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Bus carrying Texas football team overturns
Nov 3 2005 11:33PM (CT)
ROYSE CITY, Texas (AP) - A bus carrying 25 high school football players to a game overturned Thursday in suburban Dallas, sending a dozen people to hospitals, officials said.
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U.N. studies Eritrea-Ethiopia border issue
Nov 3 2005 11:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council sent Japan's U.N. ambassador to the Horn of Africa Thursday to assess troop movements along the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the danger of an escalation into war.
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ElBaradei urges nuke facility oversight
Nov 3 2005 10:16PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The head of the U.N.'s atomic energy agency said Thursday that multinational oversight of nuclear technology was the best way to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons amid increasing demand for atomic energy.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger trolls for votes
Nov 3 2005 9:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into a lunchtime crowd to kick off a final week of campaigning for his four state ballot initiatives, telling customers waiting on shrimp salad and clam chowder that lawmakers have failed them.
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Reservist on trial for prisoner abuse
Nov 3 2005 9:30PM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - An Army reservist at an Afghanistan detention center struck and taunted a detainee who may have been mentally disabled, a former soldier testified as a military trial began Thursday.
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Court rejects Mo. child abuse registry
Nov 3 2005 9:23PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge declared Missouri's child abuse registry unconstitutional Thursday, ruling that suspected offenders deserved a court-like hearing before being listed.
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Race becomes issue in Md. Senate campaign
Nov 3 2005 8:59PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A blogger's depiction of Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in minstrel makeup has brought to the surface issues of race _ and fidelity to one's race _ as the Republican seeks to become Maryland's first black senator.
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Family loses home to Katrina, son to war
Nov 3 2005 8:55PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Just as she was trying to rebuild her own life after Hurricane Katrina, Elaine Oneto was told by military officials that her soldier son lost his in Iraq.
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False accusations against police protected
Nov 3 2005 8:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday nullified a California criminal law adopted after the Rodney King beating that made it unlawful for citizens to knowingly lodge false accusations against police officers.
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Georgetown warmly welcomes Prince Charles
Nov 3 2005 7:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prince Charles received the warmest public welcome so far of his U.S. tour Thursday, mingling with more than 1,000 cheering students at Georgetown University _ and even signing a softball.
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South Carolina prison escapees captured
Nov 3 2005 7:38PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Two violent felons who escaped from a maximum-security prison by hiding on a trash truck were captured Thursday at a motel, state police said.
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Boy hospitalized after Colo. dog mauling
Nov 3 2005 7:30PM (CT)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Three pit bulls mauled a 10-year-old boy in his back yard two days after the city banned new fighting dogs and added limits on those already owned.
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Md. families file race suit over fires
Nov 3 2005 7:29PM (CT)
INDIAN HEAD, Md. (AP) - Black residents in an upscale housing development filed a civil rights lawsuit against five white men accused of setting the subdivision on fire last year, claiming the act was racially motivated.
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Appeals court hears cases on Patriot Act
Nov 3 2005 7:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals panel has suggested it might require the government to permit libraries, major corporations and other groups to challenge FBI demands for records under the Patriot Act.
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Whitman supports Republicans for Choice
Nov 3 2005 7:12PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman called on moderate Republicans Thursday to become more vocal within the party as she helped launch a new St. Louis-based chapter of a GOP group that supports abortion rights.
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Blanco wants New Orleans schools chartered
Nov 3 2005 6:28PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Almost all New Orleans public schools, now closed because of Hurricane Katrina, could eventually be reopened by the state as charter schools under proposed legislation to wrest power from the city's fractious school board.
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Contraband search targets Tenn. prison
Nov 3 2005 4:35PM (CT)
HENNING, Tenn. (AP) - About 300 officers from three state agencies swarmed Tennessee's largest prison Thursday in a search for drugs, cell phones and other banned items amid fears inmates may be running drug rings with the help of employees.
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Gate failure causes barge backup on Ohio
Nov 3 2005 3:42PM (CT)
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - More than 300 barges were backed up on the Ohio River on Thursday after the gates on a set of locks failed.
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Theater owner denies paying off Ill. gov.
Nov 3 2005 3:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A theater owner testified at former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial Thursday that he sent thousands of dollars in checks to Ryan and his relatives as Christmas gifts and a thank-you gesture _ not as a payoff _ for providing him with low-digit license plates.
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Mayor: Sever thumbs of graffiti artists
Nov 3 2005 3:30PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has suggested that those who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television.
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AP: DeLay's staff tried to help Abramoff
Nov 3 2005 3:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Investigators have unearthed e-mails showing Rep. Tom DeLay's office tried to help lobbyist Jack Abramoff get a high-level Bush administration meeting for Indian clients, an effort that succeeded after the tribes began making a quarter-million dollars in donations.
