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Federal officer shot during carjacking
Dec 9 2005 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal officer assigned to protect Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson was shot during a carjacking Friday night, police said.
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Teen charged with rigging exploding pens
Dec 9 2005 11:35PM (CT)
ROSEMEAD, Calif. (AP) - A 17-year-old student accused of rigging pens to explode as revenge for being expelled was charged with nine felonies Friday for blasts that injured three people, authorities said.
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Report slams medical response to Katrina
Dec 9 2005 11:17PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government's medical response to Hurricane Katrina was bungled by a lack of supplies and poor communication, according to a congressional report released Friday.
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Ky. brothers who died on same day buried
Dec 9 2005 11:04PM (CT)
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Rory and Cory McDowell were inseparable as brothers, riding motorcycles, fixing cars and hunting together. They were buried next to each other Friday, two days after dying in separate traffic crashes within minutes and just a few miles apart.
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Midway accident spotlights short runways
Dec 9 2005 11:02PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy runway brought renewed demands Friday for buffer zones or other safety measures at hundreds of airports around the nation to give pilots a wider margin for error.
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Judge refuses to toss charge against Gotti
Dec 9 2005 10:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Friday rejected John A. "Junior" Gotti's request to be acquitted of a racketeering charge, clearing the way for a new trial.
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L.A. leaders seek peace if Williams dies
Dec 9 2005 10:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Community leaders Friday called for peace in the city if convicted killer and Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams is put to death next week as scheduled.
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Plane crash leaves neighborhood horrified
Dec 9 2005 9:54PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Little Joshua Woods was singing along to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" as his family's car passed Midway Airport on the way to visit his grandparents.
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Clinton urges educators on math studies
Dec 9 2005 9:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton told educators Friday they must act to address the United States' dwindling ranks of scientists by encouraging more women and minorities to study math and engineering.
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Lawsuit aims to keep refugees' hotel rooms
Dec 9 2005 9:26PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - Lawyers for Hurricane Katrina evacuees still staying in hotels urged a judge Friday to keep the program going beyond next month's deadline, saying federal officials may fail to find replacement housing for people still in desperate need.
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Schwarzenegger names judge to high court
Dec 9 2005 9:02PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated a moderate Republican to the California Supreme Court on Friday after being pilloried for days by members of his own party for picking a left-leaning Democratic activist to be his top aide.
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Two convicts arrested after prison escape
Dec 9 2005 9:01PM (CT)
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A convicted murderer and another inmate escaped from prison Friday by hiding in the back of a garbage truck, but they were quickly arrested, a state corrections spokesman said.
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Suit over R.I. police shooting rejected
Dec 9 2005 8:37PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A federal jury Friday rejected a $20 million civil rights lawsuit against the Police Department over the fatal shooting of a black officer by two white colleagues who mistook him for a suspect.
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Jury rules woman not fired for complaint
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A jury Friday rejected a $2 million discrimination lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed Boston's world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute forced her to resign after she complained that a co-worker had praised Adolf Hitler.
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Local leaders must push feds, Nagin says
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The nation's local leaders must press Congress and the Bush administration to improve the federal government's response to disasters before the lessons of Hurricane Katrina are forgotten, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Friday.
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Lawyer: Lionel Tate probably fit for trial
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The new attorney for convicted child-killer Lionel Tate said Friday he expects his client will be found mentally competent for hearings on whether his probation should be revoked because of the alleged robbery of a pizza delivery man.
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Woman who beat Jehovah's Witness gets jail
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) - A woman who used a butcher knife to beat a Jehovah's Witness who knocked on her door on Christmas Day was sentenced to three months in jail.
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Two workers accused of stealing 9-11 funds
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two former employees in the city medical examiner's office were charged with embezzling millions of dollars intended to help identify victims of the World Trade Center attack.
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Passengers Didn't Hear Alpizar Say 'Bomb'
Dec 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The airline passenger shot to death by federal marshals who said he made a bomb threat was agitated even before boarding and later appeared to be desperate to get off the plane, some fellow travelers said.
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Judge: Man acquitted in Sept. 11 fraud
Dec 9 2005 8:11PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man accused of falsely reporting his wife's death to collect money from the federal 9/11 victims compensation fund was acquitted by reason of insanity on Friday.
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Top safety officials in Tenn. to step down
Dec 9 2005 7:33PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The top two officials in Tennessee's Department of Safety stepped down Friday, a day after an investigation found 41 troopers and staff had criminal backgrounds or past driving violations.
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Concrete execs get prison for price fixing
Dec 9 2005 7:23PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge sentenced four former concrete company executives to prison Friday for a price-fixing scheme that resulted in the largest domestic antitrust fine in U.S. history.
