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Stranded cruise ship in Va. re-floated
Nov 10 2007 11:50PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A small cruise ship that was run aground to keep it from sinking earlier this week was re-floated Saturday and escorted to a shipyard in nearby Norfolk, the Coast Guard said.
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Accused O'Brien stalker hospitalized
Nov 10 2007 11:42PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Roman Catholic priest accused of stalking talk show host Conan O'Brien was admitted to a hospital for evaluation Saturday after briefly going missing.
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Coast Guard: Human error caused spill
Nov 10 2007 11:07PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A preliminary investigation found human error caused a cargo ship to crash into the Bay Bridge, leading to San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday as rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds.
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Coast Guard: Human error caused spill
Nov 10 2007 11:07PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A preliminary investigation found human error caused a cargo ship to crash into the Bay Bridge, leading to San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday as rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds.
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Coast Guard: Human error caused spill
Nov 10 2007 11:07PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A preliminary investigation found human error caused a cargo ship to crash into the Bay Bridge, leading to San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday as rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds.
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6 workers injured in blast on Navy ship
Nov 10 2007 10:07PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - An explosion in the hull of a Navy cruiser during routine maintenance injured six workers on Saturday, two of them critically, authorities said.
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Ind. death row inmate found dead in cell
Nov 10 2007 9:51PM (CT)
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper during a traffic stop was found dead in his cell on Saturday, 10 months after being spared execution.
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Mo. attorney says Gov. wrongly fired him
Nov 10 2007 9:41PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Just weeks before he was fired, a staff attorney for Republican Gov. Matt Blunt sent a memo challenging the administration's policy of deleting office e-mails, according to the copy of a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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N.O. streetcars welcomed back with party
Nov 10 2007 9:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Amid a Carnival-like atmosphere, streetcars began rolling past the historic mansions of this city's Garden District Saturday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted the St. Charles Avenue line more than two years ago.
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N.O. streetcars welcomed back with party
Nov 10 2007 9:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Amid a Carnival-like atmosphere, streetcars began rolling past the historic mansions of this city's Garden District Saturday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted the St. Charles Avenue line more than two years ago.
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Schwarzenegger has thigh surgery
Nov 10 2007 9:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent surgery Saturday to remove a metal plate and cables from his leg, a spokesman said.
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Chicago Episcopals pick moderate bishop
Nov 10 2007 8:48PM (CT)
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) - A moderate church leader, the Rev. Jeffrey Lee, was elected the 12th Bishop of Chicago at the diocese convention on Saturday over seven other candidates, one of them an openly lesbian priest.
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DNA tests show Gipp didn't father child
Nov 10 2007 6:44PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - DNA from the recently exhumed body of college football hero George Gipp shows he was not the father of a child born shortly after his death, quelling longstanding rumors, relatives said Saturday.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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Offerings still pile up for Vietnam Vets
Nov 10 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - They are lined up like footnotes to the names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's polished black granite, leaning against its base, some a collective tribute to the fallen, others bearing a message for just one of the dead.
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NM Rep. Tom Udall to run for Senate
Nov 10 2007 5:44PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Democratic Rep. Tom Udall who will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Pete Domenici, an aide to the congressman said Saturday.
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Stepdad, friend charged in girl's death
Nov 10 2007 5:22PM (CT)
CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl found dead in a hillside cave and his friend were each charged Saturday with murder and rape.
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Stepdad, friend charged in girl's death
Nov 10 2007 5:22PM (CT)
CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl found dead in a hillside cave and his friend were each charged Saturday with murder and rape.
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Officer a suspect in missing wife case
Nov 10 2007 3:48PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.
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Officer a suspect in missing wife case
Nov 10 2007 3:48PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.
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Officer a suspect in missing wife case
Nov 10 2007 3:48PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.
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Officer a suspect in missing wife case
Nov 10 2007 3:48PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.
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Officer a suspect in missing wife case
Nov 10 2007 3:48PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Kathleen Savio tried to get someone to believe that her life was in danger. She told authorities, who charged her with domestic battery instead of her husband Drew Peterson. Savio told her family that if she died, no matter what it looked like, her death would be no accident.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer
Nov 10 2007 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph.
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Texas widow's execution lawsuit moved
Nov 10 2007 3:23PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A lawsuit filed against a judge who prevented a convicted killer from making a last-minute appeal by not extending office hours has been withdrawn from one court and moved to another, an attorney for the inmate's widow said Saturday.
