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Police: Drunken driver kills 5 in Ohio
Dec 31 2007 11:53PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A drunken driver went about four miles down a highway in the wrong direction before his pickup truck slammed into a minivan, killing a woman and four children and injuring three others, police said Monday.
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Highway reopens; Stranded travelers free
Dec 31 2007 11:50PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Wind-whipped snow and avalanche danger closed the main highway through the Colorado mountains for most of Monday, stranding thousands of travelers as they headed to New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Times Square ball drop frenzy builds
Dec 31 2007 11:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight to take advantage of a new law allowing civil unions. More than a million revelers jammed the area Monday night for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square ball drop despite temperatures in the 30s. Performances by Miley Cyrus, Lenny Kravitz, Kid Rock and others kept the crowds entertained.
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Times Square ball drop frenzy builds
Dec 31 2007 11:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight to take advantage of a new law allowing civil unions. More than a million revelers jammed the area Monday night for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square ball drop despite temperatures in the 30s. Performances by Miley Cyrus, Lenny Kravitz, Kid Rock and others kept the crowds entertained.
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Times Square ball drop frenzy builds
Dec 31 2007 11:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight to take advantage of a new law allowing civil unions. More than a million revelers jammed the area Monday night for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square ball drop despite temperatures in the 30s. Performances by Miley Cyrus, Lenny Kravitz, Kid Rock and others kept the crowds entertained.
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Times Square ball drop frenzy builds
Dec 31 2007 11:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Year's Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight to take advantage of a new law allowing civil unions. More than a million revelers jammed the area Monday night for the 100th anniversary of the Times Square ball drop despite temperatures in the 30s. Performances by Miley Cyrus, Lenny Kravitz, Kid Rock and others kept the crowds entertained.
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NY to probe handling of 1988 murder
Dec 31 2007 11:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - State investigators are probing how police and prosecutors handled the killings of a couple whose son served 17 years in prison for it before an appeals court ordered him freed, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Utah transcripts declared OK for public
Dec 31 2007 11:05PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Transcripts of 1996 meetings involving the governor at the time discussing how to incorporate Mormon principles into policy will remain available to the public because the talks involved state business, an official said Monday.
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Northeast braces for new wave of snow
Dec 31 2007 10:55PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.
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Northeast braces for new wave of snow
Dec 31 2007 10:55PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.
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Northeast braces for new wave of snow
Dec 31 2007 10:55PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.
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Northeast braces for new wave of snow
Dec 31 2007 10:55PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.
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Woman who tried to shoot Ford freed
Dec 31 2007 10:23PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at President Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days after a disciple of Charles Manson tried to kill Ford, was paroled Monday after 32 years behind bars. Moore, 77, was released from the federal prison in Dublin, east of San Francisco, where she had been serving a life sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said.
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Woman who tried to shoot Ford freed
Dec 31 2007 10:23PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at President Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days after a disciple of Charles Manson tried to kill Ford, was paroled Monday after 32 years behind bars. Moore, 77, was released from the federal prison in Dublin, east of San Francisco, where she had been serving a life sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said.
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Tiger attack a draw as S.F. zoo reopens?
Dec 31 2007 9:07PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials preparing to reopen the San Francisco Zoo after a deadly tiger escape are worried visitors won't feel secure, though if past zoo attacks are any indication, curiosity might actually draw people in.
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Tiger attack a draw as S.F. zoo reopens?
Dec 31 2007 9:07PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials preparing to reopen the San Francisco Zoo after a deadly tiger escape are worried visitors won't feel secure, though if past zoo attacks are any indication, curiosity might actually draw people in.
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No charges against woman who disappeared
Dec 31 2007 7:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Criminal charges will not be filed against the married woman whose disappearance caused authorities to mount a costly search using underwater divers and helicopters, authorities said Monday.
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2 Marines ordered to court-martial
Dec 31 2007 6:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marine will be court-martialed on reduced charges in the killings of 24 Iraqi men, women and children in the town of Haditha in 2005, the Marine Corps announced Monday.
