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Hostage suspect had troubled marriage
Nov 30 2007 11:59PM (CT)
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. (AP) - Before Leeland Eisenberg allegedly strapped road flares to his chest and took hostages at one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign offices, he was in a troubled marriage and had run-ins with the police.
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Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69
Nov 30 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
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Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69
Nov 30 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
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Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69
Nov 30 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.
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Man held after Clinton office standoff
Nov 30 2007 11:43PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate about access to mental health care. The hostage drama dragged on for nearly six hours until he peacefully surrendered.
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Man held after Clinton office standoff
Nov 30 2007 11:43PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate about access to mental health care. The hostage drama dragged on for nearly six hours until he peacefully surrendered.
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Man held after Clinton office standoff
Nov 30 2007 11:43PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate about access to mental health care. The hostage drama dragged on for nearly six hours until he peacefully surrendered.
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Man held after Clinton office standoff
Nov 30 2007 11:43PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate about access to mental health care. The hostage drama dragged on for nearly six hours until he peacefully surrendered.
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Man held after Clinton office standoff
Nov 30 2007 11:43PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate about access to mental health care. The hostage drama dragged on for nearly six hours until he peacefully surrendered.
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After fires, Calif. rain mudslide threat
Nov 30 2007 11:23PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Southern California's weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as a storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods in areas burned by recent wildfires and prompted evacuation orders.
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Neighbor: Friend moved Peterson's body
Nov 30 2007 11:17PM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - Former police officer Drew Peterson paid a relative to help him move a large container from a bedroom on the day Peterson's wife vanished, according to a friend of the relative.
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Police: Hershey candy looks like drugs
Nov 30 2007 11:13PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - New mint packets being sold by The Hershey Co. look nearly identical to the tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell illegal powdered drugs like crack, heroin and cocaine and glorify the drug trade, a Philadelphia police official said.
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Islamic charity co-founder released
Nov 30 2007 11:04PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The co-founder of an Islamic charity was released from jail Friday while he awaits trial on federal tax and conspiracy charges.
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City subpoenas 3 Seattle Times reporters
Nov 30 2007 10:45PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The city has issued subpoenas to three Seattle Times reporters, demanding they identify confidential sources cited in stories about police misconduct so that the city can defend itself against a defamation lawsuit brought by a fired police officer.
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Judge grants new trial for Marine widow
Nov 30 2007 10:36PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A judge ordered a new trial Friday for a woman who was convicted of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic and using the life insurance to pay for breast implants.
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Vatican removes 2 from priesthood
Nov 30 2007 10:16PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Vatican removed from the priesthood two men who faced credible complaints of sexual abuse of children, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese said Friday.
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FBI searching for armored car employee
Nov 30 2007 9:35PM (CT)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - The FBI said Friday it obtained arrest warrants for an employee of an armored car company and his girlfriend as they investigate the disappearance of $7 million in cash and checks from safes.
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Taser probe: Trooper acted reasonably
Nov 30 2007 8:47PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah trooper who used a Taser to subdue a stubborn motorist who was walking away from him during a traffic stop felt threatened and acted reasonably, state officials said Friday.
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Jurors deliberate air force guard case
Nov 30 2007 8:42PM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - Jurors began deliberations Friday in the case of a former Andrews Air Force Base security guard accused of failing to include his Muslim name on a background check to hide his ties to a controversial imam.
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Court: Abortion doc grand jury probe OK
Nov 30 2007 8:22PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a Sedgwick County grand jury investigation into a doctor who performs late-term abortions can go forward.
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Amtrak, freight trains collide in Ill.
Nov 30 2007 7:11PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuring dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walked away unhurt.
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Amtrak, freight trains collide in Ill.
Nov 30 2007 7:11PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuring dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walked away unhurt.
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Amtrak, freight trains collide in Ill.
Nov 30 2007 7:11PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An Amtrak train plowed into the back of a freight train and crushed one end of a boxcar under its wheels Friday, injuring dozens of people, some seriously. Most of the 187 passengers walked away unhurt.
