Yale suspect's floor scrubbing raised suspicions
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An animal research technician charged with killing a Yale graduate student raised suspicions when he began scrubbing floors after the crime and tried to move a box of bloody wipes from the view of an investigator,...
Detroit corruption figure gets maximum 5-year term
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A judge ordered the maximum five-year prison sentence Friday for a key figure in a corrupt city sludge-hauling deal and likened the FBI's ongoing investigation to a hero in Greek mythology who clears manure from a...
NY dog Oreo put down despite pleas from dog lovers
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A young pit bull mix that survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a Brooklyn building still was not fit to live because of her aggressive behavior, her caretakers said, and she was euthanized Friday, despite...
Son of executed DC sniper: 'I am my own man'
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Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree. ...
NC Rep. Etheridge declines to challenge Sen. Burr
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North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge says he will not run for the U.S. Senate next year. Etheridge told The Associated Press on Friday that he thinks he can best help the people of North Carolina by remaining in the...
Son of executed DC sniper: 'I am my own man.'
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Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree. ...
Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti into marsh
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A man blamed a low-flying pelican and a dropped cell phone for his veering his million-dollar sports car off a road and into a salt marsh near Galveston. The accident happened about 3 p.m. Wednesday on the frontage road...
Ga. judge rejects terror convict's new trial bid
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A federal judge in Georgia has rejected a bid for a new trial by a man convicted of terrorism charges earlier this year. U.S. District Judge William Duffey rejected Ehsanul Islam Sadequee's (EH'-suh-nool sah-DEE'-keez)...
FBI got warning about suspect in Kan. doctor death
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More than a month before the shooting of a high-profile abortion doctor, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City received an anonymous letter warning that the man now charged in the case "would do physical...
Police: Drunk man survives being run over by train
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Police said a highly intoxicated man who survived when multiple freight train cars rolled over him is "the luckiest guy alive." Police Major Kevin Lemke said Canadian National Railway employees reported they ran over...
Dolphin stranded in Ala. after Tropical Storm Ida
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An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast. A jogger at the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge...
Famed Miss. judge gets 18 months for lying to FBI
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Bobby DeLaughter, a history-making prosecutor who became a judge, was sentenced Friday to 18 months for federal obstruction in a case that ended his career and brought down some of the most powerful lawyers in...
DC rescuers evacuate shops over collapse fears
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Rescuers have evacuated several shops in southeast Washington, D.C., over concerns that nearby buildings under construction might collapse because the ground is soaked from recent rain. D.C. fire department spokesman...
Tenn. trooper suspended over white pride e-mail
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A Tennessee state trooper who accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will have to attend diversity training. The e-mail from Trooper...
NASA begins countdown for space shuttle launch
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The countdown clocks at NASA are ticking toward a Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis. Officials said Friday everything is going well at the launch pad. Even the forecast is good, with 90 percent odds of fine...
Former Middle East hostage files for bankruptcy
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Former hostage Terry Anderson, who was held captive in the Middle East for 6 1/2 years, has filed for bankruptcy. In the chapter 7 bankruptcy filed Nov. 3, which was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio,...
Suspect returns to crime scene for cell phone
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Sioux Falls Police arrested a 20-year-old man on Wednesday when he returned to the scene of a crime to retrieve his cell phone. Police said they got a call Wednesday evening from a woman who saw a man inside her...
Woman accused of faking breast cancer for implants
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Authorities say a Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged. McLennan County sheriff's investigator James Pack says in court records that 24-year-old...
Praise Lord, then pass ammo at church gun class
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The issue this week at a Chattanooga church isn't just sanctification, but safety _ gun safety. Pastor Fred Smith at the East Chattanooga Church of God says about 40 people have been taking a safety course on firearms....
San Diego Great Dane named world's tallest dog
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Only one animal got credit for a record Thursday, the same day Norway registered the world's largest gingerbread man; the most people hugging in one minute were in the U.K.; Italy set the mark for the fastest...
Tanker overturns, spilling whiskey on Ky. road
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It was a "bottoms up" of a different variety. Authorities in Scott County said a tanker truck carrying Canadian Club whiskey overturned Wednesday on U.S. 460 as it was being driven to the Jim Beam distillery in...
Police: Drunken Pa. man drove tractor on beer run
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Pennsylvania State Police say a man was drunk when he hopped on a lawn tractor and drove it to buy more beer. Police said 63-year-old Ford Earl Broome, of Export, was stopped by a state trooper at about 8 p.m. on Sept....
Ala. robbery suspect jailed minus part of his nose
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A northwest Alabama man is in jail minus part of his nose, which police said was bitten off during a robbery attempt. Police said a 40-year-old man was in custody Friday after surrendering to authorities. He will be...
Judge linked to stripper gets 1 year probation
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A former Florida judge whose legal career ended amid accusations about his relationship with a stripper was sentenced to one year probation for bank fraud. Thomas E. Stringer was sentenced Friday afternoon in federal...