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Norman Mailer dead at age 84
Nov 10 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Mailer, the pugnacious prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song," has died at the age of 84.
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Norman Mailer dead at age 84
Nov 10 2007 3:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Mailer, the pugnacious prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song," has died at the age of 84.
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Lawmakers seek wider munitions search
Nov 10 2007 2:58PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Both U.S. senators and a congressman from Florida have asked the Army Corps of Engineers to expand its search of a former World War II bombing range after several explosives were discovered at and near the site in recent months.
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No more adult prison for RI 17-year-olds
Nov 10 2007 2:51PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has repealed a controversial sentencing law and will no longer send 17-year-old offenders to adult prisons.
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Book: Powell pushed Iran policy shift
Nov 10 2007 2:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to change U.S. policy on Iran, aligning with European allies to offer "carrots" to Tehran to end its nuclear program instead of pressing for sanctions, says John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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Memphis fights its infant mortality rate
Nov 10 2007 2:12PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The first thing you notice is how tiny they are: Row upon row of babies, some no older than this day, hooked to grotesque jumbles of tubes. Press your palm against the incubator wall and the infant inside disappears from view.
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Rep. Cubin won't seek new term
Nov 10 2007 1:37PM (CT)
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Rep. Barbara Cubin announced Saturday that she will not seek re-election next year to an eighth term representing Wyoming.
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Combat wound affects a life's journey
Nov 10 2007 1:34PM (CT)
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - The telegram that arrived on Nov. 15, 1969, was not pessimistic: "Private First Class Johnny O Brooks was slightly wounded in action."
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Loyalty a factor in heroism
Nov 10 2007 1:20PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An infantryman charges a pillbox in the face of enemy fire. A firefighter rushes up the stairwell of a burning skyscraper as office workers flee. A teacher shields her student from a schoolyard gunman with her body.
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Police slaying suspect back in Philly
Nov 10 2007 12:26PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man accused of killing a police officer during a doughnut shop robbery was arraigned Saturday after authorities brought him back from Miami, where he was arrested in a homeless shelter.
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Disney sued for Segway ban
Nov 10 2007 12:06PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Three disabled people have sued Walt Disney World for not allowing them to use their Segways to move around its theme parks.
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School got complaints about teacher
Nov 10 2007 12:02PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - Back in August, the rumor around Lexington Middle School was that 25-year-old math teacher Kelsey Peterson had a boyfriend _ a 13-year-old former student.
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Confusion on US growth hormone rules
Nov 10 2007 11:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jeffrey George had no background in health care when he founded his business to sell human growth hormone on the Internet.
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Man describes Simpson hotel room scene
Nov 10 2007 8:15AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A man recruited to assist O.J. Simpson in seizing sports memorabilia from a hotel room testified at Simpson's preliminary hearing that he was pushed aside as others rushed in, followed by the former football great.
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Synagogue's hospitality rankles church
Nov 10 2007 8:14AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Archdiocese of St. Louis and a Jewish Reform congregation are on the same side when it comes to advocating for immigrants and the poor, often finding common ground in a zeal for social justice. But when the Central Reform Congregation offered its synagogue for Sunday's ordination of two women in a ceremony disavowed by the Roman Catholic church, it drew the ire of church officials and a pledge to never again partner with the congregation.
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Spitzer: 'Wait and see' on license plan
Nov 10 2007 6:29AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Facing growing pressure from his own party, Gov. Eliot Spitzer indicated he had not ruled out rescinding a heavily criticized plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, according to published reports.
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2 RIT students killed in house fire
Nov 10 2007 4:36AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A fire at an off-campus house killed two Rochester Institute of Technology students and injured a third early Friday, hours before the school inaugurated its new president.
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Judge: Teacher has no right to carry gun
Nov 10 2007 4:32AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An high school English teacher who wanted to take her semiautomatic handgun onto school grounds has no right to do so, a judge said Friday.
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Crew safe after Navy chopper crashes
Nov 10 2007 3:31AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A military helicopter crashed off the coast of Southern California late Friday, and all seven crew members were rescued, Navy officials said.
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Three die in plane crash in California
Nov 10 2007 2:11AM (CT)
DELANO, Calif. (AP) - A small plane crashed in California's Central Valley on Friday, killing a former Vietnam prisoner of war and two others.
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