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Demoted dean files discrimination complaint
Dec 6 2005 11:54PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dean demoted after an audit showed he misspent campus funds filed a racial discrimination complaint against the school Tuesday.
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Spokane mayor recalled in sex scandal
Dec 6 2005 11:50PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Mayor James E. West was recalled from office Tuesday in a special election over allegations he offered jobs and perks to young men he met in a gay Internet chat room.
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Fire tears through N.Y. home, kills four
Dec 6 2005 11:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fire tore through a family home late Tuesday, killing an 87-year-old man and three children, including a toddler who died in her crib, authorities said.
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Survivors to mark Pearl Harbor anniversary
Dec 6 2005 11:36PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - Survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will join sailors, community leaders and guests on Wednesday for the 64th anniversary of the assault.
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Surfers oppose tentative toll road route
Dec 6 2005 11:34PM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) - An agency planning to build a network of toll roads in traffic-plagued Orange County has picked its preferred route for a 16-mile stretch of highway _ through a state park and parallel to a creek that drains into one of the nation's top surf spots.
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External review criticizes U.N. purchasing
Dec 6 2005 11:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - An independent review has concluded that the U.N. department in charge of purchasing is poorly managed and staff don't know even the basic rules governing their work, according to findings released Tuesday.
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Loyola University Chicago gets $20M gift
Dec 6 2005 11:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Loyola University has received a $20 million donation _ its largest ever _ from a graduate, her husband and a foundation he serves, school officials announced Tuesday.
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Epsilon's strength surprises scientists
Dec 6 2005 11:06PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - To the surprise of meteorologists, Epsilon retained its status as a hurricane Tuesday in the open Atlantic, where it posed no threat to land.
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La. mother accused in death of infant son
Dec 6 2005 11:02PM (CT)
BOGALUSA, La. (AP) - A mother was booked on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly placing her 3-month-old son in a clothes dryer and turning it on.
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Lawyers ask Army to drop abuse charges
Dec 6 2005 10:59PM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - Lawyers for a military police commander and an intelligence soldier argued Tuesday that the Army is targeting the wrong people in a prisoner abuse case and asked that all charges against their clients be dropped.
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Ex-professor cleared on some terror charges
Dec 6 2005 10:58PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - In a stinging defeat for federal prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.
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Suit from 1969 Pa. race riot settled for $2M
Dec 6 2005 10:51PM (CT)
YORK, Pa. (AP) - The children and sisters of a black woman who was killed during race riots in this central Pennsylvania city 36 years ago will share in a $2 million settlement, city officials announced Tuesday.
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Bitter cold continues in Rockies, Midwest
Dec 6 2005 9:52PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Bitterly cold arctic air continued to funnel into the Rocky Mountains and Midwest on Tuesday, sending temperatures plummeting below zero throughout much of the region.
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Second associate of Philly mayor charged
Dec 6 2005 9:18PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An attorney who headed a committee trying to develop a key piece of city-owned property was charged with fraud and conspiracy Tuesday, the second close adviser of Mayor John F. Street to be swept up in a federal corruption investigation.
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Odds against Williams in bid for clemency
Dec 6 2005 9:12PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Politics and history will not be on Stanley Tookie Williams' side Thursday when the founder of the murderous Crips gang asks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to spare his life for killing four people during two robberies 26 years ago.
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Witness recounts rumors of caged children
Dec 6 2005 8:52PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Child-welfare workers had heard rumors that a couple kept some of their 11 adopted children in cages two years before the youngsters were removed from the home, a witness testified in a custody hearing Tuesday.
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Pre-Katrina arrestees languish in system
Dec 6 2005 8:50PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Hundreds of people arrested for minor crimes just before Hurricane Katrina washed away New Orleans' court system remain behind bars more than three months later.
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Jeb Bush 'honored' by Castro's jab
Dec 6 2005 8:00PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he was "honored" Cuban President Fidel Castro had referred to him as President Bush's "fat little brother in Florida."
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D.C. council votes to expand smoking ban
Dec 6 2005 7:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lighting up in restaurants and bars would become illegal in the nation's capital under a smoking ban approved Tuesday by the city council, a move the mayor warned would send residents and tourists across the Potomac River to dine in more lenient suburbs.
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Weaponeer on Nagasaki A-bomb dies at 94
Dec 6 2005 7:56PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Frederick L. "Dick" Ashworth, the weaponeer aboard the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, has died at 93.
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Second judge challenges pay-raise repeal
Dec 6 2005 7:54PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A second judge challenged the Legislature's repeal of a controversial pay-raise law as unconstitutional Tuesday, asking Pennsylvania appeals courts to reinstate raises for the more than 1,000 state judges.
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NAACP leader urges clemency for Williams
Dec 6 2005 7:44PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Calling death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams a "secret weapon" for helping black men stay out of gangs, the head of the NAACP traveled across California on Tuesday to rally support for clemency for the convicted killer.
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Man accused of beating girl wants say
Dec 6 2005 7:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man accused of beating his stepdaughter tried to convince a skeptical Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday that he should have a say in whether the 11-year-old is removed from life support.
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Citizenship test getting back to basics
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Questions on the nation's citizenship test will be revised to focus on basic civics and won't be the sort that would stir academic debate, the head of the federal citizenship office said Tuesday.
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AP Poll: Most say torture OK in rare cases
Dec 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
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Tennessee Highway Patrol commander quits
Dec 6 2005 6:57PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The commander of the Tennessee Highway Patrol was forced to resign Tuesday amid allegations of political favoritism and departmental corruption, including an attempt by the officer to buy a fishing boat that had been seized by troopers.
