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High-profile lawyer sentenced over taxes
Nov 27 2007 11:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A civil rights lawyer known for his high-profile cases against police and President Bush was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for federal tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.
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Alaska's 'Papa Pilgrim' gets 14 years
Nov 27 2007 11:15PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who called himself "Papa Pilgrim" and took his family far from civilization to raise them according to his interpretation of the Bible was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a daughter.
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Alaska's 'Papa Pilgrim' gets 14 years
Nov 27 2007 11:15PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who called himself "Papa Pilgrim" and took his family far from civilization to raise them according to his interpretation of the Bible was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a daughter.
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Businessman plans to donate $70M to ORU
Nov 27 2007 11:15PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma City businessman said Tuesday he planned to donate $70 million to debt-ridden Oral Roberts University, days after the school's president stepped down amid accusations that he misspent funds to support a lavish lifestyle.
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S.C. man kills 2 daughters, himself
Nov 27 2007 11:12PM (CT)
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - A man angry over his impending divorce fatally shot his two adult daughters Tuesday, chasing one into a nearby yard, before committing suicide, authorities said.
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Police: Woman put mom's body in bags
Nov 27 2007 11:09PM (CT)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A woman was arrested Tuesday after she told police she dumped the body of her 83-year-old mother into two garbage bags and left them beside the road, Marion County authorities said.
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Kan. teen missing; motel room searched
Nov 27 2007 11:05PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - Authorities said Tuesday they suspect foul play in the disappearance of an 18-year-old community college student, and they searched for the man she left a bar with the last time she was seen.
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More than 100 rally at peace summit
Nov 27 2007 10:27PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - More than 100 activists demonstrated Tuesday outside the U.S. Naval Academy gates, offering their very public take on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as diplomats met inside to chart a course toward peace.
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Man indicted in shooting of Fla. deputy
Nov 27 2007 10:23PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man suspected of fatally shooting a 76-year-old sheriff's deputy who was taking him to a court appearance was indicted Tuesday on charges that could bring the death penalty.
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Astor's son accused of stealing from her
Nov 27 2007 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The son of philanthropist Brooke Astor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he looted his mother's $198 million estate and conspired to have the Alzheimer's-stricken socialite sign a new will leaving her vast fortune to him.
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U.S. all but spared by hurricanes
Nov 27 2007 9:29PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Despite alarming predictions, the U.S. came through a second straight hurricane season virtually unscathed, raising fears among emergency planners that they will be fighting public apathy and overconfidence when they warn people to prepare for next year.
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UF doc who invented Gatorade dies at 80
Nov 27 2007 9:16PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Dr. J. Robert Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that the beverage continues to dominate, died Tuesday of kidney failure. He was 80.
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Court criticizes Mass. immigration raid
Nov 27 2007 9:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by immigrants arrested in a factory raid, saying their constitutional rights were not violated _ though it noted that government bungling allowed children of some detainees to go unsupervised.
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Witness in Fort Dix case linked to fraud
Nov 27 2007 8:38PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A paid government informant who infiltrated a group of men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at the Army's Fort Dix was an Egyptian national on probation for bank fraud, an attorney in the case said Tuesday.
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Web user sentenced for killing rival
Nov 27 2007 8:29PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 48-year-old man entangled in an Internet love triangle built largely on lies was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for killing his rival for the affection of a woman he had never met.
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Somali gets 10 years in Ohio bomb plot
Nov 27 2007 8:26PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall with a man later convicted of being an al-Qaida terrorist.
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More dry winds forecast in California
Nov 27 2007 8:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Forecasters warned Tuesday of a new round of Santa Ana winds they fear could fan further fires across Southern California, while authorities concluded that a destructive Malibu blaze started over the weekend at a popular hangout in a canyon above the city.
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More dry winds forecast in California
Nov 27 2007 8:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Forecasters warned Tuesday of a new round of Santa Ana winds they fear could fan further fires across Southern California, while authorities concluded that a destructive Malibu blaze started over the weekend at a popular hangout in a canyon above the city.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Summit embraces style and substance
Nov 27 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - President Bush told his guests at the Mideast peace conference that Tuesday's gathering was off to a strong start, with an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to immediately restart peace talks.
