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Philly museum to sell minerals, gems
Oct 22 2006 9:57PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Trustees of a cash-strapped 194-year-old natural history museum are selling more than 15,000 minerals and gems that haven't been displayed for decades to raise money.
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3 Nev. counties a disaster after fires
Oct 22 2006 9:48PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Three rural Nevada counties ravaged by wildfires this year have been declared disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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2 dead in San Francisco bar shootings
Oct 22 2006 9:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a bar in the city's Japantown section, killing two people and injuring a third, police said Sunday.
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Flooding destroys Southeast Texas homes
Oct 22 2006 9:34PM (CT)
VIDOR, Texas (AP) - Flooding along the Neches River in Southeast Texas destroyed an estimated 40 homes, forcing people to flee their residences and even FEMA trailers brought in after Hurricane Rita pounded the region last year.
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Officials probe Ohio St. elevator death
Oct 22 2006 9:33PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An elevator in an Ohio State University dormitory where a student was pinned and killed has been sealed while state inspectors and police investigate, officials said.
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Celebrities protest Malibu gas facility
Oct 22 2006 9:16PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan and other celebrities gathered Sunday to protest a natural gas facility proposed for a site 14 miles off the Malibu coast.
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Wis. town struggles to prevent drownings
Oct 22 2006 8:38PM (CT)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - Searchers combing the Mississippi River this month pulled out the body of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse basketball player Luke Homan _ the eighth college-age man in nine years to disappear from a city tavern and turn up dead in a river.
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Hop prices rise as brewers' stocks drop
Oct 22 2006 8:15PM (CT)
MOXEE, Wash. (AP) - In a frenzy of round-the-clock activity, 200 farm workers picked, dried and packaged hops at Leslie Roy's 2,800-acre central Washington farm.
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Crews work to clear Pa. train wreckage
Oct 22 2006 7:50PM (CT)
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. (AP) - Railroad crews worked to clear the wreckage of a derailed train from the tracks Sunday as evacuated residents began returning to homes near the bridge where several railroad cars jumped the rails and burst into flames.
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Penn State standoff ends in suicide
Oct 22 2006 7:38PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A man visiting his sister at Penn State University ended an eight-hour standoff with police by shooting and killing himself in her campus apartment, the school said.
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Woman who won't lift veil loses lawsuit
Oct 22 2006 7:15PM (CT)
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) - A judge dismissed a small-claims court case filed by a Muslim woman after she refused to remove her veil when she testified.
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4th person dies in Fla. biker festival
Oct 22 2006 7:11PM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A woman was struck and killed by a drag racing motorcyclist, the fourth fatality involving motorcycles during the city's annual Biketoberfest festival, police said.
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Tenn. police officer sues Waffle House
Oct 22 2006 7:10PM (CT)
McMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A police officer has filed a lawsuit against the Waffle House restaurant chain and one of its former cooks, claiming the cook admitted to spitting in the officer's food.
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LAPD seeks to clean up infamous Skid Row
Oct 22 2006 6:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The early morning light reveals a no loitering sign and a half-dozen people sleeping beneath it in tents on the Skid Row sidewalk.
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Actress Jane Wyatt dies at 96
Oct 22 2006 6:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jane Wyatt, the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms, has died, said her publicist. She was 96.
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Train carrying flammable liquid derails
Oct 22 2006 6:13PM (CT)
GURDON, Ark. (AP) - A train carrying flammable liquids derailed Sunday near a residential area, causing churches to cancel services and prompting evacuation orders for 200 residents, officials said.
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Faithful celebrate Indiana saint
Oct 22 2006 6:00PM (CT)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - For the faithful, it was a celebration a century in the making to revere a nun-turned-saint from Indiana.
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BASE jumper may have pulled chute late
Oct 22 2006 5:54PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - An experienced parachutist who jumped from a bridge to his death at a popular festival may have deployed his parachute late, a county sheriff said Sunday.
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More human remains recovered at WTC site
Oct 22 2006 5:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Searchers found more bones believed to belong to Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack victims Sunday in manholes and utility areas, areas that were apparently overlooked years ago.
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Train derails in southwest Ark.
Oct 22 2006 3:53PM (CT)
GURDON, Ark. (AP) - A train carrying a flammable liquid derailed Sunday near a residential area, causing churches to cancel services and prompting evacuation orders for 300 residents, officials said.
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Cruise illness may be common virus
Oct 22 2006 3:29PM (CT)
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Passengers on an Ohio River cruise who complained of flu-like symptoms may have contracted a non-life threatening illness similar to the Norwalk virus, a Kentucky health official said.
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Episcopal bishop OKs same-sex blessings
Oct 22 2006 2:52PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Episcopal parishes in Connecticut may bless same-sex couples, the state's bishop announced over the weekend.
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Former teacher banished to Canada
Oct 22 2006 11:40AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A former school teacher convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old student has been ordered by a judge to leave the United States for the next three years, returning only to meet with his probation officer.
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Auto auction fetches $36 million
Oct 22 2006 4:35AM (CT)
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A collection of 90 rare cars and 80 motorcycles owned by late Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler brought in more than $36 million at auction.
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Egg salad recalled in 17 states
Oct 22 2006 2:57AM (CT)
WAYNE, W.Va. (AP) - Ballard's Farm Sausage Inc. said Saturday it is recalling its egg salad in 17 states because of possible contamination.
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4 sentenced for smashing bluebird houses
Oct 22 2006 2:33AM (CT)
GREAT FALLS, MONT. (AP) - Four Belt teenagers were sentenced this week for taking a crowbar to bluebird houses last July along a trail in the Highwood Mountains.
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10 cruise passengers still hospitalized
Oct 22 2006 1:58AM (CT)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - Ten passengers on a riverboat cruise of the Ohio River remained hospitalized in western Kentucky on Saturday after developing flu-like symptoms while aboard the boat.
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