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Weapons-grade nukes moved from Los Alamos
Nov 3 2005 3:13PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The federal government has finished moving its most sensitive weapons-grade nuclear material from a Los Alamos National Laboratory technical area to more secure sites, a lab spokesman said Thursday.
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Man killed in Mont. house fire was burglar
Nov 3 2005 2:56PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A man found dead in a house last week died of smoke inhalation, apparently after setting a pair of fires to conceal a burglary, police said.
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Simpson told to pay more in DirecTV case
Nov 3 2005 2:48PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has ordered O.J. Simpson to pay more than $33,000 in legal fees for DirecTV, two months after he was ordered to pay the company $25,000 for pirating its satellite television signals.
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Man guilty; said cat 'chose' whom to kill
Nov 3 2005 2:42PM (CT)
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A man was convicted of murder after witnesses testified that he relied on his cat's behavior to decide whether the victim deserved to die.
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Arkansas seeks to sue Oklahoma
Nov 3 2005 2:08PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas asked the Supreme Court on Thursday for permission to sue Oklahoma, saying its neighbor is improperly trying to impose water standards across state lines.
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Governors' paths diverge after Katrina
Nov 3 2005 2:05PM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - After Hurricane Katrina roared in, Gov. Haley Barbour quickly convened a special legislative session and, just 10 days after the storm, appointed a commission to study rebuilding Mississippi's coastline.
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Fugitive found in Costa Rica
Nov 3 2005 1:23PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who fled to Costa Rica in 1998 a day before being sentenced for a fatal car crash has been extradited to Florida, authorities said.
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Lesbian partner may seek parental rights
Nov 3 2005 1:04PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a woman who raised a child from birth to age 6 while dating the girl's biological mother can seek parental rights as a "de facto parent," essentially creating a new class of parent in the state.
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Prosecutors subpoena records in Illinois
Nov 3 2005 12:29PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed personnel records from the state Corrections Department, expanding an investigation of hiring practices under Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 3 2005 12:16PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A rural Virginia minister placed on leave for denying a gay parishioner membership in his church last winter will be reinstated, a Methodist court has ruled.
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Pakistani rape victim gets honor in U.S.
Nov 3 2005 11:55AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Pakistani activist who was gang-raped at the orders of a tribal council was honored by Glamour Magazine as Woman of the Year for her fight against oppression in her homeland. Mukhtar Mai braved social stigma by going public with her 2002 assault, and used the international attention she attracted to set up a girls school in her rural community.
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Wilma damage leaves Floridians homeless
Nov 3 2005 11:36AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Wilma destroyed John Gula's Miami Beach apartment and forced him into a shelter, but the 64-year-old still hasn't escaped the rain.
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Polygamist judge fights to stay on bench
Nov 3 2005 9:06AM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A small-town judge who has three wives should not be removed from the bench because his private behavior has not tarnished the office he holds, the judge's attorney told the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Court upholds Calif. school's sex survey
Nov 3 2005 8:56AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by parents who were outraged that a school district had surveyed their elementary school-age children about sex.
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Rosa Parks laid to rest
Nov 3 2005 8:48AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A seven-hour funeral celebrating the life of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was not only a day of remembrance for the 4,000 mourners who gathered, but also a call to action.
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Texans gear up to decide on gay marriage
Nov 3 2005 8:00AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in Texas have a message for you: The proposition could mean trouble for marriage between a man and woman.
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Lawyers fight for release of sex criminals
Nov 3 2005 7:56AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for 12 sex criminals who are being held in mental hospitals after their prison sentences ended complained to a judge Wednesday that the state is holding them illegally, a charge the state's lawyer denied.
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4 officers join Air Force evangelism suit
Nov 3 2005 7:53AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Four Air Force officers have joined a lawsuit claiming senior officers and cadets at the Air Force Academy illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.
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Texas directs $10M for raises to teachers
Nov 3 2005 5:37AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry has diverted $10 million for merit-based raises for teachers at poor schools after the Legislature failed to agree on a plan.
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Minnesota ads target sex offenders
Nov 3 2005 5:02AM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A new ad campaign in Minnesota is aimed squarely at a demographic more often targeted by law enforcement than public relations executives: people at risk of sexually abusing a child.
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Pa. lawmakers OK repeal of pay raise
Nov 3 2005 1:58AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Responding to months of public uproar, Pennsylvania lawmakers in both chambers on Wednesday voted to repeal a July law that gave big pay raises to lawmakers, judges and senior executive branch officials.
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