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LA hospital reopens neonatal unit
Dec 19 2006 11:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A hospital where the deaths of two premature babies may be linked to a bacterial outbreak reopened its neonatal intensive care unit Tuesday night after two weeks of not accepting new patients.
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Climbers may struggle with hypothermia
Dec 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It starts with mumbling and stumbling. Then come violent shivers and then, paradoxically, a false sense of warmth that makes some people strip their clothes off. Eventually, they may curl into a fetal position as their muscles go rigid, their skin goes waxy, and the heart slows down, then stops. Whether two climbers missing on Mount Hood for more than a week are still alive is not clear.
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Climbers may struggle with hypothermia
Dec 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It starts with mumbling and stumbling. Then come violent shivers and then, paradoxically, a false sense of warmth that makes some people strip their clothes off. Eventually, they may curl into a fetal position as their muscles go rigid, their skin goes waxy, and the heart slows down, then stops. Whether two climbers missing on Mount Hood for more than a week are still alive is not clear.
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Climbers may struggle with hypothermia
Dec 19 2006 11:17PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It starts with mumbling and stumbling. Then come violent shivers and then, paradoxically, a false sense of warmth that makes some people strip their clothes off. Eventually, they may curl into a fetal position as their muscles go rigid, their skin goes waxy, and the heart slows down, then stops. Whether two climbers missing on Mount Hood for more than a week are still alive is not clear.
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Ohio woman described foster son's death
Dec 19 2006 11:16PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A woman charged with murdering her foster son acknowledged to a grand jury that he died after being left in a closet for two days as her family attended a reunion, according to transcripts of her testimony.
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Most Americans have had premarital sex
Dec 19 2006 11:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past.
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Copy of poem sold; 'twas worth $280K
Dec 19 2006 10:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A businessman paid $280,000 for an original 1860 handwritten copy of the classic poem that begins "'Twas the night before Christmas" and read it to friends at a party, an auction gallery said Tuesday.
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Accused drug kingpin faces new charges
Dec 19 2006 10:33PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The suspected kingpin of one of Mexico's oldest and most notorious drug cartels ordered the murder of Tijuana's deputy police chief and the beheadings of three police officers, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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St. Helens plume seen in Portland
Dec 19 2006 10:27PM (CT)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Like a giant smokestack, percolating Mount St. Helens let loose a billowing steam plume easily seen Tuesday in downtown Portland, Ore., about 50 miles away.
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Lawsuit seeks to sheild Alaska sea otter
Dec 19 2006 10:22PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A conservation group, alarmed at a decrease in the number of sea otters in southwest Alaska, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday to try to compel the government to designate critical habitat to help the endangered species recover.
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SoCal braces for another cold night
Dec 19 2006 10:10PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Near-record lows were expected overnight in Southern California, where homeless shelters opened lounges to handle anticipated overflow after temperatures plunged to record levels the night before.
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Ex-schools official charged in holdup
Dec 19 2006 9:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former school board president and youth sports official who was about to lose his house was charged with robbing a bank at gunpoint.
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Flight canceled after security breach
Dec 19 2006 9:37PM (CT)
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A Cincinnati-bound flight was canceled Tuesday after a cleaning crew discovered a man sitting on a Boeing 737 after he scaled a security fence and climbed on board, authorities said.
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Lawyer: Marine leader to face charges
Dec 19 2006 9:29PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The leader of a squad of Marines expects to be charged in the killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Unions: Swift & Co. hiring more whites
Dec 19 2006 9:16PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Fewer Hispanic immigrants are being hired to replace meatpacking workers arrested at Swift & Co. plants in Grand Island, Neb., and Greeley, Colo., during last week's immigration raid, union officials said Tuesday.
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New Orleans still awaiting hurricane aid
Dec 19 2006 9:01PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana has distributed less than $2 billion in federal aid to communities hit by Hurricane Katrina, drawing complaints from some New Orleans officials that the state is slowing their recovery.
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Jury weighing Ohio 'caged kids' case
Dec 19 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A jury began considering Tuesday whether the adoptive parents of 11 special-needs children committed a crime by confining some of them in wire and wooden cages at night.
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Jury weighing Ohio 'caged kids' case
Dec 19 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A jury began considering Tuesday whether the adoptive parents of 11 special-needs children committed a crime by confining some of them in wire and wooden cages at night.
