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Messenger testifies in racer murder case
Nov 7 2006 11:27PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A racing tycoon accused in the slayings of legendary racer Mickey Thompson and his wife two decades ago said he wanted to rip Thompson off in a business deal, a messenger testified Tuesday.
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Woman fatally bitten by snake in church
Nov 7 2006 11:21PM (CT)
LONDON, Ky. (AP) - A southeastern Kentucky woman was bitten by a snake during a church service and later died, a law enforcement officer said. Linda Long, 48, of London died Sunday at University of Kentucky Medical Center, said Brad Mitchell, a detective with the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.
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Flooding prompts evacuations in N.W.
Nov 7 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Record rainfall that brought heavy flooding to the Northwest, killing at least one person, causing evacuations and damaging roads and houses, began to ease Tuesday, as high waters continued to threaten some areas.
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Swede pleads no contest in rare car case
Nov 7 2006 10:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Swedish video game entrepreneur who wrecked a rare Ferrari by smashing it into a Malibu power pole at 162 mph was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded no contest to embezzling two other fancy cars and illegally possessing a gun.
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12th victim found in Reno hotel blaze
Nov 7 2006 10:13PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Crews using search dogs Tuesday recovered the body of a 12th victim of a Halloween night fire at a residential hotel.
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Dobson quits Haggard counseling team
Nov 7 2006 9:19PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Citing a lack of time, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson withdrew Tuesday from the team overseeing counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor who was fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use.
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Trial nears end against Ohio coin dealer
Nov 7 2006 9:05PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Closing arguments concluded Tuesday in the trial of a prominent coin dealer accused of stealing at least $2 million from a state investment, with prosecutors calling him a swindler and defense attorneys portraying him as a victim of bad bookkeeping.
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Appeals court to review eavesdrop case
Nov 7 2006 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to review a lower court's ruling that kept alive a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program.
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Gannett enlists citizen journalists
Nov 7 2006 8:26PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper chain, plans to create stories with information from bloggers, people who post in Internet discussion groups and other non-journalists in hopes of winning readers from the Internet, television and other news sources, officials with the company said.
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U.S. envoy to head World Food Program
Nov 7 2006 7:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations on Tuesday named American diplomat Josette Sheeran the next head of the World Food Program and she said her top priorities will be to ensure no child goes to bed hungry and to reduce hunger-related deaths.
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Man in NYC jailed over actress' death
Nov 7 2006 7:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A construction worker was jailed Tuesday on charges of murdering an actress who was found hanging from a shower rod in what looked at first like a suicide.
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Marine called key in Iraqi man's murder
Nov 7 2006 7:04PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - The government on Tuesday described a Marine corporal as a "key player" in a plot to kidnap and murder an Iraqi man, while the serviceman's lawyer said his client was an honorable warrior who should be released until his trial.
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4 children dead in Cleveland house fire
Nov 7 2006 6:30PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Fire swept through a house early Tuesday, killing four children and injuring three other people, one who jumped from a second-story window and two boys who were pulled to safety by a passer-by, a fire official said.
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17 Marines' conduct in Iraq investigated
Nov 7 2006 6:04PM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - Seventeen Marine reservists just back from Iraq have been ordered to remain at Camp Lejeune while allegations of misconduct during their deployment are investigated, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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NYC to change ID rules for transgendered
Nov 7 2006 5:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city wants to make it easier for transgender New Yorkers to switch the sex listed on their birth certificate even without undergoing sex-change surgery, putting the city at the forefront of efforts to redefine gender.
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Idaho death row inmate wins retrial
Nov 7 2006 5:54PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A man sentenced to death for the slayings of a young Texas couple camped in the Idaho wilderness must be released or retried because of his attorney's actions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Prison guards say Supermax understaffed
Nov 7 2006 5:53PM (CT)
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) - Cory Hodge was a prison guard for less than three years at Supermax _ home of America's most feared and notorious criminals _ before he decided he had had enough. He left to take a job as a train conductor.
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Judge allows sale of Nazi-linked Picasso
Nov 7 2006 4:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday that a Picasso painting can be sold at auction, despite a claim that its former owner was forced by the Nazis to sell it in the 1930s because his family descended from Jews.
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FBI investigating Va. voter calls
Nov 7 2006 4:05PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The FBI is investigating complaints that phony callers tried to intimidate Virginia voters amid the hard-fought race between GOP Sen. George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb, officials said Tuesday.
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Brazilian plane crash sparks suit in NYC
Nov 7 2006 3:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Families of the victims of Brazil's worst air disaster sued the operator and maker of a business jet that clipped the commercial airliner in midair, saying the collision caused the crash that killed all 154 people aboard.
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Prayer letters go to pastor's daughter
Nov 7 2006 3:06PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A fisherman who found a bag of 300 letters to God _ many addressed to a New Jersey minister _ floating in the ocean off Atlantic City will give most of them to the late clergyman's daughter.
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Intrepid no match for Hudson River mud
Nov 7 2006 3:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The USS Intrepid may have survived five kamikaze attacks and served in three wars, but it was no match for nasty New York City mud.
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2 Texas students charged in school plot
Nov 7 2006 3:03PM (CT)
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Two high school students have been charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder after authorities uncovered what they described as potentially deadly school attack plot.
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2 planes clip on O'Hare taxiway
Nov 7 2006 3:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A United Airlines plane's wing clipped the tail of another jetliner Tuesday morning as they taxied toward takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, aviation officials said. No injuries were reported.
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`Helicopter' parents try too hard
Nov 7 2006 2:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as their children's "representatives," hounding college career counselors, showing up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their son or daughter didn't get a job.
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Calif. wildfire fully contained
Nov 7 2006 12:46PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters contained a wind-blown blaze Tuesday that had threatened hundreds of homes after being ignited by welders' sparks and melted metal.
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Calif. wildfire fully contained
Nov 7 2006 12:46PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters contained a wind-blown blaze Tuesday that had threatened hundreds of homes after being ignited by welders' sparks and melted metal.
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Calif. wildfire fully contained
Nov 7 2006 12:46PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters contained a wind-blown blaze Tuesday that had threatened hundreds of homes after being ignited by welders' sparks and melted metal.
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Calif. wildfire fully contained
Nov 7 2006 12:46PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters contained a wind-blown blaze Tuesday that had threatened hundreds of homes after being ignited by welders' sparks and melted metal.
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Citgo awarded $387.4M in refinery fire
Nov 7 2006 6:53AM (CT)
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A jury awarded $387.4 million to Citgo Petroleum Corp. in a civil lawsuit stemming from a 2001 fire at a suburban Chicago refinery.
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Duke prosecutor's office gets complaint
Nov 7 2006 4:11AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A former employee in the office of the district attorney prosecuting the Duke University lacrosse team rape case has filed a sexual harassment complaint against a co-worker.
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Search ends for missing cruise passenger
Nov 7 2006 12:21AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday night for a 42-year-old man it said was last seen falling from a cruise ship.
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