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High winds hit states from Fla. to Okla.
Oct 18 2007 11:51PM (CT)
PARIS, Mo. (AP) - Storms that raked the Plains and Southeast on Thursday tossed a mobile home in Missouri, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day care center running for cover.
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High winds hit states from Fla. to Okla.
Oct 18 2007 11:51PM (CT)
PARIS, Mo. (AP) - Storms that raked the Plains and Southeast on Thursday tossed a mobile home in Missouri, killing both people inside, and spawned a tornado in Florida that sent mall shoppers and children at a day care center running for cover.
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San Francisco considers injection room
Oct 18 2007 11:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City health officials took steps Thursday toward opening the nation's first legal safe-injection room, where addicts could shoot up heroin, cocaine and other drugs under the supervision of nurses.
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Autistic hiker found alive in W.Va.
Oct 18 2007 11:35PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - An autistic 18-year-old lost in the wilderness for four days was found sleeping under a bush Thursday, weak but apparently fine, and reunited with his family, searchers said.
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Sex fugitive back in US from Hong Kong
Oct 18 2007 11:28PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - An American held in Hong Kong on allegations that he raped his underage daughter and posted video footage of it on the Internet has been returned to the United States, federal authorities said Thursday.
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Storied Atlantic City casino is imploded
Oct 18 2007 11:26PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - In about the same time it takes for a roulette ball to fall and settle on a number, the Sands Casino Hotel was demolished Thursday night.
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Storied Atlantic City casino is imploded
Oct 18 2007 11:26PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - In about the same time it takes for a roulette ball to fall and settle on a number, the Sands Casino Hotel was demolished Thursday night.
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Storied Atlantic City casino is imploded
Oct 18 2007 11:26PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - In about the same time it takes for a roulette ball to fall and settle on a number, the Sands Casino Hotel was demolished Thursday night.
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Calif. SWAT officer shot and killed
Oct 18 2007 10:32PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - A police SWAT officer serving a search warrant at an apartment was fatally shot early Thursday before the subject named in the warrant was arrested, authorities said.
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Bullet fired through Ind. school window
Oct 18 2007 10:20PM (CT)
BRAZIL, Ind. (AP) - A bullet was fired through an elementary school's cafeteria window in an apparent drive-by shooting Thursday, and a custodian was injured by flying glass, authorities said.
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Federal judge orders detainee released
Oct 18 2007 10:07PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A judge ordered authorities Thursday to release an immigrant from Sierra Leone who has been jailed for nearly a year while fighting accusations of involvement in the killing of counter-revolutionaries, charges another judge ruled were unfounded.
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Killer of 'Curious George' writer pleads
Oct 18 2007 9:47PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison for killing Alan Shalleck, who collaborated with the co-creator of "Curious George" to bring the mischievous monkey to TV and a series of book sequels.
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Woman accused in China arms export case
Oct 18 2007 9:41PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Chinese woman living in Connecticut sought to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it to her native country, a federal grand jury charged Thursday.
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Woman accused in China arms export case
Oct 18 2007 9:41PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Chinese woman living in Connecticut sought to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it to her native country, a federal grand jury charged Thursday.
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Woman accused in China arms export case
Oct 18 2007 9:41PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Chinese woman living in Connecticut sought to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it to her native country, a federal grand jury charged Thursday.
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NYC rejects listing worker as 9/11 death
Oct 18 2007 9:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city medical examiner has ruled that the death of a retired police detective _ seen as one of the strongest cases to be linked to post-Sept. 11 illness _ was not caused by exposure to toxic dust while working at ground zero.
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Mo. fifth-grader charged in shooting
Oct 18 2007 8:27PM (CT)
MOKANE, Mo. (AP) - A fifth-grader walked out of class and went on a crime spree, stealing weapons from a central Missouri farm and shooting at three people who tried to confront him, wounding a school official, authorities said Thursday.
