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Murder charges dropped against father
Dec 7 2006 11:45PM (CT)
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A judge dropped murder and arson charges against a man accused of setting his house on fire, killing his wife and son, because prosecutors failed to bring him to trial quickly.
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Autopsy: Missing man died of hypothermia
Dec 7 2006 10:55PM (CT)
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (AP) - Lost in the snowy wilderness and seeking help for his stranded family, James Kim probably traveled more than 10 miles on foot before he died, believing he could find a nearby town, authorities said Thursday. An autopsy showed that he died alone of hypothermia. Authorities said when his body was found in a creek's shallow water on Wednesday, he was about a mile away from a fishing lodge stacked with food.
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Car crash sparks Tenn. apartment fire
Dec 7 2006 10:38PM (CT)
MADISON, Tenn. (AP) - A car crashed into an apartment north of Nashville on Thursday, sparking a blaze that destroyed the building and drove dozens from their homes into below-freezing temperatures.
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Police nab man; say he took ambulance
Dec 7 2006 10:38PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man who authorities said escaped police custody at a hospital, stole one of their guns and commandeered an ambulance was charged Thursday with more than a dozen felonies.
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Police link man to Phoenix killings case
Dec 7 2006 10:35PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Police said Thursday they have caught the Baseline Killer, the gunman responsible for nine slayings that spread terror across the Phoenix area for nearly a year.
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Skyscraper near ground zero to come down
Dec 7 2006 10:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Work will begin Friday to dismantle a vacant, contaminated skyscraper that has loomed above ground zero since Sept. 11, 2001, when one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed into it, officials said Thursday.
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E. coli could hurt Taco Bell sales
Dec 7 2006 10:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell restaurants left the fast-food chain with a major damage-control challenge Thursday: How can it reassure customers its food is safe even as the suspected cause of the outbreak remained unconfirmed?
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Mich. prison system held in contempt
Dec 7 2006 10:29PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state Department of Corrections to hire more prison doctors within four months, saying that health care for inmates is dysfunctional and endangers their lives.
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Survey: More affordable housing needed
Dec 7 2006 10:28PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - About one-third of the nation's cities have less affordable housing than they had a year ago, according to a survey released Thursday.
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Survey: More affordable housing needed
Dec 7 2006 10:28PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - About one-third of the nation's cities have less affordable housing than they had a year ago, according to a survey released Thursday.
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Md. kitten killer jailed
Dec 7 2006 10:24PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty last month to killing his ex-girlfriend's kitten by throwing it into a fire is back in police custody, accused of violating probation by moving back in with her and her cats.
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Utility's storm response criticized
Dec 7 2006 10:15PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Top leaders in Missouri and Illinois, where thousands of customers remain without power after last week's winter storm, sharply criticized a utility's response to the crisis Thursday.
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Casket truck hits, kills Brooklyn boy, 6
Dec 7 2006 9:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A truck hauling empty caskets struck and killed a 6-year-old boy Thursday on a street near a deli owned by his family, police said.
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Study: More Internet journalists jailed
Dec 7 2006 9:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog.
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Scope of 2nd Amendment's questioned
Dec 7 2006 8:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a case that could shape firearms laws nationwide, attorneys for the District of Columbia argued Thursday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals.
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Ohio woman charged with microwaving baby
Dec 7 2006 8:43PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A woman suspected of killing her month-old daughter by putting her in a microwave oven was indicted on a charge of aggravated murder Thursday, and the prosecutor said he would seek the death penalty.
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'Survivor' winner appeals conviction
Dec 7 2006 8:42PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who is serving more than four years in prison for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize, appealed his convictions Thursday.
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Serious use for Silly String
Dec 7 2006 8:31PM (CT)
STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) - In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq.
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Girl in foster care dies from injuries
Dec 7 2006 8:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A teenager was arrested in the death of a 6-year-old foster girl he allegedly threw to the ground at least four times. Now, the state is investigating all foster homes managed by the private agency that placed the girl in the teen's home.
