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| Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal |
8 May 08, 23:38 ET |
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| AP - A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history. |
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| Family of woman who died after airport arrest sues Phoenix |
8 May 08, 23:06 ET |
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| AP - The family of a New York woman who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport sued the city Thursday, accusing officers of using excessive force and contributing to her death. |
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| Lawyers: McGreeveys reach custody deal in divorce case |
8 May 08, 22:43 ET |
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| AP - Former Gov. James E. McGreevey and his estranged wife settled custody issues for their only child on Thursday as they moved closer to dissolving their marriage, their lawyers said. |
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| San Diego State students plead not guilty in major drug bust |
8 May 08, 21:45 ET |
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| AP - The suspected leader of a drug trafficking ring was among seven students who pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from an undercover operation at San Diego State University that netted more than 100 arrests. |
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| Facebook sets new porn, pedophile and bully safeguards |
8 May 08, 21:42 ET |
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| AFP - Top US state attorneys have announced that Facebook has agreed to get tougher on keeping its young website users safe from bullies, porn, pedophiles and other online hazards. |
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| Obama eyes victorious end to Democratic race |
8 May 08, 21:40 ET |
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| AFP - Democrat Barack Obama mapped out the end-game for his epic White House tussle with Hillary Clinton Thursday, but the former first lady refused to yield to media catcalls declaring the race over. |
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| Severe storms cause damage in 3 Southern states |
8 May 08, 21:08 ET |
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| AP - A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least three states. No injuries were reported. |
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| US House-approved mortgage crisis bill faces veto |
8 May 08, 21:04 ET |
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| AFP - The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that lawmakers hope could stem the tide of home foreclosures due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it faces a presidential veto. |
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| NY governor vows to examine undercover police procedures |
8 May 08, 20:59 ET |
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| AP - Gov. David Paterson pledged to examine undercover police conduct on Thursday, a day after more than 200 people were arrested protesting the acquittal of three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man. |
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| Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities |
8 May 08, 20:25 ET |
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| AP - There isn't anything metropolitan about this tiny unincorporated town in southwest Wyoming, where a few single-family homes and a volunteer fire station stand against a skyline of snowcapped mountains. |
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| Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say |
8 May 08, 20:21 ET |
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| AP - Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable. |
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| 7 more cops pulled from Philly streets over taped beating |
8 May 08, 20:05 ET |
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| AP - Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop. |
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| Church records offer rare look inside polygamist families |
8 May 08, 19:51 ET |
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| AP - Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives. |
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| Lack of water cited in deaths of 9 S.C. firefighters |
8 May 08, 19:48 ET |
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| AP - A federal report on a furniture store blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters almost a year ago says crews responding never had enough water. |
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| Migrant smuggler gets life for deadly U.S. crash |
8 May 08, 19:23 ET |
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| Reuters - A Mexican smuggler responsible for an
accident that killed 10 illegal immigrants in the Arizona
desert two years ago was sentenced on Thursday to life in
prison. |
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| Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case |
8 May 08, 19:02 ET |
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| Reuters - Less than a month after being released
from prison, U.S. rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Thursday
to menacing a woman with her BlackBerry phone and avoided
another possible prison sentence. |
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| 2 murder convictions for suspect in Michigan serial killings |
8 May 08, 18:45 ET |
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| AP - A man suspected of killing several women in this city over several terrifying weeks was convicted Thursday of two of the slayings and of attacking a third woman who survived. |
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| Kick the oil habit and make your own ethanol |
8 May 08, 18:00 ET |
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| Reuters - A new company hopes drivers will kick
the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that won't spike food
prices. |
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| U.S. economic anxiety hits women harder: study |
8 May 08, 16:39 ET |
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| Reuters - The U.S. economic downturn has spread
personal financial worries far and wide, but women are more
worried about paying bills, losing jobs, providing for children
and saving for retirement, according to a study released on
Thursday. |
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| Americans still unclear about stroke warning signs |
8 May 08, 15:59 ET |
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| Reuters - Fewer than half of Americans can
recognize the top five warning signs of stroke, information
that could help save thousands of people from death and
disability, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and
Prevention said on Thursday. |
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| Obama says could declare victory on May 20 |
8 May 08, 15:48 ET |
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| AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he could declare victory over Hillary Clinton on May 20, when Kentucky and Oregon may put him over the top in terms of elected delegates. |
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| Authorities: Fla. courthouse shooter had ammo, gas mask |
8 May 08, 15:45 ET |
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| AP - About 12 seconds was all it took for two bailiffs to gun down a man who shot at them in a courthouse lobby, and authorities said the swift response helped prevent anyone else from being seriously hurt. |
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| US, Canada to build new bridge link |
8 May 08, 15:37 ET |
