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New Orleans workers reach out to troops
Dec 1 2007 11:39PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Michael McDow's been on the receiving end: As part of a combat team in Iraq, he received care packages and treasured them in a way many people couldn't imagine, simply because they were from home.
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San Francisco offers gift cards for guns
Dec 1 2007 11:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man carrying a semiautomatic handgun approached a group of San Francisco police officers Saturday afternoon and, with a smile, handed over the pistol in exchange for $150 in gift cards.
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San Francisco offers gift cards for guns
Dec 1 2007 11:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man carrying a semiautomatic handgun approached a group of San Francisco police officers Saturday afternoon and, with a smile, handed over the pistol in exchange for $150 in gift cards.
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San Francisco offers gift cards for guns
Dec 1 2007 11:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man carrying a semiautomatic handgun approached a group of San Francisco police officers Saturday afternoon and, with a smile, handed over the pistol in exchange for $150 in gift cards.
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Clinton volunteer recounts close call
Dec 1 2007 11:34PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dan Nagy came close to being one of the hostages held at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office, and during the confrontation he spoke to one of his terrified co-workers who wasn't as lucky, but he plans to be back doing volunteer work when the office reopens.
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Clinton volunteer recounts close call
Dec 1 2007 11:34PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dan Nagy came close to being one of the hostages held at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office, and during the confrontation he spoke to one of his terrified co-workers who wasn't as lucky, but he plans to be back doing volunteer work when the office reopens.
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Clinton volunteer recounts close call
Dec 1 2007 11:34PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Dan Nagy came close to being one of the hostages held at Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office, and during the confrontation he spoke to one of his terrified co-workers who wasn't as lucky, but he plans to be back doing volunteer work when the office reopens.
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Snow and ice hit Midwest; 2 dead
Dec 1 2007 11:31PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest on Saturday, interrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, disrupting airport and highway traffic and killing at least two people.
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Snow and ice hit Midwest; 2 dead
Dec 1 2007 11:31PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest on Saturday, interrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, disrupting airport and highway traffic and killing at least two people.
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Snow and ice hit Midwest; 2 dead
Dec 1 2007 11:31PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Snow and ice plastered a wide area of the Midwest on Saturday, interrupting campaigning by presidential hopefuls, disrupting airport and highway traffic and killing at least two people.
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Police: Truckers say Peterson sought aid
Dec 1 2007 11:23PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two truckers said a former police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance may have asked them early on the day she was reported missing to carry a package for him, police said Saturday.
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Investigators probe Chicago train crash
Dec 1 2007 11:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal transportation officials said Saturday their main priority as they investigate a train collision on Chicago's South Side is to figure out why both trains were on the same track at the same time.
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Investigators probe Chicago train crash
Dec 1 2007 11:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal transportation officials said Saturday their main priority as they investigate a train collision on Chicago's South Side is to figure out why both trains were on the same track at the same time.
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Investigators probe Chicago train crash
Dec 1 2007 11:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal transportation officials said Saturday their main priority as they investigate a train collision on Chicago's South Side is to figure out why both trains were on the same track at the same time.
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Imus returns to radio on Monday
Dec 1 2007 10:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Will Don Imus be defiant or contrite? Will he mock his skeptics while making his triumphant return to radio Monday.
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Judge: Trial stays put despite blog fuss
Dec 1 2007 9:44PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A black man charged with helping those accused of killing a white couple has lost his bid to relocate his trial over concerns that intensive coverage from news media, especially conservative bloggers, could bias jurors.
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NY pols assail proposed anti-terror cuts
Dec 1 2007 7:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Bush administration plan to slash anti-terror grant programs by more than half would threaten the safety of U.S. cities, several New York politicians charged Saturday.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Acrobats, fire dancers fuel circus craze
Dec 1 2007 4:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town. The band looked like a bunch of clowns. Young contortionists folded their limbs like fortune cookies above and around the stage.
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Body ID'd as missing college student
Dec 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Police on Saturday identified a body found earlier in the week as that of a missing Butler Community College student.
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Body ID'd as missing college student
Dec 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Police on Saturday identified a body found earlier in the week as that of a missing Butler Community College student.
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Body ID'd as missing college student
Dec 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Police on Saturday identified a body found earlier in the week as that of a missing Butler Community College student.
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Couple arrested in armored car co. heist
Dec 1 2007 1:51PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A couple wanted in the disappearance of $7 million in cash and checks from an armored car company was arrested Saturday in West Virginia, the FBI said.
