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Heavy winds fan fires in Texas, Oklahoma
Nov 15 2006 11:58PM (CT)
DRIFTWOOD, Texas (AP) - Heavy winds swept through parts of Texas and Oklahoma Wednesday, downing trees and power lines, causing flight cancelations and hindering efforts by firefighters to battle a brush fire.
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Gay marriage showdown looms in Mass.
Nov 15 2006 11:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Mitt Romney plans to appear at a rally Sunday to demand that lawmakers, who have largely ignored him on the matter, vote on a proposed ballot question that would end gay marriage in Massachusetts.
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N.Y. man denies letting wife kill self
Nov 15 2006 11:37PM (CT)
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A man accused of letting his suicidal wife drive a minivan off a cliff at a state park with their two daughters inside pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
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Feds argue against bail for Polish man
Nov 15 2006 11:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors urged a federal judge Wednesday to deny bail to a millionaire businessman wanted for a slaying in Poland, saying he might use money hidden in Swiss bank accounts to flee from justice.
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Marine gets 18 months in Iraqi's death
Nov 15 2006 11:21PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine private who pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the killing of an innocent Iraqi civilian was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in custody. "You have a very fortuitous pretrial agreement," the judge, Lt. Col. David Jones, told Pfc. John J. Jodka III.
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Small tsunami crashes into Hawaii
Nov 15 2006 11:19PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Small tsunami, some measuring several feet high, crashed into Hawaii on Wednesday, slightly injuring one swimmer, as ocean surges buffered a northern California harbor, damaging docks.
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Court: Bush can't help foreign killer
Nov 15 2006 11:16PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A state appeals court chastised President Bush on Wednesday for intervening in the case of a condemned killer born in Mexico, one of several dozen cases in which Bush ordered new hearings amid international complaints.
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O.J. book is called `his confession'
Nov 15 2006 10:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - O.J. Simpson created an uproar Wednesday with plans for a TV interview and book titled "If I Did It" _ an account the publisher pronounced "his confession" and media executives condemned as revolting and exploitive.
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Gov. Ryan fights to keep part of pension
Nov 15 2006 10:43PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A lawyer argued Wednesday that former Gov. George Ryan is entitled to part of his government pension despite his conviction on federal racketeering charges.
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Wildfire arson suspect watched flames
Nov 15 2006 10:33PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The suspect in a massive arson wildfire that killed five firefighters told investigators he drove to a spot near where it started on the night it was set to watch the flames, according to a police report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
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Search for WTC remains expands in NYC
Nov 15 2006 10:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New searches for human remains from the Sept. 11 attacks are beginning this week at buildings near ground zero, a city official said Wednesday.
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2 plead guilty in Seton Hall dorm fire
Nov 15 2006 9:53PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Nearly seven years after a dormitory fire killed three students at Seton Hall University, two former roommates pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson, admitting for the first time that they set a banner ablaze in a prank that tragically got out of hand.
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NYPD busts billion dollar gambling ring
Nov 15 2006 9:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - More than two dozen people, including a professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.
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First American WWII POW escapee dies
Nov 15 2006 9:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lee "Shorty" Gordon, believed to be the first American prisoner of war to escape from a German camp during World War II, has died. He was 84.
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Officials consider charges against coach
Nov 15 2006 9:25PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Authorities are considering charges against a Pee Wee football coach who was caught on videotape attacking a referee after being told to stop cursing on the sidelines in front of his 5- and 6-year-old players, police said.
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1 killed as storms rip through South
Nov 15 2006 9:06PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Lines of thunderstorms hammered the South on Wednesday, turning a skating rink into a hulk of twisted metal soon after 31 preschoolers and four adults fled to the only part of the building that turned out to be safe.
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Woman found beaten Hispanic teen in yard
Nov 15 2006 8:53PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A woman whose children hosted a party where a Hispanic teen was savagely beaten testified Wednesday that the victim was still lying in the family's back yard the next morning, hours after prosecutors say he was attacked by a neo-Nazi skinhead.