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Indian tribe OKs deal with Michigan
Oct 18 2007 7:32PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians said Thursday that its members have approved an agreement between five American Indian tribes and the state of Michigan over inland hunting and fishing rights.
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Maine school to offer contraceptives
Oct 18 2007 7:08PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - School officials on Thursday defended a decision to allow children as young as 11 to obtain birth-control pills at a middle-school health center, saying the new policy is aimed at a tiny number of sexually active students.
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Maine school to offer contraceptives
Oct 18 2007 7:08PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - School officials on Thursday defended a decision to allow children as young as 11 to obtain birth-control pills at a middle-school health center, saying the new policy is aimed at a tiny number of sexually active students.
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Maine school to offer contraceptives
Oct 18 2007 7:08PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - School officials on Thursday defended a decision to allow children as young as 11 to obtain birth-control pills at a middle-school health center, saying the new policy is aimed at a tiny number of sexually active students.
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Ex-Kansas AG still anti-abortion leader
Oct 18 2007 6:56PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - To abortion opponents, Phill Kline is a standard bearer. For abortion rights activists, he's a dangerous ideologue.
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NC won't help Nifong fight Duke lawsuits
Oct 18 2007 6:55PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Attorney General's office has refused former prosecutor Mike Nifong's request that the state represent him or pay his legal bills from a civil lawsuit against him filed by three Duke lacrosse players exonerated of rape.
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Okla. plane crash kills all 5 inside
Oct 18 2007 6:52PM (CT)
GLENPOOL, Okla. (AP) - A single-engine plane crashed into an empty field, killing all five people on board. Federal investigators said Thursday that the aircraft appeared to have been running under low power, and that the pilot may have been attempting an emergency landing.
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Pa. principal sentenced for selling meth
Oct 18 2007 6:48PM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A former middle school principal who pleaded guilty to selling crystal methamphetamine from his office was sentenced Thursday to two to four years in state prison.
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Vietnam memorial center design approved
Oct 18 2007 6:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A design panel gave its blessing Thursday to an underground visitor center and exhibit space to accompany the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on a grassy patch of the National Mall.
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Dad accused of caging boy sent to prison
Oct 18 2007 6:00PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A father accused of punishing his 10-year-old son by locking him in a small dog cage pleaded no contest Thursday to endangering the child and was sentenced to four years in prison.
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NC Med Board to appeal executions ruling
Oct 18 2007 5:44PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state Medical Board will appeal a judge's decision that the panel overstepped its authority by threatening to punish physicians for participating in executions.
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Man gets life for killings at Maine B&B
Oct 18 2007 5:03PM (CT)
PARIS, Maine (AP) - A restaurant cook was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing and dismembering four people during a Labor Day weekend murder spree in western Maine last year.
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Man gets life for killings at Maine B&B
Oct 18 2007 5:03PM (CT)
PARIS, Maine (AP) - A restaurant cook was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing and dismembering four people during a Labor Day weekend murder spree in western Maine last year.
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Man gets life for killings at Maine B&B
Oct 18 2007 5:03PM (CT)
PARIS, Maine (AP) - A restaurant cook was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing and dismembering four people during a Labor Day weekend murder spree in western Maine last year.
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Man gets life for killings at Maine B&B
Oct 18 2007 5:03PM (CT)
PARIS, Maine (AP) - A restaurant cook was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing and dismembering four people during a Labor Day weekend murder spree in western Maine last year.
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Family-planning appointment denounced
Oct 18 2007 4:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton joined birth-control advocates Thursday in demanding that the Bush administration withdraw an appointment that places federal family planning funds under the control of a woman they consider hostile to contraception programs.
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Congressman questions Mich. turtle fence
Oct 18 2007 4:46PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A congressman disputes the state's contention that it's worth $318,000 in federal money to keep turtles from becoming roadkill.
