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Assaults on Arizona border agents increase
Nov 24 2005 11:28PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Arizona-Mexico border were victims of twice as many attacks this past fiscal year compared with the previous year, officials say.
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Mishap hurts two at Thanksgiving parade
Nov 24 2005 11:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade snagged a street light and knocked part of it off, injuring a woman in a wheelchair and her 11-year-old sister.
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A look at Thanksgiving in the U.S.
Nov 24 2005 10:54PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Marshmallow, the white turkey pardoned by President Bush, spent its Thanksgiving at Disneyland, perched atop a float in a clear enclosure and surrounded by children in pilgrim costumes.
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Mall shooting victim condition upgraded
Nov 24 2005 10:53PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The man most seriously injured when a gunman opened fire inside a shopping mall last weekend was upgrade from critical to serious condition Thursday and is able to speak with his family, a hospital spokesman said.
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Sheehan back in Texas for war protest
Nov 24 2005 10:43PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - The fallen soldier's mother whose August vigil near President Bush's ranch reinvigorated the anti-war movement returned to Texas to resume her protest Thursday as the president celebrated Thanksgiving a few miles away.
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Ex-FEMA head starts disaster planning firm
Nov 24 2005 10:35PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.
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U.S. nears 1,000th execution since 1977
Nov 24 2005 10:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Let's do it." With those last words, convicted killer Gary Gilmore ushered in the modern era of capital punishment in the United States, an age of busy death chambers that will likely see its 1,000th execution in the coming days.
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Katrina survivors more thankful than ever
Nov 24 2005 9:38PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With her apron on, Nelle Hill looked the part of the Thanksgiving Day cook, but with no power, no refrigerator and few ingredients, all she could come up with were grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon.
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Charity visited before girl said missing
Nov 24 2005 9:01PM (CT)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A missing 6-year-old girl, who police say may have been dead for over a year, was reported missing less than two hours after a social worker visited her father's home last week, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Four killed in Missouri interstate crash
Nov 24 2005 8:39PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Four friends traveling to Mississippi for a Thanksgiving gathering were killed when their vehicle collided nearly head-on with a tractor-trailer in southeastern Missouri, officials said.
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Backed-up traffic eyed in train crash
Nov 24 2005 8:21PM (CT)
ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (AP) - A group of cars hit by a commuter train at a busy suburban Chicago crossing had 54 seconds from the time the gates were activated until the train came barreling through, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
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Govs celebrate Thanksgiving with troops
Nov 24 2005 7:08PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and three other governors personally thanked their troops serving in the Middle East on Thursday, and they brought Thanksgiving dinner with them.
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EPA targets chocolate scent in Chicago
Nov 24 2005 6:42PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - For decades, commuters and tourists have delighted in the mouthwatering smells wafting over the city from the Blommer Chocolate Co. factory. Now, that aroma is about to disappear, courtesy of federal regulators.
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70 years later, 'secret lovers' still wed
Nov 24 2005 6:12PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - When 19-year-old Ron Ramey fell in love with 14-year-old Marcella, doubters said it would never last _ they were just too far apart in age. But the young couple didn't listen, spiriting from Nezperce to New Meadows to get married in secret. On Saturday, the Rameys will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.
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Online dating sites accused of deception
Nov 24 2005 5:35PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After looking for love on the Internet and failing to find it, frustrated lonely hearts are heading to court, accusing online dating sites of engaging in deceptive practices.
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Freight trains collide south of Chicago
Nov 24 2005 5:26PM (CT)
MOMENCE, Ill. (AP) - Two freight trains collided south of Chicago Thursday morning, injuring three crew members and forcing the evacuation of homes down wind of the tracks after flammable alcohol leaked from a tanker car, authorities said.
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Late-season tropical storm strengthens
Nov 24 2005 4:47PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Delta neared hurricane strength Thursday in the central Atlantic, continuing a record-breaking hurricane season.
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N.M. gov admits he wasn't baseball pick
Nov 24 2005 4:08PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record _ the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue.
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'Wanted' billboards cropping up across U.S.
Nov 24 2005 3:39PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Wanted posters offering rewards for Jesse James and other outlaws were a common sight in America's Old West. Now a modern twist on that idea is showing up increasingly across the country: wanted billboards.
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Calif. airports have poor runway safety
Nov 24 2005 3:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's not a record you want to brag about: Los Angeles International Airport and two others nearby have the worst runway safety records recently among the nation's busiest airports, a review of federal aviation data shows.
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After Katrina, living on the second floor
Nov 24 2005 1:21PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four-and-a-half weeks after he swam out of his flooded house, pushing his parrot's cage on a floating tire, Dr. Joe Thompson decided he couldn't go another night away from home.
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Balloon injures spectator at N.Y. parade
Nov 24 2005 12:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant balloon at the Thanksgiving parade snagged a street light near Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring at least one person, according to police and eyewitness accounts.
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Balloon injures spectator at N.Y. parade
Nov 24 2005 12:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A giant balloon at the Thanksgiving parade snagged a street light near Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring at least one person, according to police and eyewitness accounts.
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Religion today
Nov 24 2005 12:00PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A little more than a decade ago, the Alliance Defense Fund was a one-man operation.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 24 2005 12:00PM (CT)
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) - The governing board of the 1.4 million-member American Baptist Churches in the USA added a stand against gay sex to the denomination's self-definition, but it's unclear whether that will heal a growing split over homosexuality.
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Anti-consumers dig through trash for food
Nov 24 2005 9:57AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dinner shared by a group of friends at a well-appointed Greenwich Village apartment featured eggplant Parmesan with a salad of mixed greens and avocado dressing. The guests already had snacked on hors d'oeuvres of smoked mozzarella and crackers. Not bad considering the diners find their food by digging through garbage.
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Pakistani is convicted of aiding al-Qaida
Nov 24 2005 4:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Pakistani man who said he told investigators "what I thought they wanted to hear" when he confessed to helping an al-Qaida operative sneak into the United States to carry out a chemical attack has been convicted of terrorism charges.
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Fort Carson family preps for Thanksgiving
Nov 24 2005 3:50AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Joshua Carrasco got braces this year and his younger brother was the fastest boy on his school's cross-country team. Their little sister, whose front teeth are still growing in, picked out carnations for their mom's 40th birthday.
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Four killed in accident on Mo. highway
Nov 24 2005 2:18AM (CT)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Four people believed to be headed to a Thanksgiving family reunion were killed when their SUV crashed nearly head-on into a tractor-trailer, authorities said.
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Scott Peterson sues his former lawyer
Nov 24 2005 1:32AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scott Peterson is attempting to halt publication of a book written by a lawyer who was kicked off his case for violating a judge's gag order.
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Fired Md. man shoots supervisors, himself
Nov 24 2005 12:29AM (CT)
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) - A fired employee shot two supervisors at a food distribution business Wednesday, then fatally shot himself in the head just outside the front door, authorities and the business owner said.
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