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| Ind. teller says gunman prevented co-workers from helping |
3 May 08, 23:49 ET |
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| AP - A pregnant bank teller who lost the twins she was carrying after being shot during a holdup choked back tears Saturday as she recalled lying on the bank's floor, bleeding and pleading for help, as the gunman demanded money from her co-workers. |
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| Obama wins Guam, looks to Indiana, North Carolina |
3 May 08, 23:04 ET |
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| AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama defeated rival Hillary Clinton in caucuses on the tiny US Pacific island of Guam at the weekend, a small but welcome victory after several rough weeks on the campaign trail. |
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| Obama takes Guam from Clinton by seven votes: officials |
3 May 08, 20:58 ET |
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| AFP - Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton in the Guam caucuses in the Democratic White House battle by a mere seven votes, local party officials said Sunday. |
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| Sharpton announces 'pray-in' to protest NYPD killing |
3 May 08, 18:59 ET |
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| AP - Demonstrators plan to pray on their knees and be arrested for civil disobedience to protest the acquittals of three police officers in the death of an unarmed man shot on his wedding day, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday. |
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| Big Brown remains unbeaten with Kentucky Derby win |
3 May 08, 18:44 ET |
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| Reuters - Big Brown remained
unbeaten in four races with a dramatic stretch run to win the
Kentucky Derby Saturday. |
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| Big Brown wins Kentucky Derby |
3 May 08, 18:34 ET |
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| AFP - Big Brown defied history to win the 134th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, but the race finished under a pall as runner-up Eight Belles was euthanized. |
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| Officials say New Mexico wildfire has burned nearly 60 homes |
3 May 08, 16:41 ET |
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| AP - Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. |
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| Buffett embraces Erica Kane, mocks mortgage mess |
3 May 08, 14:27 ET |
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| Reuters - It's part of Warren Buffett's
job not just to answer questions from many of the 31,000 people
at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He also has to
entertain. |
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| Fugitive financier Robert Vesco reported dead in Cuba |
3 May 08, 14:20 ET |
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| AFP - Robert Vesco, the fugitive financier who left a trail of alleged bribery, embezzlement and drug trafficking that reached to the White House, died in Cuba late last year, The New York Times reported Saturday. |
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| NY lawsuit seeks damages for use of Rockwell illustration |
3 May 08, 14:04 ET |
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| AP - The owner of Norman Rockwell's "Bottom of the 6th" - showing three umpires looking skyward as first raindrops fall - is steaming over the use of the classic illustration in the television series "The Bronx is Burning." |
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| Bills seek punishment for use, display of fake weapons |
3 May 08, 14:01 ET |
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| AP - Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms. |
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| Woman from Mali who underwent circumcision fights for asylum |
3 May 08, 13:43 ET |
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| AP - Alima Traore doesn't remember when part of her genitals was removed as a young child in her native Mali. But even at 29, she still lives with the consequences. |
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| Film details Hispanic WWII Marine's acts in WWII |
3 May 08, 13:43 ET |
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| AP - Armed but alone, Marine Pfc. Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan's caves and pillboxes, persuading enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish World War II battle on the island. |
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| No further delay in Dreamliner deliveries: Boeing |
3 May 08, 13:20 ET |
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| AFP - Leading US jet builder Boeing denied Saturday German media reports that deliveries of its next-generation B787 Dreamliner would be delayed by another nine weeks. |
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| So long, SUV: high fuel prices fuel shift in US car sales |
3 May 08, 12:38 ET |
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| AFP - Automotive trends traditionally don't change nearly as fast as fashions in clothing or music. |
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| U.S. company recalls about 286,000 pounds of meat |
3 May 08, 12:19 ET |
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| Reuters - A New York company is voluntarily
recalling about 286,000 pounds (129,700 kg) of fresh and frozen
meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with
bacteria, U.S. agriculture officials said on Saturday. |
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| Alaska governor balances newborn's needs, official duties |
3 May 08, 12:15 ET |
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| AP - The results of Gov. Sarah Palin's prenatal testing were in, but the doctor's tone was ominous: "You need to come to the office so we can talk about it." |
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| 18 inmates die in Honduran prison fight |
3 May 08, 12:05 ET |
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| AP - A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison fight. |
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| Bush says rebate checks will boost ailing economy |
3 May 08, 11:15 ET |
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| Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush
sought to assure Americans on Saturday that federal checks en
route to them as part of a stimulus plan will help spur the
ailing economy and pay for soaring gas and food prices. |
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| Democratic fight heads to Pacific with Guam count |
3 May 08, 11:13 ET |
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| Reuters - Counting in Guam's Democratic
primary stretched into Sunday after residents of the tiny U.S.
territory turned out in record numbers to choose between Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton. |
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| Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding |
3 May 08, 07:27 ET |
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| AP - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a "hurricane highway," a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday. |
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| Calif. man accused of investment scam targeting Christians |
3 May 08, 06:07 ET |
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| AP - Federal authorities arrested a man accused of running an investment scheme that netted more than $25 million by targeting Christian investors nationwide. |
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| WVU braces for vote on president amid degree scandal |
3 May 08, 04:48 ET |
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| AP - Faculty and students are choosing sides and bracing for a battle as West Virginia University educators move closer to a no-confidence vote on President Mike Garrison, whose administration has been tarnished by a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter. |
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| Suits question how Kan. prosecutor handled abortion records |
3 May 08, 04:32 ET |
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| AP - An investigator said he kept edited records from abortion clinics in a Rubbermaid container in his dining room for several weeks. Others, according to testimony, stored them briefly in cars and homes and copied them at a downtown Kinko's. |
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| Former follower: Sect leader wanted to sleep with teenagers |
3 May 08, 04:07 ET |
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| AP - For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. |
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| Kicking and screaming, US capital's cabbies meet the meter |
3 May 08, 03:34 ET |
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| AFP - Washington's cab drivers are grudgingly succumbing to a new law forcing them to install ordinary meters in their taxis, and foresake a quirky decades-old fare system that left some clients confused. |
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| Tiny Guam choses between Clinton and Obama |
3 May 08, 03:14 ET |
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| AFP - The White House battle Saturday took a brief pan-Pacific diversion to tiny Guam, where island Democrats seized a chance to weigh in on the epic tussle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. |
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| Tiny Guam has its say on US presidential outcome |
3 May 08, 01:09 ET |
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| AFP - On the distant Pacific island of Guam, nearly a day's plane ride from Washington, a few thousand voters seized centre stage Saturday in the race for the US Democratic presidential nomination. |
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| Booming elsewhere, high-speed rail sees delays in US |
3 May 08, 01:06 ET |
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| AFP - In November the Eurostar bullet-train blew the doors off commuter rail travel, sprinting the 213 miles (343 kilometers) from London to Paris in two hours 15 minutes -- and leaving tortoise-slow US trains in the dust. |
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| James leads Cavaliers to series win over Wizards |
3 May 08, 00:14 ET |
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| Reuters - The Cleveland Cavaliers rolled past
the Washington Wizards 105-88 on Friday to win their Eastern
Conference series 4-2. |
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