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Star Trib plagiarism probe clears writer
Dec 16 2006 11:23PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Star Tribune editorial page writer who wrote two pieces containing similarities to two commentaries in The New Yorker magazine will return to work after a newspaper review did not find further problems in his work.
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Ore. searchers thwarted again by weather
Dec 16 2006 10:48PM (CT)
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Teams of hand-picked expert mountaineers tried Saturday to take advantage of easing weather conditions atop Mount Hood in the search for three missing climbers, but the fickle and still-treacherous conditions turned them back.
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Cubans freed after second Keys landing
Dec 16 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A group of Cuban refugees was released Saturday, a day after landing, some for the second time in a year, at a derelict bridge in the Florida Keys that authorities initially said wasn't U.S. soil.
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Spacewalkers shake stubborn solar array
Dec 16 2006 10:27PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to fold the array up into a box properly.
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Spacewalkers shake stubborn solar array
Dec 16 2006 10:27PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to fold the array up into a box properly.
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Spacewalkers shake stubborn solar array
Dec 16 2006 10:27PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to fold the array up into a box properly.
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Spacewalkers shake stubborn solar array
Dec 16 2006 10:27PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A pair of spacewalkers manually shaking a stubborn solar array managed to free some stuck grommets Saturday, but not enough to fold the array up into a box properly.
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Thousands in dark after Northwest storm
Dec 16 2006 10:04PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Residents of the Pacific Northwest struggled to stay warm Saturday after the worst windstorm in more than a decade knocked out power to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses and killed at least six people.
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Carmakers fight global warming lawsuit
Dec 16 2006 9:59PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
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Showdown looms over domestic spying
Dec 16 2006 9:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal agents continue to eavesdrop on Americans' electronic communications without warrants a year after President Bush confirmed the practice, and experts say a new Congress' efforts to limit the program could trigger a constitutional showdown.
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Man kills 5, then himself in Mo. spree
Dec 16 2006 9:37PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man killed five people, including three of his children, before fatally shooting himself Saturday, and a fourth child has life-threatening wounds, police said.
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Judge: Mustang Ranch brothel keeps name
Dec 16 2006 9:22PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The infamous Mustang Ranch brothel has been cleared to operate under its famous name, 18 months after it reopened for business at a new location.
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BP told to detail pipe replacement plan
Dec 16 2006 9:11PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal regulators have ordered oil giant BP PLC to submit more details about its plans for replacing corroded pipelines at Prudhoe Bay, the nation's largest oil field.
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Coin dealer seeks appeal in Ohio case
Dec 16 2006 8:58PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A politically connected coin dealer is seeking to appeal his conviction of stealing millions from a state investment.
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Police find woman weighing 43 pounds
Dec 16 2006 8:13PM (CT)
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A 22-year-old developmentally disabled woman weighing only 43 pounds was found in a bedroom at her mother's home, and the mother was charged with abusing her, authorities said.
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Strikers picket 150 Goodyear stores
Dec 16 2006 7:22PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Union members battling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took their picket lines to about 150 tire retailers in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, making their case directly to consumers for health care and retirement benefits.
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Strikers picket 150 Goodyear stores
Dec 16 2006 7:22PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Union members battling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took their picket lines to about 150 tire retailers in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, making their case directly to consumers for health care and retirement benefits.
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Strikers picket 150 Goodyear stores
Dec 16 2006 7:22PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Union members battling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took their picket lines to about 150 tire retailers in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, making their case directly to consumers for health care and retirement benefits.
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Strikers picket 150 Goodyear stores
Dec 16 2006 7:22PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Union members battling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took their picket lines to about 150 tire retailers in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, making their case directly to consumers for health care and retirement benefits.
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D.C. archdiocese pays $1.3M to victims
Dec 16 2006 6:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Archdiocese of Washington has agreed to pay $1.3 million to 16 men who said they were sexually abused by eight priests from 1962 to 1982.