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Court delays Nevada smoking ban
Dec 7 2006 8:16PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A judge on Thursday granted a 15-day restraining order to block a new ban on smoking at some bars and around the slot machines at supermarkets, gas stations and convenience stores in southern Nevada.
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LA officer held in cuffed teen assault
Dec 7 2006 8:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police officer suspected of assaulting a handcuffed 16-year-old boy in a partially videotaped attack at a police station was arrested Thursday, authorities said.
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Talk show host indicted in wife's death
Dec 7 2006 8:05PM (CT)
GRETNA, La. (AP) - A popular former radio talk show host accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife was indicted Thursday on a second-degree murder charge.
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Men on trial in death of Ga. debutante
Dec 7 2006 7:37PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The murder trial of three men charged in the Christmas Eve shooting of a 19-year-old debutante opened Thursday with two of her friends saying they weren't certain one of the men was an attacker.
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Nagin presses for quicker Katrina aid
Dec 7 2006 7:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday urged the Bush administration to speed aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, suggesting the government was not meeting its legal obligations to help the city recover.
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No dismissal for killer of abortion doc
Dec 7 2006 7:17PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A judge on Thursday rejected all defense motions to dismiss a federal case against a man who admits fatally shooting a doctor who performed abortions, and barred the defendant from discussing his anti-abortion views at trial.
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Power pole hits car, kills 2
Dec 7 2006 7:01PM (CT)
UPLAND, Calif. (AP) - A 75-foot pole dangling from a crane smashed through a passing car, killing the driver and a construction worker and injuring a passenger, police said.
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Fla. court rejects disabled man's appeal
Dec 7 2006 6:52PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A disabled man who said he needed vast amounts of prescription drugs to control pain is a drug trafficker in the eyes of the law and has to serve at least 25 years in prison, an appeals court has ruled.
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Teen accidentally shoots self in class
Dec 7 2006 6:49PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A gun in a high school student's pocket accidentally discharged during class Thursday, injuring the teen, police said.
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Pulitzers to honor Iranian photographer
Dec 7 2006 6:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After more than 25 years of anonymity, the Iranian photographer whose iconic, chilling picture of an execution won the Pulitzer Prize will formally be recognized as the winner of the prestigious journalism award.
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NYC sues more gun dealers
Dec 7 2006 6:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city is suing a dozen more out-of-state gun shops that it says are responsible for many of the illegal weapons that end up in New York City.
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Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
Dec 7 2006 6:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.
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Taylor's son pleads innocent to torture
Dec 7 2006 6:30PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor pleaded not guilty Thursday to torture charges stemming from his years as chief of a violent paramilitary unit in his father's government.
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More students getting free breakfasts
Dec 7 2006 6:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Students from low-income families are eating more free and reduced-price breakfasts at school, an anti-hunger group said Thursday. The federal breakfast program feeds only two in five who need it. Still, it reached a record 7.7 million low-income children in the 2005-2006 school year, according to a report from the Food Research and Action Center.
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Judge who wrongly jailed 11 loses job
Dec 7 2006 6:23PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A judge who jailed 11 people because they were late for traffic court after being directed to the wrong courtroom lost his job Thursday, as the state Supreme Court ruled he was unfit to remain on the bench.
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Fla. must treat mentally ill inmates
Dec 7 2006 6:22PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - An appeals court ordered the state human services agency to immediately admit mentally ill inmates into state psychiatric treatment facilities, ruling that the department must follow the law despite its claims that it doesn't have the money.
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Freed defendant accused of killing again
Dec 7 2006 6:10PM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Twenty years ago, when James Ealy's conviction in the slaying of a pregnant woman and three children was thrown out on appeal, a Chicago judge warned that a menace to society was about to be turned loose.
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Locale change in nursing home death case
Dec 7 2006 5:44PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - The trial of two nursing home owners charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients after Hurricane Katrina will probably be held outside of St. Bernard Parish.
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U.S.: Padilla's time in brig irrelevant
Dec 7 2006 5:43PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to prevent Jose Padilla's defense lawyers from questioning Defense Department officials or obtaining documents about his treatment during 3 1/2 years in military custody as an "enemy combatant."