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Missouri mandates ethanol in gasoline
Dec 31 2007 5:52PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pushing the button for regular 87-grade octane, Steve Smith said he thought he was filling his SUV with ethanol-free gasoline. "I don't buy super unleaded, knowing that it's ethanol," Smith said, citing concerns about how ethanol could affect his vehicle.
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Missouri mandates ethanol in gasoline
Dec 31 2007 5:52PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pushing the button for regular 87-grade octane, Steve Smith said he thought he was filling his SUV with ethanol-free gasoline. "I don't buy super unleaded, knowing that it's ethanol," Smith said, citing concerns about how ethanol could affect his vehicle.
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Missouri mandates ethanol in gasoline
Dec 31 2007 5:52PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Pushing the button for regular 87-grade octane, Steve Smith said he thought he was filling his SUV with ethanol-free gasoline. "I don't buy super unleaded, knowing that it's ethanol," Smith said, citing concerns about how ethanol could affect his vehicle.
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Rain saves Atlanta from drought record
Dec 31 2007 5:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - This year was almost one for the record books, but then it rained for four days straight. With Thursday through Sunday's rainfall totals, the water level in a key reservoir rose for the first time in months and 2007 barely missed becoming Atlanta's driest year on record. That dubious honor stayed with 1954, when only 31.80 inches of rain fell.
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Electronic voting is questioned
Dec 31 2007 4:18PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - With the presidential race in full swing, Colorado and other states have found critical flaws in the accuracy and security of their electronic voting machines, forcing officials to scramble to return to the paper ballots they abandoned after the Florida debacle of 2000.
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GIs and their families get help at home
Dec 31 2007 3:13PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq.
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GIs and their families get help at home
Dec 31 2007 3:13PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq.
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GIs and their families get help at home
Dec 31 2007 3:13PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq.
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Famed medical examiner retires
Dec 31 2007 3:08PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The party was held down the hall from the morgue. The color scheme was purple, to denote mourning. The chitchat over hors d'oeuvres was about really interesting autopsies. And the guests included crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, who was the life of the party, even if the business that brought everyone together was death.
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`Surge' makes the banned-words list
Dec 31 2007 2:56PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Resist the urge to say you will "wordsmith" your list of New Year's resolutions rather than write one. And don't utter, "It is what it is" when you fail to meet your first goal.
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Miss. congressman replacing Sen. Lott
Dec 31 2007 12:53PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss, (AP) - Gov. Haley Barbour on Monday announced his choice for Trent Lott's replacement in the Senate: Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative congressman.
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New year brings new unions in NH
Dec 31 2007 12:32PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire is becoming the fourth state to legalize civil unions and about 20 couples decided to be the first to take advantage of the new law with a late-night ceremony on the Statehouse steps.
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Police kill suspect in restaurant death
Dec 31 2007 11:19AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man suspected of killing a customer and wounding a manager at a Hooters restaurant was shot and killed by police a day later, authorities said Monday.
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Robert Frost home vandalized in Vermont
Dec 31 2007 8:32AM (CT)
RIPTON, Vt. (AP) - A former home of poet Robert Frost has been vandalized, with intruders destroying dozens of items and setting fire to furniture in what police say was an underage drinking party.
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Women playing greater role in farming
Dec 31 2007 5:45AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Diane Grezenski grew up a city girl, but now she and her husband run a dairy farm where she has taken on more and more of the work over the years.
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Advocates seek tougher animal abuse laws
Dec 31 2007 3:28AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Animal advocates around the nation hope that public outrage over dogfighting and puppy mill scandals in Virginia will force state and federal lawmakers to pass tougher animal abuse laws.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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LA gang F13 accused of targeting blacks
Dec 31 2007 1:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a murderous quest aimed at "cleansing" their turf of snitches and rival gangsters, members of one of Los Angeles County's most vicious Latino gangs sometimes killed people just because of their race, an investigation found.
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