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Most travel goes smooth on Christmas eve
Dec 24 2007 11:54PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Many Christmas Eve travelers around the country got what they wished for _ few airport delays and highways that were mostly clear, despite a deadly weekend snowstorm in the Plains and the Midwest.
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Gusty wind causes outages in LA area
Dec 24 2007 11:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Powerful wind gusts knocked down power lines and blew several transformers Monday, causing outages to nearly 10,000 homes and businesses.
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Big Dig victim's family settles for $6M
Dec 24 2007 11:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The family of a woman killed when the ceiling of a Big Dig tunnel collapsed on her car last year has agreed to a $6 million settlement with the company that supplied the epoxy blamed for the accident, attorneys said Monday.
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Roadways improve after deadly storm
Dec 24 2007 11:27PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Sunny conditions on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest.
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Chicago choir conductor found slain
Dec 24 2007 10:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The choir conductor for a well-known church where presidential candidate Barack Obama is a member was found shot to death in his South Side apartment, police said.
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Report: New Orleans pop. nears 300,000
Dec 24 2007 10:20PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans' population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, according to a new report.
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Crack-vs.-powder disparity is questioned
Dec 24 2007 9:39PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - During some of the bloodiest years of the drug wars of the 1980s, crack was seen as far more dangerous than powdered cocaine, and that perception was written into the sentencing laws. But now that notion is under attack like never before.
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Man crashes into Army secretary's home
Dec 24 2007 9:21PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A man crashed his sport utility vehicle into the home of Army Secretary Pete Geren over the weekend and then shot and killed himself a short time later, Fort Worth police said.
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Robbery suspect wounded at Ga. mall
Dec 24 2007 8:02PM (CT)
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - A robbery suspect was shot and wounded by police in the parking lot outside a suburban Atlanta mall on Monday, authorities said.
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Officer accused of stealing $1M in coke
Dec 24 2007 6:37PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A California Highway Patrol officer is accused of breaking into an evidence locker and stealing more than $1 million worth of cocaine, prosecutors said.
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Former Miss. Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy dies
Dec 24 2007 6:16PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy, the only woman elected to three statewide offices in Mississippi, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 87.
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Former Miss. Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy dies
Dec 24 2007 6:16PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy, the only woman elected to three statewide offices in Mississippi, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 87.
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Former Miss. Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy dies
Dec 24 2007 6:16PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy, the only woman elected to three statewide offices in Mississippi, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 87.
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Court: Reporter need not turn over notes
Dec 24 2007 6:03PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An appeals court on Monday struck down a ruling ordering a reporter to give prosecutors unpublished notes from an interview with a man who shot two police officers before killing himself.
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Marine DI punished for brig interview
Dec 24 2007 4:27PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former Marine drill instructor convicted of abusing 23 recruits has been punished for giving a news interview from the brig, his family says.
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Minivan crashes into Chicago TV studio
Dec 24 2007 3:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A minivan crashed into the glass exterior wall of a downtown TV studio, jarring the building and startling the anchorman delivering the 10 p.m. news.
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Body ID'd as missing W.Va. student
Dec 24 2007 3:27PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A body found in the crawl space of an apartment building was identified Monday as that of a missing Marshall University student.
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NY juror felt pressured in shooting case
Dec 24 2007 2:47PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A juror who helped convict a black man of fatally shooting a white teenager said he felt pressured by other jurors and the judge to change his vote to guilty during a marathon deliberating session.
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Police: Former pastor kills man, self
Dec 24 2007 2:16PM (CT)
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) - A former youth pastor shot and killed his estranged wife's boyfriend, then committed suicide, police said.
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Mormon temple lifts spirits in Idaho
Dec 24 2007 1:56PM (CT)
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) - After selling houses in this Mormon college town for two decades, Ted Whyte knows what some of his customers want: a home near the new Mormon temple. If only he could use that in his ads.
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N.D. farmer forecasts via pig spleens
Dec 24 2007 1:51PM (CT)
STEELE, N.D. (AP) - Paul Smokov doesn't need radar or other high-tech equipment to forecast a major snowstorm on the prairie. He consults pig spleens.
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Correction: BC-Immigration-Scottsdale
Dec 24 2007 12:51PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - In a Dec. 23 story about a Scottsdale Police Department immigration policy, The Associated Press reported erroneously that officers have begun to ask for proof of citizenship from every suspect they arrest.
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Sales manager donates kidney to customer
Dec 24 2007 12:36PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - A sales manager at a banquet hall took customer service to great lengths: He donated his kidney to a customer whom he befriended.
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Power outage hits Grand Rapids airport
Dec 24 2007 12:07PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A nearly 14-hour power outage caused some flight delays Monday for holiday travelers at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, which was left without heat in the passenger terminal.
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Loss of sea ice could harm walrus
Dec 24 2007 9:23AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.
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Loss of sea ice could harm walrus
Dec 24 2007 9:23AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.
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Loss of sea ice could harm walrus
Dec 24 2007 9:23AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.
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Building slow to begin on Navajo land
Dec 24 2007 7:30AM (CT)
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) - The pavement stops abruptly here, giving way to a sandy, washboard road that takes residents to a place where tires keep roofs from blowing away and electricity and running water are scarce.
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Building slow to begin on Navajo land
Dec 24 2007 7:30AM (CT)
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) - The pavement stops abruptly here, giving way to a sandy, washboard road that takes residents to a place where tires keep roofs from blowing away and electricity and running water are scarce.
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Platinum coin find way to Salvation Army
Dec 24 2007 6:27AM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A platinum coin estimated to be worth more than $1,000 couldn't fit in a Salvation Army kettle, so the donor handed it over to the bell ringer.
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Cattlemen seek checkoff changes
Dec 24 2007 3:29AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Cattle producers in Nebraska and other states are pushing for the first significant change to the national beef checkoff program since it started more than 20 years ago.
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Recent cave-in sparks mine safety debate
Dec 24 2007 3:20AM (CT)
GALATIA, Ill. (AP) - After 17 years of fixing cars, Greg Rothchild found the money from carving coal out of the earth's innards simply too hard to pass up.
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Receding Ga. lake exposes past
Dec 24 2007 3:00AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The acres of drying mud that span much of what once was Lake Lanier jolt to a stop at a bend, where a concrete foundation appears as a sudden reminder of life before the lake.
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Receding Ga. lake exposes past
Dec 24 2007 3:00AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The acres of drying mud that span much of what once was Lake Lanier jolt to a stop at a bend, where a concrete foundation appears as a sudden reminder of life before the lake.
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Receding Ga. lake exposes past
Dec 24 2007 3:00AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The acres of drying mud that span much of what once was Lake Lanier jolt to a stop at a bend, where a concrete foundation appears as a sudden reminder of life before the lake.
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