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Midwest, Northeast recover from storm
Dec 2 2006 11:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Utility crews worked overtime Saturday to restore electrical service to thousands of customers still blacked out by the Midwest's first big snowstorm of the season.
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No foul play suspected in missing family
Dec 2 2006 11:31PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Authorities said Saturday that new clues in their search for a San Francisco family who went missing a week ago during a vacation in Oregon show no indication of foul play.
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Teen escapes police, jumps to his death
Dec 2 2006 11:10PM (CT)
OCCOQUAN, Va. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy in handcuffs escaped Saturday from a police cruiser parked on a bridge, then jumped over a concrete barrier, plunged into a river and drowned, authorities said.
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La. slay suspect 'didn't look scary'
Dec 2 2006 10:53PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man booked on murder charges in the investigation of a possible string of serial killings didn't raise eyebrows when he checked into a homeless shelter two days before his arrest, people who met him said Saturday.
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4 killed in Minn., Okla. plane crashes
Dec 2 2006 10:25PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A single-engine experimental plane crashed in a vacant lot Saturday, killing both men aboard, while a separate plane crash in Minnesota killed two college students.
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Prosecutors: Ex-KeyBank VP stole $40M
Dec 2 2006 10:04PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Federal prosecutors now say a former KeyBank vice president embezzled $40.6 million, up from a previous estimate of $29 million.
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Protesters taunt NYPD as victim buried
Dec 2 2006 9:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The man gunned down in a spray of 50 police bullets on his wedding day was buried Saturday as hundreds of angry demonstrators honored him with a moment of silence before going jaw-to-jaw with police in a bitter confrontation outside a Queens precinct house.
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Philly papers, union discuss contract
Dec 2 2006 9:39PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The largest union at Philadelphia's two biggest newspapers participated in contract negotiations Saturday night while members prepared for a strike.
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Philly papers, union discuss contract
Dec 2 2006 9:39PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The largest union at Philadelphia's two biggest newspapers participated in contract negotiations Saturday night while members prepared for a strike.
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War widow dedicates Wiccan plaque symbol
Dec 2 2006 9:26PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan saw a Wiccan symbol placed on a memorial plaque for her husband Saturday, after fighting the federal government for more than a year over the emblem.
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War widow dedicates Wiccan plaque symbol
Dec 2 2006 9:26PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan saw a Wiccan symbol placed on a memorial plaque for her husband Saturday, after fighting the federal government for more than a year over the emblem.
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War widow dedicates Wiccan plaque symbol
Dec 2 2006 9:26PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan saw a Wiccan symbol placed on a memorial plaque for her husband Saturday, after fighting the federal government for more than a year over the emblem.
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Ga. lawmaker's wife appeals deportation
Dec 2 2006 8:53PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The wife of a Georgia legislator known as an outspoken advocate for immigration rights is in hiding after federal agents came to their home with a deportation order, her lawyer said.
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Calif. diocese snubs Episcopal Church
Dec 2 2006 8:43PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - In a public rebuke of the Episcopal Church, a conservative diocese voted Saturday to affirm its membership in the worldwide Anglican Communion after distancing itself from the national church over the ordination of gays and women.
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Escaped murderer caught after 33 years
Dec 2 2006 8:22PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A convicted murderer who escaped from a work release program 33 years ago was captured in Alabama, where he had been working construction jobs using his real name, U.S. Marshals announced Saturday.
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1st openly gay congressman memorialized
Dec 2 2006 7:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Friends of the nation's first openly gay congressman remembered him Saturday as a man who went to Washington to end the Vietnam War and protect the environment, then became a champion of gay rights.
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Report: Loose chain caused train derail
Dec 2 2006 6:34PM (CT)
NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio (AP) - A train derailment that injured three people was caused by a loose chain that became entangled with a switch handle on the tracks, according to a preliminary report.
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Remains found in 1996 Boston gang murder
Dec 2 2006 6:18PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - After years of digging, authorities have found the remains of a 19-year-old woman who was killed to stop her from talking to police about a gang's criminal activities.
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Seattle deputy dies after shooting
Dec 2 2006 6:07PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A sheriff's deputy died Saturday after he was shot in the head while responding to a shooting in the southwestern part of the city, authorities said.
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FBI to probe Fla. fatal police shooting
Dec 2 2006 6:03PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The FBI has begun a civil rights investigation into the case of unarmed black man shot dead by police while driving a carjacked sport utility vehicle, authorities said.