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Press club drops suit over awards mess
Nov 30 2007 6:51PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The Press Club of Dallas has dropped a $420,000 lawsuit against a former club president accused of rigging its journalism competition, saying the issue wasn't worth the legal expense.
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Judge rejects La. congressman's motion
Nov 30 2007 6:30PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge Friday rejected an attempt by a Louisiana congressman charged with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to move his trial out of northern Virginia.
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Minn. man indicted in Craigslist killing
Nov 30 2007 6:01PM (CT)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) - A man accused of killing a woman who responded to an online ad for a baby sitter was indicted on a first-degree murder charge Friday.
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Defense: Fla. terror case lacks evidence
Nov 30 2007 6:01PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Little evidence exists that six men were involved in an alleged plot to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, their lawyers said in closing arguments Friday.
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Ind. prosecutor to probe child's death
Nov 30 2007 5:58PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A prosecutor said Indiana's child welfare system failed a 3-year-old girl beaten to death weeks after she was returned to her birth mother, and that foster parents and case workers would be interviewed to find out why.
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Cop's husband charged in child porn case
Nov 30 2007 4:54PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities allege that the husband of an Atlanta police officer took photos of himself having sex with several young girls, and say the police department had some of the pictures seven years ago but took no action.
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Foreign adoptions in U.S. drop
Nov 30 2007 4:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The number of foreign children adopted by Americans has dropped for the third year in a row, a consequence of tougher policies in the two countries _ China and Russia _ that over the past decade have supplied the most children to U.S. families.
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Lawyer for Astor's son pleads not guilty
Nov 30 2007 4:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An attorney who was once suspended from practicing law pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he helped Brooke Astor's son loot the philanthropist's $198 million estate.
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4 indicted in Ky. election fraud case
Nov 30 2007 4:14PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Four eastern Kentucky officials have been indicted on charges they gave citizens government-owned gravel, asphalt and building materials in exchange for votes.
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Miss. lawyer accused of bribe attempt
Nov 30 2007 3:38PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has carefully crafted an image as an aw-shucks country lawyer who champions the little guy in David-and-Goliath legal battles.
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Fire victims say calls never came
Nov 30 2007 3:31PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Barbara Levine went to sleep Oct. 21 believing she would get an automated phone call from the city's brand-new emergency notification system if a wildfire raging miles away threatened her home.
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Autopsy slated in missing student case
Nov 30 2007 1:56PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Autopsy slated in missing student case
Nov 30 2007 1:56PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Autopsy slated in missing student case
Nov 30 2007 1:56PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Is violent reputation hurting N'Orleans?
Nov 30 2007 12:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The small group gathers each Tuesday night on the same vacant lot. They stand silently in a circle, holding hands and pausing two seconds for each person who's died violently in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina tore the city apart.
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NOPD struggling to reinvent itself
Nov 30 2007 12:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Det. Sheila Celious has less than an hour to give members of Cadet Class 159 an overview of domestic violence policing, so she doesn't mince words.
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NOPD struggling to reinvent itself
Nov 30 2007 12:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Det. Sheila Celious has less than an hour to give members of Cadet Class 159 an overview of domestic violence policing, so she doesn't mince words.
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NOPD struggling to reinvent itself
Nov 30 2007 12:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Det. Sheila Celious has less than an hour to give members of Cadet Class 159 an overview of domestic violence policing, so she doesn't mince words.
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NOPD struggling to reinvent itself
Nov 30 2007 12:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Det. Sheila Celious has less than an hour to give members of Cadet Class 159 an overview of domestic violence policing, so she doesn't mince words.
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Pipeline fire traced to pinhole leak
Nov 30 2007 11:57AM (CT)
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (AP) - An oil pipeline explosion that killed two workers and caused a spike in oil prices can be traced back to a pinhole leak first repaired three weeks ago, the company said.
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Pipeline fire traced to pinhole leak
Nov 30 2007 11:57AM (CT)
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (AP) - An oil pipeline explosion that killed two workers and caused a spike in oil prices can be traced back to a pinhole leak first repaired three weeks ago, the company said.
