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3 charged with hate crimes in NYC death
Oct 25 2006 11:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three men have been indicted on hate crimes charges in the death of a gay man who was attacked alongside a parkway then hit by a car while trying to escape, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Man arrested in theft of Bloomberg's car
Oct 25 2006 11:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police said Wednesday they have arrested the man who punched a personal employee of Mayor Michael Bloomberg before forcing him out of the billionaire's car and taking off with the vehicle.
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Feds: 2 Chicago cops stole $31,100
Oct 25 2006 11:28PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two police officers were charged Wednesday with conspiring with a drug dealer to steal $31,100 that authorities said the officers mistakenly believed belonged to another dealer.
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Gallaudet protest faces heavy equipment
Oct 25 2006 11:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - At least one student was injured Wednesday when officials at the nation's top university for the deaf and hearing impaired brought in heavy construction equipment to open a gate that protesting students had blocked for 20 days.
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Salvador massacre figure found in U.S.
Oct 25 2006 11:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former army officer from El Salvador who was convicted of taking part in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two other people during that country's civil war was arrested in the United States and faces deportation, authorities said Wednesday.
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New charges in military secrets case
Oct 25 2006 11:19PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Five members of a family accused of scheming to send sensitive information about Navy warships to China were indicted Wednesday on new conspiracy charges, prosecutors said.
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Ex-gaming exec guilty in lobbying case
Oct 25 2006 11:18PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former executive with a gaming technology and services company was convicted Wednesday of violating state lobbying laws while lawmakers worked last year to adopt a lottery.
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N.J. court opens door to gay marriage
Oct 25 2006 11:16PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's highest court opened the door Wednesday to making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer same-sex couples either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions.
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Schools reverse on gunman defense tactic
Oct 25 2006 11:08PM (CT)
BURLESON, Texas (AP) - A suburban Fort Worth school district has halted a program teaching students to attack a gunman if he invades a classroom, administrators said Wednesday.
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3 indicted in basement liposuction death
Oct 25 2006 10:59PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A Brazilian doctor and his wife have been indicted on manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a 24-year-old woman during a liposuction surgery in a condominium basement.
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Texas murder-for-hire convict executed
Oct 25 2006 10:30PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man was executed Wednesday for initiating a murder-for-hire plot that authorities said led to the fatal stabbings of his parents and an uncle.
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3 believed dead in Nevada plane crash
Oct 25 2006 10:22PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A plane crashed Wednesday after its pilot reported icing on the wings, and three people were believed to have been killed, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
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3 believed dead in Nevada plane crash
Oct 25 2006 10:19PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A plane crashed Wednesday after its pilot reported icing on the wings, and three people were believed to have been killed, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
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Weight gain means lower gas mileage
Oct 25 2006 9:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Want to spend less at the pump? Lose some weight. That's the implication of a new study that says Americans are burning nearly 1 billion more gallons of gasoline each year than they did in 1960 because of their expanding waistlines. Simply put, more weight in the car means lower gas mileage.
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Fla. killer executed for 5 1990 murders
Oct 25 2006 9:56PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Danny Harold Rolling, Florida's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy, was executed by injection Wednesday for butchering five college students in a ghastly string of slayings that terrorized Gainesville in 1990.
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Ariz. state treasurer agrees to resign
Oct 25 2006 8:55PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - State Treasurer David Petersen will resign and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to report $4,200 in commissions for selling character-education materials to schools, Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday.
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La. lawmakers cite AP insurance analysis
Oct 25 2006 8:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Associated Press analysis showing white homeowners were three times as likely as minorities to appeal insurance settlements after Hurricane Katrina points to a deep racial imbalance and the need for greater outreach, officials said Wednesday.
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Ga. man accused of circumcising daughter
Oct 25 2006 8:53PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - An immigrant from Africa has gone on trial on charges alleging he circumcised his 2-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors to avoid bringing shame on his family.
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English classes offered to Ariz. inmates
Oct 25 2006 8:53PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona sheriff known for his tough jail policies is offering basic English classes to inmates who don't speak the language.
