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Tropical Storm Epsilon forms in Atlantic
Nov 29 2005 11:19PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Epsilon formed Tuesday in the central Atlantic and could cause dangerous surf conditions in Bermuda over the next few days, forecasters said.
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Official: U.N. could face budget crisis
Nov 29 2005 11:07PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations could be forced to delay staff salaries or cut back some operations if a dispute over reform keeps member states from adopting a 2006-2007 budget by Dec. 31, a senior official said Tuesday.
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Convicted murderer indicted in '83 slaying
Nov 29 2005 11:02PM (CT)
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A convicted murderer was indicted Tuesday for the 1983 beating death of a 10-year-old girl in the Chicago suburbs, the latest development in a case that put a spotlight on Illinois' capital punishment system.
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Va. gov. grants clemency for condemned man
Nov 29 2005 11:02PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's governor on Tuesday spared the life of a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976.
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Two face charges in Calif. store vandalism
Nov 29 2005 10:53PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A man linked to a black Muslim group was among two men who turned themselves in to police Tuesday for their roles in vandalizing a pair of stores for selling alcohol to blacks, police said.
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Teen pleads guilty for role in shootings
Nov 29 2005 10:44PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The teenage son of a tribal chairman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a criminal charge for his role in shootings that left 10 people dead on an Indian reservation last March.
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VA workers charged with taking kickbacks
Nov 29 2005 10:23PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two government employees were charged Tuesday with taking kickbacks on the purchase of 100,000 rolls of red tape.
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Plains' highways reopen after blizzard
Nov 29 2005 10:15PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Crews scrambled to reach utility poles along roads choked by huge snow drifts Tuesday, slowly restoring electricity to thousands left in the dark by the Plains' first blizzard of the season.
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Highest wages in East, lowest in South
Nov 29 2005 9:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans have been migrating south and west for decades, but it appears they've been leaving some high-paying jobs behind. While there are many pockets of wealth in the South and West, the states with the highest wage earners line the East Coast, according to Census data released Tuesday.
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Panda cub makes his debut at National Zoo
Nov 29 2005 8:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tai Shan, the giant panda cub, showed Tuesday that he is a quick study, prancing about in his den and otherwise mugging for hordes of camera crews in this city that's a veritable fishbowl for celebrities.
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Man sentenced for trying to sell jet parts
Nov 29 2005 8:26PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A man who tried to sell fighter jet parts to China and falsely certified the quality of other aircraft parts was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison by a judge who called him "a menace to worldwide air safety."
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National drive to ID Bosnia victims starts
Nov 29 2005 8:03PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Refugees from the war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia are being asked to offer drops of blood for DNA testing in a bid to identify some of the more than 26,000 victims found in mass graves or dumped in forests.
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Goldman Sachs building to go up near WTC
Nov 29 2005 7:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Goldman Sachs broke ground Tuesday on its $2.4 billion headquarters near the World Trade Center site, which state leaders hope will serve as the catalyst to lure other financial companies to millions of square feet of proposed office space.
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John Demjanjuk fights new deportation try
Nov 29 2005 4:48PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Returning an Ohio man accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard to his native Ukraine would be like throwing him "into a shark tank," his attorney argued in court Tuesday.
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Atlanta's second suspect in a month flees
Nov 29 2005 4:46PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man arrested on drug and weapons charges fled from a police van Tuesday, the second major escape this month in a city where another inmate is accused of a deadly courthouse shooting rampage last March.
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Bus vandalism closes Alaska schools
Nov 29 2005 4:37PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A vandal flattened the tires on at least 47 buses serving a large school district outside Anchorage, forcing most of the schools to close Tuesday.
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Hurricane season draws to a close, for now
Nov 29 2005 4:31PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The busiest and costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record officially _ and mercifully _ draws to a close Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of Americans still dealing with the devastation wrought by Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
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Ohio executes man guilty in two murders
Nov 29 2005 4:24PM (CT)
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio carried out the nation's 999th execution since 1977 on Tuesday, putting to death a man who strangled his mother-in-law while high on cocaine and later killed his 5-year-old stepdaughter to cover up the crime.
