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Top Toyota engineer dies in plane crash
Nov 26 2006 11:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Toyota Motor Corp. executive engineer described as the "American father of the Prius" and who was among the country's top experts on gas-electric hybrid vehicles died in a plane crash, officials said Sunday.
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Woman faces fines for wreath peace sign
Nov 26 2006 11:13PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.
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Snow slows holiday travel in the West
Nov 26 2006 11:11PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The journey home at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend was smooth sailing for many travelers Sunday, although snow slowed the journey for some in the West.
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Police: Fla. teen killed by best friend
Nov 26 2006 10:29PM (CT)
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - A teenager stole a gun from a patrol car and accidentally shot his best friend in the forehead, killing him, police said.
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Crowd demands answers in groom killing
Nov 26 2006 10:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An angry crowd demanded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends. Some called for the ouster of the city's police commissioner.
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5 killed in Nebraska interstate crash
Nov 26 2006 10:12PM (CT)
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A pickup lost control Sunday in freezing drizzle and crossed into oncoming traffic where it was struck by another pickup, killing five people, authorities said.
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6 families back home after Mass. blast
Nov 26 2006 9:10PM (CT)
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - Six families moved back into their houses Sunday after a pre-dawn chemical plant explosion four days earlier drove them and hundreds of other residents from their homes.
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Reformers aim to curb dropout rate
Nov 26 2006 6:58PM (CT)
CANTON, Miss. (AP) - He was only in 10th grade but already 18 _ and still failing many classes. It's no mystery why Rico Simpson dropped out of Canton High School.
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Ground search for Minn. boys called off
Nov 26 2006 6:53PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - Authorities called off a major ground search Sunday on the Red Lake Indian Reservation after they turned up no sign of two young brothers who have been missing since they went out to play Wednesday morning.
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Lidle crash impact lingers at high-rise
Nov 26 2006 6:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - From the windows that usually provide sweeping views of Manhattan in his 27th floor condominium, Gene Weisberger saw flaming debris _ and on the street below, a crowd gaping upward.
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Police: Football bet leads to S.C. death
Nov 26 2006 4:31PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A man fatally shot his friend with a high-powered rifle in a dispute over a $20 bet on the annual South Carolina-Clemson college football game, authorities said Sunday.
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Pilates exercises may help Parkinson's
Nov 26 2006 2:25PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Movements in Pilates exercises are controlled _ sometimes moving the body only inches _ but those small motions are making a big difference to some people with Parkinson's disease.
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Doublespeak: Official language of D.C.
Nov 26 2006 1:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's annual accounting of hunger in America reported no hunger in its last outing. Instead, it found "food insecurity."
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Teens charged with setting 'acid bombs'
Nov 26 2006 9:49AM (CT)
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) - Two teenage boys have been charged with setting off two homemade bombs inside a Wal-Mart filled with holiday shoppers, authorities said.
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Ex-boyfriend arrested in officer's death
Nov 26 2006 2:02AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The ex-boyfriend of an off-duty police officer who was shot to death after a memorial service was arrested for investigation of murder Saturday, authorities said.
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Fire kills ex-lawmaker's granddaughter
Nov 26 2006 12:34AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - A 5-year-old girl injured in a house fire that killed her grandfather, a former state legislator, and his mother-in-law died Saturday, hospital officials said.
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