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Pickup hits minivan in NJ, killing 4
Dec 28 2007 11:43PM (CT)
EWING, N.J. (AP) - A pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 95 collided with a minivan Friday night, killing four people and injuring four others, New Jersey State Police said.
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Winter storm disrupts holiday travel
Dec 28 2007 11:41PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A winter storm hit the Great Lakes on Friday, blanketing the region with several inches of snow and disrupting holiday travel.
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Police: Missing Illinois woman fine
Dec 28 2007 11:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A married woman from Illinois whose disappearance on Christmas Eve prompted a costly search returned to the area Friday evening and spoke with investigators, authorities said.
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2 charged in Wash. holiday killings
Dec 28 2007 10:20PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - After slaughtering their parents, Joseph McEnroe apologized to his girlfriend's young niece and nephew before shooting both in the head to end a Christmas Eve massacre, prosecutors alleged Friday.
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2 charged in Wash. holiday killings
Dec 28 2007 10:20PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - After slaughtering their parents, Joseph McEnroe apologized to his girlfriend's young niece and nephew before shooting both in the head to end a Christmas Eve massacre, prosecutors alleged Friday.
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2 charged in Wash. holiday killings
Dec 28 2007 10:20PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - After slaughtering their parents, Joseph McEnroe apologized to his girlfriend's young niece and nephew before shooting both in the head to end a Christmas Eve massacre, prosecutors alleged Friday.
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Historic low in NYC, Chicago homicides
Dec 28 2007 10:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Chicago and New York are about to close out 2007 with the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years, while cities such as Baltimore, Atlanta and Miami have seen killings go up because of what police say is a surge in guns and gang violence.
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Suspected drug cartel member arrested
Dec 28 2007 9:48PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An alleged member of the Colombian Medellin-based drug cartel who coordinated the kidnapping of an undercover federal agent in 2005 has been arrested, federal authorities said Friday.
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$156M terrorism damage award thrown out
Dec 28 2007 9:47PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal appeals court overturned a $156 million award Friday against U.S.-based Muslim activists for their involvement in the terrorist death of an American teenager in the West Bank more than a decade ago.
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Tiger attack at SF Zoo latest blow
Dec 28 2007 8:50PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo could prove to be a costly blow to an institution that has come under fire repeatedly in just the past few years over the deaths of two elephants and the mauling of a zookeeper.
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Election computers stolen in Tenn.
Dec 28 2007 8:48PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thieves stole laptop computers containing the names and Social Security numbers of every registered voter in the city from election commission offices over the Christmas holiday, authorities said Friday.
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Oregon domestic partnership law halted
Dec 28 2007 8:17PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday placed on hold a state domestic partnership law that was set to take effect Jan. 1, pending a February hearing.
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Pickering doesn't want Lott seat
Dec 28 2007 7:52PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Chip Pickering said Friday he won't seek the Senate seat vacated by Trent Lott, the Republican power broker who resigned earlier this month after spending more than three decades in Washington.
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Parents sue Rider after son's death
Dec 28 2007 7:33PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The parents of a Rider University student who died after a suspected hazing incident last spring sued the school Friday, claiming it didn't adequately supervise the fraternity house where excessive drinking occurred.
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NYPD officer charged with rape
Dec 28 2007 7:01PM (CT)
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (AP) - A New York City police officer has been charged with raping a teen student at his martial arts school and led her to believe it was part of the program, police said Friday.
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Pop-culture moments of 2007
Dec 28 2007 6:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - So what really happened in that diner? You know, after the cut-to-black, after the juke box stopped playing "Don't Stop Believin'" and the onion rings were gone? Did Tony Soprano die, or did he live, perhaps not to return to criminal ways but to reinvent himself as an insurance salesman?
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Yeltsin, Bhutto among notable '07 deaths
Dec 28 2007 6:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson outlived her husband, Lyndon, by more than 35 years, expanding on her White House efforts to carve her own legacy as an environmentalist.
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2 die in Mass. from tainted milk
Dec 28 2007 6:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The pasteurization process at a central Massachusetts dairy connected to a deadly outbreak of a bacterial illness appears to be working properly, a state health official said Friday.
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Jena school arson unrelated to race
Dec 28 2007 5:59PM (CT)
JENA, La. (AP) - The 2006 fire that badly damaged the high school in this east-central Louisiana town had nothing to do with the racial tension that led to a civil rights demonstration, a law enforcement official said Friday.
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Train cars derail in western Pa.
Dec 28 2007 5:47PM (CT)
NEW FLORENCE, Pa. (AP) - Nine tanker cars, eight carrying ethanol and one loaded with liquid propane, derailed Friday in western Pennsylvania, causing at least two cars to catch fire, officials said.
