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NYC disc jockey shot 13 times dies
Dec 23 2006 11:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A popular hip-hop disc jockey died Saturday after being shot at least 13 times earlier this month, police said.
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Small earthquake rattles S.F. Bay Area
Dec 23 2006 11:56PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A third small earthquake in four days rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.
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Schwarzenegger breaks leg while skiing
Dec 23 2006 11:39PM (CT)
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg while skiing with his family Saturday morning, a spokesman said.
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General Assembly OKs U.N. renovation
Dec 23 2006 11:23PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The General Assembly finally gave a green light to start a $1.9 billion renovation of the U.N.'s landmark headquarters in New York after years of delays, a move welcomed Saturday by outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Storm cuts power to thousands in Wis.
Dec 23 2006 11:06PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A winter storm dumped 7 inches of wet, heavy snow on central Wisconsin, leaving thousands of people without electricity and disrupting holiday preparations.
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Big Dig I-90 westbound tunnel reopens
Dec 23 2006 10:58PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Big Dig's Interstate 90 westbound tunnel reopened late Saturday after federal inspectors approved repairs made in the wake of motorist's death, a state official said.
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Tumbleweeds, not snow, invade Colo. town
Dec 23 2006 10:52PM (CT)
PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (AP) - The blizzard that dumped up to 4 feet of snow in Colorado's mountains brought a different force of nature to this Front Range town: tumbleweeds that piled up to 20 feet high.
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San Francisco Zoo probes tiger attack
Dec 23 2006 10:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Zoo has closed its Lion House, an exhibit where the public can watch the big cats eat a meal, while officials investigate the mauling of a keeper by a Siberian tiger.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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Former Vermont Sen. Stafford dies at 93
Dec 23 2006 10:41PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Former Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Saturday. He was 93.
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2 families killed in small plane crashes
Dec 23 2006 10:26PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Small planes crashed in Tennessee and South Carolina, killing two families _ eight people in all, authorities said.
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Phoenix slayings informant speaks out
Dec 23 2006 9:28PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - As the city shuttered itself in fear of serial killers this summer, Ron Horton found himself having an odd conversation with an old drinking buddy.
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LA mayor appeals block of school law
Dec 23 2006 7:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa filed an appeal in his court battle to take control of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Fla. lawmaker acknowledges Castro remark
Dec 23 2006 7:04PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Florida congresswoman acknowledged Saturday calling for Fidel Castro's assassination after earlier claiming a video clip of her making the comments was fake.
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Denver airport operating near capacity
Dec 23 2006 6:24PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Denver's airport was operating at close to capacity Saturday after being snowed in for two days, but for many travelers jammed in its terminals it was not expected to be enough to rescue their hopes of joining their families for Christmas.
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RV 'village' stands out in tony Austin
Dec 23 2006 6:07PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Tucked amid $600,000 condominiums in this tony neighborhood is a motor-home community of self-described "bourgeoisie bohemians" so popular there is a waiting list of people ready snap up any site that comes open.
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Haditha Marine home for Pa. Christmas
Dec 23 2006 6:02PM (CT)
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) - Theresa and Darryl Sharratt spent the past two Christmases worrying their son, Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, might not come home from Iraq alive.
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Man burns self in religious protest
Dec 23 2006 5:49PM (CT)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A man doused himself with flammable liquid and set himself afire, apparently to protest a school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation.
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SEC requests Digital River's documents
Dec 23 2006 5:11PM (CT)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Internet marketer Digital River Inc. for documents about the stock options it gave its executives over the past eight years, the company said.
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Matzo Ball parties set for 6 U.S. cities
Dec 23 2006 4:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - With no tradition of leaving cookies for Santa, no church to attend and no expectation of presents in the morning, Christmas Eve used to hold little to look forward to for non-Christians _ until the Matzo Ball and other night-before-Christmas parties.
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Matzo Ball parties set for 6 U.S. cities
Dec 23 2006 4:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - With no tradition of leaving cookies for Santa, no church to attend and no expectation of presents in the morning, Christmas Eve used to hold little to look forward to for non-Christians _ until the Matzo Ball and other night-before-Christmas parties.
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Rape allegations preceded slayings
Dec 23 2006 4:32PM (CT)
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - The man suspected of being a serial killer had been accused of rape on two occasions before the killing of his alleged first victim, but he never stood trial, newspapers reported Saturday.
