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Tamil Tigers arms conspirator sentenced
Dec 14 2007 11:54PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - An Indonesian caught trying to smuggle weapons to a Sri Lankan terrorist organization was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday, the U.S. attorney's office said.
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Attorney denies troopers assaulted woman
Dec 14 2007 11:45PM (CT)
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - A lawyer for one of seven state troopers accused of sexual assault while they were off duty said Friday that the activity was consensual, calling the woman's allegations "absurd."
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Ex-worker: Air firm aided CIA renditions
Dec 14 2007 11:45PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to be tortured in overseas prisons openly acknowledged its role in the "extraordinary rendition" program, a former employee of the smaller company said in court papers Friday.
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Man in N.Y. terror case gets less time
Dec 14 2007 11:34PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge agreed Friday to take a year off the prison sentence of a man who was among six who admitted to attending a terrorist training camp but who helped prosecutors in his case and others.
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ND jailer pleads guilty to sex assaults
Dec 14 2007 11:29PM (CT)
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) - A former jailer convicted last month of killing a college student pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting female inmates last year at the jail where he worked.
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Chemical find shuts down 2 LA reservoirs
Dec 14 2007 11:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two reservoirs that supply drinking water to parts of the nation's second-largest city have been shut down and will be drained because a rare sunlight-fueled chemical reaction tainted them with a cancer-causing chemical, utility officials said Friday.
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New winter storm threatens weary Plains
Dec 14 2007 11:12PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Lisa Wofford had just moved out of her apartment and was planning to move her family into a house when a winter storm knocked a power pole onto the new digs, preventing her from closing on it.
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New winter storm threatens weary Plains
Dec 14 2007 11:12PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Lisa Wofford had just moved out of her apartment and was planning to move her family into a house when a winter storm knocked a power pole onto the new digs, preventing her from closing on it.
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New winter storm threatens weary Plains
Dec 14 2007 11:12PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Lisa Wofford had just moved out of her apartment and was planning to move her family into a house when a winter storm knocked a power pole onto the new digs, preventing her from closing on it.
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Police search for LSU shooting suspects
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the school decided against locking down the campus.
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Police search for LSU shooting suspects
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the school decided against locking down the campus.
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Police search for LSU shooting suspects
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the school decided against locking down the campus.
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Police search for LSU shooting suspects
Dec 14 2007 11:10PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the school decided against locking down the campus.
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Pa. shop owner backs English-only policy
Dec 14 2007 11:06PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory.
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Pa. shop owner backs English-only policy
Dec 14 2007 11:06PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory.
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Phoenix police find 3 bodies in SUV
Dec 14 2007 10:53PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A police officer checking out a suspicious vehicle found three bodies in the back of a sports utility vehicle parked in front of an apartment complex, authorities said.
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O'Hare flight evacuated because of smoke
Dec 14 2007 10:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A United Airlines flight from Shanghai, China, was evacuated Friday on an O'Hare International Airport runway minutes after a pilot reported smoke in the cabin shortly before the plane's scheduled arrival, a United spokeswoman said.
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Police: Fla. teacher kills 4, himself
Dec 14 2007 10:45PM (CT)
LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A teacher drowning in debt killed his ex-wife, their two children and the woman's roommate before taking his own life Friday, police said.
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Officer says he steered ship wrong
Dec 14 2007 10:02PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A cruise ship's second officer told investigators he steered it in the wrong direction before it tilted and injured hundreds aboard last year, according to documents released Friday.
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NASA releases e-mails in Nowak case
Dec 14 2007 9:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Newly released NASA e-mails hint at something more than a professional relationship between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and a space shuttle pilot.
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NASA releases e-mails in Nowak case
Dec 14 2007 9:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Newly released NASA e-mails hint at something more than a professional relationship between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and a space shuttle pilot.
