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Rail crew tried brakes before derailment
Nov 10 2006 11:32PM (CT)
BAXTER, Calif. (AP) - Crew members aboard a runaway train carrying rail equipment tried frantically to slam on the brakes as the locomotive barreled down a steep Sierra Nevada slope and derailed, investigators said Friday.
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YouTube.com video prompts probe of LAPD
Nov 10 2006 10:39PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An FBI investigation prompted by video footage of a man being punched repeatedly in the face by police has demonstrated anew the power of the Internet sensation of the year, YouTube.com.
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Texas woman who drowned children freed
Nov 10 2006 10:34PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A woman who drowned her two children in 2003 was released Friday from a state psychiatric hospital after a judge agreed with doctors that she is now mentally stable.
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Florida's only living WWI vet honored
Nov 10 2006 10:10PM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Florida's only living World War I veteran got a long-delayed medal Friday as he smiled at the hubbub and recalled his service on a battleship nearly 90 years ago.
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Trump Hawaii condos sell out for $700M
Nov 10 2006 9:36PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Celebrities and investors forked over $700 million in just a few hours to buy up more than 460 suites in Donald Trump's luxury hotel-condominium project in Waikiki.
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Deer's head gets stuck in fake pumpkin
Nov 10 2006 8:00PM (CT)
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A plastic jack-o'-lantern meant for collecting Halloween candy is threatening the life of a young deer that frequently visits a gated community.
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Gov't appeals eagle shooting dismissal
Nov 10 2006 7:47PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to dismiss a case against an American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony.
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Fox urges action on stem cells measure
Nov 10 2006 7:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Michael J. Fox on Friday urged President Bush and the newly elected Democratic Congress to work together to pass legislation backing stem cell research.
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Aviators mark Blue Angels anniversary
Nov 10 2006 7:07PM (CT)
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) - Six blue and gold F/A-18 Hornets streaked through the sky Friday as decades of Blue Angel aviators reunited to celebrate the elite Navy aerial demonstration team's 60th anniversary.
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Ford set to pass ex-leader age milestone
Nov 10 2006 7:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gerald R. Ford is closing in on a record held by Ronald Reagan _ living longer than any other U.S. president. Ford, who turned 93 on July 14, will become the oldest president Sunday by living to 93 years and 121 days.
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S.C. site to house new national cemetery
Nov 10 2006 7:00PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A new national cemetery will be located at Fort Jackson, a sprawling Army base just east of downtown, officials said Friday.
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Idaho mom, son accused of murder plot
Nov 10 2006 6:27PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - A 56-year-old mother and her 40-year-old son have been served with arrest warrants accusing them of plotting the death of the woman's 15-year-old granddaughter _ a teen the son is accused of raping.
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Nursing home resident accused in death
Nov 10 2006 6:25PM (CT)
MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) - A 71-year-old nursing home resident accused of beating her sleeping 95-year-old roommate to death will be held in a psychiatric unit while police work to get her held in a state hospital and booked with second-degree murder.
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Ind. man in boat accident saved by son
Nov 10 2006 5:46PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A man whose leg was partially severed by a propeller after he was thrown from his boat was rescued by his teenage son, who pulled him from the water in an act of strength that amazed police.
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U.S. criticizes U.N. Rights Council
Nov 10 2006 5:41PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States sharply criticized the new U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday, calling it a "disappointment" and saying it has failed to address serious violations in its first few months of operation _ particularly in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Neb. teen held in jail on mistaken ID
Nov 10 2006 5:34PM (CT)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Same red hair, similar features and size _ the teenagers even had identical earrings. The difference is, one of them is suspected of helping an armed man rob a convenience store, and the other spent more than a week in jail for it.
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Passengers evacuated from Chicago subway
Nov 10 2006 5:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Firefighters helped evacuate dozens of passengers from stalled subway cars Friday after officials cut power to the track's damaged third rail.
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Nearly 70,000 veterans call Alaska home
Nov 10 2006 5:09PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - As a boy in upstate New York, Bill McCue spent many hours poring over articles in Field and Stream magazine about moose and grizzlies and dreaming about adventures in the Alaska wilderness.
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Handling of NASCAR head's crash reviewed
Nov 10 2006 4:56PM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police were investigating whether NASCAR's chairman got special treatment from authorities after crashing his car into a tree in a parking lot this week.
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Warrantless eavesdropping claim rejected
Nov 10 2006 4:21PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed claims that prosecutors illegally built their case against a convicted al-Qaida supporter on information obtained from the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program.
