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3 states head to court to keep control over wolves 6 May 08, 21:16 ET AP - Three states are defending their ability to sustain a gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies, asking to be heard in a federal lawsuit that seeks to return the wolves to the endangered species list. more TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects 6 May 08, 21:08 ET AP - A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation. more Ga. man executed, ending 7-month moratorium 6 May 08, 21:07 ET AP - A Georgia man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed Tuesday, the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. more U.S. executes first inmate after moratorium 6 May 08, 20:44 ET Reuters - Georgia executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday, the first person to be put to death in the United States since the Supreme Court ended a de facto moratorium on capital punishment last month. more 8 in NYC accused of torturing, robbing drug dealers 6 May 08, 20:35 ET AP - A gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by holding their families hostage or threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday. more Oregon parents hear Afghanistan gun battle on voice mail 6 May 08, 20:16 ET AP - An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan. more APNewsBreak: Sniper Muhammad seeks to halt death-row appeal 6 May 08, 19:42 ET AP - Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad is asking prosecutors in a letter to help him end legal appeals of his conviction and death sentence "so that you can murder this innocent black man." more Baskin-Robbins ice cream co-founder dead at 90: company 6 May 08, 19:24 ET AFP - Irvine Robbins, who delighted ice cream aficionados by conjuring up ever more inventive flavors as co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins empire, has died aged 90, officials said Tuesday. more Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon 6 May 08, 19:20 ET AP - There's "protected" on paper and there's "protected" on the river. more Nevada governor wants his mansion back and his wife out 6 May 08, 18:48 ET AP - The state that pioneered the quickie divorce is witnessing a potentially ugly breakup that has the governor of Nevada fighting to get back into his own mansion. more 'Sex and the City,' at 40 and even maybe (gasp) 50 6 May 08, 18:46 ET AP - Early on in the new "Sex and the City" film - and don't worry, we're not spoiling the plot here - Carrie and longtime love Mr. Big are in bed together. A passionate interlude? Nah, they're just reading. Except they both need glasses, and there's only one pair. more Charges dropped against doctor over autistic boy's death 6 May 08, 17:38 ET AP - Criminal charges were dropped Tuesday against a doctor accused of causing the death of a 5-year-old autistic boy by incorrectly administering the wrong drug for him. more Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90 6 May 08, 16:30 ET AP - Irvine Robbins, co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins chain that famously offers 31 flavors of ice cream, has died. He was 90. Robbins died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in the desert community of Rancho Mirage, said his daughter, Marsha Veit of Mount Kisco, N.Y. He had been in ill health for some time, she said. more Nearly 100 arrested in California university drug bust 6 May 08, 16:12 ET Reuters - Nearly 100 people, most of them students, were arrested during a lengthy undercover investigation targeting drug trafficking at San Diego State University in California, authorities said on Tuesday. more Around 100 arrested in San Diego college drug bust 6 May 08, 15:49 ET AFP - Around 100 people, including 75 students, have been arrested as part of a drug probe at San Diego State University targeting campus dealers and users, authorities said Tuesday. more Church leader arrested on sex charges in northeast N.M. 6 May 08, 15:12 ET AP - The leader of an apocalyptic sect was arrested Tuesday on sex charges and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, police said. more Bone marrow treatments restore nerves, expert says 6 May 08, 14:38 ET Reuters - An experiment that went wrong may provide a new way to treat multiple sclerosis, a Canadian researcher said on Tuesday. more Nearly 100 arrested in drug investigation at San Diego State 6 May 08, 14:36 ET AP - Nearly 100 people, most of them students, were arrested in an undercover drug investigation at San Diego State University that began after a student's fatal cocaine overdose last spring, authorities said Tuesday. more Nearly 100 students at San Diego State arrested in drug bust 6 May 08, 12:38 ET AP - The San Diego County district attorney's office says nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges. more Stephen Colbert takes home top Internet award 6 May 08, 11:47 ET Reuters - Stephen Colbert, whose U.S. presidential campaign was cut short, came out a winner on Tuesday when he walked away with a Webby award as the Internet's "Person of the Year." more U.S. military marriages strained by long deployments 6 May 08, 11:42 ET Reuters - U.S. military chaplain Nathan McLean says he deliberately makes it difficult for young soldiers to get married because if they have to "jump through some hoops" the marriage is more likely to survive. more "Lioness" shows U.S. women on frontline in Iraq 6 May 08, 11:40 ET Reuters - Women are officially barred from frontline combat in the U.S. military, but a new documentary shows that in Iraq, some are "out there playing GI Joe with the guys," as one female soldier puts it. more Reservoir larger than Manhattan planned to help Everglades 6 May 08, 07:37 ET AP - Around South Florida's vast sugar cane fields, where turtles grow to the size of basketballs and alligators own the marsh, the silence of the swamp is broken by the sound of rumbling trucks and explosions. more Classic Cadillacs turned into show cars at garage near NYC 6 May 08, 07:18 ET AP - In a repair shop packed with Cadillacs - the classic kind with fins, whitewall tires, curvy chrome bumpers and V-8 engines that get miles per gallon you can count on your fingers - Elsa Nicodemus showed off a favorite. more Ga. execution would be first since Supreme Court ruling 6 May 08, 06:57 ET AP - Georgia moved forward with preparations to execute a convicted killer, who on Tuesday night could become the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a three-drug lethal injection procedure. more Iraqi alleges Abu Ghraib torture, sues US contractors 6 May 08, 06:40 ET AP - An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. more Vog - volcanic smog - kills plants, casts a haze over Hawaii 6 May 08, 05:39 ET AP - For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas. more Ark. governor urges schools to install tornado-safe rooms 6 May 08, 04:54 ET AP - Just before the tornado sirens sounded, school superintendent Floyd Marshall got the warning from police - a twister was coming right for the town's elementary and high school. more Gay former N.J. gov's divorce trial to begin in closed court 6 May 08, 04:41 ET AP - After two tell-all books, tawdry sex claims and 3 1/2 years of living apart, New Jersey's gay former governor and his estranged wife are finally facing off in divorce court. more South Texas town abolishes 1931 segregation law 6 May 08, 04:01 ET AP - A South Texas town has abolished an anti-Hispanic segregation law more than seven decades after it was enacted. more U.S. set for first execution since end of moratorium 6 May 08, 01:09 ET Reuters - Georgia is set to execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday, the first U.S. inmate to be put to death since the Supreme Court ended a de facto moratorium on capital punishment last month. more

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