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Storm hampers search on Mt. Hood
Dec 13 2006 11:51PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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Storm hampers search on Mt. Hood
Dec 13 2006 11:51PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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Storm hampers search on Mt. Hood
Dec 13 2006 11:51PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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Storm hampers search on Mt. Hood
Dec 13 2006 11:51PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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Personal data hacked at Texas college
Dec 13 2006 11:51PM (CT)
RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) - Hackers might have obtained the personal information of 6,000 people who worked for, applied to or attended the University of Texas at Dallas, school officials said Wednesday.
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Officials: Logging road gate unlocked
Dec 13 2006 11:46PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A gate on a logging road that a San Francisco man drove down before getting lost and dying of exposure was never locked and was not broken open by vandals as was first thought, authorities said Wednesday.
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Man denies planning Sears Tower attack
Dec 13 2006 11:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man accused of planning to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and several federal buildings said he was never going to stage a terrorist attack, a statement released Wednesday said.
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Deputy finds rats eating man's body
Dec 13 2006 11:45PM (CT)
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - A King County sheriff's deputy responding to a complaint about rats at a Kirkland-area home discovered what is believed to be the homeowner's body, being eaten by rats.
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Lettuce suspected in Taco Bell E. coli
Dec 13 2006 11:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable's source may prove difficult.
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Kevorkian to be paroled in June
Dec 13 2006 11:08PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - After more than eight years behind bars for murder, an ailing Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June on a promise not to help anyone else commit suicide, prison officials said Wednesday.
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Miami chief's son sentenced in drug case
Dec 13 2006 11:04PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The son of Miami Police Chief John Timoney was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for trying to buy 400 pounds of marijuana from an undercover agent.
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Graham family at odds over burial site
Dec 13 2006 11:04PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A family feud has broken out over where ailing evangelist Billy Graham and his equally frail wife, Ruth, will be buried.
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Appeals panel rejects slave reparations
Dec 13 2006 10:44PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected most claims by slave descendants that they deserve reparations from some of the nation's biggest insurers, banks and transportation companies.
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Lacrosse players tout DNA test results
Dec 13 2006 10:25PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - DNA testing in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser's body and her underwear _ but none from any team member, defense attorneys said in court papers Wednesday.
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AWOL soldier is sentenced to 30 days
Dec 13 2006 10:17PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A soldier who refused to return to Iraq after saying she had been sexually harassed was sentenced to 30 days of confinement Wednesday after pleading guilty to missing movement and being absent without leave, the Army said.
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Clergy: U.S. holds key to Mideast peace
Dec 13 2006 10:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Clergy representing many of the largest denominations in the country are urging U.S. leaders to once again put their vast influence behind a negotiated end to Mideast violence and make working for peace "an urgent priority."
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Mass. gunman left note before suicide
Dec 13 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A gunman who sneaked into a strip club with an assault rifle and killed two people before fatally shooting himself left behind a note expressing regret, according to an investigator close to the probe.
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Mass. gunman left note before suicide
Dec 13 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A gunman who sneaked into a strip club with an assault rifle and killed two people before fatally shooting himself left behind a note expressing regret, according to an investigator close to the probe.
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Mass. gunman left note before suicide
Dec 13 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A gunman who sneaked into a strip club with an assault rifle and killed two people before fatally shooting himself left behind a note expressing regret, according to an investigator close to the probe.
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Mass. gunman left note before suicide
Dec 13 2006 10:12PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A gunman who sneaked into a strip club with an assault rifle and killed two people before fatally shooting himself left behind a note expressing regret, according to an investigator close to the probe.
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Execution of Fla. inmate takes 34 min.
Dec 13 2006 9:59PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of murdering the manager of a topless bar nearly three decades ago was executed by injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first of two doses of chemicals.
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Execution of Fla. inmate takes 34 min.
Dec 13 2006 9:59PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of murdering the manager of a topless bar nearly three decades ago was executed by injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first of two doses of chemicals.
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Execution of Fla. inmate takes 34 min.
Dec 13 2006 9:59PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of murdering the manager of a topless bar nearly three decades ago was executed by injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first of two doses of chemicals.
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Execution of Fla. inmate takes 34 min.
Dec 13 2006 9:59PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of murdering the manager of a topless bar nearly three decades ago was executed by injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first of two doses of chemicals.
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U.N. supports rights of disabled people
Dec 13 2006 9:58PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The General Assembly on Wednesday approved the first U.N. convention to protect the rights of the world's 650 million disabled people, prohibiting their exclusion from education, jobs and politics.
