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Alaska first state to hit $4 a gallon gasoline: AAA 14 May 08, 21:22 ET Reuters - Alaska hit a milestone on Wednesday that could be a sign of things to come around the United States this summer -- it became the first state where the average price for regular gasoline reached $4 per gallon. more Court hears man's claim to cut of Hughes' estate 14 May 08, 20:44 ET AP - It's the stuff movies are made of - literally: A delivery man says he rescued Howard Hughes after he found him face down and bloodied in the desert, so the reclusive billionaire left him $156 million in a hand-scrawled will as a reward. more Ex-officer tells court he covered up botched raid 14 May 08, 20:13 ET AP - A former Atlanta police officer on trial for a botched drug raid that led to the death of a 92-year-old woman said Wednesday he went along with a cover-up because he felt threatened by his fellow officers. more Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe 14 May 08, 19:59 ET AP - A woman accused of booking clients for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer. more Chicago overturns ban on foie gras in restaurants 14 May 08, 19:46 ET AP - Dining on foie gras - a delicacy made of duck and goose liver - will soon be legal again in Chicago. more California Supreme Court to decide on gay marriage ban 14 May 08, 17:39 ET AFP - California's highest court will give its ruling on the legality of the state's ban on gay marriages on Thursday, a long-awaited milestone that could have a nationwide impact on the issue. more 911 operator fired for cursing after report 14 May 08, 17:33 ET AP - A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfriend was threatening her. more A personality test for your cat 14 May 08, 17:02 ET AP - It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone's looks... but then he's not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he's a cat. more Non-profit group Teach for America sees big growth 14 May 08, 16:41 ET AP - Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak - and for some, the needs closer to home are too great. More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top college students for teaching jobs. more Baby supernova seen right in our neighborhood 14 May 08, 15:59 ET Reuters - A baby supernova, just over a century old, has been found in the middle of our own Milky Way galaxy and provides an unprecedented opportunity to watch a star dying, astronomers said on Wednesday. more Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk 14 May 08, 15:33 ET AP - A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said. more Ford recalls over 650,000 pickups for brake hose 14 May 08, 15:24 ET Reuters - Ford Motor Co is recalling over 650,000 of its top-selling F-150 pickups as well as a Lincoln-branded truck because of a problem with the brake hose that could cause the vehicles to lose braking power. more Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics 14 May 08, 15:16 ET AP - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers. more Scientists are building database of bite marks 14 May 08, 15:15 ET AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork. more FDA defends safety of baby bottle chemical 14 May 08, 14:55 ET Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday said it sees no reason to tell consumers to stop using products such as baby bottles made with a controversial chemical found in many plastic items. more Canadian polygamist sect under pressure 14 May 08, 14:42 ET AP - Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class. more WVU faculty meet to discuss business degree flap 14 May 08, 14:17 ET AP - About 500 faculty members are gathering at West Virginia University to discuss whether the school's president should resign because of a degree scandal. more McCain's Gift to the Green Movement 14 May 08, 13:10 ET Time.com - The GOP candidate's global warming plan has its flaws. But he has engaged the issue, and that bodes well for the '08 campaign more 5th person charged in Redskins safety's killing 14 May 08, 12:58 ET AP - Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. more Suspect in Spitzer prostitution ring pleads guilty 14 May 08, 12:55 ET Reuters - A booking agent at a prostitution ring that counted former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer among its clients pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy relating to prostitution and money laundering. more Vacation photos doom W.Va. top judge in primary 14 May 08, 10:42 ET AP - West Virginia's top judge will be out a job after a conflict-of-interest scandal involving an exotic vacation with a coal company boss derailed his bid for another term. more McCain-allied preacher apologizes for slurring Catholics 14 May 08, 09:50 ET AFP - A popular US televangelist who backs Republican presidential candidate John McCain has apologized for calling the Catholic church "a great whore," a Catholic spokesman said Tuesday. more 10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm 14 May 08, 07:30 ET AP - With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. more Oklahoma town unlikely to recover from tornado 14 May 08, 07:05 ET AP - State and federal officials toured this tornado-ravaged town and essentially drilled the final nail into its coffin. more Latest potent biofuel made from Sweet sorghum sap 14 May 08, 05:55 ET AP - Sweet sorghum is grown in the U.S. for cooking and livestock feed. But the tall plant also might help at the gas pump. more Reservation deaths highlight tension with sheriff 14 May 08, 05:55 ET AP - The tribal chairman's message to his members in the hours after deputies killed two suspects in a running gunbattle on the Soboba Indian Reservation was clear: Don't trust the sheriff's department. more Coin dealers examining gold find off La. coast 14 May 08, 04:22 ET AP - A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at two largely forgotten U.S. Mints in the South, coin experts say. more Arson-started Florida wildfires fueled by growth 14 May 08, 04:06 ET AP - Wildfires that have gutted at least 40 homes along the state's Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from two classic Florida phenomenon: rampant development and a year-round growing season. more Schwarzenegger to propose borrowing against lottery 14 May 08, 03:38 ET AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose borrowing against future state lottery revenue to help close a budget shortfall estimated as high as $20 billion, administration officials told The Associated Press. more Some U.S. detainees drugged for deportation: report 14 May 08, 01:21 ET Reuters - The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged. more Democrats snatch rock solid Republican stronghold 14 May 08, 00:02 ET AFP - Democrats on Tuesday grabbed a once rock-solid Republican congressional seat in the southern state of Mississippi, in a result that will send shockwaves through President George W. Bush's party. more 3 in 10 get all or most calls on cell phones 14 May 08, 00:01 ET AP - For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone. more Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines 14 May 08, 00:01 ET AP - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. more

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