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Series of minor earthquakes shakes Reno; no major damage 24 Apr 08, 23:54 ET AP - A swarm of earthquakes rattled Reno on Thursday afternoon, causing downtown buildings to sway and cracking windows in residential areas. more Hollywood producer testifies at Illinois corruption trial 24 Apr 08, 23:43 ET AP - The corruption trial of a top political fundraiser has been so full of twists it might have been dreamed up by a Hollywood producer. more N. Michigan wildfire burns 6 homes, forces I-75 closed 24 Apr 08, 23:40 ET AP - Authorities say a wildfire in northern Michigan has burned six homes and forced part of Interstate 75 to close. more Texas court: State can take sect children to foster homes 24 Apr 08, 22:43 ET AP - Dozens of mothers from a polygamist retreat were bused away from their children Thursday, their legal efforts to stay united rejected as Texas officials sort out their massive custody case. more Israel's UN ambassador calls Jimmy Carter 'a bigot' 24 Apr 08, 22:41 ET AP - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called former President Jimmy Carter "a bigot" for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria. more Dealer of gun used in Va. Tech shootings visits campus 24 Apr 08, 22:26 ET AP - The online weapons dealer who sold one of the guns used in the Virginia Tech shootings visited the campus Thursday, a decision the school's spokesman called "terribly offensive." more Police: Hostages taken in Pa. bank before suspect surrenders 24 Apr 08, 22:08 ET AP - A man with a device strapped to his chest took eight people hostage inside a bank before authorities arranged for him to speak to an estranged girlfriend and then surrender peacefully Thursday afternoon, police said. more Utah judge rejects new trial for polygamist-sect leader 24 Apr 08, 21:20 ET AP - A Utah judge on Thursday rejected claims by polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs' attorneys that his rape-by-accomplice convictions should be thrown out because of a decision to remove a juror that the defense had actually supported at the time. more Prosecutors: Ind. student planned Columbine-like attack 24 Apr 08, 21:14 ET AP - A 16-year-old boy is accused of plotting an attack on his high school, prosecutors said Thursday, alleging that he discussed plans by e-mail with another person to carry out simultaneous "Columbine-like mass murders" in two states on Sept. 11, 2008. more More teenage mothers emerge in Texas polygamy probe 24 Apr 08, 21:11 ET Reuters - Texas authorities said on Thursday they identified 25 more mothers below age 18 among those removed from a polygamist compound, raising to about 460 the number of minors at the heart of a huge abuse probe. more Georgia judge who gave blacks-only lecture teams with Cosby 24 Apr 08, 19:56 ET AP - A Georgia judge who kicked whites out of his courtroom while he lectured black defendants is getting a comedian's help in delivering his stern message. more Shots reported at 2 schools in Omaha; soccer player injured 24 Apr 08, 19:49 ET AP - An eighth-grade soccer player was shot and wounded during a game at a middle school Thursday, around the same time that gunfire was reported at an elementary school about a mile away. more Quake shakes downtown Reno; no damage immediately apparent 24 Apr 08, 19:27 ET AP - An earthquake has shaken buildings in downtown Reno, but there are no immediate reports of damage. more Actor Snipes gets three years prison for not filing taxes 24 Apr 08, 19:05 ET AFP - A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file his tax returns from 1999 to 2004, the Department of Justice announced. more Calif. gov sees wider deficit amid "tough year" 24 Apr 08, 19:04 ET Reuters - Saying California was going through a "very, very tough year," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday warned the nation's most populous state faced even bigger budget deficits than previously projected. more Race questions mount after Clinton's Pennsylvania win 24 Apr 08, 18:30 ET AFP - Hillary Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania is reviving the question of whether racial prejudice among some US voters could scupper her Democratic presidential foe Barack Obama's quest for history. more Storage room in NYC building where Lennon died fetches $801K 24 Apr 08, 17:52 ET AP - The latest proof that Manhattan real estate prices keep climbing past the attic and through the roof can be found in the basement of the famed Dakota apartment building, where a storage room recently fetched $801,000. more Seller of gun used in Va. Tech shootings due to visit campus 24 Apr 08, 17:44 ET AP - The online weapons dealer who sold one of the guns used in the Virginia Tech shootings is planning to visit the campus Thursday, a decision the school's spokesman called "terribly offensive." more USDA's Schafer reassures no rice shortage 24 Apr 08, 17:17 ET Reuters - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer on Thursday sought to calm the frayed nerves of consumers, saying there was no shortage of rice in the United States even as a major outlet limited sales. more Rabid