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Formerly conjoined twins going home
Dec 7 2006 5:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Angie Benzschawel and Ryan Shaw held their surgically separated twin boys in their laps and prepared to return home to Wisconsin as more than 30 doctors, nurses and other medical staff bid them farewell Thursday.
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W.Va.: Lightning caused Sago explosion
Dec 7 2006 5:32PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Nearly a year after the disaster, state investigators have concluded that the Sago Mine explosion that killed 12 miners was caused by a lightning bolt that ignited methane gas underground, a union official said.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 5:26PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 5:26PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 5:26PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 5:26PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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U.S. to check for radiation in 6 ports
Dec 7 2006 5:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.-bound cargo at six overseas ports will be screened for nuclear and radiological material in an expanded effort to prevent terrorist bombs from entering American waters, federal officials said Thursday.
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No date-rape drug found in academy case
Dec 7 2006 3:55PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A new round of tests found no evidence that two women who accuse a former U.S. Naval Academy football player of sexual assault were given a date-rape drug, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 2:56PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 2:56PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 2:56PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims
Dec 7 2006 2:56PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships.
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Houston suburb objects to mosque plans
Dec 7 2006 2:24PM (CT)
KATY, Texas (AP) - A plan to build a mosque in this Houston suburb has triggered a neighborhood dispute, with community members warning the place will become a terrorist hotbed and one man threatening to hold pig races on Fridays just to offend the Muslims.
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Anti-icing goo causes Ind. crashes
Dec 7 2006 2:16PM (CT)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Anti-icing chemicals meant to prevent crashes were blamed for sending trucks and cars sliding all over the road after too much of the slippery goo was shot onto interstate exit ramps in preparation for a storm.
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Key Episcopal parishes in Va. may split
Dec 7 2006 2:13PM (CT)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - They are two of the biggest churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, with roots stretching back to Colonial times.
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Students recall Ala. bus tragedy
Dec 7 2006 2:08PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Through the school bus window, Rusty Moore saw the Toyota Celica approaching from behind, trying to pass but having trouble.
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State agency whistleblower gets job back
Dec 7 2006 1:43PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A whistleblower who complained about how computer software contracts were handled in the Department of State must be given his job back and the state must pay his legal fees, a judge ruled.
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Blige nominated for leading 8 Grammys
Dec 7 2006 1:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mary J. Blige, whose album "The Breakthrough" was perhaps the biggest in her career, was nominated for a leading eight Grammy Awards on Thursday, including R&B album, record and song of the year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were also multiple nominees, garnering six.
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Blige nominated for leading 8 Grammys
Dec 7 2006 1:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mary J. Blige, whose album "The Breakthrough" was perhaps the biggest in her career, was nominated for a leading eight Grammy Awards on Thursday, including R&B album, record and song of the year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were also multiple nominees, garnering six.
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Blige nominated for leading 8 Grammys
Dec 7 2006 1:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mary J. Blige, whose album "The Breakthrough" was perhaps the biggest in her career, was nominated for a leading eight Grammy Awards on Thursday, including R&B album, record and song of the year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were also multiple nominees, garnering six.
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Blige nominated for leading 8 Grammys
Dec 7 2006 1:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mary J. Blige, whose album "The Breakthrough" was perhaps the biggest in her career, was nominated for a leading eight Grammy Awards on Thursday, including R&B album, record and song of the year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were also multiple nominees, garnering six.
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Insurer delays vote on rate hike
Dec 7 2006 12:50PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The state's insurer of last resort decided Thursday to delay a vote on whether to increase its homeowners rates an average of 55 percent, following requests from lawmakers to wait until after a special legislative session next month.
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Massachusetts WWI veteran dies at 106
Dec 7 2006 12:37PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Russell A. Buchanan, one of the nation's last surviving World War I veterans, has died. He was 106.
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Religion news in brief
Dec 7 2006 12:07PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - American Jewish leaders and a top executive of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) say their relations have taken a "significant turn" for the better after a crisis over the Protestant group's policy toward Israel.
