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Tennessee torture trial set to begin
Oct 30 2005 11:08PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Victims of El Salvador's bloody civil war are preparing to tell a federal jury about the torture they endured and deaths they witnessed more than two decades ago.
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City council in N.D. cancels male revue
Oct 30 2005 10:22PM (CT)
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) - An official with Australia's "Thunder from Down Under" male revue called cancellation of a scheduled North Dakota performance following protests from religious leaders a shocking form of censorship.
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Calif. police seek motive in fatal rampage
Oct 30 2005 10:15PM (CT)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Investigators said Sunday they may never know why a 19-year-old man dressed in a dark cape and paintball mask went on a shooting rampage in an upscale community, killing two neighbors and himself.
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Americans pay tribute to Rosa Parks
Oct 30 2005 10:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid tribute to Rosa Parks under the soaring dome of the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday, honoring the woman whose defiant act on a city bus challenged segregation in the South and inspired the civil rights movement.
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Hundreds arrested in Wis. Halloween crowd
Oct 30 2005 9:52PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A weekend of Halloween celebrations popular with college students resulted in more than 400 arrests, and police used bursts of pepper spray early Sunday to break up crowds of revelers.
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No deal reached in Philly transit dispute
Oct 30 2005 9:45PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - With a midnight strike deadline just hours away, no deal had been reached in negotiations between the region's largest transit agency and its employees.
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Earthquake shakes parts of Montana, Idaho
Oct 30 2005 9:28PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A moderate earthquake shook parts of western Montana and eastern Idaho on Sunday, but no injuries or property damage were reported.
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Boy trumpeter to lead NYC Halloween parade
Oct 30 2005 9:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The leader of New York's annual Halloween parade will not be a drag queen on roller skates. It will not be a giant caricature of President Bush. It will not be a naked man covered in glitter.
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Texas pastor electrocuted during baptism
Oct 30 2005 8:56PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after grabbing a microphone while partially submerged, a church employee said.
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Big Easy gets some of its Goth mojo back
Oct 30 2005 6:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The margarita Diane Spieler sips during her nocturnal masquerade on Bourbon Street perfectly matches the glow-in-the-dark green of her hideous face, airbrushed in dreadful detail with reptilian scales and skeletal hollows. Is she a radioactive ghoul? An alien sea serpent?
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FEMA building in Md. evacuated over fumes
Oct 30 2005 6:38PM (CT)
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - About 200 FEMA employees were evacuated from an office building Sunday because of fumes from a gas can left on the roof.
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Two men cleared of 1987 murder in Philly
Oct 30 2005 6:14PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two men serving life sentences for a 1987 murder were ordered released from prison after a prosecutor acknowledged there was substantial doubt about their guilt.
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Florida ERs swamped in Wilma's aftermath
Oct 30 2005 5:46PM (CT)
PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) - While helping his mother clean up her yard after Hurricane Wilma, 41-year-old Tim Swett aggravated an existing back problem, sending him in search of a doctor.
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Late pope's Ford Escort sells for $690K
Oct 30 2005 11:19AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A light blue 1975 Ford Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sold for $690,000 Saturday to a Houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown.
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Mobile homes get worst of Wilma's damage
Oct 30 2005 8:37AM (CT)
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - As Hurricane Wilma's howling winds rocked their mobile home and water poured in from the damaged roof, Eleanor and Tom Ventura prayed that their inexpensive retirement home would somehow be spared.
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Looting claims under review at Getty
Oct 30 2005 8:07AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The board of the J. Paul Getty Trust has formed a special committee to investigate claims that its world-renowned museum purchased looted art and its chief executive spent lavishly with tax-exempt funds.
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U.S. investigates sale of MREs on eBay
Oct 30 2005 6:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Uncle Sam has tried to feed millions of hurricane victims this year with Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, only to fear that some of them have become Meals-Ready-for-eBay.
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Mourners gather for S.F. toddler's funeral
Oct 30 2005 3:39AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Friends and family mourned a 2-year-old boy who died after his mentally ill mother dropped him and his two brothers into San Francisco Bay.
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