Brother of terror suspect: 'We are not extremists'
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A Somali man arrested in the Netherlands and accused of financing Islamic terrorists was not an extremist and was so poor he couldn't afford to bring his new wife from Somalia to the U.S., according to two of his...
British gardeners told: go green, pee outdoors
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A British heritage charity is encouraging employees to help the environment by eschewing indoor toilets and relieving themselves outdoors. The experiment applies to male gardening staff at Wimpole Hall, a stately home...
Japan's Hatoyama eyes civilian role in Afghanistan
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Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says a civilian contribution to security in Afghanistan would be more appropriate for his country than continuing its role in providing Indian Ocean refueling assistance to the...
UN chief to fast to spotlight 1 billion hungry
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to join a 24-hour fast to spotlight the plight of the more than one billion people around the world who go to bed hungry every night. U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe...
RI gov opens door to domestic partnerships
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Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee), a gay marriage opponent, has opened the door slightly to the limited recognition of same-sex relationships in Rhode Island. The Republican governor still opposes gay marriage and said...
2 Mich. brothers who fled Yemen can stay in US
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Two Yemeni brothers, one who married the daughter of a contemptuous general and the other who was jailed by the man's guards, have won permission to stay in the United States in a case stemming from the forbidden love. ...
NC principal leaves after cash-for-grades flap
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A North Carolina principal is retiring after school district leaders halted a cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved. Wayne County Public Schools said Friday that Rosewood Middle School principal Susie Shepherd has...
Highlights of Obama's trip to Asia
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A day-by-day look at what's ahead in President Barack Obama's trip to Asia: Saturday, Nov. 14: Events in Tokyo. Travels to Singapore for the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Sunday, Nov....
Text of Obama's news conference with Hatoyama
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Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's remarks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo, as transcribed by the White House. HATOYAMA: (As translated.) President Obama, I would like...
Feds to check animal abuse claims at Utah labs
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Federal officials say they'll look into complaints by the animal rights group PETA about the treatment of animals at University of Utah research facilities. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says one of its...
Police: Missing Va. Tech student seen hitchhiking
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Virginia State Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert. Police said Friday that witnesses saw a woman fitting the description of...
Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King dies at age 85
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King, a folksy cattle rancher who served more time as governor than anyone else and became an institution in state politics, died Friday. He was 85. Attorney General Gary King announced his...
AP sources: Probers eye census worker's insurance
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Investigators trying to solve the mystery of a census taker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest are examining whether he manipulated the scene in order to conceal a suicide and make a...
Teen bitten by shark off New Smyrna Beach
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A Lake Mary teen surfing off New Smyrna Beach was bitten by a shark. Volusia County Beach Patrol reports that the 18-year-old man was one of about 300 surfers in the water Wednesday when a 4-foot shark grabbed his...
Thieves steal popular NC road sign _ again
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Want to know how far it is from the eastern end of Interstate 40 in North Carolina to the western end in California? You'll have to punch it into your GPS or try MapQuest. The Star-News of Wilmington reports that a...
Judge rejects homicide plea for Ohio bus driver
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A judge has rejected a plea deal for a Cleveland bus driver who was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a man in a crosswalk in March. Fifty-year-old Angela Williams is charged with aggravated vehicular...
Ex-congressman faces prison in freezer cash case
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The former Louisiana congressman who famously hid $90,000 cash in his freezer and was later convicted of federal bribery charges will soon learn his punishment. William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of...
Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
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Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
The nation's weather
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The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue pushing up the East Coast and leave more wet weather over the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday. Flow around the system was forecast to pick up abundant...
Car crashes into Conn. nail salon, 8 injured
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Connecticut authorities say a car smashed through the front windows of a nail salon and ended up halfway into the shop, injuring eight people. Police say a woman who was driving the Honda Civic apparently hit the...
Obama: 9/11 suspects to get demands of justice
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President Barack Obama says he will insist that the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks will be subject to "the most exacting demands of justice." Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo with Japan's...
Obama says his Afghanistan plan coming soon
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President Barack Obama says he soon will announce his new plan for Afghanistan, one that takes into account the costs _ the possible commitment of thousands more U.S. troops and billions of dollars. The president says...
Famed Miss. judge faces prison for lying to FBI
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Bobby DeLaughter made history as a young prosecutor who put away a notorious civil rights-era assassin. The case became the subject of books and a movie, and put DeLaughter on a path to becoming a Mississippi judge. On...
Fla. man arrested for calling 911, asking for sex
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Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes. Tampa police said 29-year-old Joshua Basso made sexual...
4 dead in Connecticut fire
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Bridgeport officials say a fire at a public housing complex has killed a mother and her three children Firefighters say they responded to the P.T. Barnum complex at about 1 a.m. Friday and pulled the four victims from...
2 dead, 14 hurt in eastern Oregon van rollover
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Nearly everyone aboard a van carrying 16 Colorado church group members was likely thrown from the vehicle when it rolled several times on an icy Oregon highway and killed two people, according to state police. The 14...