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Classmates recall Bhutto's intensity
Dec 28 2007 5:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Even at age 16, Benazir Bhutto was unafraid to express herself, a lesson one college classmate learned when she invited Bhutto home for Thanksgiving during their freshman year.
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NY group invites public to shred regrets
Dec 28 2007 5:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Think of your most troubling souvenirs of 2007: a photo of an ex-boyfriend, a bad medical report, stacks of unpaid bills.
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NY group invites public to shred regrets
Dec 28 2007 5:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Think of your most troubling souvenirs of 2007: a photo of an ex-boyfriend, a bad medical report, stacks of unpaid bills.
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Vermont town seeks Bush, Cheney arrests
Dec 28 2007 4:54PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes.
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Virginia Tech massacre voted top story
Dec 28 2007 4:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech by a mentally disturbed student gunman was chosen the top story of 2007 by U.S. editors and news directors in The Associated Press' annual vote.
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Judge: Jewish man's estate owns artwork
Dec 28 2007 2:38PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A painting held by a German baroness rightfully belongs to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who was forced by Nazi authorities to auction it off, a federal judge ruled.
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Judge: Jewish man's estate owns artwork
Dec 28 2007 2:38PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A painting held by a German baroness rightfully belongs to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who was forced by Nazi authorities to auction it off, a federal judge ruled.
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Lower East Side matzo factory for sale
Dec 28 2007 2:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Long after most of its customers left the neighborhood to pursue the American Dream, the last matzo factory on the Lower East Side is moving out, saying goodbye to a part of town that was once home to hundreds of thousands of immigrant Jews.
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Fisk U. struggles to sell art
Dec 28 2007 2:18PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Fisk University, a historically black school on the brink financially, is sitting on a lottery ticket it can't cash: a remarkable collection of 19th- and 20th-century art donated by the painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Mothers sacrifice to help wounded GIs
Dec 28 2007 2:10PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Rose Lage swears it is true: Suddenly, in the midst of a fitful night of sleep last June, she knew that her son had been injured in Iraq.
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Fla. senator's theft conviction tossed
Dec 28 2007 12:44PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A state appeals court overturned a theft conviction against state Sen. Gary Siplin on Friday, saying a jury wrongly convicted him of having an employee do campaign work on state time.
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Boy says TV helped him survive avalanche
Dec 28 2007 12:13PM (CT)
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - An 11-year-old boy said a TV show about surviving an avalanche helped him when he was buried by one at a ski resort.
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Family of man wrongly declared dead sues
Dec 28 2007 11:52AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The family of a man who was hit by a car and mistakenly declared dead has sued over the mistake, claiming it led to injuries from which he might not recover.
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Affidavit details `Baby Grace' beating
Dec 28 2007 7:59AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A 2-year-old girl whose body was found in Galveston Bay was beaten by her mother and stepfather with leather belts, held under water, and grabbed by her hair and flung her across a room onto a tile floor, according to a search warrant affidavit.
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More baby boomers head to Mountain West
Dec 28 2007 5:17AM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.
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More baby boomers head to Mountain West
Dec 28 2007 5:17AM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.
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More baby boomers head to Mountain West
Dec 28 2007 5:17AM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.
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More baby boomers head to Mountain West
Dec 28 2007 5:17AM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.
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More baby boomers head to Mountain West
Dec 28 2007 5:17AM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - John Kerr wasn't dreaming of palm trees and balmy winters when he retired from WGBH, the Boston public TV station known for producing such hits as "Antiques Roadshow." His thoughts had gone West.
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Man convicted in parents' death set free
Dec 28 2007 4:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Tankleff walked out of court a free man for the first time in the 17 years since he was convicted of murdering his parents. But his next step was less clear.
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Man convicted in parents' death set free
Dec 28 2007 4:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Tankleff walked out of court a free man for the first time in the 17 years since he was convicted of murdering his parents. But his next step was less clear.
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Man convicted in parents' death set free
Dec 28 2007 4:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Martin Tankleff walked out of court a free man for the first time in the 17 years since he was convicted of murdering his parents. But his next step was less clear.
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Raw milk fans oppose new Calif. rules
Dec 28 2007 4:16AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Many raw milk consumers are opposing new dairy standards set to take effect next week in California, saying they could outlaw some of their preferred products.
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Power mostly restored in S. California
Dec 28 2007 2:57AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Power has been restored to all but several hundred Southern California residents who lost electricity when strong winds knocked down power lines and blew blinding dust across desert roadways.
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