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Thomas rejects notion he follows Scalia
Oct 18 2007 4:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas condemned suggestions that he follows the lead of fellow conservative Antonin Scalia, telling an audience Thursday the notion is based on a racial stereotype.
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4 shot to death in Detroit house
Oct 18 2007 4:32PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Two adults and two children were fatally shot as they slept Thursday in a home known for drug activity, renewing pleas for community members to take more responsibility in the fight against violence.
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4 shot to death in Detroit house
Oct 18 2007 4:32PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Two adults and two children were fatally shot as they slept Thursday in a home known for drug activity, renewing pleas for community members to take more responsibility in the fight against violence.
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Miss. gov seeks black votes for 2nd term
Oct 18 2007 3:57PM (CT)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour says the message he's taking to Mississippi voters is for everyone, black or white. But as he seeks a second term, Barbour is striving to win 20 percent of the black vote, and blacks figure prominently in his ads and campaign literature.
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Ga. public defender office to defy judge
Oct 18 2007 3:52PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The state public defender's office voted Thursday to defy a judge's order to continue to provide funding for the legal fees and expenses of the man accused of killing four people in a 2005 rampage.
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Wis. lawmaker starts sit-in over budget
Oct 18 2007 3:35PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin lawmaker angry at his colleagues for failing to pass a state budget says he won't leave the Capitol until they act.
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Boy Scouts' rent hiked over gay ban
Oct 18 2007 3:27PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The city has decided that the Boy Scouts chapter here must pay fair-market rent of $200,000 a year for its city-owned headquarters because it refuses to permit gay Scouts.
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Color divide on display in party invite
Oct 18 2007 2:02PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Yasmine Toney describes herself as a "dark-skinned sista." So when she heard about a recent club promotion in Detroit, allowing all-night free admission to black women with fair or light skin, she was incensed.
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3 Fla. college campuses raided in probe
Oct 18 2007 1:49PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Federal investigators raided three for-profit college campuses this week, carting away documents in a U.S. Education Department probe.
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Former Joint Chiefs Chair Crowe dies
Oct 18 2007 1:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - William Crowe, an Annapolis-trained submarine officer who rose to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as ambassador to Great Britain, has died at age 82.
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Former Joint Chiefs Chair Crowe dies
Oct 18 2007 1:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - William Crowe, an Annapolis-trained submarine officer who rose to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as ambassador to Great Britain, has died at age 82.
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NYPD union to sue over sobriety tests
Oct 18 2007 1:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police union is going to federal court to challenge a New York Police Department policy to administer breath tests for alcohol to officers who kill or wound someone in the line of duty.
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Astronauts still on drinking defensive
Oct 18 2007 1:09PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - This weekend as the seven astronauts relax before Tuesday's blastoff into space, the beer will be cold and waiting at crew quarters at Kennedy Space Center.
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NYC construction becomes more deadly
Oct 18 2007 12:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sucha Ram was getting ready to tar the roof of a building in the Bronx last year when he fell over the side, plunging 15 feet to his death. He was not wearing any fall-protection gear and had never received formal training in fall hazards, a report said.
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Tax evaders' property now in feds' hands
Oct 18 2007 12:36PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The property where two tax evaders holed up for months refusing to surrender and serve prison sentences has been cleared of explosives and seized by the federal government.
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Merit play plan for NYC schools
Oct 18 2007 11:23AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It is one of the most hotly debated questions in education: Should teacher pay be tied to student achievement?
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DA: Keep arsenal case in juvenile court
Oct 18 2007 11:04AM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A teenager accused of plotting a school attack will be tried in juvenile court because he has no criminal record and has emotional problems that the system can treat, a prosecutor said in a letter sent Thursday.
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Religion news in brief
Oct 18 2007 11:00AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public school students will be required to observe a moment of silence at the beginning of every school day under a new law.
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Religion today
Oct 18 2007 11:00AM (CT)
WALKERSVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Muslim group's plan to build a mosque and convention site on a 224-acre farm has met with resistance from many residents of this rural, overwhelmingly Christian town who fear its tranquility and security may be jeopardized.