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Pipeline fire traced to pinhole leak
Nov 30 2007 11:57AM (CT)
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (AP) - An oil pipeline explosion that killed two workers and caused a spike in oil prices can be traced back to a pinhole leak first repaired three weeks ago, the company said.
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Hunters help supply meat for food banks
Nov 30 2007 10:51AM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - When Frank Moran shot a mule deer during a hunting trip in Montana, there was no question what he would do with the venison.
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Man accused of forcing miscarriage
Nov 30 2007 10:20AM (CT)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - Darshana Patel told authorities she was suspicious as she watched her boyfriend stir a smoothie at an ice cream store. When he offered it to her, she noticed powder on the cup's rim, and the pregnant woman feigned illness and didn't drink it.
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Birdwatcher who killed cat flees Texas
Nov 30 2007 9:47AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A prominent birdwatcher who went on trial for fatally shooting a cat said he left the state after someone shot at him.
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Miss. student's body found; ex charged
Nov 30 2007 9:41AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The ex-boyfriend of a Jackson State University student led police to her decomposing body in the woods off a quiet street Thursday and was charged with murder, authorities said.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:36AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:36AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:36AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found.
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Man charged in student's dragging death
Nov 30 2007 9:35AM (CT)
NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of tying a rope around the neck of a college student who was strangled while being dragged 13 miles behind a pickup truck has been charged in the student's death.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:09AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found, said investigators who shifted their focus on finding a suspect.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:09AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found, said investigators who shifted their focus on finding a suspect.
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Missing student's body apparently found
Nov 30 2007 9:09AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found, said investigators who shifted their focus on finding a suspect.
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Oil spill fuels debate in ship industry
Nov 30 2007 7:36AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Eric Robinson stepped onto the bridge of the container ship Horizon Pacific and peered at a computer monitor depicting San Francisco Bay. Ship icons blipped clearly in the virtual water, but the meaning of some of the other symbols was murky.
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Oil spill fuels debate in ship industry
Nov 30 2007 7:36AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Eric Robinson stepped onto the bridge of the container ship Horizon Pacific and peered at a computer monitor depicting San Francisco Bay. Ship icons blipped clearly in the virtual water, but the meaning of some of the other symbols was murky.
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Oil spill fuels debate in ship industry
Nov 30 2007 7:36AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Eric Robinson stepped onto the bridge of the container ship Horizon Pacific and peered at a computer monitor depicting San Francisco Bay. Ship icons blipped clearly in the virtual water, but the meaning of some of the other symbols was murky.
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Blast injures 7 at Georgia metals plant
Nov 30 2007 7:32AM (CT)
MANCHESTER, Ga. (AP) - An explosion rocked a metals plant in west Georgia early Thursday, injuring seven people, authorities and witnesses said.
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Hurricane homeowner aid deadline nears
Nov 30 2007 6:18AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Nearly 12,000 applicants for homeowner aid through a hurricane recovery program have not signed up for appointments to calculate their grants _ or determine their eligibility _ as a weekend deadline looms.
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Wife alleged abuse before S.C. rampage
Nov 30 2007 6:10AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Willa Beasley's daughters tried to protect their mother from her husband's beatings and the alcoholism that was jeopardizing their family's home and farm. They paid with their lives.
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Goldman sues Web site over Simpson book
Nov 30 2007 4:05AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronald Goldman's father is taking legal action to stop a file-sharing Web site from posting O.J. Simpson's book, "If I Did It," about the slaying of his son and Simpson's ex-wife.
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Pastor: Ex-cop's missing wife feared him
Nov 30 2007 4:04AM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - The wife of a former police officer told a clergy member months before she disappeared that she feared her husband, a church official said Thursday, echoing comments the woman's sister made soon after she vanished.
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US drafts UN resolution on Mideast pact
Nov 30 2007 1:14AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States asked the Security Council on Thursday to support a U.N. resolution endorsing this week's agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to aim for a Mideast peace settlement by the end of 2008.
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Cops: Mother killed 2 in store bathroom
Nov 30 2007 12:03AM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A 22-year-old woman fatally stabbed her two young children in a convenience store bathroom Thursday, police said.
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