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Teacher sex abuse scars family, town
Oct 21 2007 11:50PM (CT)
BERWYN, Ill. (AP) - They've learned to watch their older daughter for any sign that something's wrong. She cuts her long, blond hair and dyes it jet black. And they worry. Her father picks up a book she's been reading, "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, and skims it for clues.
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Wind-driven fires in Calif. kill 1
Oct 21 2007 11:49PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing hundreds from their homes.
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Wind-driven fires in Calif. kill 1
Oct 21 2007 11:49PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing hundreds from their homes.
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Wind-driven fires in Calif. kill 1
Oct 21 2007 11:49PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing hundreds from their homes.
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Governor-elect tackles Louisiana's image
Oct 21 2007 11:49PM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Changing Louisiana's reputation for corruption would do more than just make over its image, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said Sunday: It could help the state attract businesses and win federal aid for hurricane recovery.
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Governor-elect tackles Louisiana's image
Oct 21 2007 11:49PM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Changing Louisiana's reputation for corruption would do more than just make over its image, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said Sunday: It could help the state attract businesses and win federal aid for hurricane recovery.
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Van carrying Amish crashes, killing 5
Oct 21 2007 9:53PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A van carrying Amish on an interstate highway veered out of control, overturned and ejected most of its passengers Sunday, killing five people and injuring 11, authorities said.
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GOP Govs discuss health care at retreat
Oct 21 2007 7:28PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, Ga. (AP) - Republicans have not been known as the party of health care, but to make headway in the next election they need to embrace what is fast emerging as the top domestic issue for many Americans. That was a key message at a Republican governor's retreat Sunday in eastern Georgia.
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Air controller retirements surge
Oct 21 2007 6:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006, new data shows.
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Black men rally against Phila. crime
Oct 21 2007 5:29PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Thousands of black men turned out Sunday to support a volunteer effort aimed at reducing violence in this crime-plagued city, lining up for several blocks to register.
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Black men rally against Phila. crime
Oct 21 2007 5:29PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Thousands of black men turned out Sunday to support a volunteer effort aimed at reducing violence in this crime-plagued city, lining up for several blocks to register.
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Black men rally against Phila. crime
Oct 21 2007 5:29PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Thousands of black men turned out Sunday to support a volunteer effort aimed at reducing violence in this crime-plagued city, lining up for several blocks to register.
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Turbulence impact limited on Third World
Oct 21 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank said Sunday the impact of recent turbulence in financial markets on developing countries has been limited and global economic growth remains strong.
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Turbulence impact limited on Third World
Oct 21 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank said Sunday the impact of recent turbulence in financial markets on developing countries has been limited and global economic growth remains strong.
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Turbulence impact limited on Third World
Oct 21 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank said Sunday the impact of recent turbulence in financial markets on developing countries has been limited and global economic growth remains strong.
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Turbulence impact limited on Third World
Oct 21 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank said Sunday the impact of recent turbulence in financial markets on developing countries has been limited and global economic growth remains strong.
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Turbulence impact limited on Third World
Oct 21 2007 5:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The World Bank said Sunday the impact of recent turbulence in financial markets on developing countries has been limited and global economic growth remains strong.
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High ratio of trainees to controllers
Oct 21 2007 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Here are three air traffic control facilities where the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers says a high ratio of trainees to fully certified controllers has delayed on-the-job training and left trainees unable to help carry the workload.
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2 N.J. men die in boating collision
Oct 21 2007 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 24-foot fishing boat collided with a barge and overturned off Coney Island, killing two men and injuring two others, authorities said Sunday.
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Justice says law degree 'worth 15 cents'
Oct 21 2007 3:21PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a 15-cent price tag stuck to his Yale law degree, blaming the school's affirmative action policies in the 1970s for his difficulty finding a job after he graduated.
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Flight makes emergency landing in Mich.
Oct 21 2007 1:32PM (CT)
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A plane carrying 26 people on its way from Canada to Detroit made an emergency landing Sunday after the crew saw a smoke indicator in the cockpit, officials said.
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NYC cabbies plan 2nd strike
Oct 21 2007 12:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Taxi drivers angry about a new rule requiring the installation of global positioning systems and credit card machines in cabs are planning a second one-day strike in six weeks on Monday.
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Former POWS struggle with torture debate
Oct 21 2007 6:19AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Marion Oltman spent the last eight months of World War II in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, and tears still fill his eyes when he recalls those desperate days.
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Capital punishment at crossroads in US
Oct 21 2007 6:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades.
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Body of 11-month-old found in N.C. attic
Oct 21 2007 2:33AM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The body of an 11-month-old girl reported missing after her soldier father returned from a deployment in Iraq was found in the attic of her home, authorities said.
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Climate change blamed for fading foliage
Oct 21 2007 12:29AM (CT)
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage. This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves.
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Climate change blamed for fading foliage
Oct 21 2007 12:29AM (CT)
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage. This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves.
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Climate change blamed for fading foliage
Oct 21 2007 12:29AM (CT)
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage. This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves.
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Climate change blamed for fading foliage
Oct 21 2007 12:29AM (CT)
EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage. This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves.
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