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Texas county probes murder-probation
Dec 1 2007 1:46PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas County prosecutors say they will re-examine dozens of cases in which killers were sentenced to probation rather than prison time in exchange for murder pleas.
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Student says supposed bomb was fireworks
Dec 1 2007 12:28PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A University of South Florida student charged with trying to aid terrorists says the supposed explosives found in his possession were just cheap fireworks that could only travel a few feet, according to a court filing.
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Hearing shows informant's work
Dec 1 2007 12:22PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - William Chrisman had three wives and nine children to support and struggled with panic attacks, but the Muslim convert was determined to help the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Exhibit spotlights NY mental hospital
Dec 1 2007 12:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One left a starter pistol and a blue suit jacket, barely worn. Another left a lace-trimmed christening gown, probably made for an infant daughter who died.
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Mom accused of throwing baby twice
Dec 1 2007 11:25AM (CT)
PLANO, Texas (AP) - A mother accused of twice throwing her toddler over a second-story railing for being "fussy" is schizophrenic and took the same anti-psychotic drug prescribed to another woman who cut off her baby's arms, her attorneys said.
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Mute autistic boy stabbed in eyes
Dec 1 2007 10:31AM (CT)
LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) - A woman stabbed her 12-year-old autistic nephew in both eyes with a military-style dagger, likely leaving him permanently blind, police said.
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Maine town honoring earmuff inventor
Dec 1 2007 6:03AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The market is flooded with ear-warming devices carrying names such as Ear Grips, EarPops and Ear Mitts. All share a common heritage _ the 19th century contraption created by a young inventor from Maine with large, sensitive ears.
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Maine town honoring earmuff inventor
Dec 1 2007 6:03AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The market is flooded with ear-warming devices carrying names such as Ear Grips, EarPops and Ear Mitts. All share a common heritage _ the 19th century contraption created by a young inventor from Maine with large, sensitive ears.
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Maine town honoring earmuff inventor
Dec 1 2007 6:03AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The market is flooded with ear-warming devices carrying names such as Ear Grips, EarPops and Ear Mitts. All share a common heritage _ the 19th century contraption created by a young inventor from Maine with large, sensitive ears.
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After fires, Calif. rain mudslide threat
Dec 1 2007 4:17AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Southern California's weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods to areas burned by recent wildfires, causing evacuation orders.
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After fires, Calif. rain mudslide threat
Dec 1 2007 4:17AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Southern California's weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods to areas burned by recent wildfires, causing evacuation orders.
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After fires, Calif. rain mudslide threat
Dec 1 2007 4:17AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Southern California's weather turned from dangerously dry to extremely wet Friday as storms brought the threat of mudslides and flash floods to areas burned by recent wildfires, causing evacuation orders.
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Man hitting road to lobby on impeachment
Dec 1 2007 4:15AM (CT)
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - John Nirenberg has waterproof sneakers, a bright yellow poncho and a plan. He also has outrage in his heart and much of his retirement savings tied up in his cause.
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Man hitting road to lobby on impeachment
Dec 1 2007 4:15AM (CT)
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - John Nirenberg has waterproof sneakers, a bright yellow poncho and a plan. He also has outrage in his heart and much of his retirement savings tied up in his cause.
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US withdraws Mideast resolution
Dec 1 2007 3:21AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Because of Israeli objections, the United States suddenly withdrew a U.N. resolution endorsing this week's agreement by Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to reach a Mideast peace settlement _ even though the measure had overwhelming Security Council support.
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Ind. prosecutor to probe child's death
Dec 1 2007 1:36AM (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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Police: Hershey candy looks like drugs
Dec 1 2007 1:35AM (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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Man charged in student's dragging death
Dec 1 2007 12:47AM (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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Cops: Mother killed 2 in store bathroom
Dec 1 2007 12:46AM (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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Immigration crackdown challenge tossed
Dec 1 2007 12:24AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that challenged a suburban Washington county's recent effort to clamp down on illegal immigrants, one of the toughest such crackdowns in the country.
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Report: No abnormal radiation at Lejeune
Dec 1 2007 12:14AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - There are no unnatural levels of radioactivity at a former Navy research facility at Camp Lejeune or near a rifle range at the base where material from the laboratory was buried decades ago, according to an analysis conducted for the military.
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Federal employee admits vacation fraud
Dec 1 2007 12:09AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A former federal worker who persuaded employees nationwide to donate nearly 1,000 hours of their own paid leave so he could take time off for fictitious cancer treatments pleaded guilty to fraud Friday.
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Taser probe: Trooper acted reasonably
Dec 1 2007 12:06AM (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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