The nation's weather
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Wet weather was forecast to persist in the South as Tropical Storm Ida continues tacking northeastward up the East Coast on Wednesday. The system was expected to continue picking up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and...
Partner of killed GI wants new Afghanistan mission
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Three years ago, Rose Loving got the visit every GI's family fears. On March 29, 2006, uniformed soldiers showed up on her doorstep to give her the bad news: Her live-in partner, Sgt. First Class John Thomas Stone, a...
How the poll on Obama was conducted
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The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama and the direction of the country was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 5-9. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a...
Obituaries in the news
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Peter Francis Storer SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) _ Radio, television and cable industry leader and prominent philanthropist Peter Francis Storer has died. He was 81. Storer died Sunday at his home in Saratoga, his daughter,...
Washington lt. gov's son released from hospital
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The 37-year-old son of Washington state's lieutenant governor has been released from a Seattle hospital, while the man accused of shooting him remains in critical condition. Mark Owen was discharged from Harborview...
San Francisco supes overturn veto of sanctuary law
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San Francisco supervisors have overturned the mayor's veto of a controversial ordinance involving how the city deals with illegal immigrant minors facing felony charges. After Mayor Gavin Newsom last month vetoed a...
2 dead, 2 wounded in Ore. office park shooting
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A woman was killed and two of her co-workers were injured when the woman's estranged husband opened fire Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland before turning the gun on himself, police said. The...
No bail in case of slain pregnant woman from Ore.
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A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday. Another woman, Korena...
Today in History - Nov. 11
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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2009. There are 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World...
Milwaukee muggers see Army ID, return wallet
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A Milwaukee Army reservist's military identification earned him some street cred Tuesday, when he says four men who mugged him at gunpoint returned his belongings and thanked him for his service after finding the ID. ...
Former rape suspect says he tried to help victim
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A man who was arrested but later released in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in California says he didn't take part in the attack, but was trying to help the girl. ...
Fire damages Portland elementary school
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More than 400 students escaped a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a southeast Portland elementary school. Portland Fire Bureau spokeswoman Kim Kosmas says the school's 17 teachers also made it out safely late...
Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment
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Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held...
Suit accusing TSA of wrongful detention dropped
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The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped a lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration that claimed a man was wrongly detained the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash. ...
1 dead in Kansas City, Mo., crane accident
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One worker was killed and another injured Tuesday when a crane tipped over at the construction site of a Kansas City, Mo., performing arts center, police said. The two men were in the bucket of the 100-foot-tall JLG...
Lawyer: No `necessity defense' planned for Roeder
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An anti-abortion activist says he's the one who killed a Kansas abortion provider _ and did it because it was necessary to save lives. But one of his attorneys says there's no such thing as a "necessity defense" in...
CO man gets 114 years in daughter's disappearance
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An Aurora man convicted in the disappearance and presumed death of his daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 114 years behind bars. Arapahoe County District Judge Valeria Spencer's voice cracked with emotion during the...
Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest
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A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defense attorney...
No charges in death of junior lifeguard in Calif.
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No criminal charges will be brought against a veteran marine safety officer who was piloting a boat that struck and killed a junior lifeguard near the Huntington Beach Pier in Southern California. Orange County...
Woman drives into aquarium at Tampa airport
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The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky. Airport officials said 36-year-old Yamile...
Man allegedly pushes girlfriend's car into river
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A man was charged with domestic battery and illegal dumping after authorities said he pushed his girlfriend's car into a river. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office reported that a 36-year-old man and his live-in...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 836
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As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,362
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As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians...
Families of Americans held in Iran plot each move
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The families of three Americans accused of espionage in Iran are attempting the delicate feat of keeping a spotlight trained on the plight of their loved ones while trying to avoid the tangled politics of the tense...
Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnesses
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Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case that an innocent man was wrongly convicted of murder. The allegations came in filings...
911 tapes in Orlando shooting show chaos, panic
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A man wounded in last week's Orlando office shooting frantically told an emergency dispatcher to hurry because he worried the gunman would return, 911 tapes released by police Tuesday show. The unnamed caller whispered...
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John Allen Muhammad executed for sniper attacks that killed 10 around D.C. during 3-week spree ...
10 years for polygamist sect member in sex assault
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The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called...