bobcat attacks Ariz. hikers, is killed with hammer 24 Apr 08, 17:04 ET AP - A couple hiking in the mountains outside Tucson were clawed and bitten by a rabid bobcat that did not relent until the man killed it with his geologist's hammer. more Official: Ind. student had snakes, 100 knives for h.s. plot 24 Apr 08, 16:36 ET AP - Authorities in northern Indiana say they've detained a student in a plot to attack his high school after they found more than 100 knives and several illegal snakes at his home. more Report: Police surround Pa. bank where hostages being held 24 Apr 08, 16:20 ET AP - Authorities have surrounded a western Pennsylvania bank where a robber is believed to be holding hostages. more Airline fires 2 pilots who overshot Hawaii runway 24 Apr 08, 15:51 ET AP - Two pilots for Hawaii's go! airlines who overshot a runway by 15 miles while trying to land on the state's big island have been fired. more US businessman gets fine, probation in UN oil-for-food probe 24 Apr 08, 15:42 ET AP - An Iraqi-American businessman who admitted helping Saddam Hussein's government in the oil-for-food scandal has been fined $300,000 and sentenced to probation. more Florida moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles 24 Apr 08, 15:38 ET Reuters - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state. more Boat carrying 4 construction workers capsizes in Kan. tunnel 24 Apr 08, 15:36 ET AP - Four construction workers whose boat capsized in a Kansas flood-control tunnel have been rescued and are doing fine. more Obama's ex-pastor slams 'devious', 'unfair' attacks 24 Apr 08, 15:31 ET AFP - Barack Obama's former pastor condemned the furor set off by his fiery sermons, which became a political crisis for the Democratic White House hopeful, as "devious" and "unfair," in an interview released Thursday. more Conservationists struggle to save rare Calif. wetland 24 Apr 08, 15:31 ET AP - Along the U.S.-Mexico border, the fragile Tijuana Estuary is clinging to life as one of the last vestiges of undeveloped California coast, where marsh grasses sway gently in the breeze and rare birds stop to nest. more Triarc to gobble up US hamburger chain Wendy's 24 Apr 08, 15:15 ET AFP - Triarc Companies is buying hamburger chain Wendy's International in a 2.3-billion-dollar stock deal aimed at creating the nation's third-largest US fast-food group, the companies announced Thursday. more Judge orders Philippines company to pay $100M for fraud 24 Apr 08, 15:07 ET AP - A federal judge has ordered a Philippines-based company to pay back $100 million it obtained by defrauding the U.S. military's health insurance program. more Artificially cooling Earth may prove perilous: study 24 Apr 08, 14:12 ET AFP - Radical proposals to inject sulfur particles into the Earth's stratosphere to cool it down and battle global warming could instead badly damage the ozone layer, a study warned Thursday. more Test run for 2010 census is scaled back, worrying experts 24 Apr 08, 14:08 ET AP - The Census Bureau has scaled back its dress rehearsal for the once-a-decade national head count, raising fears that thousands of soldiers, immigrants and other hard-to-reach people will go uncounted when the population survey is conducted in 2010. more Lawmaker whose computer showed topless image to kids resigns 24 Apr 08, 13:49 ET AP - The Ohio House Democratic leader says a state lawmaker whose computer displayed an image of a topless woman has resigned. more Several dead after truck, van collide south of Pittsburgh 24 Apr 08, 13:30 ET AP - A tractor-trailor collided with a van carrying people from a mental health facility on Thursday, killing at least three people, a coroner said. more Off-duty Baltimore officer killed by police during bar fight 24 Apr 08, 12:59 ET AP - An off-duty officer was shot and killed by another officer early Thursday after he drew a handgun when police tried to quell a brawl at a strip club, police said. more Obesity and low birthweight mar health of kids 24 Apr 08, 12:12 ET Reuters - Rising obesity rates and a large percentage of children born with low birthweights are dragging down the overall health of American children in their first decade of life, according to a report tracking the health and well-being of young children in the United States. more Judge won't step down from Nichols case 24 Apr 08, 11:36 ET AP - The judge overseeing the murder trial of accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols said Thursday he won't step down from the case, but will ask another judge to consider a defense request to remove him. more Possible twisters touch down in parts of Texas 24 Apr 08, 11:05 ET AP - A severe thunderstorm system that may have included several tornadoes hammered parts of West and North Texas, destroying or damaging more than a dozen homes near Fort Worth. more Accused writer of threatening letters enters not guilty plea 24 Apr 08, 10:57 ET AP - A man suspected of writing racially hateful letters to blacks, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday. more Pittsburgh subway station tile mural worth $15 million 24 Apr 08, 10:15 ET AP - A mural in a Pittsburgh subway station