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Activists protest NYPD shooting of groom
Dec 16 2006 6:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of protesters counted in unison to 50 to mark the number of shots police fired in the wedding day death of a groom as they marched Saturday along Fifth Avenue on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
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Lethal injection under microscope
Dec 16 2006 5:17PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Death penalty foes have warned for years of the possibility that an inmate being executed by lethal injection could remain conscious, experiencing severe pain as he slowly dies.
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5 killed in W.Va. interstate collision
Dec 16 2006 3:47PM (CT)
SERVIA, W.Va. (AP) - A pickup truck traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway collided head-on with another pickup, killing all five people in both vehicles, authorities said Saturday.
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Man, 85, charged with kidnapping wife
Dec 16 2006 3:45PM (CT)
CENTER LINE, Mich. (AP) - An 85-year-old man is accused of kidnapping his wife from a nursing home and taking her to Florida, where they lived for nearly a year before authorities found them.
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Troops prep for third Iraq tour
Dec 16 2006 3:10PM (CT)
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - With two combat tours under his belt and an unprecedented third fast approaching, Army Sgt. Steve Butcher gets a lot of questions about Iraq from his 6-year-old daughter, Molly.
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3 convicted in Ga. debutante killing
Dec 16 2006 2:27PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Three men were convicted of murder Saturday in the death of a 19-year-old white debutante who was shot on the back during a mugging last Christmas Eve, sparking outrage among civic leaders who know her family.
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State takes control of Boston elections
Dec 16 2006 12:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The state has taken control of the Boston Election Department because the city didn't stock enough ballots at dozens of precincts on Election Day, when some voters had to wait hours in line.
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Judge set to rule on schools takeover
Dec 16 2006 9:44AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawsuit seeking to block a new state law that gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa partial control of the nation's second-largest school district has gone to a judge.
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Germ outbreak reported at L.A. hospital
Dec 16 2006 7:39AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said.
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Powder found at U.N. apparently flour
Dec 16 2006 6:49AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A suspicious package leaking white powder was found near CNN's office at U.N. headquarters Friday, prompting officials to cordon off the area, but preliminary tests showed the substance appeared to be flour, U.N. officials said.
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$60M clergy abuse settlement approved
Dec 16 2006 3:43AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attorneys representing 45 people who sued the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, accusing clergy members of sex abuse, signed off Friday on a $60 million settlement, according to the lead plaintiffs' lawyer.
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Verdict raises hope for drownings appeal
Dec 16 2006 3:41AM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - Their stories were nearly identical. Amanda Hamm and then-boyfriend Maurice LaGrone Jr. insisted they tried to save her three young children, who were trapped in Hamm's car as it sank in Clinton Lake. Authorities didn't believe them, saying the couple planned the deaths of Christopher Hamm, 6, Austin Brown, 3, and Kyleigh Hamm, 1. Both were charged with first-degree murder. But three years later, LaGrone and Hamm are facing very different futures.
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Nevada man arrested for courtroom fight
Dec 16 2006 2:20AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada man whose son used an unsecured shotgun to commit suicide in 2005 was wrestled to a courtroom floor and arrested after throwing punches at uniformed court officers during a videotaped divorce proceeding.
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N.M. gov optimistic about N. Korea talks
Dec 16 2006 1:38AM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - North Korean officials said "everything's on the table" as the reclusive communist country heads back to six-nation talks about its nuclear program, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday after meeting with the two diplomats.
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Lawyers: Padilla unable to help defense
Dec 16 2006 12:33AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Jose Padilla's lawyers say the accused al-Qaida operative has mental problems stemming from his treatment during 3 1/2 years in solitary confinement and have asked a federal judge to decide whether he is competent to stand trial.
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Ky. plane crash survivor leaves hospital
Dec 16 2006 12:20AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The co-pilot of a jet that crashed in August, killing everyone else on board, was released from a rehabilitation hospital Friday.
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Fire on plane forces landing in Colorado
Dec 16 2006 12:17AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A personal air filter sparked a fire Friday on a Continental Airlines jet with 160 people on board, forcing an emergency landing.
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Teen pleads no contest in school plot
Dec 16 2006 12:08AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - An 18-year-old man suspected of plotting a killing spree at a high school pleaded no contest to charges that will result in a five-year state prison sentence.
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