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NASA releases e-mails in Nowak case
Dec 14 2007 9:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Newly released NASA e-mails hint at something more than a professional relationship between former astronaut Lisa Nowak and a space shuttle pilot.
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Report: Ohio needs new voting machines
Dec 14 2007 9:26PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state's top elections official recommended Friday that Ohio counties replace their touch-screen voting machines because the devices _ in use for roughly two years _ are vulnerable to manipulation.
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Boy: Mall gunman wrote of public suicide
Dec 14 2007 9:11PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A teenager who lived with the suicidal gunman who fatally shot eight people in a mall told police afterward that he had seen writings in which the suspect described killing himself in public, according to a court document filed Friday.
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Court: Forced meds for kidnap suspect OK
Dec 14 2007 9:05PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court on Friday upheld a judge's order that the woman accused of aiding in the 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart be forcibly medicated for mental illness.
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Kansas AG resigns; had admitted affair
Dec 14 2007 8:47PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state attorney general announced his resignation Friday, days after acknowledging an extramarital affair with a former employee who accused him of sexual harassment and professional misconduct.
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NYC bus, van collide; 7 kids hurt
Dec 14 2007 8:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A private van taking children to school collided with a city bus Friday, injuring seven children including a 9-year-old girl who was hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.
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NJ requires flu shots for preschoolers
Dec 14 2007 8:22PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
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Va. gov. proposes mental health changes
Dec 14 2007 8:05PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Friday proposed remedies for failings in the state's mental health system that were exposed by the Virginia Tech shootings, including making it easier to force treatment and opening communication between care providers and courts.
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Va. gov. proposes mental health changes
Dec 14 2007 8:05PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Friday proposed remedies for failings in the state's mental health system that were exposed by the Virginia Tech shootings, including making it easier to force treatment and opening communication between care providers and courts.
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Baseline Killer suspect gets 438 years
Dec 14 2007 7:46PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for the sexual assaults of two sisters. Mark Goudeau still faces trial for the slayings of eight women and a man in 2005-2006, and faces a possible death sentence if he is convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.
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D.C. official accused in $20M scheme
Dec 14 2007 7:40PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - The courthouse files look like the Christmas list of a high-society fashion maven with a purse fetish: mink coats, jewelry, Faberge eggs, a Mercedes Benz and more than 100 handbags and wallets with designer names like Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
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Gunman sent no hate mail to center
Dec 14 2007 7:21PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A gunman who killed four people in two shootings did not send hate mail to a Christian missionary training center where some of the victims were shot, authorities said Friday, backing off from their earlier statements.
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2 girls killed, 3rd hurt in Calif. fire
Dec 14 2007 6:48PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An early morning fire Friday roared through a garage that had been converted into living space, killing two young sisters and critically injuring a third.
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2 girls killed, 3rd hurt in Calif. fire
Dec 14 2007 6:48PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An early morning fire Friday roared through a garage that had been converted into living space, killing two young sisters and critically injuring a third.
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2 girls killed, 3rd hurt in Calif. fire
Dec 14 2007 6:48PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An early morning fire Friday roared through a garage that had been converted into living space, killing two young sisters and critically injuring a third.
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2 girls killed, 3rd hurt in Calif. fire
Dec 14 2007 6:48PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An early morning fire Friday roared through a garage that had been converted into living space, killing two young sisters and critically injuring a third.
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No more brig time for Iraqi's killer
Dec 14 2007 6:00PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine reservist who killed an Iraqi soldier was sentenced Friday to a bad-conduct discharge but will serve no more time behind bars, a Camp Pendleton spokeswoman said.
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Suspect tried to help striken deputy
Dec 14 2007 6:00PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man handcuffed after a car chase with police early Friday tried to save a sheriff's deputy who had suffered a fatal heart attack moments after arresting him, authorities said.
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Guilty pleas in California terror case
Dec 14 2007 5:56PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Two men accused of plotting behind prison walls to launch attacks on military sites, synagogues and other targets in 2005 pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to levy war against the United States.