has been appraised at $15 million. more New home sales fall steeply 24 Apr 08, 10:08 ET Reuters - New single-family U.S. home sales fell by an unexpectedly steep 8.5 percent in March and the median sales prices versus a year ago dropped by the largest amount since 1970, a government report on Thursday showed. more What the Petraeus Promotion Means 24 Apr 08, 09:35 ET Time.com - Democrats fear a 'stay the course in Iraq' signal, but the message to the military is that warfare is changing more U.S. gasoline theft on the rise along with prices 24 Apr 08, 09:03 ET Reuters - U.S. motorists, angered by soaring gasoline prices, are resorting increasingly to theft -- a trend that could worsen heading into summer driving season, a national association of fuel retailers said Thursday. more US soldier accused of executing Iraqi goes on trial 24 Apr 08, 08:57 ET AFP - An attorney for a US soldier charged with shooting dead an Iraqi prisoner last year told a military jury Wednesday that his client acted in self-defense. more Love-struck Norman, Evert a perfect match on the golf course 24 Apr 08, 08:48 ET AFP - Australian golf legend Greg Norman and former tennis champion Chris Evert are soon to wed and they looked very much the love-struck couple at the BMW Asian Open here on Thursday. more Greenhouse gas levels rose in 2007: US agency 24 Apr 08, 07:52 ET AFP - Global greenhouse gas emissions including main offender carbon dioxide rose in 2007 despite efforts to curb them, a US government agency said. more Panel: WVU improperly granted degree to governor's daughter 24 Apr 08, 07:45 ET AP - Chastised for showing "seriously flawed" judgment in awarding the governor's daughter a master's degree she didn't earn, West Virginia University is weighing what must be done to recover from the scandal. more Police: Woman lived with partially mumified body of sister 24 Apr 08, 06:34 ET AP - Detroit police say they've found the partially mummified body of a woman in her 80s on the kitchen floor of a house where her mentally troubled sister was living. more Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate 24 Apr 08, 04:09 ET AP - Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. more Police arrest 4 in Indiana shooting of pregnant bank teller 24 Apr 08, 04:07 ET AP - Police arrested four people Wednesday night in connection with a bank robbery in which a teller pregnant with twins was shot, but the suspected gunman remained at large. more Talk of firing Chicago's US attorney cited at Rezko trial 24 Apr 08, 04:06 ET AP - As one of the nation's toughest prosecutors on corruption, Patrick J. Fitzgerald is viewed with icy suspicion at best among Chicago's cigar-chomping, patronage-loving, backroom politicians. more The Incredibly Shrinking Democrats 24 Apr 08, 03:10 ET Time.com - As the race drags on, Obama and Clinton are diminishing each other, turning a big campaign into a small one. more Appeals court spares sea lions in Ore. river, for now 24 Apr 08, 02:30 ET AP - A federal appeals court handed an animal rights group a partial victory in a dispute over the fate of California sea lions in the Columbia River, allowing some to be trapped but none to be killed this spring. more Atlantic City votes to ban smoking on floor of casinos 24 Apr 08, 01:28 ET AP - Gamblers on the floors of Atlantic City casinos will soon have to give up at least one vice: smoking. more Highly private judge Scalia opens to media 24 Apr 08, 01:24 ET Reuters - When the U.S. Supreme Court's Antonin Scalia appears on national television on Sunday to promote his new book, it will mark a rare broadcast interview by the conservative justice who once shunned the media. more Foster care could be wrenching for Texas sect children 24 Apr 08, 00:56 ET AP - Many of the children have seen little or no television. They have been essentially home-schooled all their lives. Most were raised on garden-grown vegetables and twice-daily prayers with family. They frolic in long dresses and buttoned-up shirts from another century. They are unfailingly polite. more US soldier accused of slaying Iraqi in 2007 goes on trial 24 Apr 08, 00:39 ET AP - The lawyer for a Hawaii-based soldier accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi last year said Wednesday the shooting was neither unlawful nor premeditated. more "Mobsters without borders" are global threat: U.S. 24 Apr 08, 00:12 ET Reuters - Crime groups operating as "mobsters without borders" have gained significant footholds in global markets and provide logistic support to terrorists, the United States said on Wednesday. more Marketing of boot camps under congressional scrutiny 24 Apr 08, 00:11 ET AP - Youth boot camps and their referral services are using deceptive marketing practices when trying to convince parents of troubled kids to try the programs, a federal investigation has found. more Apple posts billion-dollar profit as Mac sales rocket 24 Apr 08, 00:08 ET AFP - Apple reported on Wednesday that profits in the first three months of the year topped one billion dollars as sales of Macintosh computers climbed more than 50 percent. more

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