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3 ideas for Norris Hall to be studied
Oct 18 2007 10:53AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A Virginia Tech committee will study three possible uses for the building where most of the victims of last spring's shootings died: engineering research space, a center for student engagement and a center for violence prevention.
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Human remains found on N. Dakota campus
Oct 18 2007 10:11AM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Human remains, apparently buried for some time, have been found by construction workers digging on the University of North Dakota campus.
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"Sopranos" echo at ex-FBI agent's trial
Oct 18 2007 9:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The anecdote is so ingrained in Mafia lore that it was mimicked in a scene from the television show "The Sopranos": A corrupt FBI agent slapping his desk and celebrating news of another killing in a bloody mob civil war.
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"Sopranos" echo at ex-FBI agent's trial
Oct 18 2007 9:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The anecdote is so ingrained in Mafia lore that it was mimicked in a scene from the television show "The Sopranos": A corrupt FBI agent slapping his desk and celebrating news of another killing in a bloody mob civil war.
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Harvard fullback eyes opera career
Oct 18 2007 9:40AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard senior fullback Noah Van Niel plans to trade the gridiron for the opera stage after the Crimson's season finale this year.
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Pipeline blast jolts Texas town
Oct 18 2007 7:46AM (CT)
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - A pipeline blast sent flames about 100 feet into the pre-dawn sky Thursday, waking residents but causing no injuries.
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Stolen toilet soapbox found
Oct 18 2007 5:32AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - It was just a routine patrol until a King County sheriff's deputy lifted a tarp and found a soapbox derby racer built to look like a giant toilet.
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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 18 2007 3:21AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 18 2007 3:21AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 18 2007 3:21AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Ex-CIA chief wants energy independence
Oct 18 2007 3:09AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - It is in the U.S.'s national security interest to continue developing transportation fuel derived from agricultural products because the country has become dangerously dependent on foreign oil, former CIA Director James Woolsey said.
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Defense rests in Mo. fetus theft case
Oct 18 2007 3:07AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Defense attorneys for a woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb rested their case after mental health experts testified that she did not know what she was doing.
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Yale battles popular local restaurant
Oct 18 2007 2:14AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Yale University normally concerns itself with issues such as global warming and genetic research. But lately it is in a protracted battle over a restaurant that just wants to continue serving chorizo encrusted cod and lobster cassoulette.
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Yale battles popular local restaurant
Oct 18 2007 2:14AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Yale University normally concerns itself with issues such as global warming and genetic research. But lately it is in a protracted battle over a restaurant that just wants to continue serving chorizo encrusted cod and lobster cassoulette.
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Yale battles popular local restaurant
Oct 18 2007 2:14AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Yale University normally concerns itself with issues such as global warming and genetic research. But lately it is in a protracted battle over a restaurant that just wants to continue serving chorizo encrusted cod and lobster cassoulette.
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Programs protects Alaskan humpbacks
Oct 18 2007 2:04AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve were in for a treat this summer: A record number of humpback whales were sighted either in Glacier Bay or in waters just outside the stunning marine wilderness in southeast Alaska.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 18 2007 2:03AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape has received so many death threats that he was surrounded by six armed officers during his first appearance in court since he was snared in a nationwide manhunt.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 18 2007 2:03AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape has received so many death threats that he was surrounded by six armed officers during his first appearance in court since he was snared in a nationwide manhunt.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 18 2007 2:03AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape has received so many death threats that he was surrounded by six armed officers during his first appearance in court since he was snared in a nationwide manhunt.
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Richard Roberts asks ORU board for leave
Oct 18 2007 12:42AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked for and was granted a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.
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Co-defendant says O.J. wanted armed men
Oct 18 2007 12:41AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star.
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Co-defendant says O.J. wanted armed men
Oct 18 2007 12:41AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star.
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