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Officials question bird flu preparations
Dec 6 2005 6:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - State health officials are questioning how the nation would deal with the huge demand for a vaccine during a flu pandemic when it already has trouble vaccinating the public against the regular flu.
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Erin Brockovich's mentor Ed Masry dies
Dec 6 2005 6:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Edward L. Masry, the crusty personal-injury lawyer portrayed by Albert Finney in the Oscar-winning movie "Erin Brockovich," has died at 73.
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20,000 pay tribute to fallen NYC officer
Dec 6 2005 6:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 20,000 police officers, some from as far away as Hawaii and Japan, turned a Brooklyn neighborhood into an ocean of blue Tuesday in a tribute to a slain New York police officer.
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Calmer 2006 hurricane season predicted
Dec 6 2005 6:35PM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Next year's hurricane season is likely to be busier than average but not up to this year's ruinous, record-setting pace, one of the nation's top hurricane forecasters said Tuesday.
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Marine jet crashes off Florida coast
Dec 6 2005 6:35PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A Marine fighter jet crashed Tuesday morning off St. Augustine, and the pilot was pulled from the sea about four hours later in good condition.
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Holiday blues hitting Katrina victims hard
Dec 6 2005 6:35PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For three months after Hurricane Katrina's waters consumed her home, Michelle Thomas locked her stress deep inside and put on a brave face for her husband and two daughters.
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Lawyer jailed since 1995 on contempt charge
Dec 6 2005 6:21PM (CT)
MEDIA, Pa. (AP) - A lawyer imprisoned more than a decade for allegedly hiding $2.5 million during his divorce was back in court Tuesday, but H. Beatty Chadwick failed again to persuade judges to set him free.
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Squabbles beset New York's GOP
Dec 6 2005 5:59PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Infighting, a calculating husband and a touch of desperation sound like the latest prime-time soap opera. In this case, it's the Republican Party of New York state.
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Police: Conn. man wanted to avoid court
Dec 6 2005 5:08PM (CT)
DANIELSON, Conn. (AP) - A series of bomb threats that closed all 45 Connecticut courthouses was phoned in by a man who said he could not get a ride to court to face motor vehicle charges, according to court documents released Tuesday.
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U.N. electoral chief to fight dismissal
Dec 6 2005 2:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.'s electoral chief vowed Tuesday to fight her dismissal, saying charges that she sexually harassed her staff and abused her authority were false. Carina Perelli said she would appeal her firing through the U.N. system and did not rule out taking further legal action outside the United Nations.
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Elderly Detroit woman killed by her dog
Dec 6 2005 1:56PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A dog described as very protective of its elderly owner mauled the 91-year-old woman to death and then was shot and killed after it charged at officers, authorities said.
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Musicians back development in New Orleans
Dec 6 2005 12:18PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Singer Harry Connick Jr. and saxophone player Branford Marsalis are working with Habitat for Humanity to create a "village" for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.
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Ariz. board approves schools takeover
Dec 6 2005 11:51AM (CT)
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - The state Board of Education approved the financial takeover of a fiscally troubled school district that serves a secluded polygamist community.
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Exploding pens injure 3 at Calif. schools
Dec 6 2005 10:37AM (CT)
EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) - Booby-trapped pens have exploded and injured three people at local high schools, causing minor burns and scratches on their hands and faces.
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Ex-mobster gets 180 days for threats
Dec 6 2005 9:28AM (CT)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Henry Hill, the former mobster immortalized in "Goodfellas," was sentenced Monday to 180 days in jail for threatening his wife and another man last summer.
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1920s Chicago tabloid missing from library
Dec 6 2005 9:06AM (CT)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Rare copies of a sports newspaper that was credited with uncovering the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox gambling scandal are missing from a University of Illinois library.
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Rapper kills himself with pen gun
Dec 6 2005 7:21AM (CT)
ST. PARIS, Ohio (AP) - Steven Zorn had put the pen gun to his head and clicked before, apparently thinking it was jammed and would not work.
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Ex-LA cop testifies about bloody footprint
Dec 6 2005 5:43AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former police officer testified that he might have left the bloody footprint that was used as key evidence in convicting a man of killing his mother 20 years ago.
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Calif. House race spotlights immigration
Dec 6 2005 4:15AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A race to fill a vacated congressional seat in a coastal Southern California community has turned into a hotly contested debate about illegal immigration.
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Nashville considers banning food wagons
Dec 6 2005 4:13AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Citing health concerns, the city is considering a ban on taco trucks and other mobile food wagons that dot the busy streets in Nashville's immigrant neighborhoods.
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New Orleans faces dilemma on rebuilding
Dec 6 2005 4:04AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The proposal was controversial from the beginning: Focus resources on rebuilding New Orleans' less-damaged neighborhoods first and carefully study whether it makes sense to repopulate areas that were flooded the worst.
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Former Scout exec sentenced in porn case
Dec 6 2005 1:08AM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Boy Scouts executive was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for collecting child pornography from the Internet.
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FEMA adds security after threats
Dec 6 2005 12:09AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has increased security for workers in a severely flood-damaged neighborhood after a recent threat of violence, a spokesman said Monday.
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R.I. judge upholds manslaughter counts
Dec 6 2005 12:04AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge on Monday refused to dismiss any of the manslaughter counts against three men charged in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people.
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