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Regional jet makes emergency landing
Dec 25 2006 11:50PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Smoke filled the cabin of a regional jet Monday night, forcing an emergency landing 30 minutes after takeoff from Nashville International Airport, airport officials said.
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New York church robbed of $20,000
Dec 25 2006 11:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two grinches spoiled Christmas Day for a church, robbing the safe of more than $20,000 in donations for needy children, police said.
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Couple feared drowned in Ohio river
Dec 25 2006 10:12PM (CT)
ENGLEWOOD, Ohio (AP) - A couple were feared to have drowned on Christmas Day when a woman tried to get her dog out of a swift moving river and then her husband jumped in after his wife, authorities said.
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'Godfather of Soul' James Brown dies
Dec 25 2006 9:46PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - James Brown, the undeniable "Godfather of Soul," told friends from his hospital bed that he was looking forward to performing on New Year's Eve, even though he was ill with pneumonia. His heart gave out a few hours later, on Christmas morning.
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Violent storms hit Florida on Christmas
Dec 25 2006 9:43PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Powerful storms damaged at least three dozen homes as heavy rain and strong wind swept across the Southeast on Monday.
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Airports, mail carriers busy after storm
Dec 25 2006 9:22PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The city's airport hummed with activity on Christmas Day as airlines struggled back from a paralyzing blizzard, and mail carriers stayed on the job delivering thousands of storm-delayed packages.
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Police ID girl found dead years ago
Dec 25 2006 9:21PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From the moment the girl's body was found stuffed in a duffel bag nearly four years ago, her image haunted detective Scott Dudek _ her feminine pajama pants, the single ankle sock decorated with snowflakes, the butterfly clip in her hair.
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Despite laws, gay wedding industry booms
Dec 25 2006 8:13PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - He's no celebrity, but when Phillip McKee III tied the knot in September, he did it with all the pomp and circumstance of an A-lister: Custom-designed gold rings, a $2,000 kilt and a caviar-and-crepe reception at a posh hotel.
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Texas toddler stabbed in troubled home
Dec 25 2006 6:21PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Caseworkers had investigated a family home eight times before a toddler was stabbed to death, allegedly by a 9-year-old boy, but conditions were never bad enough to warrant state intervention, officials say.
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No fed oversight on some air charters
Dec 25 2006 4:47PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight.
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Pioneering surgeon becomes patient
Dec 25 2006 4:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Michael DeBakey says he was reluctant to undergo the very heart operation he pioneered because, at his age, he feared it might leave him mentally or physically crippled, if he survived it.
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Industry: Build reactors to survive hit
Dec 25 2006 4:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nuclear power industry wants the government to require companies to design new nuclear reactors that would better withstand large fires and explosions, such as those that could be caused by a terrorist attack using hijacked aircraft.
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Former N.Y. printers' union chief dies
Dec 25 2006 3:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Bertram A. Powers, the former head of New York's newspaper printers' union who led a 16-week strike in the 1960s that paralyzed the city's dailies, has died. He was 84.
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Odd note delays Maine ex-gov's flight
Dec 25 2006 12:15PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A New York-to-Portland flight carrying former Maine Gov. Angus King was delayed for more than two hours on Christmas Eve after a passenger passed along a note about blood and death.
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2 in custody after deadly mall shooting
Dec 25 2006 7:26AM (CT)
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two men were in custody Monday after a shooting at a crowded mall that left one man dead and sent hundreds of Christmas shoppers running for cover, police said.
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Schwarzenegger breaks leg in ski mishap
Dec 25 2006 6:53AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was recuperating in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Sunday, a day after he broke his leg while skiing there.
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Assistant principal kills 2, himself
Dec 25 2006 6:50AM (CT)
BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A school administrator shot to death his ex-wife's boyfriend and another man, and wounded a third person before turning the gun on himself, police said Sunday.
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Flights back to full schedule in Denver
Dec 25 2006 4:22AM (CT)
' DENVER (AP) - After missing a flight two days earlier because she spent three hours in the airport's security checkpoint line, Leigh Bingham was thrilled to make it to the gate on Christmas Eve with plenty of time to spare.
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Flights back to full schedule in Denver
Dec 25 2006 4:22AM (CT)
' DENVER (AP) - After missing a flight two days earlier because she spent three hours in the airport's security checkpoint line, Leigh Bingham was thrilled to make it to the gate on Christmas Eve with plenty of time to spare.
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Old friends exchange old Christmas card
Dec 25 2006 4:15AM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A Christmas card that bore a three-cent stamp on its first trip through the mail is still going strong, thanks to a little tape and a lasting friendship.
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A rush to save Waikiki, a vanishing icon
Dec 25 2006 3:31AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Along the sandy sliver that is Hawaii's world-famous Waikiki Beach, waves sometimes reach all the way across the beach to touch solid land.
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