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Omaha mall reopens as mourning continues
Dec 8 2007 10:32PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - People returned to the Westroads Mall on Saturday, most to shop for the holidays but some to grieve in the place where a young gunman killed eight people and himself three days earlier.
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Omaha mall reopens as mourning continues
Dec 8 2007 10:32PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - People returned to the Westroads Mall on Saturday, most to shop for the holidays but some to grieve in the place where a young gunman killed eight people and himself three days earlier.
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Omaha mall reopens as mourning continues
Dec 8 2007 10:32PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - People returned to the Westroads Mall on Saturday, most to shop for the holidays but some to grieve in the place where a young gunman killed eight people and himself three days earlier.
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Omaha mall reopens as mourning continues
Dec 8 2007 10:32PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - People returned to the Westroads Mall on Saturday, most to shop for the holidays but some to grieve in the place where a young gunman killed eight people and himself three days earlier.
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President declares disaster in Northwest
Dec 8 2007 10:18PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - President Bush declared a federal disaster for 11 counties in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, clearing the way for federal aid after severe storms ravaged parts of Oregon and Washington.
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2 small planes crash over Everglades
Dec 8 2007 9:22PM (CT)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two small planes collided over the Everglades Saturday, crashing into the swamp, and authorities said there were likely no survivors.
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US to drop charge against ex-prosecutor
Dec 8 2007 9:14PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to drop the final charge against a former federal prosecutor acquitted of holding evidence from the defense in a major terrorism trial.
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Ariz. immigration law challenge tossed
Dec 8 2007 8:57PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking to block a new Arizona law that prohibits people from hiring illegal immigrants and requires businesses to verify whether applicants are eligible for employment.
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Ex-boyfriend charged in woman's death
Dec 8 2007 8:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man who briefly dated a woman whose badly decomposed body was found in a Chicago suburb faces first-degree murder charges in her death, police said Saturday.
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Ex-boyfriend charged in woman's death
Dec 8 2007 8:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man who briefly dated a woman whose badly decomposed body was found in a Chicago suburb faces first-degree murder charges in her death, police said Saturday.
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Diocese breaks with Episcopal Church
Dec 8 2007 7:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The conservative Diocese of San Joaquin voted Saturday to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, becoming the first full diocese to secede from the denomination in the debate over the Bible and homosexuality.
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2 dress up as Virginia Tech victims
Dec 8 2007 7:20PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Two Penn State students pictured on the Internet dressed as victims of the Virginia Tech massacre were rebuked by their university this week but won't face disciplinary action, officials said.
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Calif. struggles with sentencing reform
Dec 8 2007 4:54PM (CT)
FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) - When California adopted its criminal sentencing code 30 years ago, a state appeals court marveled that it was virtually incomprehensible, comparing it to income tax forms and insurance policies.
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Ill. landfill appeal denied
Dec 8 2007 3:37PM (CT)
MADISON, Ill. (AP) - An independent pollution-control agency has rejected environmentalists' claims that a planned landfill could desecrate possible burial grounds near the ruins of a once-thriving prehistoric city.
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Body found at site of garage collapse
Dec 8 2007 3:14PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Recovery crews found a body early Saturday in the rubble of a parking garage that partially collapsed earlier in the week.
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Whooping cough sends S.C. students home
Dec 8 2007 2:37PM (CT)
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Sixteen students at Bob Jones University have or are suspected of having whooping cough, leading officials to end the fall semester about a week early, officials said.
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Man escapes before verdict
Dec 8 2007 2:20PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A rape defendant ditched a tracking device and fled from a courthouse after he was told the jury had reached a verdict in his case.
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Planes pass within 300 feet at airport
Dec 8 2007 2:12PM (CT)
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Two passenger jets passed within 300 feet of each other while one was landing and the other taking off at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last week, a federal aviation official said.
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Marine DI says he followed superiors
Dec 8 2007 2:06PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine drill instructor convicted of abusing 23 recruits says he has been ordered to testify against the very men who taught him the practices that led to his jail sentence and dishonorable discharge.
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Duke University joins aid boost rush
Dec 8 2007 1:31PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke University on Saturday became the latest elite college to announce a major boost in financial aid. But like even some of its wealthiest peers, it isn't going so far as to guarantee all its students will graduate debt-free.
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Fla. teen documenting '08 election
Dec 8 2007 1:06PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tenth grader Noah Gray quietly pulled out his iPhone in English class and saw the e-mail he'd been waiting for.
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Tree shipments to troops take root
Dec 8 2007 1:00PM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - Sprawled in his recliner, tired and achy after three days of nearly nonstop work, James Ward hardly looks like Santa Claus.