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Defense rests in Thompson murder trial
Dec 13 2006 9:48PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The defense rested Wednesday in the Mickey Thompson murder trial after calling a flurry of witnesses intended to undermine the prosecution's case against the racing legend's former business partner.
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Murder charge cut despite man's claim
Dec 13 2006 9:47PM (CT)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) - A man who claimed to have lured drug dealers to his remote western Missouri cabin, killed them and spread their remains across the property was cleared of a murder charge Wednesday after experts determined most of the fragments were not human.
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Children's editor sent to prison
Dec 13 2006 9:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A former editor for the company that publishes the children's newspaper Weekly Reader was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for soliciting sex from a minor.
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Fired cop sues N.J. troopers over arrest
Dec 13 2006 9:07PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A police officer who was fired after being convicted of careless driving claims he was caught between two unwritten rules of the road: Police don't hassle fellow officers, and nobody passes a state trooper _ especially on the right.
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Texas frat boys indicted in hazing death
Dec 13 2006 8:36PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Three fraternity members were indicted Wednesday on hazing charges in the alcohol-related death last year of an 18-year-old pledge.
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Parents get custody in starved kids case
Dec 13 2006 8:34PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A couple accused of starving their two adopted children were awarded custody by a Family Court judge Wednesday, the parents' attorney said.
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Dinner with La. gov. goes $1 at auction
Dec 13 2006 8:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A chance to dine with embattled Gov. Kathleen Blanco fetched a winning bid of $1 at a recent fundraising auction hosted by a group of business leaders.
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Death penalty dropped against soldier
Dec 13 2006 8:21PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The Army dropped the death penalty Wednesday as a possible sentence for a soldier charged with rape and murder in the deaths of 14-
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Feds focus on identify theft in raids
Dec 13 2006 8:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials said Wednesday that the raids on meatpacking plants in six states uncovered a "disturbing front" in the battle against illegal immigration _ identity theft as a tool to obtain employment.
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Changes announced for Sept. 11 memorial
Dec 13 2006 7:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Sept. 11 memorial will list the names of the dead according to the World Trade Center tower where they died, their company or the plane they were on, a change from the random listing envisioned two years ago by the memorial's designer, officials said Wednesday.
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Court rules farm ban unconstitutional
Dec 13 2006 7:35PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A federal appeals court Wednesday declared Nebraska's 25-year-old corporate farming ban unconstitutional, dealing it a potentially crippling blow.
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Ala. college desegregation case ends
Dec 13 2006 7:06PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has ended a 25-year-old desegregation case against Alabama, ruling that vestiges of racial disparities in the state's higher education system have been eliminated.
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Mass. gay marriage critics sue lawmakers
Dec 13 2006 6:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Supporters of a measure to ban gay marriage sued in federal court Wednesday, seeking as much as $5 million in damages from lawmakers who blocked a final vote last month on the proposed constitutional amendment.
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Ga. men convicted in drive-by killing
Dec 13 2006 6:27PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Two men face life in prison after being found guilty in a 2003 drive-by shooting in which they missed their target and instead killed a mother of four.
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Mo. sues utility over reservoir break
Dec 13 2006 6:06PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The state sued Ameren Corp. on Wednesday over the billion-gallon breach of a mountaintop reservoir it says was caused by the utility's negligence.
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Big fine for underage 'Girls Gone Wild'
Dec 13 2006 5:49PM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - The "Girls Gone Wild" video empire agreed to pay $1.6 million and its founder was sentenced to community service Wednesday for filming drunken, underage girls in the raunchy videos.
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Court: Jury didn't need smoke breaks
Dec 13 2006 5:07PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a death-row inmate who argued that his sentence should be thrown out because the jury was denied smoke breaks.
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Police not giving up in baby kidnap case
Dec 13 2006 4:59PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - The sketch of the woman who snatched baby Bryan Dos Santos Gomes at knifepoint is plastered everywhere amid the mobile homes at the Tropical Trailer Park. It is tacked to light poles, pasted to stop signs and taped on the windows of neighbors' cars and trailers in this working-class southwest Florida neighborhood. At the center of it all is Unit 43, a worn trailer where Maria Fatima Ramos Dos Santos, 23, and Jurandir Gomes Costa, 26, were raising their newborn son. Bryan
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Capitol tunnel workers receive award
Dec 13 2006 4:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten Capitol Hill steamfitters who say they were harassed by their bosses after complaining of asbestos exposure in the tunnels where they work are being given an award for civic courage.
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Inmate charged in 2002 double murder
Dec 13 2006 4:15PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A mentally ill handyman in prison for shooting two law officers was charged Wednesday with killing an elderly couple four years ago because he thought they had poisoned his coffee.