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Jury weighing Ohio 'caged kids' case
Dec 19 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A jury began considering Tuesday whether the adoptive parents of 11 special-needs children committed a crime by confining some of them in wire and wooden cages at night.
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Jury weighing Ohio 'caged kids' case
Dec 19 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A jury began considering Tuesday whether the adoptive parents of 11 special-needs children committed a crime by confining some of them in wire and wooden cages at night.
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Jury weighing Ohio 'caged kids' case
Dec 19 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A jury began considering Tuesday whether the adoptive parents of 11 special-needs children committed a crime by confining some of them in wire and wooden cages at night.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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WTC tower steel rises at ground zero
Dec 19 2006 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two 25-ton steel columns _ one bearing signatures of American steelworkers who helped make it _ rose at ground zero Tuesday, a milestone in prolonged efforts to build the skyscraper that will replace the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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3 dead in plane crashed in sewage pond
Dec 19 2006 7:31PM (CT)
GILROY, Calif. (AP) - Three bodies were found Tuesday in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a sewage pond at a wastewater treatment plant.
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Jury gets Mickey Thompson slay case
Dec 19 2006 7:31PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the case against a man accused of orchestrating the killings of racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife nearly 19 years ago.
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Court halts Maryland executions
Dec 19 2006 7:15PM (CT)
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) - An appeals court in Maryland ruled Tuesday that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.
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Discovery crew begins trek home
Dec 19 2006 7:13PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.
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Discovery crew begins trek home
Dec 19 2006 7:13PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.
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Discovery crew begins trek home
Dec 19 2006 7:13PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.
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Discovery crew begins trek home
Dec 19 2006 7:13PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The shuttle Discovery backed away from the international space station and started a two-day journey home after its crew bade farewell to the residents of the orbiting outpost and left behind U.S. astronaut Suni Williams for a six-month stay.
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Ore. archdiocese offers bankruptcy plan
Dec 19 2006 7:08PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that would pay about $75 million to settle nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse.
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Mich. schools can use affirmative action
Dec 19 2006 6:44PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Michigan's top universities can continue using race and gender in their admissions decisions for next year's incoming students, despite a voter-approved ban on affirmative action that was supposed to take effect this weekend.
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Escapee gets life in trooper's death
Dec 19 2006 6:35PM (CT)
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - An escaped convict who admitted killing a New York state trooper and wounding two others during the largest manhunt in state history was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
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Escapee gets life in trooper's death
Dec 19 2006 6:35PM (CT)
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - An escaped convict who admitted killing a New York state trooper and wounding two others during the largest manhunt in state history was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
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N'Orleans St. Charles streetcar is back
Dec 19 2006 6:30PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Streetcars began running on the city's famed St. Charles line Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina knocked them out of service, but they aren't going far.
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N'Orleans St. Charles streetcar is back
Dec 19 2006 6:30PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Streetcars began running on the city's famed St. Charles line Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina knocked them out of service, but they aren't going far.
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N'Orleans St. Charles streetcar is back
Dec 19 2006 6:30PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Streetcars began running on the city's famed St. Charles line Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina knocked them out of service, but they aren't going far.
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N'Orleans St. Charles streetcar is back
Dec 19 2006 6:30PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Streetcars began running on the city's famed St. Charles line Tuesday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina knocked them out of service, but they aren't going far.
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Dog leash on power line kills Ohio teen
Dec 19 2006 5:19PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) - A teenager was electrocuted when he tried to retrieve a dog leash caught on a power line, authorities said Tuesday.
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Mo. coroner: Carbon monoxide poisons 7
Dec 19 2006 5:16PM (CT)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Preliminary autopsy results showed that the seven people found dead inside a duplex apartment over the weekend suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, the coroner said Tuesday.
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Mo. coroner: Carbon monoxide poisons 7
Dec 19 2006 5:16PM (CT)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Preliminary autopsy results showed that the seven people found dead inside a duplex apartment over the weekend suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, the coroner said Tuesday.
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Mo. coroner: Carbon monoxide poisons 7
Dec 19 2006 5:16PM (CT)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Preliminary autopsy results showed that the seven people found dead inside a duplex apartment over the weekend suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, the coroner said Tuesday.
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Elevated train car derails in Chicago
Dec 19 2006 5:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The last two cars of one of the city's elevated transit trains derailed Tuesday, causing minor injuries to some commuters, officials said.
