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Degree scandal costs WVU $2M donation of cash and art 30 Apr 08, 23:28 ET AP - A philanthropic group will no longer donate $2 million in cash and art to West Virginia University because of a scandal over a degree improperly awarded to Gov. Joe Manchin's daughter, an official said Wednesday. more Pittsburgh surpasses Los Angeles as nation's sootiest city 30 Apr 08, 23:22 ET AP - A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country. more ACLU: Pentagon documents highlight interrogation methods 30 Apr 08, 23:14 ET AP - The military continued to use abusive interrogation methods on detainees after a 2003 directive meant to end such practices, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday after reviewing newly released documents. more Texas officials looking at possible abuse among FLDS boys 30 Apr 08, 23:11 ET AP - Texas child welfare authorities are looking at the possibility that young boys were sexually abused at a polygamist sect's ranch, a newly revealed angle of a massive investigation triggered by allegations that girls were forced into underage marriages and sex. more Texas Supreme Court justice's wife re-indicted in house fire 30 Apr 08, 23:11 ET AP - The wife of a Texas Supreme Court justice was indicted for a second time Wednesday on charges connected to a fire that destroyed the couple's suburban Houston home last summer. more Obituaries in the news 30 Apr 08, 23:07 ET AP - Gordon Bradley more Fla. university locked down after gun fired at campus party 30 Apr 08, 22:40 ET AP - Authorities lifted a lockdown at Florida Atlantic University on Wednesday after apprehending a suspect in an overnight campus shooting, officials said. more Indictment: Missing girl was beaten, denied medical care 30 Apr 08, 21:11 ET AP - A young girl who is missing and presumed dead had been repeatedly beaten and locked in a closet for hours because she wet herself, according to an indictment released Wednesday. more Hawaiian sovereignty seekers take over palace in Honolulu 30 Apr 08, 21:03 ET AP - A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty briefly occupied the grounds of a historic palace in downtown Honolulu on Wednesday, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands. more People evacuate Maine, New Brunswick homes as river floods 30 Apr 08, 20:45 ET AP - People fled homes and businesses along both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border near this town at the northern tip of Maine on Wednesday as the area suffered its worst flooding on record. more Jailed former professor ends hunger strike in Va. jail 30 Apr 08, 20:17 ET AP - A former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group but has refused to testify in a related investigation has ended a nearly two-month hunger strike, his supporters said Wednesday. more New York bans grisly electrocution of animals for fur 30 Apr 08, 19:19 ET AP - New York has become the first state in the nation to ban the electrocution of animals in a particularly gruesome way to harvest their fur. more Avalanches trigger energy crunch in Alaska capital 30 Apr 08, 19:14 ET Reuters - Residents of Juneau, Alaska's capital city, have been forced to cut energy use since a series of avalanches wiped out transmission towers and electrical lines, cutting off all power from the area's hydroelectric system. more Native Hawaiians occupy palace grounds in downtown Honolulu 30 Apr 08, 19:14 ET AP - A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace Wednesday in downtown Honolulu, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands. more SEC sues Birmingham mayor over benefits from bond firm 30 Apr 08, 17:50 ET AP - A Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses Mayor Larry Langford of taking more than $156,000 from a friend whose firm made millions on risky bond transactions that have pushed an Alabama county to the brink of bankruptcy. more Quiet houses across the country hide pot-growing operations 30 Apr 08, 17:50 ET AP - Officers fighting networks of indoor marijuana factories took out what they called a major operation Wednesday in a secluded back room of a house where a nice older lady sold ice cream to kids. more Congressional 'freedom fries' sponsor has primary challenge 30 Apr 08, 17:38 ET AP - The walls at Cubbie's diner used to be plastered with pictures, stickers and campaign signs for Rep. Walter Jones, who championed the eatery's idea to serve up "freedom fries" in the days before the start of the Iraq war. more Indiana Black Voters Feeling Ignored 30 Apr 08, 16:50 ET Time.com - The state's African-American constituency remains strongly in Obama's camp. But is the candidate taking them for granted? more Appeals court dismisses NY suit vs. gun industry 30 Apr 08, 16:48 ET Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against gun makers the city targeted in a bid to stop the flow of illegal weapons. more Ancient meteorite goes unsold in NY as dung sells 30 Apr 08, 16:34 ET Reuters - Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold. more AP IMPACT: Prosecutors demand more witness-protection money 30 Apr 08, 16:18 ET AP - Maurice Pulley agreed last fall to testify against the thug accused of shooting him in the face in an argument over a parking spot. But before Pulley ever took the stand, two gunmen ran up to him and killed him in his mother's driveway. more 3 bodies found in Chicago home in gang-plagued neighborhood 30 Apr 08, 16:14 ET AP - Police found three people shot to death Wednesday inside a home in a gang-plagued neighborhood, the latest gun killings in a spate of violence that has torn through the city. more Aspirin seen cutting risk of type of breast cancer 30 Apr 08, 15:55 ET Reuters - A daily