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Embattled Oral Roberts president resigns
Nov 23 2007 11:38PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The president of Oral Roberts University, facing accusations he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle, resigned on Friday, officials said.
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Santa Ana winds blow anew in California
Nov 23 2007 10:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters kept watch Friday as dry Santa Ana winds began to kick up again in parts of Southern California already scorched by blazes last month.
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Ill. cop charged with DUI in fatal crash
Nov 23 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A police officer charged with drunken driving in a car wreck that killed two men and injured a third was assigned to desk duty pending an internal investigation, a police spokesman said Friday.
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Coach faced sex allegations years ago
Nov 23 2007 9:16PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A gymnastics coach accused of raping a former student was kicked out of a national organization for the sport nearly a decade ago because of allegations that he had sexual relations with his students, according to court papers.
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Illegal immigrant rescues boy in desert
Nov 23 2007 8:47PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.
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Police: 5 dead in murder-suicide in Md.
Nov 23 2007 8:30PM (CT)
LAYTONSVILLE, Md. (AP) - A man shot and killed his ex-wife, their three children and himself in a small-town park where they had met for the woman to hand over the youngsters for a visit, investigators said Friday.
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'Dinnertime Bandit' suspect arraigned
Nov 23 2007 8:25PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The "dinnertime bandit" pulled off his thefts with stealth and precision, clad in black clothes as he scaled columns to slip into the second-story windows at homes of the wealthy and make off with jewelry, authorities said.
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NY governor suffers first-term blunders
Nov 23 2007 6:06PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - He was once untouchable. Eliot Spitzer barreled into the New York governor's office barely 11 months ago riding a record-setting wave of popularity. Time magazine had named him "Crusader of the Year" when he was attorney general and the tabloids proclaimed him "Eliot Ness."
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Former jet-set fugitive rapist freed
Nov 23 2007 5:50PM (CT)
DARIEN, Conn. (AP) - A former high school wrestling star who fled to Europe before his rape trial and lived a jet-set life for years before surrendering was released from prison Friday.
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Summit terror threat advisory issued
Nov 23 2007 5:22PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Federal authorities have advised local law enforcement agencies to be alert to possible terrorism threats because of the Middle East peace conference next week in Annapolis, Homeland Security and FBI officials said Friday.
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AP IMPACT: Firefighter help on terrorism
Nov 23 2007 5:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people's privacy.
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Bear bites Pennsylvania zoo visitor
Nov 23 2007 4:47PM (CT)
FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) - A bear at a private zoo bit a participant in a program for budding zookeepers and scratched a person who tried to help.
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Wolf may lose endangered species listing
Nov 23 2007 4:33PM (CT)
PRAY, Mont. (AP) - For rancher Randy Petrich, the removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list _ a move that would open up the animals to hunting in the Northern Rockies for the first time in decades _ couldn't come soon enough.
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Ill. congressman claims racial profiling
Nov 23 2007 3:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois congressman said he was a victim of racial profiling when police gave him a traffic ticket alleging he swerved over the center line.
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AP IMPACT: Firefighters battle terrorism
Nov 23 2007 2:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people's privacy.
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Chicago might sell naming rights
Nov 23 2007 2:36PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Might visitors to the Windy City someday ride the Lowe's Chicago El, shop on the Microsoft Magnificent Mile and tour Old Navy Pier?
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RI fire families cast wide net of blame
Nov 23 2007 2:23PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Al Prudhomme figures there's plenty of blame to go around for a fire that killed two of his band mates and about a dozen of his friends in the 2003 nightclub blaze that killed 100 people.
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Hurricane intensity scale creator dies
Nov 23 2007 2:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Herbert Saffir, an engineer who created the five-category system used to describe hurricane strength and warn millions of an approaching storm's danger, has died. He was 90.
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A new challenge to Ky. executions arises
Nov 23 2007 2:17PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky death-row prisoner claims that giving a condemned inmate a sedative on the day of execution interferes with the drug cocktail used in lethal injections.
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E-mail scam uses name of NAACP official
Nov 23 2007 1:46PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a phony e-mail that went out to contacts of a state NAACP official and claims she is stranded in Africa.
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Panda super couple is super fertile
Nov 23 2007 1:44PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Giving each other space may not work in every relationship, but it's what keeps the magic alive for the very fertile giant panda pair at the San Diego Zoo.
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'Girls Gone Wild' founder claims abuse
Nov 23 2007 1:17PM (CT)
CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) - The millionaire producer of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series has accused guards of abusing him during his brief stay at an Oklahoma jail, a newspaper reported Friday.
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Old Annapolis enters modern diplomacy
Nov 23 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - World leaders gathering here next week for Mideast peace negotiations won't be far from the brick streets where diplomats of centuries past ratified a major peace treaty and ensured the future of the United States as a civilian, democratic state.
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Old Annapolis enters modern diplomacy
Nov 23 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - World leaders gathering here next week for Mideast peace negotiations won't be far from the brick streets where diplomats of centuries past ratified a major peace treaty and ensured the future of the United States as a civilian, democratic state.
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Old Annapolis enters modern diplomacy
Nov 23 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - World leaders gathering here next week for Mideast peace negotiations won't be far from the brick streets where diplomats of centuries past ratified a major peace treaty and ensured the future of the United States as a civilian, democratic state.
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Airline workers get sick after co. meal
Nov 23 2007 4:34AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Five United Airlines workers sought medical attention for nausea and vomiting after the company provided a Thanksgiving meal to employees.
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Admiral 'perplexed' by snub at Hong Kong
Nov 23 2007 4:31AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said he's "perplexed and concerned" by China's last-minute decision to deny a U.S. aircraft carrier entry to Hong Kong for a previously scheduled port visit.
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Mo. city outlaws Internet harassment
Nov 23 2007 4:26AM (CT)
DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. (AP) - City officials unanimously passed a measure making online harassment a crime, days after learning that a 13-year-old girl killed herself last year after receiving cruel messages on the Internet.
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Firefighters' death benefits awarded
Nov 23 2007 4:10AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Since her firefighter husband died of a heart attack nearly four years ago after responding to an emergency, Kathleen Shea hasn't received a penny in death benefits _ despite a federal law that indicated she was entitled to them.
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Balmy weather for Thanksgiving parade
Nov 23 2007 2:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delighted, shrieking children were barely able to contain themselves Thursday as Barbie rolled past and enormous Shrek and Snoopy balloons floated overhead in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Balmy weather for Thanksgiving parade
Nov 23 2007 2:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delighted, shrieking children were barely able to contain themselves Thursday as Barbie rolled past and enormous Shrek and Snoopy balloons floated overhead in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Balmy weather for Thanksgiving parade
Nov 23 2007 2:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delighted, shrieking children were barely able to contain themselves Thursday as Barbie rolled past and enormous Shrek and Snoopy balloons floated overhead in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Balmy weather for Thanksgiving parade
Nov 23 2007 2:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delighted, shrieking children were barely able to contain themselves Thursday as Barbie rolled past and enormous Shrek and Snoopy balloons floated overhead in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Balmy weather for Thanksgiving parade
Nov 23 2007 2:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Delighted, shrieking children were barely able to contain themselves Thursday as Barbie rolled past and enormous Shrek and Snoopy balloons floated overhead in the traditional Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Feds: Man discussed explosives in video
Nov 23 2007 1:14AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - An Egyptian college student arrested after authorities said they found explosive chemicals in his car made a video suggesting that "martyrdom" can be avoided by using remote-controlled explosives, authorities said.
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