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Feds: Pa. philanthropist skipped taxes
Dec 2 2006 5:53PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocketed $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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Woman arrested in boy's dragging death
Dec 2 2006 5:36PM (CT)
TOWSON, Md. (AP) - A woman rammed her pickup truck into a 3-year-old boy in a stroller and his grandmother, fatally dragging the youngster three-quarters of a mile until he fell from the undercarriage of the vehicle, police said.
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Fla.'s Busch Gardens hikes ticket prices
Dec 2 2006 5:36PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Busch Gardens has raised its daily ticket prices by $4, though the price of annual passes and parking at the theme park will remain the same.
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Military radio signal jams garage doors
Dec 2 2006 5:03PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - What do remote-control garage door openers have to do with national security? A secretive Air Force facility in Colorado Springs tested a radio frequency this past week that it would use to communicate with first responders in the event of a homeland security threat. But the frequency also controls an estimated 50 million garage door openers, and hundreds of residents in the area found that theirs had suddenly stopped working.
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Ex-nun recalls episodes of clergy abuse
Dec 2 2006 4:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former nun who says she's haunted by her memory of being molested by a pedophile priest as a young girl hopes a landmark settlement by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will help her heal.
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Race a complicated issue in NYC shooting
Dec 2 2006 3:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The similarities are striking: A young black man dies in a hail of police bullets, and when the chaos clears it turns out he was unarmed.
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Search on in Fla. for snatched baby
Dec 2 2006 2:29PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Authorities were searching Saturday for a newborn baby after he and his mother were abducted by a knife-wielding woman in a sport utility vehicle, police said.
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Delphi, GM exchange 'draft agreements'
Dec 2 2006 2:03PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Talks are progressing between Delphi Corp. and former parent General Motors as they negotiate to try to help the auto parts supplier emerge from bankruptcy protection, according to court documents.
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N.Y. cracks down on mystery meats
Dec 2 2006 1:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A food safety inspector noticed an interesting special posted in the front window of a market in Queens: 12 beefy armadillos.
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Corruption hits cities in L.A.'s shadows
Dec 2 2006 12:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A string of gritty suburbs in the shadow of Los Angeles has produced a growing parade of public officials jailed for corruption, and prosecutors say illegal schemes on a scale more commonly associated with big Eastern cities have devoured tens of millions of taxpayer dollars.
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Times asks judge to dismiss libel suit
Dec 2 2006 12:23PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The New York Times has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former Army scientist who said the newspaper defamed him in coverage of the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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Pa. protesters rally over Rumsfeld award
Dec 2 2006 12:14PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - About three dozen people rallied outside Philadelphia's venerable Union League to protest the organization's decision to honor departing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Woman sues over mixed-up body
Dec 2 2006 11:55AM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A woman who delivered a stillborn child claims in a lawsuit that a hospital released the wrong body to a funeral home for cremation and took more than a month to inform her of the mix-up.
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Dallas student linked to Taliban probe
Dec 2 2006 11:30AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A university student trained with assault rifles gave a fiery sermon supporting jihad and associated with two Houston men accused of conspiring to help the Taliban, authorities said.
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Dewey the cat dies in librarian's arms
Dec 2 2006 10:32AM (CT)
SPENCER, Iowa (AP) - The final chapter is closed on Dewey Readmore Books. The 19-year-old cat, who became a mascot for the city's library after being found in a book drop, died Wednesday in the arms of librarian Vicki Myron.
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L.A. fire chief retires amid furor
Dec 2 2006 9:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city's fire chief, given his job a decade ago with a mandate to stamp out racism and sexism, is leaving amid controversy over a black firefighter's claim that his white colleagues served him spaghetti with dog food.
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Homeless man won't face prison in blaze
Dec 2 2006 8:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A homeless man arrested in the city's biggest fire in a decade will not be sent to prison. Under an agreement with prosecutors, Leszek Kuczera admitted to no crime in the 10-alarm blaze at a historic warehouse complex in Brooklyn. He will go to an alcohol-treatment program for about eight months.
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N.D. tribe barring church protesters
Dec 2 2006 7:47AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A church group that protests at military funerals around the country will be barred from services for an American Indian soldier on a reservation, tribal officials say.
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Ariz. cop had black men rap away ticket
Dec 2 2006 7:07AM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - City leaders have apologized after a program on Tempe's cable channel showed a white police officer telling two black men they could get out of a littering ticket by performing a rap.
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Distributor fights Maine over Santa beer
Dec 2 2006 4:56AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew.
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Home insurance top for Fla.'s new gov
Dec 2 2006 12:16AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Gov.-elect Charlie Crist expressed confidence Friday that lawmakers would be productive in a special session to address the state's homeowners insurance problem.
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