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Elevated train car derails in Chicago
Dec 19 2006 5:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The last two cars of one of the city's elevated transit trains derailed Tuesday, causing minor injuries to some commuters, officials said.
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Elevated train car derails in Chicago
Dec 19 2006 5:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The last two cars of one of the city's elevated transit trains derailed Tuesday, causing minor injuries to some commuters, officials said.
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Elevated train car derails in Chicago
Dec 19 2006 5:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The last two cars of one of the city's elevated transit trains derailed Tuesday, causing minor injuries to some commuters, officials said.
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Electrical short preceded fatal Mo. fire
Dec 19 2006 5:03PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Hours before a deadly fire at a group home, a maintenance man intentionally short-circuited some wiring to cut off power while he worked on the furnace, investigators said in a report issued Tuesday.
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Ga. school district abandons stickers
Dec 19 2006 4:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A suburban school board that put stickers in high school science books saying evolution is "a theory, not a fact" abandoned its legal battle to keep them Tuesday after four years.
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AP newsroom briefly evacuated
Dec 19 2006 4:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - About 150 employees were briefly evacuated from the headquarters newsroom of The Associated Press on Tuesday after a staffer opened an envelope containing an unknown white powder.
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New Year's revelers must stock up early
Dec 19 2006 4:11PM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - With both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve falling on a Sunday this year, revelers in many states will have to stock up a day early if they want to celebrate at home by raising a glass of champagne or some well-aged scotch.
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NYC teen gets probation in baby's death
Dec 19 2006 3:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A teenage mother who spent an evening drinking gin before her 4-month-old daughter accidentally drowned in a bucket of cleaning solution and vomit has been sentenced to five years on probation.
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Pellet guns pose problems for schools
Dec 19 2006 3:06PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Popular new pellet guns that look remarkably like lethal weapons have gotten at least one teenager killed in Florida and caused scares at schools around the country in recent months.
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Court throws out light sentence for mom
Dec 19 2006 2:11PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A federal appeals court threw out the 10-year prison sentence of a woman who rented her 9-year-old daughter to a pedophile more than 200 times, saying the punishment was too lenient.
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Judge denies bail in family killings
Dec 19 2006 2:10PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday refused to grant bail to a man charged with killing his wife and baby, denying a request to let the man return to his parents' home in England while awaiting his trial in the double slaying.
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Guilty pleas in Cuba spying case
Dec 19 2006 12:59PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A psychology professor and his wife pleaded guilty Tuesday to reduced federal charges in a case involving allegations that both had spied for the Cuban government for decades.
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1 dead as small plane crashes in Texas
Dec 19 2006 11:06AM (CT)
AUSTIN (AP) - A small propellor plane crashed near a high school Tuesday, killing one person on the plane and injuring another, emergency medical officials said.
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Another pastor out at New Life Church
Dec 19 2006 10:00AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A pastor who worked with young adults at New Life Church has admitted sexual misconduct and resigned just weeks after former church leader Ted Haggard stepped down over sexual immorality.
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Trump to announce fate of Miss USA
Dec 19 2006 8:56AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Will Miss USA suffer the same fate as many an apprentice _ "You're fired!" from Donald Trump? The Miss Universe Organization, owned by Trump and NBC, scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss Miss USA Tara Conner, who has come under fire amid reports she has visited bars, though she is not yet 21.
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Yoko Ono's driver issued warrant
Dec 19 2006 5:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Immigration officials have issued a warrant to detain Yoko Ono's driver, jailed on $250,000 bail on charges of trying to blackmail her for $2 million, while they decide whether the Turkish native is in this country legally.
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Cartoon pioneer Joe Barbera mourned
Dec 19 2006 4:16AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna were hired within a month of each other in 1937 by the MGM cartoon factory. They soon hit on the idea of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry.
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Cartoon pioneer Joe Barbera mourned
Dec 19 2006 4:16AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna were hired within a month of each other in 1937 by the MGM cartoon factory. They soon hit on the idea of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry.
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Egg-toss prank turns deadly in Ohio
Dec 19 2006 3:53AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - It was the sort of commonplace misbehavior that raises blood pressure across the nation's roads: kids, out after midnight, egging cars along a busy thoroughfare.
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Publisher sues reporter over story
Dec 19 2006 12:05AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The company that publishes the Santa Barbara News-Press has sued a reporter, claiming that a story she wrote in the American Journalism Review defamed the newspaper in a "biased, false and misleading diatribe."
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