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Simpson faces arraignment in Vegas
Nov 27 2007 8:11PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson and two co-defendants are expected to plead not guilty Wednesday to 12 charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
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Texas oilman handed year prison term
Nov 27 2007 7:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday for his role in corrupting the U.N. oil-for-food program, winning leniency from a judge who cited his military service during World War II and his many good deeds during his lifetime.
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Texas oilman handed year prison term
Nov 27 2007 7:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday for his role in corrupting the U.N. oil-for-food program, winning leniency from a judge who cited his military service during World War II and his many good deeds during his lifetime.
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Texas oilman handed year prison term
Nov 27 2007 7:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday for his role in corrupting the U.N. oil-for-food program, winning leniency from a judge who cited his military service during World War II and his many good deeds during his lifetime.
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Red Cross president ousted
Nov 27 2007 7:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Plagued by turmoil at the top, the American Red Cross ousted its president, Mark Everson, on Tuesday for engaging in a "personal relationship" with one of his subordinates. He took the challenging job just six months ago.
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Trial starts in La. church sex case
Nov 27 2007 7:38PM (CT)
AMITE, La. (AP) - Tales of devil worship will not play a major role in the trial of a man accused of having sex with children during occult rituals at a now-defunct church, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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2 NJ officers bridge death suits settled
Nov 27 2007 6:34PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The families of two police officers who died when they drove off an open drawbridge have settled negligence lawsuits against the state for nearly $2.4 million, a lawyer and a state official said Tuesday.
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Poll: Public still favors Iraq pullout
Nov 27 2007 6:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The public increasingly believes the U.S. is making military progress in Iraq but still wants President Bush to remove American troops from the country as quickly as possible, a poll showed Tuesday.
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Suspect critical in Ga. mall shooting
Nov 27 2007 6:31PM (CT)
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A man accused of trying to rob an armored car guard at a shopping mall was in critical condition Tuesday with a gunshot wound to the face, police said.
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Prison for ex-sailor found with weapons
Nov 27 2007 6:29PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former Navy supply officer who illegally possessed dozens of machine guns was sentenced Tuesday to three years and 10 months in prison.
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Levee repair leads to Calif. fish kill
Nov 27 2007 6:25PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State and federal officials said Monday they were investigating the death of thousands of game fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta after a federal agency drained the water around a protected island during a levee repair.
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'Not very good' Saddam spy gets 4 years
Nov 27 2007 6:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man accused of being a "sleeper agent" sent to spy on Saddam Hussein's enemies in the United States was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for lying about his ties to the former regime.
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UN paints grim portrait of Qaida threat
Nov 27 2007 6:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Al-Qaida remains determined to mount major attacks and has extended its base of support and become more adept at communicating its message and operational plans, a U.N. report said Tuesday.
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Testimony ends in Miami terrorism case
Nov 27 2007 5:45PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former ally of a man accused of leading a conspiracy to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI buildings expressed concerns that plans were being hatched to acquire weapons for a "physical war" inside the U.S., according to an FBI tape played in court Tuesday.
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Guard accused of hiding ties to imam
Nov 27 2007 5:37PM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A former security guard at Andrews Air Force Base who failed to put his Muslim name on a job application was trying to conceal his ties to a controversial Washington imam, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
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New lawsuit filed in Bluffton U. crash
Nov 27 2007 5:32PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Attorneys want a federal court to determine whether members of a university baseball team involved in a deadly bus crash earlier this year are entitled to insurance money.
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Pioneering surgeon DeBakey gets award
Nov 27 2007 5:25PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Famed heart surgeon Michael DeBakey's immigrant parents taught their children to treasure two things: their education and their American citizenship.
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NYPD: Man kills, chops up mom, brother
Nov 27 2007 2:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 24-year-old man told investigators he shot and killed his mother and brother, then chopped up their bodies and dumped them into the Harlem River, police said.
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2 dead in shooting at Houston mall
Nov 27 2007 2:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A man fatally shot his girlfriend and then killed himself as she was opening a lingerie store in a shopping mall Tuesday, police said.
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UN: Poor need $86 billion in climate aid
Nov 27 2007 1:28PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Helping the world's poor adapt to more floods, droughts and other changes from a warming planet will cost the richest nations at least $86 billion a year by 2015, an expert panel warned Tuesday.
