CT)
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - Christopher Glenn, a longtime CBS news correspondent who anchored coverage of the space shuttle Challenger explosion and was the voice of the children's program "In the News" in 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 68.
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Dog dies after saving owner from fire
Oct 17 2006 9:29PM (CT)
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) - After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying unsuccessfully to rescue the cat.
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Train derails, hitting 2 Texas homes
Oct 17 2006 9:23PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Union Pacific freight train derailed near downtown San Antonio on Tuesday, damaging two houses but causing no injuries, officials said.
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Customs, Border Protection dog missing
Oct 17 2006 8:46PM (CT)
WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) - Searchers Tuesday looked for a U.S. Customs and Border Protection narcotics dog that became separated from his handler during a patrol, chased wildlife in the forest near the U.S.-Canada border northwest of here and disappeared.
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Note warns Calif. Hispanics on voting
Oct 17 2006 8:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - State and federal officials are investigating a letter received by some Southern California Hispanics that says it is a crime for immigrants to vote and tells them they could be jailed or deported if they go to the polls next month.
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Severe storm knocks down trees in Tenn.
Oct 17 2006 8:10PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Torrential rains and hurricane-force winds ripped through Tennessee, downing trees and forcing officials to close major roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Tuesday.
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Judge allows 9/11 lawsuits to go forward
Oct 17 2006 8:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss out claims by thousands of emergency workers who sued New York City and about 150 private contractors after the workers were sickened by dust at the World Trade Center site.
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Husband, wife both awarded Purple Hearts
Oct 17 2006 7:57PM (CT)
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - In a special ceremony, a husband and wife from Central City were awarded Purple Hearts for injuries suffered in separate incidents while serving in Iraq. For Clayton "Eric" and Heidi Erickson, Saturday's Purple Heart ceremony was humbling.
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Jury convicts man of murder in DWI case
Oct 17 2006 7:37PM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A jury convicted a man on Tuesday of murder for driving drunk the wrong way on a highway, slamming head-on into a wedding limousine and killing the chauffeur and a 7-year-old flower girl.
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Judge rejects appeal in Atlanta slayings
Oct 17 2006 7:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by convicted killer Wayne Williams to reconsider evidence Williams says points to another suspect in the Atlanta-area slayings of two dozen boys and young men during the 1970s and '80s.
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Simpson fights to keep publicity rights
Oct 17 2006 7:17PM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday tentatively rejected a lawsuit seeking the publicity rights to O.J. Simpson's name, image and likeness to pay millions of dollars owed to relatives of his slain ex-wife and her friend.
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Radar helps locate meteorite in Kansas
Oct 17 2006 6:55PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Scientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field, but what got them most electrified was the way they unearthed it.
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Dozens hurt when 3 school buses crash
Oct 17 2006 6:54PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Three school buses carrying students on a field trip were caught in a chain-reaction crash on a rainy highway Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of children and adults, school and police officials said.
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Mass. mom convicted of abusing daughter
Oct 17 2006 6:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A mother whose teenage daughter nearly died from an infection caused by a bellybutton piercing was convicted Tuesday of endangering the girl's life by failing to seek medical attention until she was gravely ill.
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Hinckley parents said suffer health woes
Oct 17 2006 6:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The parents of presidential assailant John Hinckley are having health problems, calling into question their ability to supervise their son on his extended visits home, the government says.
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Student kills himself at Texas school
Oct 17 2006 6:31PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A 16-year-old shot and killed himself at a suburban high school Tuesday, prompting a temporary lockdown at the school.
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$2.5M bond set in Iowa family killing
Oct 17 2006 6:02PM (CT)
KEOSAUQUA, Iowa (AP) - A 22-year-old car salesman charged with murdering five members of his family appeared briefly Tuesday in a courtroom packed with relatives and neighbors.
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Coin dealer's ex-ass't speaks at trial
Oct 17 2006 5:47PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A politically connected coin dealer accused of stealing millions of dollars the state had asked him to invest had treated the money like it was from his own ATM, his former personal assistant testified Tuesday.
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Gay congressman's spouse denied benefits
Oct 17 2006 5:40PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Former Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, was married to another man in Massachusetts at the time of his death, but the federal government has refused to pay death benefits to his spouse.
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Father kills his 3 kids, then himself
Oct 17 2006 4:26PM (CT)
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) - A man having marital problems fatally shot his three young children then killed himself Tuesday after leaving a message about the shootings on his wife's cell phone, authorities said.
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Woman found slain in Ky.; baby kidnapped
Oct 17 2006 4:21PM (CT)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A social worker who had taken a 10-month-old boy to his mother's house for a visit was found beaten and stabbed to death, and the baby was apparently abducted, authorities said.
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Labor leader arrested for racketeering
Oct 17 2006 4:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The president of the nation's largest municipal labor council was arrested on federal racketeering charges Tuesday, accused of stealing more than $2 million from the state, labor unions and even a Little League fund.