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Soldier pleads in Iraq rape, murder case
Nov 15 2006 8:51PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - One of four U.S. soldiers accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl last spring and killing her and her family pleaded guilty Wednesday, and agreed to testify against the others.
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Show about mobsters can go on
Nov 15 2006 8:36PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Stop middle-schoolers from portraying a bunch of mobsters on stage? Fuggedaboutit!
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La. governor wants faster housing aid
Nov 15 2006 8:27PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Only 28 homeowners have received checks so far from Louisiana's $7.5 billion hurricane housing aid program, but the private contractor running it assured Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Wednesday that it is dramatically picking up the pace.
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Ex-Mets star's son at sword slay trial
Nov 15 2006 8:15PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A teen accused of killing his sleeping stepfather with two blows from a samurai sword admitted it later that day, the son of ex-New York Mets star Bud Harrelson testified Wednesday.
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Video arrest subject pleads no contest
Nov 15 2006 7:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The man seen in a controversial video clip being punched repeatedly in the face by police pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of resisting or obstructing an officer.
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Champion barrel racing horse cloned
Nov 15 2006 7:19PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Barrel racer Charmayne James knew scientists had figured out how to clone mice, sheep and cats. But if any creature deserved to be cloned, she thought it was her gelding Scamper, the retired 10-time world champion.
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More Sago Mine families sue companies
Nov 15 2006 7:11PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Relatives of six men killed in the Sago Mine disaster sued the mine's owner and other companies Wednesday, accusing them of failing to maintain a safe working environment.
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New Orleans park recovers, but slowly
Nov 15 2006 7:09PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' City Park was once a lush Southern landscape of lazy lagoons, majestic ancient oaks draped with Spanish moss, and magnolias framing the fairways of three golf courses.
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Audit: NY paid $3M for dead patients
Nov 15 2006 6:41PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state paid medical providers $3.6 million in the past three years for thousands of Medicaid patients who were dead, according to an audit released Wednesday.
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Lobbyist Abramoff begins prison sentence
Nov 15 2006 6:39PM (CT)
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - Hours before entering federal prison Wednesday, lobbyist Jack Abramoff sent friends an e-mail lamenting "this nightmare" political scandal and predicting things were about to get worse _ but still looking optimistically to the future.
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Suspended Tenn. mayor returned to office
Nov 15 2006 6:38PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - A small-town mayor accused of ordering police to target soldiers and Hispanics for speeding tickets was reinstated Wednesday after a judge ruled prosecutors didn't prove the orders were carried out.
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Historians share $1 million Kluge prize
Nov 15 2006 6:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - American historian John Hope Franklin and Chinese historian Ying-shih Yu will share the $1 million Kluge prize, created in 2003 to honor achievement in fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
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Mystery deepens over man's 1964 death
Nov 15 2006 6:24PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Louis James DeFusco was found floating in Narragansett Bay in 1964, a ship's anchor tied around his legs and a bullet in his mouth. Authorities called it a suicide. But relatives had their doubts.
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Jurors urged to convict Colombian rebel
Nov 15 2006 6:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government urged jurors Wednesday to convict Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera, saying he should be held responsible in a plot to keep three Americans hostage, whatever his politics.
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Deal to develop New Orleans riverfront
Nov 15 2006 6:01PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An agreement signed Wednesday between the city and port authority will allow for redevelopment of part of New Orleans' riverfront _ a project that city officials hope will help spark a post-Katrina economic revival.
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Nevada town passes English-only law
Nov 15 2006 5:51PM (CT)
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - A town board in southern Nevada has adopted an ordinance declaring English the official language, restricting the display of foreign flags and denying town benefits to illegal immigrants.
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Judge outlines evidence in CIA leak case
Nov 15 2006 5:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge outlined how much classified evidence former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby must have access to in the CIA leak case Wednesday, leaving defense attorneys and prosecutors to debate how to black out or summarize it before trial in January.
