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Fires bring destruction, fear to Calif.
Oct 22 2007 11:59PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.
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Fires bring destruction, fear to Calif.
Oct 22 2007 11:59PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.
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Oral Roberts says devil won't steal ORU
Oct 22 2007 11:55PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts returned to his namesake university Monday and denied the lurid accusations that have threatened to engulf the school, telling students and employees in a chapel service that "the devil is not going to steal ORU."
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Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans
Oct 22 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city Monday, inundating areas that had only recently recovered from Hurricane Katrina and leading the Army Corps of Engineers to close a gate on a suburban canal where the waters threatened to top the walls.
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Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans
Oct 22 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city Monday, inundating areas that had only recently recovered from Hurricane Katrina and leading the Army Corps of Engineers to close a gate on a suburban canal where the waters threatened to top the walls.
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Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans
Oct 22 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city Monday, inundating areas that had only recently recovered from Hurricane Katrina and leading the Army Corps of Engineers to close a gate on a suburban canal where the waters threatened to top the walls.
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Heavy rains flood parts of New Orleans
Oct 22 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Heavy rains lashed the flood-prone city Monday, inundating areas that had only recently recovered from Hurricane Katrina and leading the Army Corps of Engineers to close a gate on a suburban canal where the waters threatened to top the walls.
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N.Y. lawmakers moves on anti-noose bill
Oct 22 2007 10:32PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Following a rash of cases involving nooses, the state Legislature Monday moved toward making it a felony to display the symbol of lynchings in the Old South in a threatening manner.
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Officer suspended after traffic shooting
Oct 22 2007 10:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer was suspended without pay Monday after the fatal shooting of an unarmed driver who may have pretended to have a gun during a traffic altercation a day earlier, when the officer was off-duty.
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Train derails in Vermont, spilling gas
Oct 22 2007 10:18PM (CT)
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) - A freight train derailed in this college town Monday, spilling gasoline into a creek, sparking a brief fire and forcing evacuations because of fumes. No injuries were reported.
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Unusually strong Santa Anas fan flames
Oct 22 2007 9:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wildfires tearing through thousands of parched acres of Southern California are being fanned by unusually powerful seasonal winds that have whipped the flames with alarming speed, experts said Monday. And they warn that Californians might be in for more this winter.
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Unusually strong Santa Anas fan flames
Oct 22 2007 9:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wildfires tearing through thousands of parched acres of Southern California are being fanned by unusually powerful seasonal winds that have whipped the flames with alarming speed, experts said Monday. And they warn that Californians might be in for more this winter.
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Ex-stripper convicted in fiance's death
Oct 22 2007 9:42PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A stripper-turned-soccer mom accused of borrowing from a movie plot to kill her fiance for money was convicted Monday of first-degree murder.
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Lawyers threaten shutdown of DA's office
Oct 22 2007 9:03PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Millions of dollars in assets can be seized from the district attorney's office to pay off a $3.65 million judgment against the office in a racial discrimination lawsuit, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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News groups seek access to Jena Six case
Oct 22 2007 8:19PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A group of news organizations is seeking to open juvenile court proceedings for a black teenager charged with beating a white classmate in a case that sparked a huge civil rights demonstration in central Louisiana last month.
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Prosecutor: Girl killed by 17-year-old
Oct 22 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death during an attack by a 17-year-old girl and the older teenager's family members, police said.
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Prosecutor: Girl killed by 17-year-old
Oct 22 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death during an attack by a 17-year-old girl and the older teenager's family members, police said.
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Prosecutor: Girl killed by 17-year-old
Oct 22 2007 8:04PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death during an attack by a 17-year-old girl and the older teenager's family members, police said.
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California to sue over auto emissions
Oct 22 2007 7:58PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state's attorney general said Monday that he would sue the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force it to decide whether to let California and 11 other states impose stricter standards on certain vehicle emissions.
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Petition: Release names of Chicago cops
Oct 22 2007 7:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More than half of Chicago's aldermen asked a federal judge Monday to release confidential information to them about hundreds of police officers who have been repeatedly accused of abusing civilians.
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Guilty verdict in pregnant woman's death
Oct 22 2007 7:45PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman whose attorneys had argued that she was delusional when she killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and took the infant home was found guilty Monday.
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Special inspection for MIT reactor
Oct 22 2007 7:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has launched a special inspection at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research reactor after a report showed a worker there may have been exposed to a surprisingly high dose of radiation, a spokesman said Monday.
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Robbers get $400,000 in Ariz. bank heist
Oct 22 2007 7:34PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Thieves held a bank manager and his wife hostage overnight, then accompanied the manager to work the following morning and made off with $400,000, the FBI said Monday.
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Mistrial declared in Muslim charity case
Oct 22 2007 7:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The biggest terror-financing trial since Sept. 11 ended in confusion Monday, with no one convicted and many acquittals thrown out after three jurors took the rare step of disputing the verdict.
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NY court: Police can pose as children
Oct 22 2007 7:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement officers investigating sexual predators can pose as children to catch their prey, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying the First Amendment provides no refuge for such criminals.
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NYC taxi group goes on strike
Oct 22 2007 6:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A second strike in six weeks by New York City cabbies did little to slow the city Monday, as familiar fleets of yellow cabs lined up as usual outside transportation hubs.
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Man attacks NYC mayor's police guard
Oct 22 2007 6:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man scuffled with a police officer accompanying Mayor Michael Bloomberg on a subway platform Monday before being subdued, authorities said.
