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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Hundreds of drivers rescued in blizzard
Dec 30 2006 11:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
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Schwarzenegger released after surgery
Dec 30 2006 10:42PM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was released from a hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken leg suffered while skiing.
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Cheney hails Ford's pardon of Nixon
Dec 30 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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Cheney hails Ford's pardon of Nixon
Dec 30 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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Cheney hails Ford's pardon of Nixon
Dec 30 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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Cheney hails Ford's pardon of Nixon
Dec 30 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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Cheney hails Ford's pardon of Nixon
Dec 30 2006 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.
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Ohio priest accused of abuse reinstated
Dec 30 2006 9:13PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Vatican has reinstated a priest suspended in 2002 over allegations of sexual misconduct and will allow him to return to active ministry after undergoing counseling, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati said.
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Ex-congressman collapses at Ford funeral
Dec 30 2006 9:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.
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Airless tire being developed for Humvees
Dec 30 2006 8:09PM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - A team of mechanical engineers funded by the Pentagon has an idea for saving the lives of troops in Iraq: An airless tire that won't go flat if shot or hit by shrapnel from a roadside bomb.
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CNN wrongful death suit in U.S. court
Dec 30 2006 7:26PM (CT)
TAVARES, Fla. (AP) - A wrongful death lawsuit claiming that CNN's Nancy Grace pushed the mother of a missing toddler to suicide through aggressive questioning on her show has been moved to federal court.
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AP poll: Americans optimistic for 2007
Dec 30 2006 7:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The news from Iraq and other national headlines may be grim, but in Greenville, N.C., John Given has a new baby and his first home, and life is good.
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Duke D.A.'s trial may be months away
Dec 30 2006 6:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - By the time the prosecutor in the Duke University lacrosse case is tried on ethics charges, the sexual assault indictment he sought against three players may have been long since dismissed.
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Ford library expects more visitors
Dec 30 2006 4:29PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - President Gerald Ford's death is expected to spark renewed interest in his life and draw more visitors to his presidential library and museum in Michigan.
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Ford library expects more visitors
Dec 30 2006 4:29PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - President Gerald Ford's death is expected to spark renewed interest in his life and draw more visitors to his presidential library and museum in Michigan.
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Man races pigs near planned mosque site
Dec 30 2006 2:59PM (CT)
KATY, Texas (AP) - A man unhappy with an Islamic association's plans to build a mosque next to his property has staged pig races as a protest during afternoon prayers.
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Sago survivor McCloy protects privacy
Dec 30 2006 2:28PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - He was brought out of the darkness of the Sago Mine in the middle of the night, comatose and battered _ and straight into the unyielding glare of unwanted fame.
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Army bucks up trainees over holidays
Dec 30 2006 2:15PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Pvt. Jasiri Kirkland gave up his holiday leave in exchange for a month to spend later this winter with his 18-month-old son, a swap shared by only a fraction of his fellow soldiers in training.
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Woods reveals his wife is pregnant
Dec 30 2006 1:16PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Tiger Woods celebrated his 31st birthday Saturday by sharing some of his biggest news of the year _ his wife is expecting their first child this summer.
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Border crackdown fuels smugglers' boom
Dec 30 2006 12:29PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Toughened U.S. border enforcement has prompted substantially more illegal immigrants to hire smugglers to help them cross over from Mexico _ and competition among sophisticated criminal networks for customers has spawned violence and sometimes death.
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Military families weigh Saddam execution
Dec 30 2006 9:19AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Stephanie Dostie says she thinks it's ironic that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed on the one-year anniversary of her husband's death. "I think it was a very generous death for him," said Dostie, whose husband, Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Christopher Dostie, was killed in Iraq in a blast from an improvised explosive device on Dec. 30, 2005. "He got his last prayer. He got his last meal."
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Missing N.C. twins found in Canada
Dec 30 2006 7:42AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A biological mother accused of kidnapping her 17-month-old twins from their adoptive parents in North Carolina has been arrested in Canada, and authorities say the children are safe.
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Lights highlight famous New York tower
Dec 30 2006 4:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Louis Esposito and his fellow electricians were taking down the mother of all Christmas trees _ or lighting one giant Hanukkah candle, depending on how they looked at it.
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Iraqi-Americans cheer Saddam's death
Dec 30 2006 4:36AM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - With tears in his eyes and a grin on his face, 13-year-old Ali Al-Najjar watched his father celebrate the death of Saddam Hussein.
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Historians debate Ford's legacy
Dec 30 2006 4:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Over the last decade of his life, Gerald Ford enjoyed a steady rise in reputation. His pardon of Richard Nixon was increasingly praised as an act of political courage and his moderation was seen as refreshing during a time of red state-blue state division.
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Farewell tour to James Brown ends
Dec 30 2006 4:32AM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - James Brown's farewell tour was headed to an anticipated packed house in the arena that bears his name, a day after he was mourned by his family and closest friends in a private ceremony.
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Extension cord likely sparked Pa. blaze
Dec 30 2006 2:26AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An extension cord overloaded with Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people and injuring several others, officials said. The holiday decorations had been plugged into a power strip joined to an extension cord, said Allentown Fire Capt. Robert Scheirer.
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Extension cord likely sparked Pa. blaze
Dec 30 2006 2:26AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An extension cord overloaded with Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people and injuring several others, officials said. The holiday decorations had been plugged into a power strip joined to an extension cord, said Allentown Fire Capt. Robert Scheirer.
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Extension cord likely sparked Pa. blaze
Dec 30 2006 2:26AM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An extension cord overloaded with Christmas decorations may have sparked a fire that swept through four downtown row houses Friday, killing five people and injuring several others, officials said. The holiday decorations had been plugged into a power strip joined to an extension cord, said Allentown Fire Capt. Robert Scheirer.
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Search for human remains expands at WTC
Dec 30 2006 2:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The search for human remains at the World Trade Center site will be expanded, a city official said Friday, hours before searchers found what may be more bone fragments at the site.
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Wis. mails forms with Soc. Sec. numbers
Dec 30 2006 1:41AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin's revenue agency said Friday that it sent as many as 170,000 forms to taxpayers with mailing labels mistakenly printed with their Social Security numbers.
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Judges uphold law on inmate religion
Dec 30 2006 1:10AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of incarcerated people.
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Judges uphold law on inmate religion
Dec 30 2006 12:57AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In a ruling favorable to an inmate who sued after a Virginia prison denied his request for kosher meals, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a federal law that protects the religious rights of incarcerated people.
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