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| Iraqis accuse Blackwater of shredding documents |
25 Apr 08, 21:46 ET |
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| AP - Families of Iraqis who died in a shooting involving Blackwater Worldwide contractors accused the company Friday of shredding documents and destroying evidence. |
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| Rats from infested house offered up for adoption as pets |
25 Apr 08, 21:39 ET |
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| AP - Rats from a heavily infested house here are being trapped to be offered for adoption as pets. |
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| Appeals court revives school Bible club lawsuit |
25 Apr 08, 21:30 ET |
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| Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Friday
revived a lawsuit by Christian students who claimed their
Washington state school district unfairly refused to recognize
their Bible study club as a school-sponsored group. |
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| Pa. man survives 500-foot fall into strip mine |
25 Apr 08, 21:10 ET |
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| AP - A man survived a 500-foot fall into a strip mine Friday, astounding rescuers who spent hours on a risky descent into the abyss to bring him back out. |
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| Authorities: Semi rams Chicago train station, killing 2 |
25 Apr 08, 21:06 ET |
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| AP - A tractor trailer rammed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station during the evening rush hour on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said. |
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| Another charge in case of body found in Missouri |
25 Apr 08, 20:06 ET |
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| AP - With the body of his ex-girlfriend stashed in a perfumed storage container, a man drove 1,800 miles from Utah to Las Vegas to Missouri, federal authorities said Friday as they announced a kidnapping charge. |
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| Rev. Wright: Critics twisting sermons for political gain |
25 Apr 08, 18:59 ET |
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| AP - The former pastor to Democrat Barack Obama said his sermon blaming U.S. policies for the Sept. 11 attacks was a warning against vengeance and the view that all American actions are perfect, according to transcripts of a PBS interview released Friday. |
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| Obama calls for windfall tax on oil profits as gas prices soar |
25 Apr 08, 17:13 ET |
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| AFP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama called for a windfall tax on oil company profits Friday, as pump prices in the United States hit a new record high. |
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| DNA tells big story of T.rex's link to chickens |
25 Apr 08, 16:59 ET |
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| AFP - It may seem unfathomable, but DNA testing has shown the towering Tyrannasaurus rex's closest living animal relatives include the humble chicken, a new study has found. |
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| Pa. woman admits killing bigamist husband |
25 Apr 08, 16:58 ET |
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| AP - A woman pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder for killing her bigamist husband just hours before he was to leave for Morocco to visit his second wife. |
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| Wrong turn puts family on tragic path |
25 Apr 08, 16:46 ET |
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| AP - A simple wrong turn led to the destruction of Elvia Salgado Martinez's family. |
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| Calif. tunnel was seen as dangerous long before deadly crash |
25 Apr 08, 16:39 ET |
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| AP - More than a decade before a fiery, 34-vehicle pileup last fall killed three people inside a curving, dimly lighted tunnel, authorities warned that the stretch of freeway was perilous and that steps should be taken to improve safety, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. |
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| Shark kills man in rare fatal attack in California |
25 Apr 08, 16:18 ET |
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| Reuters - A 66-year-old man was
attacked and killed by a shark in the ocean near San Diego on
Friday, the first person to die in a shark encounter off
Southern California in nearly 50 years. |
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| Unhappy LASIK patients urge FDA to take action |
25 Apr 08, 12:24 ET |
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| Reuters - Patients unhappy with
their laser eye surgery urged U.S. health regulators to do more
to limit poor results, saying complications from the LASIK
procedure have taken a toll on their sight and emotions. |
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| Suspects in 2 N.C. killings captured in Va. after standoff |
25 Apr 08, 11:54 ET |
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| AP - A couple sought in the slayings of a Meals on Wheels volunteer and her client surrendered Friday after a five-hour standoff in a shopping mall parking garage, state police said. |
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| NY police cleared in 50-bullet wedding day shooting |
25 Apr 08, 10:20 ET |
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| Reuters - Three New York City police officers
were found not guilty of all charges on Friday in the shooting
death of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets on
his wedding day. |
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| Prosecutors: Ind. student planned Columbine-like attack |
25 Apr 08, 06:17 ET |
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| AP - A 16-year-old boy asked for help obtaining a TEC-DC9 9mm pistol, saying it would be "awesome" to use the same weapon as the Columbine killers in carrying out mass murders in two states on Sept. 11, a prosecutor said. |
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| Southern Baptist membership, baptisms decline in 2007 |
25 Apr 08, 05:28 ET |
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| AP - The number of people baptized in Southern Baptist churches fell for the third straight year in 2007 to the denomination's lowest level since 1987, and membership dipped slightly as well. |
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