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New Ky. gov follows 2 troubled execs
Dec 8 2007 12:48PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democratic Gov.-elect Steve Beshear knows one of Kentuckians' expectations for him over the next four years: Stay out of trouble.
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Victim's half-sister wants killers freed
Dec 8 2007 12:32PM (CT)
HOPKINS, Mich. (AP) - There's not much left to remember Robert Sellon by. A single, wallet-sized photo tucked into a framed collage. Old newspaper clippings. Many, many memories. But Tammi Smith doesn't let go easily. Nearly 26 years after her half brother was murdered, she can still mimic the way he smiled, the way he talked. And she recounts what must have happened the night he was beaten to death in a Grand Rapids pool hall.
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Juveniles do hard time for harsh crimes
Dec 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - It began as a feud only a child could invent _ teenage chest-thumping over who had the right to sneak across a golf course after dark and scoop lost balls out of a pond. But by the time it ended in the pre-dawn blackness of a long-ago June morning, that juvenile bravado had exploded into a crime whose horror defied adult comprehension.
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Report criticizes care of detainees
Dec 8 2007 8:40AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides inadequate care for illegal immigrant detainees with HIV or AIDS, according to a new report by a civil rights group.
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Suburban sex parties draw complaints
Dec 8 2007 7:39AM (CT)
DUNCANVILLE, Texas (AP) - The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock's split-level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to swinger parties featuring "Naked Twister" nights.
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Mo. police probe blog in Web hoax case
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception _ someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
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Mo. police probe blog in Web hoax case
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception _ someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
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Mo. police probe blog in Web hoax case
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception _ someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
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Mo. police probe blog in Web hoax case
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception _ someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
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Mo. police probe blog in Web hoax case
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide and has been vilified for it may be the subject of a deception _ someone on the Internet is posing as her and blogging about the case.
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Pearl Harbor survivors honor comrades
Dec 8 2007 7:38AM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - A few dozen graying Pearl Harbor survivors observed a moment of silence on Friday in honor of their comrades who perished in the Japanese bombing of Oahu 66 years ago.
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Police dismiss tip in Peterson case
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A trucker who claimed to have seen Drew Peterson hours after the former police officer's wife disappeared did not actually see the suspect, authorities said Friday.
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Border tightening slows holiday business
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexico line in Nuevo Laredo.
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Border tightening slows holiday business
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexico line in Nuevo Laredo.
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Border tightening slows holiday business
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexico line in Nuevo Laredo.
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Border tightening slows holiday business
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexico line in Nuevo Laredo.
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Border tightening slows holiday business
Dec 8 2007 7:37AM (CT)
LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexico line in Nuevo Laredo.
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NYC to consider horse-drawn carriage ban
Dec 8 2007 7:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The horse-drawn carriages that clip clop around Central Park could be banned under City Council legislation to be introduced at the urging of animal advocates who say the horses are treated inhumanely.
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Idaho test reactor opens to universities
Dec 8 2007 5:17AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy is making available to university researchers a nuclear reactor test facility in southeast Idaho so they might learn how to build better nuclear power plants.
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Soldier sentenced in bank robberies
Dec 8 2007 4:39AM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Fort Lewis soldier is to serve more than 11 years in federal prison for robbing a Tacoma bank twice so he could pay off debts before he was deployed to Iraq.
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Forecaster predicts 7 hurricanes in '08
Dec 8 2007 1:58AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Using a simplified forecasting technique, researcher William Gray is predicting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic next year, with seven hurricanes, three of them major.
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Gates urges Gulf nations confront Iran
Dec 8 2007 1:47AM (CT)
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Persian Gulf nations must demand that Iran come clean about its past nuclear ambitions and openly vow to not develop such weapons in the future, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
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Gates urges Gulf nations confront Iran
Dec 8 2007 1:47AM (CT)
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Persian Gulf nations must demand that Iran come clean about its past nuclear ambitions and openly vow to not develop such weapons in the future, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
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Gates urges Gulf nations confront Iran
Dec 8 2007 1:47AM (CT)
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Persian Gulf nations must demand that Iran come clean about its past nuclear ambitions and openly vow to not develop such weapons in the future, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
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Shots fired in Pa. mall parking lot
Dec 8 2007 1:43AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Shoppers took refuge inside a mall Friday morning after police fired shots at a motorist who they say tried to run down an officer in the parking lot.
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Judge in Jena 6 case closes records
Dec 8 2007 12:48AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A week after one of the so-called Jena Six defendants pleaded guilty to second-degree battery in the beating of a white schoolmate, the judge in the case said the records will remain closed, pending an appeal.
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