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NYC officer gets probation in shooting
Dec 9 2005 5:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer who shot an unarmed immigrant to death in a warehouse was spared a prison sentence Friday and was instead given five years' probation and 500 hours of community service.
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Phony story planted to boost donations
Dec 9 2005 4:16PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - It was a heart-wrenching story: A 10-year-old boy named John, separated from his mother since the hurricane, was living with other foster children in an emergency shelter, and he had one Christmas wish _ to go home.
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State leaders see strengthening economies
Dec 9 2005 2:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - When state lawmakers from around the country gathered three years ago, government finances were at their worst point in a half-century. Now, optimism _ at least cautious optimism _ rules.
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Pa. Priest gets probation in abuse case
Dec 9 2005 2:07PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A judge broke down in tears Friday as she gave probation to a priest who sexually molested a student in the late 1970s.
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New rules to govern beef exports to Japan
Dec 9 2005 2:00PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - For ranchers like Bill Donald, the resumption of beef trade with Japan, two years after mad-cow disease turned up in this country, would be huge. Still, he's not ready to sell his own cattle to Japan, and he's not alone.
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Subway rider busted for selling a token
Dec 9 2005 1:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Transit police handcuffed and cited a man who sold a $1.75 subway token to another rider who was having trouble with a token vending machine. He vows to fight the citation in court.
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Gov. Bush agrees to sign slot machine law
Dec 9 2005 1:51PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Under protest, Gov. Jeb Bush said he will sign into law rules allowing for Las Vegas-style slot machines in four Fort Lauderdale area betting sites.
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Potential transit strike would cripple NYC
Dec 9 2005 12:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of New Yorkers might be stranded if the city's transit workers strike when their contract expires in a matter of days, a scenario that would be especially crippling in the middle of the bustling holiday season.
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Mother confused by soldier son's arrest
Dec 9 2005 11:59AM (CT)
FREEDOM, Pa. (AP) - The mother of a soldier charged with murdering a private in Iraq last month called her son a "really good boy" and said she was confused by the arrest.
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Spanish-speaking student gets apology
Dec 9 2005 11:36AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A school superintendent apologized to a student who was suspended last week for speaking Spanish at school.
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Salvation Army gets surprise donations
Dec 9 2005 10:32AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Loose dollar bills and pocket change fuel the Salvation Army's fundraising drives, but every once in a while an unexpected donation arrives in one of those familiar red kettles.
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Historic counterfeiters get due at exhibit
Dec 9 2005 10:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As long as there's been money, there have been counterfeiters. An exhibit at the National Museum of American History reinforces that axiom.
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Six arrested in Northwest ecoterror cases
Dec 9 2005 10:22AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Six people have been arrested in connection with ecoterrorism attacks dating to 1998, including a fire at an Oregon poplar farm set at the same time as a devastating blaze at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture.
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Ringling Bros. owner sanctioned by judge
Dec 9 2005 9:08AM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A judge issued sanctions Thursday against the owner of Ringling Bros. circus for filing late and incomplete documents in a lawsuit that claims that the owner had established a spy operation against animal-rights groups.
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Cities question cost of hybrid cars
Dec 9 2005 8:40AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - By gradually adding hybrids to this city's vehicle fleet, James Muller knows he's helping to save the environment. What he doesn't know is whether switching to the more expensive "green" vehicles will save taxpayers money.
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Judge rejects teacher's plea in sex case
Dec 9 2005 7:15AM (CT)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A judge has rejected a plea deal in which a former teacher would have avoided prison time for having sex with a 14-year-old student, prosecutors said.
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Tulane laying off 230 faculty members
Dec 9 2005 6:32AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Staggered by Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University announced Thursday that it is laying off about 230 faculty members, dropping some sports and eliminating several undergraduate programs, including electrical engineering and computer science.
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New Orleans chief says 60 officers fired
Dec 9 2005 6:30AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city has fired 60 police officers and suspended more than 25 others who didn't show up for duty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city's police chief said Thursday as officials worked their way through a long list of disciplinary hearings.
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Group sues over status of bighorn sheep
Dec 9 2005 1:32AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The government isn't doing enough to protect the endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, a population numbering only in the hundreds, an environmental group said in a federal lawsuit Thursday.
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Kidnapped missionary returns home to Mich.
Dec 9 2005 1:29AM (CT)
ZEELAND, Mich. (AP) - Looking gaunt and tired, a missionary from Michigan returned home to a warm welcome after being shot, kidnapped and held for ransom while visiting Haiti.
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