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Ring allegedly hid meth in Elmo dolls
Oct 25 2006 8:52PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Drug agents broke up an aggressive northern Colorado ring that shipped methamphetamine hidden in Elmo dolls and other toys, authorities said Wednesday.
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Ground zero bones could yield DNA clues
Oct 25 2006 8:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Human bones unearthed at the World Trade Center site in recent days are so well preserved that they will yield usable DNA, experts predicted Wednesday.
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Second altar boy accuses Foley priest
Oct 25 2006 8:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Another former altar boy says he was sexually abused in the 1970s by the same retired Catholic priest who acknowledged fondling former Rep. Mark Foley when Foley was a teenager, the man's attorney said Wednesday.
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Man tells media he killed social worker
Oct 25 2006 8:07PM (CT)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A man accused with his girlfriend of kidnapping her baby and killing a social worker last week told reporters Wednesday he was responsible for the slaying as authorities returned the couple to Kentucky to face charges.
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APME hears of post-Katrina travails
Oct 25 2006 7:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The editor of this battered city's daily newspaper told colleagues from around the country Wednesday that the paper's staff and its readers share an uncommon bond in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Suspect charged in Vt. student's death
Oct 25 2006 7:41PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A man seen on surveillance video walking with a college student who was found beaten and strangled a week later was charged Wednesday with murder.
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NYC taxi fares going up
Oct 25 2006 5:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The cost of standing still, like everything else in New York City, is going up.
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A very lost manatee is chilly in Memphis
Oct 25 2006 4:26PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A misdirected manatee apparently swam 700 miles up the Mississippi River to a chilly harbor near Memphis' downtown riverfront, prompting rescue plans by wildlife officials.
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Woman admits hiring grandson for arson
Oct 25 2006 2:32PM (CT)
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A 72-year-old woman admitted hiring her teenage grandson to set fire to her landlord's house days after she received an eviction notice.
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`Wedgie' gets principal 6-day suspension
Oct 25 2006 2:14PM (CT)
LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - A high school principal received a six-day suspension and a letter of reprimand for giving one of his students a wedgie.
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Building fire disrupts Chicago commute
Oct 25 2006 1:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A six-story building that caught fire beside a busy downtown commuter train line was in danger of collapsing Wednesday, forcing the city to shut down the nearby stretch of tracks indefinitely.
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Ohio court OKs charter schools
Oct 25 2006 1:01PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a narrowly divided opinion that publicly funded, privately operated charters schools are constitutional.
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Calif. cuts access to criminal records
Oct 25 2006 12:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California prosecutors, in light of a recent state attorney general's opinion, may no longer release routine information about the arrest records or parole status of criminal defendants to avoid violating their privacy rights.
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Judge rules against Haitian strongman
Oct 25 2006 10:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge ordered a former Haitian strongman to pay $19 million in damages to three women who said they were gang-raped by paramilitary soldiers under his command.
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Fugitive shot; Feds thought shoe was gun
Oct 25 2006 10:38AM (CT)
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Federal agents fatally shot a fugitive early Wednesday after the man refused to put down what they thought was a gun but turned out to be a shoe.
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Cal. gov. writes Bush on global warming
Oct 25 2006 10:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who recently signed a sweeping law to cut greenhouse gas emissions in California, complained in a letter to President Bush that there is no coherent federal policy to stop global warming.
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New Orleans cracks down on prostitution
Oct 25 2006 4:14AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Contractors, tradesmen and migrant workers have been pouring into town to take advantage of the post-Katrina rebuilding boom, and so have prostitutes, police officials said in announcing a crackdown on the French Quarter's illicit sex trade.
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Christmas shopping creeps into Halloween
Oct 25 2006 3:48AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Retailers want shoppers to think about the ghost of Christmas future even before they deal with the ghosts and goblins of Halloween present.
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Texan guilty in music memorabilia case
Oct 25 2006 2:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York jury convicted a Texas college professor of criminal possession of memorabilia from the late classical pianist Glenn Gould stolen from Canada's national library.
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Michael J. Fox makes stem cell vote push
Oct 25 2006 2:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The campaign ad opens with a familiar boyish face, now atop a body that sways uncontrollably. Michael J. Fox, wearing a shirt and suit jacket, talks directly to the camera.
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