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Birth certificate to say baby has 2 moms
Nov 15 2006 4:50PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - Two women will be listed as parents on the birth certificate of a baby born this week in New Jersey, one of the first implications of a state Supreme Court ruling that gives same-sex couples access to the same rights as married couples.
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30 protest nursing woman's complaint
Nov 15 2006 4:35PM (CT)
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - About 30 parents and their children sat in front of an airline counter Wednesday to protest the treatment of a passenger who said she was kicked off a plane for breast-feeding her child.
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Amish shooting victims face tough rehab
Nov 15 2006 3:30PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - One of the five Amish girls who survived last month's schoolhouse massacre is fully disabled from a severe head wound and unlikely to recover, and the other four probably have permanent disabilities, a physician familiar with their medical treatment said Wednesday.
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Amish shooting victims face tough rehab
Nov 15 2006 3:30PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - One of the five Amish girls who survived last month's schoolhouse massacre is fully disabled from a severe head wound and unlikely to recover, and the other four probably have permanent disabilities, a physician familiar with their medical treatment said Wednesday.
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Urban students perform worse at science
Nov 15 2006 2:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Children in major U.S. cities perform worse than other students around the country on science tests given in elementary and middle school, a snapshot released by the government Wednesday shows.
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Haggard case revives gay therapy debate
Nov 15 2006 2:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Evangelical leader Ted Haggard, in apologizing for contacts with a gay prostitute, said he had sought help to combat a "repulsive and dark" side of his life _ but no approach had proven effective.
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Maine activist cited for bin Laden stunt
Nov 15 2006 2:08PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Democratic activist who was arrested after he was spotted on a highway overpass dressed as Osama bin Laden on Halloween faces additional charges for the stunt.
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Comair suffers chronic delays in NYC
Nov 15 2006 1:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Getting out of New York is never easy, but no one has been having a tougher time leaving the city's gravitational pull lately than travelers on Comair.
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Police say `demons' led mom to kill son
Nov 15 2006 1:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman told police she was overcome by "demons" when she smothered her 9-year-old son and then tried to kill herself by jumping in front of a subway.
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Wyoming's GOP Rep. Cubin wins 7th term
Nov 15 2006 1:27PM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin won a seventh term, defeating Democratic challenger Gary Trauner, officials announced Wednesday after a final state canvass of last week's vote.
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Bodies of 2 children found in Fla. lake
Nov 15 2006 1:27PM (CT)
EUSTIS, Fla. (AP) - The bodies of two children missing since their family's boat sank on a central Florida lake over the weekend were found Wednesday, authorities said.
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Jackson mayor pleads to firearms charges
Nov 15 2006 1:12PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mayor Frank Melton, who has taken a hard stand against the city's rising crime rate, pleaded guilty to weapons charges Wednesday in a deal with prosecutors that lets him stay in office and out of jail.
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Charges dismissed against minister
Nov 15 2006 12:57PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Charges were dismissed Wednesday against a Presbyterian minister accused of breaking church law by performing a marriage ceremony for two women after church officials determined the charges were filed too late.
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Former hippie guru Einhorn loses appeal
Nov 15 2006 12:29PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former hippie guru who hid out in Europe after murdering his ex-girlfriend 29 years ago has lost an appeal of his murder conviction.
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Ark. governor defends gift registries
Nov 15 2006 12:25PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gift registries have been set up to help friends of Arkansas first lady Janet Huckabee choose gifts for the Huckabees' new half-million dollar home as they prepare to leave the governor's mansion.
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Man gets 30-60 years in son's death
Nov 15 2006 10:14AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A man who led police to his adopted 7-year-old son's body after claiming the boy had run away was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 60 years in prison for second-degree murder.
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Juror booted from Cape Code murder trial
Nov 15 2006 9:34AM (CT)
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - The jury resumed deliberations Wednesday in the case of a slain fashion writer after one of its members was replaced for talking about media coverage and telling her jailed boyfriend police officers were "dumb."