aspirin may give women modest protection against the most common type of breast cancer, U.S. government researchers said on Wednesday. more Kate Hudson is People's 'most beautiful' cover girl 30 Apr 08, 15:29 ET AFP - Actress Kate Hudson has been named top of People magazine's annual "100 Most Beautiful People list," the celebrity magazine announced on its website Wednesday. more Mom arrested in San Diego after 32 years on the lam 30 Apr 08, 15:03 ET AP - A woman who escaped from a Detroit prison 32 years ago has been arrested in San Diego, where she was married with three children and living under a false name , authorities said. more Pennsylvania college woos students by putting them in ads 30 Apr 08, 14:53 ET AP - Wilkes University badly wanted 18-year-old Nicole Pollock to be part of its freshman class this fall - so much so that it made her the star of her own ad campaign. more Indiana basks in election spotlight 30 Apr 08, 14:36 ET AFP - For the first time since he moved to Indiana fifteen years ago, Democratic party loyalist Gerald Wilkens's vote is going to make a difference in a presidential race. more Spectacular blaze damages nightclub at Hollywood and Vine 30 Apr 08, 13:20 ET AP - Fire tore through a hip nightclub at the storied corner of Hollywood and Vine on Wednesday, covering the landmark-studded neighborhood with smoke and ash. No injuries were reported. more Republicans blast Democrats' anti-McCain Iraq ad 30 Apr 08, 13:11 ET AFP - US Republicans on Wednesday slammed a Democratic Party campaign ad they said misrepresents the views of their presumed presidential candidate John McCain on US troops in Iraq. more David Blaine sets breath holding record for Oprah 30 Apr 08, 12:58 ET Reuters - Magician David Blaine set a world record for underwater breath holding on Wednesday when he stopped breathing for more than 17 minutes suspended in a water-filled sphere on the stage of Oprah Winfrey's talk show. more People evacuate Maine homes as St. John River floods 30 Apr 08, 10:54 ET AP - Residents evacuated their homes and businesses Wednesday as this Canadian border town at the northern tip of Maine was threatened with its worst flooding in nearly 30 years. more New Mexico police remove 4 children from church compound 30 Apr 08, 10:32 ET AP - State police in northeastern New Mexico have removed four children from the compound of an apocalyptic church, whose leader claims to be the Messiah and acknowledges having sex with followers. more Wounded vets race cars on S.C. track while recovering 30 Apr 08, 10:19 ET AP - It's been two years since Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Stengel sat behind the wheel, and life is much different now. more Clinton gaining on Obama as key primaries loom 30 Apr 08, 09:15 ET AFP - Hillary Clinton appeared Wednesday to be gaining on Barack Obama in two key primary states, after her Democratic foe tried to quell another damaging uproar sparked by his fiery former pastor. more Helicopter noise draws complaints in tony NY summer hotspot 30 Apr 08, 07:32 ET AP - When Brad and Angelina visited the Hamptons last summer to rub elbows with Christie Brinkley, Ellen Barkin and Jimmy Buffett, they arrived by helicopter. more Boy Scout finds $800 in wallet and promptly returns it 30 Apr 08, 05:44 ET AP - When an 11-year-old Boy Scout found someone's wallet with $800 inside, he understood what the person who lost it was going through. more Dangers remain for Virginians digging through twister debris 30 Apr 08, 05:21 ET AP - From the governor to the people whose homes were demolished, Virginians were amazed and grateful that a tornado that injured 200 people killed no one. more New pastor to head Obama's 8,000-member Chicago church 30 Apr 08, 03:47 ET AP - When the Rev. Otis Moss III takes to the pulpit before a congregation that includes Barack Obama, he's as likely to preach about Tupac Shakur or one of his favorite authors as he is the Apostle Paul. more Microsoft could nominate proxy slate of directors for Yahoo: report 30 Apr 08, 03:39 ET AFP - Microsoft could make its next move against Yahoo Wednesday with the software giant likely to try and replace Yahoo's board of directors, the Wall Street Journal reported. more Obama Tries to Dig Out 30 Apr 08, 03:30 ET Time.com - His candidacy is reeling from Jeremiah Wright's comments. Now Obama is dropping nuance and showing some fire. more Starbucks to reveal plans for two new drinks: report 30 Apr 08, 03:04 ET Reuters - Starbucks Corp has plans to unveil two new drinks on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, as the Seattle company attempts to rejuvenate its coffee store business. more More restrained LAPD tactics to be tested at May Day rally 30 Apr 08, 03:02 ET AP - The Los Angeles Police Department has spent the past year trying to overcome the bad publicity from an immigration rally last May Day in which officers fired rubber bullets and pummeled some demonstrators with batons. more Agent: S.C. teen accused in school plot wanted to kill Jesus 30 Apr 08, 02:43 ET AP - A teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school told police that he wanted to die, go to heaven and kill Jesus, federal authorities said Tuesday. more Spurs book NBA playoff date with Hornets as Rockets fight on 30 Apr 08, 02:13 ET AFP - Defending National Basketball Association champion San Antonio ousted Phoenix and New Orleans dumped Dallas Tuesday to book a second-round playoff showdown against each other. more Magnitude-5.2 earthquake hits mountainous area of NorCal 30 Apr 08, 01:37 ET AP - A moderate earthquake hit a mountainous region of Northern California on Tuesday night. There are no immediate reports or injury or damage. more

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