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NY Senate snubbed by gov's ex-aide
Oct 22 2007 6:31PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer's former communications director refused Monday to obey a subpoena for testimony and documents sought by a state Senate committee investigating allegations of a plot to smear the state's top Republican.
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Dalai Lama becomes Emory professor
Oct 22 2007 6:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Dalai Lama was formally installed as a professor at Emory University on Monday as Tibetan monks wearing moon-shaped yellow hats chanted and played cymbals, gongs and horns.
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7 die in van wreck in South Texas
Oct 22 2007 5:22PM (CT)
ALTO BONITO, Texas (AP) - A car collided with a van from an adult day care center Monday, killing seven people in the van, authorities said.
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FAA's runway safety push yields reforms
Oct 22 2007 4:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Several dozen airports painted brighter runway markings, airlines began new pilot training and regulators agreed to order clearer taxiing instructions as part of a two-month industrywide effort to improve aircraft safety on the ground.
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Texas inmates to get cases reviewed
Oct 22 2007 4:23PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A group of state prison inmates got word Monday of something so hopeful to them that many were skeptical: Harris County was willing to appoint a lawyer to review whether they were wrongfully convicted. All they had to do was say yes.
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Co-inventor of Rice-A-Roni dies at 92
Oct 22 2007 4:11PM (CT)
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Vincent DeDomenico, co-inventor of Rice-A-Roni, whose catchy TV jingle paid homage to San Francisco and made the pasta dish known to every baby boomer, has died. He was 92.
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Dulles Airport area evacuated over bag
Oct 22 2007 4:10PM (CT)
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - The ticketing and screening areas at Washington's busiest airport were evacuated for more than an hour Monday after a suspicious bag was found in the main terminal, airport officials said.
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Complaint puts Texas teacher on leave
Oct 22 2007 3:46PM (CT)
TUSCOLA, Texas (AP) - A popular English teacher has been placed on paid leave _ and faces possible criminal charges _ after a student's parents complained to police that a ninth-grade class reading list contained a book about a murderer who has sex with his victims' bodies.
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2 cyclists in charity ride die in S.C.
Oct 22 2007 3:11PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A woman on the last leg of a cross-country bicycle ride to raise awareness for brain injuries was killed along with a fellow cyclist after an SUV collided with them on a rural highway, officials said Monday.
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Boy's calls to 911 lead to mom's arrest
Oct 22 2007 3:03PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.
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Boy's calls to 911 lead to mom's arrest
Oct 22 2007 3:03PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.
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Health officials study Pa. waste dump
Oct 22 2007 1:22PM (CT)
McADOO, Pa. (AP) - More than 30 years ago, an abandoned mine in Pennsylvania coal country was turned into a dump for toxic waste. Lots of it.
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Ohio cop 'shocked' over criticism
Oct 22 2007 12:48PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A police officer who resigned last month amid an uproar over homemade Web videos disparaging blacks, Jews and other minorities said she's shocked that some labeled her a racist.
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Woman spends 2 days in overturned car
Oct 22 2007 10:54AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 78-year-old driver ran off the highway and was trapped and injured in her overturned car for nearly two days before a trooper saw skid marks and found her.
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Study IDs identity thieves
Oct 22 2007 10:19AM (CT)
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Identity thieves are typically young, work solo and rely on the Internet for fewer than one-fifth of their crimes, according to a new study of Secret Service cases.
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La. gov.-elect wants to end corruption
Oct 22 2007 7:17AM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Louisiana's governor-elect says he'll call lawmakers into a special session to reform ethics laws, an effort to change the state's reputation for corruption and hopefully attract new business to the state and win federal hurricane recovery aid.
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La. gov.-elect wants to end corruption
Oct 22 2007 7:17AM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Louisiana's governor-elect says he'll call lawmakers into a special session to reform ethics laws, an effort to change the state's reputation for corruption and hopefully attract new business to the state and win federal hurricane recovery aid.
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Police: Van carrying Amish had blowout
Oct 22 2007 7:01AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A tire blowout may have caused a van carrying passengers from an Amish community to flip over on a highway, killing three children and two adults, police said Monday. Eleven others were injured in the crash.
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NASA won't disclose air safety survey
Oct 22 2007 5:22AM (CT)
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (AP) - Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.
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NASA won't disclose air safety survey
Oct 22 2007 5:22AM (CT)
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (AP) - Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.
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NASA won't disclose air safety survey
Oct 22 2007 5:22AM (CT)
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (AP) - Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.
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Mont. environmental standard upheld
Oct 22 2007 4:23AM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A judge upheld Montana water-quality standards aimed at protecting rivers in the Powder River Basin from pollution caused by coal-bed methane development.
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Former FBI spycatcher calls poker bluffs
Oct 22 2007 3:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As an FBI spy catcher, Joseph Navarro could identify traitors through their subtle behavioral tics _ even something as simple as a squint could be a giveaway.
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Former FBI spycatcher calls poker bluffs
Oct 22 2007 3:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As an FBI spy catcher, Joseph Navarro could identify traitors through their subtle behavioral tics _ even something as simple as a squint could be a giveaway.
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Retirements of air controllers surge
Oct 22 2007 3:05AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Retirements of veteran air traffic controllers have surged beyond government expectations since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day last year, new data shows.
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High ratio of trainees to controllers
Oct 22 2007 2:57AM (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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Teacher sex abuse scars family, town
Oct 22 2007 1:09AM (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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