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N.H. Dems want to preserve state's primary
Nov 29 2005 4:24PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Democrats promised a fierce fight if the national party fails to back their plan to preserve the state's presidential primary and Iowa's caucuses as the first such contests of the 2008 presidential election season.
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FBI agent pleads guilty, agrees to resign
Nov 29 2005 4:21PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An FBI agent accused of lying about two trips to Las Vegas that were paid for by an informant pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor and agreed to resign from the bureau.
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Medicine men help care for veterans
Nov 29 2005 4:00PM (CT)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - When Albert Laughter unpacks his medical supplies, preparing to treat the military veterans who are his patients, he finds no stethoscope or thermometer.
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Tenn. school principal recants on beating
Nov 29 2005 3:17PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A school principal who claimed two masked men attacked him says he made up the story and inflicted the injuries himself, authorities said Tuesday.
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Man fresh from prison confesses to killing
Nov 29 2005 3:11PM (CT)
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) - A man who had just gotten out of prison confessed to shooting a man to death 10 years ago, telling police he wanted to "make things right."
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In Fla., Parents sought in infant's death
Nov 29 2005 3:02PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities are searching for the parents of a 3-month-old girl who died last year after her parents allegedly gave her lethal doses of vodka to quiet her crying, police said.
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Power outage temporarily darkens Detroit
Nov 29 2005 2:59PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Thousands of customers on Detroit's east side temporarily lost power on Tuesday, and a tunnel connecting the city with Canada was shut down for about two hours.
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New Orleans launches free wireless
Nov 29 2005 1:26PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In an attempt to boost its stalled economy, the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans is starting the nation's first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city.
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Miami police take new tack against terror
Nov 29 2005 12:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Police are planning "in-your-face" shows of force in public places, saying the random, high-profile security operations will keep terrorists guessing about where officers might be next.
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Kansas prof. apologizes for e-mail
Nov 29 2005 12:18PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A University of Kansas religion professor apologized for an e-mail that referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face."
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Denver boy honored for aiding his brother
Nov 29 2005 12:13PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A 9-year-old boy who was shot in the back while shielding his little brother during an attempted break-in got a trophy from police and his school principal to honor his courage.
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Cardinal seeks clemency for Md. killer
Nov 29 2005 9:55AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Cardinal William Keeler made a rare prison visit to pray with a convicted killer awaiting execution next week and tell him that Roman Catholic leaders are seeking clemency for him.
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Charges against Texas dog owner unlikely
Nov 29 2005 8:59AM (CT)
THORNDALE, Texas (AP) - The six dogs that fatally mauled a 76-year-old woman showed no signs of having been used in fights, and felony charges against their owner are unlikely, authorities said.
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Mortally wounded NYC cop pursued suspect
Nov 29 2005 6:55AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer who was shot in the heart early Monday during a car chase ignored the wound and helped try to catch the gunman before dying later at a hospital, authorities said.
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Arkansas father killed by tornado
Nov 29 2005 5:07AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Tommy Hamilton and Melissa Gonzales had just tied the knot after the recent birth of their son. Along with the baby, Hamilton had three sons from a previous marriage and Gonzales brought two girls to the union.
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Sex offender gets to visit infant son
Nov 29 2005 4:30AM (CT)
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A convicted sex offender whose infant son was placed in foster care shortly after birth will be allowed to visit the child, the man's lawyer said.
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N.C. town scraps plans for King statue
Nov 29 2005 4:28AM (CT)
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) - After two years of wrangling about what a statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. should look like, the city has decided to scrap the project.
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Woodrow Wilson House to hold party Dec. 6
Nov 29 2005 2:16AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Animal House it ain't. And don't expect chants of "Toga, Toga, Toga" when the Woodrow Wilson House opens its doors Dec. 6 to an invitation-only party. But there will be booze.
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Bus slams interim state Capitol in Va.
Nov 29 2005 1:02AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A city bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday on a busy downtown street, causing the bus to strike the interim state Capitol and crash into another government building.
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Execution sought for Fla. girl's killer
Nov 29 2005 12:49AM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Carlie Brucia's parents told jurors Monday that the 11-year-old girl's abduction and slaying shattered their lives as a prosecutor sought the death penalty for her killer.
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