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Worker killed while erecting memorial
Oct 17 2006 4:07PM (CT)
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A state highway employee was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Tuesday while putting up a memorial to a state trooper who died on the same stretch of Interstate 44.
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Pa. man guilty of killing pregnant lover
Oct 17 2006 3:48PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who authorities say strangled his pregnant girlfriend because she would not get an abortion was convicted Tuesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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Teen pleads no contest in Fla. death
Oct 17 2006 2:16PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A teenager pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a Memorial Day boating accident that killed a 6-year-old boy off the Florida Keys.
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Wesley Snipes accused of tax fraud
Oct 17 2006 1:53PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud, accused of trying to cheat the government out of nearly $12 million in false refund claims and not filing returns for six years.
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Woman settles asbestos claim
Oct 17 2006 1:50PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Mississippi woman who said she developed cancer after years of washing clothes covered with asbestos dust has won a settlement from four companies that she blamed for her illness.
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Prize cat does 14-hour disappearing act
Oct 17 2006 1:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A champion cat was not exactly gracious about his win: He bolted for 14 hours. Evgeny Plushenko, named after the Olympic gold medal-winning Russian figure skater, jumped from a judge's arms after being named best of its breed at the Cat Fanciers' Association Cat annual show. He beat out 200 other felines at the Madison Square Garden event on Sunday.
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L.A. palms do vanishing act
Oct 17 2006 1:29PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city's palm trees _ as much a symbol of L.A. as the automobile, movie stars and the beach _ are vanishing.
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Man sentenced in Ind. for killing family
Oct 17 2006 1:13PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A judge Tuesday sentenced a minister's son to 160 years in prison for killing his father, stepmother and two stepsisters so he could attend his high school prom in 1989.
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Chemical spill in Okla. closes turnpike
Oct 17 2006 1:00PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A chemical spill Tuesday morning at the Port of Muskogee forced the evacuation of about 250 workers and residents and shut down part of the Muskogee Turnpike. No injuries were reported.
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Unrelenting rain moves through Tennessee
Oct 17 2006 12:58PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The unrelenting rain that flooded southeast Texas, killing four motorists and sweeping two children down a drainage ditch, moved through Tennessee on Tuesday and headed for the East Coast.
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Police kill suspect inside Ohio hospital
Oct 17 2006 10:33AM (CT)
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) - Police chased a theft suspect into a hospital emergency room and shot him to death after he threatened to harm a patient, authorities said Tuesday.
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Hawaii remains vulnerable to quakes
Oct 17 2006 7:09AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Another massive earthquake could strike the Hawaiian isles at any time, but this weekend's 6.7 magnitude tremor does not signal an increase in ground-shaking activity, researchers said.
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U.S. population hits 300 million mark
Oct 17 2006 7:07AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau's population clock rolled over to the big number.
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'Micro' quake rattles North Carolina
Oct 17 2006 6:36AM (CT)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A "micro" earthquake with a 2.6 magnitude rattled central North Carolina early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Cal joins Northeast global warming fight
Oct 17 2006 6:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After visiting a "green" high-rise apartment in Manhattan, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that California will join seven northeastern states in an alliance to combat global warming.
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People in the News
Oct 17 2006 5:51AM (CT)
ROME (AP) - For Viggo Mortensen, it's loyalty to friends _ not to flag or country _ that keeps soldiers on the battlefield, as depicted by his character in the film "Alatriste" about a soldier in 17th century Spain.
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Judge lenient with civil rights lawyer
Oct 17 2006 4:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart arrived at her sentencing packed for prison. With medication, books and a pair of sweat pants, she was prepared to begin a stay that could have stretched for 30 years.
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Widow of Wis. hero to see Eastwood film
Oct 17 2006 4:23AM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Elizabeth Bradley's husband was among the servicemen who helped hoist the American flag at Iwo Jima, but the couple rarely talked about the moment captured in one of the most famous of all military photographs.
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1 dies in southwest Arizona rollover
Oct 17 2006 3:35AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A pickup truck carrying as many as 17 suspected illegal immigrants rolled over in southwest Arizona, killing one person and leaving three seriously injured.
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Ship, vessel crash on Mississippi River
Oct 17 2006 3:18AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A cargo ship heading down the Mississippi River struck another vessel anchored near New Orleans on Monday, knocking a huge gash in the anchored vessel.
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FBI raids home of Weldon's daughter
Oct 17 2006 2:56AM (CT)
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) - Three weeks before Election Day, an FBI corruption probe involving Republican Rep. Curt Weldon intensified as agents raided the homes of his daughter and a close friend.
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Willis gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Oct 17 2006 12:18AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Surrounded by family, friends and fellow A-listers, Bruce Willis received a star on the Walk of Fame Monday as scores of fans looked on.
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