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Religion today
Dec 7 2006 12:07PM (CT)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - They are two of the biggest churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, with roots stretching back to Colonial times.
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Firefighters families can't get aid yet
Dec 7 2006 11:38AM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - More than $1 million donated after an arson blaze killed five firefighters can't be distributed to their families because the charity didn't follow IRS rules.
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Daughter testifies at caged kids trial
Dec 7 2006 11:37AM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A couple accused of forcing some of their 11 children to sleep in cages cried Thursday when their adopted daughter testified that she missed her parents and still loved them.
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Panel OKs revised electroic voting plan
Dec 7 2006 10:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal advisory panel approved a revised proposal that encourages states to use electronic voting machines that can be independently verified, a day after rejecting a similar recommendation.
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Report: States finances stable overall
Dec 7 2006 10:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - State finances remained stable so far this fiscal year, with revenues on target or better and fewer states spending more than they planned, the National Conference of State Legislatures reported.
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Boston police find drug evidence missing
Dec 7 2006 8:20AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An audit found drugs missing from the Boston Police Department's main drug evidence storage facility, prompting the department to transfer a dozen officers who worked there.
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Milwaukee mourns 3 killed in blast
Dec 7 2006 8:16AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Melvin Kuster retired after 41 years working for Falk Corp., the century-old factory that also once employed his father. Now his only child has died there.
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Milwaukee mourns 3 killed in blast
Dec 7 2006 8:16AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Melvin Kuster retired after 41 years working for Falk Corp., the century-old factory that also once employed his father. Now his only child has died there.
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Milwaukee mourns 3 killed in blast
Dec 7 2006 8:16AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Melvin Kuster retired after 41 years working for Falk Corp., the century-old factory that also once employed his father. Now his only child has died there.
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Milwaukee mourns 3 killed in blast
Dec 7 2006 8:16AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Melvin Kuster retired after 41 years working for Falk Corp., the century-old factory that also once employed his father. Now his only child has died there.
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EPA sets final Sept. 11 building testing
Dec 7 2006 8:00AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to launch its final Sept. 11 contamination cleanup program next month, more than five years after the attacks and following years of criticism that the agency still has not done enough.
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Iffy sky dampens shuttle launch chance
Dec 7 2006 4:48AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - NASA began moving the scaffolding that protects the space shuttle for bad weather early Thursday, despite lingering clouds and other weather woes that cast doubt on whether Discovery will blast off this week.
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Iffy sky dampens shuttle launch chance
Dec 7 2006 4:48AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - NASA began moving the scaffolding that protects the space shuttle for bad weather early Thursday, despite lingering clouds and other weather woes that cast doubt on whether Discovery will blast off this week.
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Maine wreath-maker honors veterans
Dec 7 2006 4:39AM (CT)
HARRINGTON, Maine (AP) - Money virtually grows on trees in eastern Maine, where balsam fir branches are transformed into hundreds of thousands of Christmas wreaths worth millions of dollars each holiday season.
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Wis. nurse charges scare caregivers
Dec 7 2006 4:35AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - By most accounts, nurse Julie Thao helped hundreds of women giving birth during a 15-year career. But a drug mixup that led to a death may send her to prison, frustrating fellow caregivers.
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Mars water evidence excites NASA
Dec 7 2006 4:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After decades of scouring Mars in search of geologic evidence of past water activity, scientists believe they have found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the Red Planet's frigid surface.
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Mars water evidence excites NASA
Dec 7 2006 4:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After decades of scouring Mars in search of geologic evidence of past water activity, scientists believe they have found stunning evidence that water may even now be flowing through the Red Planet's frigid surface.
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Bolton says he won't give exit interviews
Dec 7 2006 2:16AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton returned to the United Nations Wednesday for the first time since his resignation was announced, and he made clear he had no intention of spilling his "guts" about anything.
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U.N. OKs weapons trade treaty resolution
Dec 7 2006 1:15AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Over U.S. objections, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Wednesday that could lead to the first international treaty on controlling the trade in assault rifles, machine guns and other small arms.
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