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Razing of New Orleans housing halted
Dec 14 2007 5:26PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.
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Brain surgery goes awry in R.I.
Dec 14 2007 5:20PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - One operation went awry after an experienced brain surgeon insisted to a nurse he knew what side of the head to operate on _ but got it wrong.
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Mistrial declared for Harvard student
Dec 14 2007 4:19PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a former Harvard graduate student accused of stabbing a teenager to death during a fight.
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DA's death re-examined in Tenn.
Dec 14 2007 3:48PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Knoxville's district attorney was found dead in his pasture in 1992, his breastbone and some of his ribs broken, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls. Investigators concluded he had been knocked down and trampled to death by his cattle.
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Walruses die; global warming blamed
Dec 14 2007 2:43PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the disappearance of sea ice caused them to crowd onto the shoreline in extraordinary numbers.
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Attorney charged in fake abduction case
Dec 14 2007 2:18PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A pregnant attorney who police said made up a story about being kidnapped was charged Friday with making false alarms.
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Champ finds rodeo is hard habit to break
Dec 14 2007 1:26PM (CT)
GARDEN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - If her battered joints are stiffening with the approach of winter, Jan Youren isn't complaining. It's a deeper ache that pains her.
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Mother of school plotter to go on trial
Dec 14 2007 11:49AM (CT)
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (AP) - A mother will be tried on charges of helping her 14-year-old son build up a stash of weapons that authorities say he intended to use in a school attack.
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Lawyer: Kerik's rights violated in probe
Dec 14 2007 9:30AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Federal prosecutors violated the rights of one-time New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik by improperly questioning his former lawyer, his current lawyer said.
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All-nighters may not improve grades
Dec 14 2007 9:13AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do.
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All-nighters may not improve grades
Dec 14 2007 9:13AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do.
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Gore completes renovations to Tenn. home
Dec 14 2007 7:04AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly.
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Western states sign historic water pact
Dec 14 2007 7:03AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Seven Western states signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday to conserve and share scarce Colorado River water, ending a divisive battle among the thirsty rivals.
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Jurors deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears plot
Dec 14 2007 7:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and the case against the rest ended in a hung jury.
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Jurors deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears plot
Dec 14 2007 7:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and the case against the rest ended in a hung jury.
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Jurors deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears plot
Dec 14 2007 7:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and the case against the rest ended in a hung jury.
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Arrest warrants issued in Malibu fire
Dec 14 2007 7:01AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities arrested five men Thursday on allegations they caused a fire that destroyed more than 50 homes and caused over $100 million in losses in Malibu.
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Arrest warrants issued in Malibu fire
Dec 14 2007 7:01AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities arrested five men Thursday on allegations they caused a fire that destroyed more than 50 homes and caused over $100 million in losses in Malibu.
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Arrest warrants issued in Malibu fire
Dec 14 2007 7:01AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities arrested five men Thursday on allegations they caused a fire that destroyed more than 50 homes and caused over $100 million in losses in Malibu.
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Death penalty foes rejoice after NJ vote
Dec 14 2007 6:28AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - With New Jersey poised to become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty, opponents of the practice declared a historic victory and hoped other states would follow suit.
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Death penalty foes rejoice after NJ vote
Dec 14 2007 6:28AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - With New Jersey poised to become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty, opponents of the practice declared a historic victory and hoped other states would follow suit.
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Washington visits 'Great Debators' town
Dec 14 2007 6:13AM (CT)
MARSHALL, Texas (AP) - Denzel Washington screened "The Great Debaters," in the town that is home to the 1930s debate team portrayed in the Golden Globe-nominated film.
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Report: Kansas cotton dropped by half
Dec 14 2007 3:46AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Cotton was once touted as a promising alternative crop for Kansas farmers, and cotton gins were built to handle the increased acreage as farmers took to the idea.
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