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Mich. teen breaks up with Mideast man
Nov 27 2007 12:19PM (CT)
GILFORD, Mich. (AP) - A teenager who flew secretly to the Middle East last year to be with a man she met on MySpace has gone on television to end the relationship.
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Forecasters: Hurricane season was mild
Nov 27 2007 10:48AM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season was less active than forecasters thought it would be, with six hurricanes developing instead of the nine predicted, a top weather researcher said Tuesday.
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2 accused of looting NYC apartments
Nov 27 2007 9:40AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two women donned wigs and designer clothes to pose as potential apartment buyers in some of Manhattan's most expensive neighborhoods so they could steal from the luxury homes, prosecutors said.
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4 dead in Ky. mobile home fire
Nov 27 2007 9:33AM (CT)
IRVINE, Ky. (AP) - A fire that erupted in a mobile home Tuesday killed four people, including two children, state police said.
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Pa. killer still missing; hid in trash
Nov 27 2007 9:12AM (CT)
ALBION, Pa. (AP) - A convicted murderer remained at large Tuesday, two days after he escaped from a medium-security prison by hiding in a garbage can, state police said.
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Documents: Mom describes killing girl, 2
Nov 27 2007 7:35AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine if the 2-year-old dubbed "Baby Grace" after her body was found in Galveston Bay was repeatedly abused by her mother and stepfather, an investigator said Tuesday.
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Documents: Mom describes killing girl, 2
Nov 27 2007 7:35AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine if the 2-year-old dubbed "Baby Grace" after her body was found in Galveston Bay was repeatedly abused by her mother and stepfather, an investigator said Tuesday.
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Documents: Mom describes killing girl, 2
Nov 27 2007 7:35AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine if the 2-year-old dubbed "Baby Grace" after her body was found in Galveston Bay was repeatedly abused by her mother and stepfather, an investigator said Tuesday.
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Report: 'Dateline' target had child porn
Nov 27 2007 6:43AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Authorities found child pornography among the possessions of a prosecutor who fatally shot himself last year when police arrived at his home as part a sting arranged by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator," according to a state report.
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Ex-prof pleads guilty to killing wife
Nov 27 2007 5:33AM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - They stayed together for their child's sake, but the arrangement between the Ivy League economics professor and his wife was unraveling.
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Report: Foreclosures to hit metro areas
Nov 27 2007 5:06AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Rising foreclosures will lead to billions of dollars in lost economic activity next year in the nation's major metropolitan areas, but homeowners and financial institutions have the ability to work together to contain the effects, according to a report compiled for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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Archaeologists explore wreck off Fla.
Nov 27 2007 4:19AM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - When Matthew Kuehne dives to the sandy bottom of Pensacola Bay, he reaches back 450 years to Spaniard Don Tristan de Luna's hurricane-doomed effort to form the first colony in the present-day United States.
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Archaeologists explore wreck off Fla.
Nov 27 2007 4:19AM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - When Matthew Kuehne dives to the sandy bottom of Pensacola Bay, he reaches back 450 years to Spaniard Don Tristan de Luna's hurricane-doomed effort to form the first colony in the present-day United States.
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Archaeologists explore wreck off Fla.
Nov 27 2007 4:19AM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - When Matthew Kuehne dives to the sandy bottom of Pensacola Bay, he reaches back 450 years to Spaniard Don Tristan de Luna's hurricane-doomed effort to form the first colony in the present-day United States.
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Broadway strike talks enter 2nd night
Nov 27 2007 3:11AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Negotiations between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers dragged into the wee hours of Tuesday as the two sides sought an end to their labor dispute.
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Broadway strike talks enter 2nd night
Nov 27 2007 3:11AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Negotiations between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers dragged into the wee hours of Tuesday as the two sides sought an end to their labor dispute.
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Broadway strike talks enter 2nd night
Nov 27 2007 3:11AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Negotiations between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers dragged into the wee hours of Tuesday as the two sides sought an end to their labor dispute.
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Mayo kin among 4 dead in plane crash
Nov 27 2007 12:10AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A small plane flown by a descendant of one of the brothers who built the renowned Mayo Clinic crashed at a southern Minnesota airport, killing all four people aboard.
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