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Lawyers: Dropped counts doom Duke case
Dec 23 2006 4:27PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A prosecutor's decision to drop rape charges but keep other counts against three Duke University lacrosse players has left many legal experts _ including some who had supported him _ wondering what case he could have left.
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U.N. condemns attacks on journalists
Dec 23 2006 3:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council on Saturday condemned attacks on journalists during armed conflicts and urged combatants to stop singling out members of the media and respect their professional independence.
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Mystery remains in JonBenet murder case
Dec 23 2006 2:33PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A decade after the Christmastime slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, two aspects of the case endure: the public's fascination with the murder of the 6-year-old beauty contestant, and a sense for some that the notorious crime may never be solved.
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Judge: School can't oust kids over film
Dec 23 2006 2:16PM (CT)
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Making a movie in which evil teddy bears attack a teacher got two budding filmmakers expelled from their high school, but a federal judge says it was the school that was wrong.
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Former Miss Nevada apologizes for photos
Dec 23 2006 2:07PM (CT)
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - The former Miss Nevada USA, dethroned over raunchy photos posted online, apologized Saturday as her attorney pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance.
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Immigrants forced from San Diego canyons
Dec 23 2006 12:45PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - For 20 years, many of the illegal immigrants drawn by jobs in tomato fields have worshipped at an outdoor church, a concrete altar in a canyon where they slept under the shelter of plywood and plastic tarps and bathed in a stream.
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Overtime gives prison guards fat salary
Dec 23 2006 11:48AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - About 6,000 California corrections officers earned more than $100,000 in the last fiscal year thanks to overtime work in the strained prison system, and one brought in more than a quarter of a million.
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Man sets self aflame in Calif. protest
Dec 23 2006 10:48AM (CT)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a San Joaquin Valley school district's decision to change the names of winter and spring breaks to Christmas and Easter vacation.
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Yale makes big changes to MBA program
Dec 23 2006 8:04AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - For one group of graduate business students at Yale, next month's lessons will take place on pineapple, banana and coffee plantations in Costa Rica.
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Report: NYC rail tunnels vulnerable
Dec 23 2006 6:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The forecast is ominous: A small explosive sneaked onto a commuter train punches a 50-square-foot hole in a tunnel under the Hudson River. More than a million gallons of water a minute surges in. Flooding engulfs parts of the system within hours.
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Drunken-driving death rates decline
Dec 23 2006 6:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drunken-driving deaths declined slightly across the nation in 2005, and the rate of drunken-driving deaths fell in 23 states last year, transportation officials said Friday.
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Yosemite's holiday feast marks 80 years
Dec 23 2006 5:57AM (CT)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - The winter that Ansel Adams shot one of his most renowned images of Half Dome, Yosemite's iconic granite crest, he nearly gave up photography to become a classical musician.
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8 Marines charged with Iraq murders
Dec 23 2006 5:47AM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - With eight Marines charged in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians, the Marine Corps sent a clear message to its officers: They will be held accountable for the actions of their subordinates.
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Internet allows Iranian Jews to mourn
Dec 23 2006 5:02AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As a young woman in Tehran during the 1970s, Susan Manavi never visited a cemetery, even after her grandparents were laid to rest a couple of years before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Parents convicted in caged children case
Dec 23 2006 2:39AM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A couple accused of forcing some of their 11 adopted special-needs children to sleep in wood and wire cages were convicted Friday of endangerment and abuse.
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Judge drops charges against abortion doc
Dec 23 2006 2:24AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' attorney general, a vocal abortion opponent, charged a well-known abortion provider with illegally performing late-term abortions, but a Sedgwick County judge on Friday threw out the charges after less than a day.
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Iraqis sue over oil-for-food program
Dec 23 2006 1:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraqi citizens filed a $200 million lawsuit Friday against a prominent European bank and an Australian wheat exporter, saying they were cheated out of humanitarian goods when the companies permitted the U.N. oil-for-food program to be corrupted.
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Lawyer: La. parents to accept plea deal
Dec 23 2006 1:21AM (CT)
BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - A couple jailed after four of their baby's toes were gnawed off by a family pet will plead guilty to improper child supervision, the couple's attorney said Friday.
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U.N. workers face post-employment limits
Dec 23 2006 1:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations adopted new regulations aimed at restricting the future employment of U.N. staff who handle contracts for goods and services following fraud allegations.
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