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| AFP - The United States and Canada are planning to build a second bridge connecting the US city of Detroit with Ontario's Windsor, to ease congestion at North America's busiest border crossing, news reports said Thursday. |
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| Bond lowered for N.M. sect leader accused of sex crimes |
8 May 08, 15:24 ET |
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| AP - A judge reduced the bond of an apocalyptic-sect leader accused of sex crimes against minors, but rejected his request Thursday to be released on his own recognizance. |
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| Commencement readers cram to prep for tongue-twister names |
8 May 08, 14:54 ET |
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| AP - A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar. |
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| New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye |
8 May 08, 14:46 ET |
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| AP - Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. |
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| Former Alaska lawmaker sentenced in bribery case |
8 May 08, 14:43 ET |
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| AP - A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. |
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| Facebook, 49 U.S. states agree on Web safety steps |
8 May 08, 13:50 ET |
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| Reuters - Social networking site Facebook
announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys
general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to
protect its youngest members from sexual predators. |
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| Judge in Mont. rejects bid to delay wolf lawsuit |
8 May 08, 13:48 ET |
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| AP - A federal judge in Montana has rejected the government's request to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list. |
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| Armstrong, White House contenders discuss smoke-free US |
8 May 08, 13:08 ET |
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| AFP - Seven-time Tour de France winner and anti-cancer advocate Lance Armstrong said Thursday he has discussed banning smoking in public places across the United States with the three White House contenders. |
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| Wal-Mart to open new 'super' stores in Canada |
8 May 08, 12:51 ET |
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| AFP - US retail behemoth Wal-Mart said Thursday it will add or expand 25 to 27 stores in Canada in the coming months, and hire 6,000 new employees -- soon topping 300 stores in this country. |
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| Oldest league bowler dies at 106 |
8 May 08, 12:42 ET |
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| AP - But he kept at it, armed with a mental image of them. He was still bowling last week, just before he was hospitalized and died Monday of congestive heart failure - four days shy of turning 107. |
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| Talks continue in McGreevey divorce trial |
8 May 08, 12:10 ET |
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| AP - Former Gov. James E. McGreevey and his estranged wife were back in court Thursday as their lawyers met behind closed doors with a judge to hash out a settlement. |
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| Religion news in brief |
8 May 08, 12:00 ET |
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| AP - Nearly two-dozen conservative Christian leaders have signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee questioning an investigation into six large ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity. |
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| Religion in the news |
8 May 08, 12:00 ET |
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| AP - Author Brian McLaren is among the most influential American religious thinkers of the last decade. |
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| Experts check to see if tornadoes caused damage in Oklahoma |
8 May 08, 10:51 ET |
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| AP - Experts picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people. |
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| Tornado reported in Tupelo, Miss.; mall damaged |
8 May 08, 10:32 ET |
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| AP - An apparent tornado in Tupelo, Miss. has damaged a shopping mall and downed power lines. |
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| Biographer: Country superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89 |
8 May 08, 10:24 ET |
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| AP - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. |
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| The Five Mistakes Clinton Made |
8 May 08, 09:10 ET |
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| Time.com - Hillary Clinton began the race with all sorts of advantages, but she and her advisers never grasped how much had changed |
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| Obama's Game Changing |
8 May 08, 09:10 ET |
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| Time.com - Barack Obama has refused to play by the old political rules. He's about to be rewarded for it |
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| Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities |
8 May 08, 07:18 ET |
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| AP - There isn't anything metropolitan about this tiny unincorporated town in southwest Wyoming, where a few single-family homes and a volunteer fire station stand against a skyline of snowcapped mountains. |
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| R. Kelly child sex tape trial looms |
8 May 08, 06:43 ET |
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| AFP - Six years after R. Kelly was slapped with child pornography charges over a homemade sex tape, the rhythm and blues superstar's long-delayed trial is set to begin Friday. |
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| American rushing to repair more planes: report |
8 May 08, 04:49 ET |
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| Reuters - AMR Corp's American Airlines is
rushing to complete wiring repairs on a group of A300 jets, but
this time the carrier is not canceling any flights, the Wall
Street Journal reported on Thursday. |
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| Marine who killed Iraqi gets sentence cut, rank reduction |
8 May 08, 04:31 ET |
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| AP - A Marine sentenced to 15 years in the brig for killing an Iraqi civilian had his term reduced by four years and was given a dishonorable discharge, the man's attorney and a Marine spokesman said. |
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| Fresh talk of 'dream team' emerges in White House race |
8 May 08, 03:25 ET |
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| AFP - The notion of a Democratic "dream team" uniting to face Republican White House contender John McCain has resurfaced amid increasing calls for Hillary Clinton to abandon her presidential bid. |
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| Feds penetrated drug culture easily at San Diego State |
8 May 08, 01:10 ET |
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| AP - Undercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus. All it took was cash. |
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| Toyota to buy back rusted Tacomas |
8 May 08, 00:00 ET |
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| Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp has offered to buy
back Tacoma pickup trucks with frames rusted beyond repair and
to extend the warranty on over 800,000 of the vehicles in North
America. |
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