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Ga. county considers fining landlords
Nov 15 2006 9:22AM (CT)
CANTON, Ga. (AP) - Commissioners in a suburban Atlanta county are considering fining landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, saying the immigrants strain the schools and other local resources.
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Marine gets 6 months in comrade shooting
Nov 15 2006 8:35AM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A Marine Corps reservist was sentenced to six months in military jail after pleading guilty to negligent homicide for the shooting death of a comrade in their Iraq barracks.
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Officials say missing boy may be alive
Nov 15 2006 8:25AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Investigators have renewed their search for a 2-year-old boy whose mother committed suicide days after reporting him missing, saying he may still be alive, authorities said Tuesday.
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Five killed in Indiana plane crash
Nov 15 2006 6:19AM (CT)
ROLLING PRAIRIE, Ind. (AP) - Authorities searched a cornfield Tuesday for the remains of five people killed in the crash of a twin-engine plane that went down shortly after takeoff in foggy weather.
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Divers survey Intrepid's hull for damage
Nov 15 2006 6:17AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Navy divers probed the murky Hudson River on Tuesday to figure out how to free the USS Intrepid from the mud that has stranded the World War II ship at its Manhattan pier.
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Ga. Baptist Convention parts with Mercer
Nov 15 2006 6:14AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Baptist Convention has formally ended its 170-year relationship with Mercer University, a relationship that had grown increasingly troubled over the convention's concerns that Mercer is more liberal than its Southern Baptist roots.
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Second-grader fights mom's deportation
Nov 15 2006 5:58AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - From a second-floor bedroom in a storefront church, Elvira Arellano scanned the Internet for news of her son _ a 7-year-old boy who had traveled to Mexico to ask that nation to help his family and others like them.
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Bishops adopt gay outreach guidelines
Nov 15 2006 5:37AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops adopted new guidelines for gay outreach Tuesday that are meant to be welcoming, while also telling gays to be celibate since the church considers their sexuality "disordered."
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Lobbyist Abramoff to report to prison
Nov 15 2006 5:35AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of using expensive gifts, campaign donations and exotic trips to win access to the White House and Congress, Jack Abramoff's illegal dealings won him an open door from a final government agency Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
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TV pitchman gets 86 months for fraud
Nov 15 2006 5:23AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A TV pitchman who defrauded customers, banks and vendors out of $39 million by selling them faulty computers was sentenced to more than seven years in prison by a judge who called his conduct "unforgivable."
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N.J. man charged in brother's 1972 death
Nov 15 2006 5:00AM (CT)
LODI, N.J. (AP) - In 1972, the body of a 6-year-old boy was found in the cab of a water truck at a construction site, nude and battered. He had been raped, stabbed and strangled.
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Bishops stress obedience
Nov 15 2006 4:51AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - America's Roman Catholic bishops are reminding wayward parishioners of their most basic spiritual obligations: confessing sin, attending Mass and limiting sex to marriage so they can be worthy of receiving Holy Communion.
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Charity offers getaways to wounded vets
Nov 15 2006 4:32AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - After Chief Warrant Officer James Lowman fractured three vertebrae in a June 2005 helicopter accident in Iraq, he wondered whether he would be able to stay in the military and how he would support his wife and child.
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Poll: Most doubt Dems have plan for Iraq
Nov 15 2006 4:16AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid new talk of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill and at the White House, Americans are divided on whether the new Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush can work together on their top priorities.
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San Francisco to boot JROTC programs
Nov 15 2006 2:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - High schools across the city soon will no longer have Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs after officials decided to eliminate them because of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay service members.
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LA to replace its dying palms
Nov 15 2006 2:05AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's official: The tall, skinny palm trees that have come to define Los Angeles will be replaced with native species as they die of old age and disease.
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Man pleads guilty in '84 college assault
Nov 15 2006 1:38AM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A man who sexually assaulted a fellow student at a fraternity party in 1984, then apologized to her two decades later as part of the 12-step Alcoholics Anonymous program, pleaded guilty Tuesday and could go to prison.
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