Ariz. student impostor facing 14 felony charges
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Authorities say a 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Arizona high schools so he could earn a basketball scholarship has been charged with three counts of forgery and 11 counts of sexual conduct with a...
Biden: 7 Wash. state soldiers were extraordinary
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Seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were "decent, ordinary, yet extraordinary" young men to whom the nation owes more than it can repay, Vice President Joe Biden told a memorial service...
NYPD: 5th UN mission sent white powder package
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A fifth foreign mission to the United Nations has received an envelope with a suspicious white powder inside, police say. The mission to the United Kingdom reported receiving the envelope Tuesday at its One Dag...
Ariz. narrows property list for budget financing
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All or parts of four prison complexes are among a dozen state properties on a shortened list of facilities being proposed for sale-leaseback refinancing to help balance Arizona's state budget. Thirty-two properties had...
2nd fire at historic Vt. general store ruled arson
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It was a heartwarming story: A 200-year-old general store suffers a fire, the owner can't afford to rebuild it and the town's historical society steps in to buy the building, hoping to make it the commercial and social...
NY Senate fails to put gay marriage to vote
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After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York's Senate failed to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage during a special session Tuesday. Advocates and opponents say the Senate...
Police surround office near Mo. governor's mansion
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Police said they were investigating what led to an unfounded report of a hostage situation that prompted a lockdown and office building evacuation near the Missouri governor's mansion Tuesday. It was unclear whether...
DA: Sheriff cleared for comments in balloon case
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Boulder County's district attorney has decided no criminal charges are warranted against the sheriff who disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the investigation in the runaway balloon case. Richard...
Ex-NYC top cop allowed out of jail for holidays
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Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner and one-time candidate for Homeland Security chief, was freed from jail Tuesday for the holidays to await sentencing on federal crimes. Kerik, who pleaded...
LAPD watchdog: Racial profiling probes were flawed
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A police watchdog says he found problems in a third of the internal investigations of Los Angeles police officers accused of racial profiling and other kinds of bias. Police Commission Inspector General Andre Birotte...
Conn. man gets year in prison in oil bribe case
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A Connecticut businessman was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Tuesday for conspiring with others to corrupt the oil privatization process in Azerbaijan. Frederic Bourke, 53, of Greenwich, Conn., was convicted...
Cuban man executed for Houston slaying
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A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago. Yosvanis "El Cubano" Valle, 34, had denied fatally...
Judge orders Va. man to live in his neglected home
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A Richmond man will have to live more than a month in one of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain his properties. Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail, followed by 40 days...
Cops: Man who took champagne nabbed for 63rd time
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Chicago police said a West Side man who allegedly tried to walk out of a store with three expensive bottles of champagne under his jacket now has 63 arrests under his belt. Officers said the 70-year-old man was...
Man allegedly reports fake murder to speed police
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Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported...
Judge's ruling allows autism helper dog in class
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A first-grader in central Illinois gets to keep his autism helper dog in school, a Douglas County judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Chris Freese sided with the family of Kaleb Drew, who argued that the boy's yellow Labrador...
12 charged after library books worth $87K stolen
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Authorities threw the book at 12 people Tuesday, accusing them of checking out pricey textbooks from a public library system outside Washington to sell for quick cash. The Prince George's County Memorial Library System...
DC sniper said to be 'fearless' before execution
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Sniper John Allen Muhammad is meeting with relatives in the hours before his execution and one of his attorneys described the convicted killer as fearless. Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon said Muhammad had no regrets and...
Yellowstone bison could go to Turner's Mont. ranch
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Dozens of wild bison from Yellowstone National Park would be relocated to a Montana ranch owned by billionaire Ted Turner, under a recommendation made by state and federal officials Tuesday. The animals were spared...
15 remain hospitalized after Fort Hood rampage
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Fort Hood officials say that 15 of 29 people wounded in last week's shooting rampage remain hospitalized. A statement issued by Fort Hood Tuesday says three people are in intensive care and 12 others have been moved to...
Former Bush aide seeks to toss torture memos suit
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A former Bush administration lawyer is asking a federal court to toss a lawsuit by a convicted terrorist who accuses him of drafting the legal theories that led to his alleged torture. John Yoo, a former senior Justice...
Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease
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Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor. That has left...