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Donor withdraws gift to Fla. university
Nov 10 2006 3:45PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A $20 million gift for a university medical school evaporated with a phone call after the donor thought the university president insulted him.
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Sniper-probe chief is now a rookie
Nov 10 2006 2:58PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The former Maryland police chief who headed the Washington-area sniper manhunt three years ago graduated as one of 40 new Honolulu police recruits.
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Heavy snow blankets Iowa, Minnesota
Nov 10 2006 2:35PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Heavy snow blanket parts of Iowa and Minnesota on Friday, closing and delaying some schools.
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4 dead in argument over Oklahoma fence
Nov 10 2006 2:33PM (CT)
SKIATOOK, Okla. (AP) - Howard Hawthorne appeared calm when he complained to sheriff's deputies that his neighbors were damaging his fence. The deputies told him to take the matter to civil court and left. An hour later, officers got a report from the property north of Tulsa of shots fired. As they rolled up, they saw Hawthorne kill himself and found the bodies of neighbor Anthony Graham, Graham's 24-year-old son and a friend nearby, said Tulsa County Undersheriff Brian Edwards.
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PG&E apologizes to Ariz. Indian tribe
Nov 10 2006 2:24PM (CT)
NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric apologized for desecrating the sacred site of an American Indian tribe when it built a $15 million water treatment plant, and it pledged to remove it as soon as another can be built.
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W.Va. football team's plane evacuated
Nov 10 2006 2:17PM (CT)
CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) - A charter plane carrying the Marshall University football team to a game against East Carolina was delayed more than two hours Friday after smoke was reported in an engine, airport officials said.
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Judge tosses suit challenging city logo
Nov 10 2006 2:10PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop the city of Las Cruces _ a name that means "the crosses" in Spanish _ from using three Christian crosses on its logo.
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Rain, snow expected in Pacific Northwest
Nov 10 2006 1:33PM (CT)
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Nearly 18 inches of rain in 36 hours. That's how much fell at Mount Rainier National Park, one of the crown jewels of the Pacific Northwest, and more rain and snow is forecast through the weekend.
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Mehlman to step down from RNC post
Nov 10 2006 12:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party lost both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, will step down from his post when his two-year term ends in January, GOP officials said Thursday.
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Son charged in birthday party slaying
Nov 10 2006 11:44AM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A man celebrating his 65th birthday was shot to death as he sat at a dinner table with others, and his grown son was charged with murder, police said.
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FBI article about Vt. killing questioned
Nov 10 2006 11:32AM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Attorneys for a man accused of killing a University of Vermont student want the charges dismissed, saying their client can't get a fair trial because of what an FBI agent wrote in a weekly newspaper.
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'Confession' tossed in fetus theft trial
Nov 10 2006 10:37AM (CT)
KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) - A judge tossed out the alleged confession of a woman accused of trying to cut a fetus from her neighbor's womb, ruling that police had not had enough evidence to take the defendant into custody at the scene.
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Deadly storm wipes out road at Mt. Hood
Nov 10 2006 8:51AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Heavy rain and flooding already blamed for three deaths in the Pacific Northwest washed out a major highway near Mount Hood on Thursday and forced authorities to close 59 miles of road in Washington state.
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Calif. college ends Pledge of Allegiance
Nov 10 2006 7:34AM (CT)
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Student leaders at a community college voted to drop the Pledge of Allegiance after a tense meeting in which one flag-waving pledge supporter berated them as anti-American radicals.
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Wrongfully convicted man awarded $450K
Nov 10 2006 7:23AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas has awarded more than $450,000 to a man who was exonerated by DNA evidence after spending 18 years in prison for a sexual assault conviction.
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Fugitive returned to Washington state
Nov 10 2006 7:04AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man who fled to Ireland five years ago to escape prosecution for a traffic accident that killed three college students has been returned to the United States.
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Gay marriage vote put off in Mass.
Nov 10 2006 3:52AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Opponents of gay marriage in Massachusetts appear to be running out of legislative steam _ at least for now.
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McGovern to meet with Congress on war
Nov 10 2006 3:47AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.
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Not guilty plea in B-2 secrets case
Nov 10 2006 12:08AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer pleaded not guilty Thursday to selling military secrets to China so the communist nation could develop a hard-to-detect cruise missile.
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Bus crashes kill 2 in Mo., 1 in Fla.
Nov 10 2006 12:05AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A crash involving a school bus, two tractor-trailers and a car killed a couple Thursday, but no children were seriously injured, officials said.
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