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NASA retracts solar array on station
Dec 13 2006 3:43PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA began retracting via remote control a 115-foot solar panel on the international space station Wednesday, likening the tricky task to folding a road map back up and stuffing it in the glove compartment.
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Illinois police officer charged with DUI
Dec 13 2006 3:39PM (CT)
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - An off-duty police officer who was recently honored for cracking down on drunken driving has been charged with driving under the influence in a crash that injured 10 people.
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Deck to offer bird's eye view of canyon
Dec 13 2006 2:41PM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass-bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.
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No special treatment for NASCAR chief
Dec 13 2006 2:38PM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police who responded to NASCAR Chairman Brian France's condominium after a report of an erratic driver did not give him special treatment, a prosecutor said.
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Massive duck die-off in Idaho
Dec 13 2006 2:22PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - More than 1,000 mallard ducks have died along a single creek in southern Idaho, and officials on Wednesday tested tissue samples to find out why.
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`Raymond' dad Peter Boyle dies in NYC
Dec 13 2006 2:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in "Joe" to a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and finally the comically grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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`Raymond' dad Peter Boyle dies in NYC
Dec 13 2006 2:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in "Joe" to a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and finally the comically grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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`Raymond' dad Peter Boyle dies in NYC
Dec 13 2006 2:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in "Joe" to a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and finally the comically grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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`Raymond' dad Peter Boyle dies in NYC
Dec 13 2006 2:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in "Joe" to a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and finally the comically grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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`Raymond' dad Peter Boyle dies in NYC
Dec 13 2006 2:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in "Joe" to a tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and finally the comically grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 71.
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Old bones halt work on Trump building
Dec 13 2006 2:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city halted excavation work at the site of a new Donald Trump condominium tower in SoHo after human bones apparently from a 19th-century church graveyard turned up, officials said Wednesday.
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Carter prays with rabbis angered by book
Dec 13 2006 1:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Former President Carter prayed with rabbis who are angered by his new book's reference to apartheid in describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he didn't change their minds.
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Carter prays with rabbis angered by book
Dec 13 2006 1:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Former President Carter prayed with rabbis who are angered by his new book's reference to apartheid in describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he didn't change their minds.
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Carter prays with rabbis angered by book
Dec 13 2006 1:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Former President Carter prayed with rabbis who are angered by his new book's reference to apartheid in describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he didn't change their minds.
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Carter prays with rabbis angered by book
Dec 13 2006 1:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Former President Carter prayed with rabbis who are angered by his new book's reference to apartheid in describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but he didn't change their minds.
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Scalia argues for better judicial pay
Dec 13 2006 12:35PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - The federal judiciary will increasingly fail to attract the best-qualified lawyers if judges' pay doesn't improve, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Wednesday.
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Many workers off job at WTC skyscraper
Dec 13 2006 12:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Most of the workers cleaning up and tearing down a skyscraper that was damaged during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks walked off the job in a contract dispute one day after the long-awaited teardown of the building began, officials said.
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Mass. gov. OKs trooper immigration role
Dec 13 2006 11:59AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Mitt Romney signed an agreement Wednesday with federal authorities that allows Massachusetts State Police troopers to detain suspected illegal immigrants.
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Ex-church camp leader faces porn charges
Dec 13 2006 10:31AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) - A former church camp leader was arrested on child pornography charges and accused of trying to coax girls, at least one of them a former camper, to pose partly naked or perform a sex act.
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Missing boy found dead; Mom arrested
Dec 13 2006 10:15AM (CT)
ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) - A woman who reported her young son missing over the weekend was booked on suspicion of murder after sheriff's investigators found his small body stuffed in a trash bin near the family's home, authorities said Wednesday.
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NYC faces population strain by 2030
Dec 13 2006 9:56AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - By the year 2030, New York City could have so many people straining its infrastructure that it won't have enough electricity or housing to meet demand and rush hour traffic will last all day.
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Student commits suicide at Pa. school
Dec 13 2006 4:20AM (CT)
ERDENHEIM, Pa. (AP) - After pledging to improve his falling grades, Shane Halligan ate breakfast with his family, went off to school, and took his own life.
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Union, Phila. papers get tentative deal
Dec 13 2006 1:40AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The company that owns that owns The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News has reached a tentative contract agreement with their largest union, the company and union said Tuesday night.
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Report: Saudis warn against Iraq exit
Dec 13 2006 1:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Saudi Arabia has warned it could decide to provide financial support to Iraqi Sunnis if the U.S. pulls its troops out of Iraq, where sectarian violence between the minority Sunnis and majority Iraqi Shiites has threatened to tear apart the country, The New York Times reported.
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