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September 05, 2010 8:58 AM EDT
MADRID (AP) — The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease-fire in a video statement issued on Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for independence.
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September 05, 2010 8:57 AM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants detonated a car bomb at a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and then tried to shoot their way into the building, killing eight people and wounding 29 in a brazen morning attack, Iraqi officials said.
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September 05, 2010 6:34 AM EDT
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said.
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September 05, 2010 6:23 AM EDT
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
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September 05, 2010 4:55 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
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September 05, 2010 2:57 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
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September 05, 2010 2:17 AM EDT
YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.
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September 05, 2010 1:43 AM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — With the NCAA lurking around Chapel Hill and some of its best players sitting in the stands, North Carolina found itself in a most improbable position.
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September 05, 2010 12:02 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.
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September 04, 2010 11:43 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes there's no going back. JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater — who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand.
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September 04, 2010 11:38 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.
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September 04, 2010 8:31 PM EDT
DAIRA DINPANAH, Pakistan (AP) — Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.
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September 04, 2010 8:22 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said.
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September 04, 2010 8:07 PM EDT
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — About the only thing fun for Jason Day was being atop the leaderboard in the Deutsche Bank Championship. One day after he opened with a 63 in conditions so calm he might as well have been playing indoors, Day found out quickly what he was up against Saturday in tree-shaking wind on the TPC at Boston.
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September 04, 2010 7:46 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have released Matt Leinart, parting ways with the former Heisman Trophy winner who was supposed to be the team's franchise quarterback but couldn't escape the backup role.
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September 04, 2010 7:26 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips.
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September 04, 2010 6:40 PM EDT
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
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September 04, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
HAVANA (AP) — What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? If you were the protagonist of Juan de los Muertos — "Juan of the Dead" — the first zombie flick ever shot in post-revolutionary Cuba, you'd figure out how to make some cash out of the carnage.
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September 04, 2010 12:09 PM EDT
DUBLIN (AP) — Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital.
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September 04, 2010 10:54 AM EDT
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push.
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September 04, 2010 4:16 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol." Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been with the singing contest from the start, the last judge standing, for now.
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September 04, 2010 4:13 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say.
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September 04, 2010 3:17 AM EDT
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.
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September 04, 2010 1:01 AM EDT
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.
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September 04, 2010 12:54 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner and was left doing the splits at the net.
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September 05, 2010 6:23 AM EDT
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
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September 05, 2010 5:41 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S.
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September 05, 2010 4:55 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
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September 05, 2010 2:17 AM EDT
YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.
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September 04, 2010 9:15 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.
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September 04, 2010 6:47 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A strong economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class, not just a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said in paying tribute to the American worker.
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September 04, 2010 6:40 PM EDT
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
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September 04, 2010 5:39 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges — they pleaded guilty — but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison.
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September 04, 2010 10:54 AM EDT
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push.
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September 04, 2010 8:33 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP crews worked Saturday to slowly raise the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.
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September 04, 2010 4:09 AM EDT
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rain forests..
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September 04, 2010 1:08 AM EDT
The following recalls have been announced: —Real Taste Noodle Manufacture of Chicago is recalling 5-pound bags of egg noodles, because they have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
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September 03, 2010 10:54 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
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September 03, 2010 10:15 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court.
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September 03, 2010 9:55 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.
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September 03, 2010 8:51 PM EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.
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September 03, 2010 8:30 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state.
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September 03, 2010 4:53 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.
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September 03, 2010 4:51 PM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars (US$3.42 billion), trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.
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September 03, 2010 3:45 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, likely including tax cuts and targeted spending, to spark job growth.
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September 03, 2010 3:37 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumn's leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.
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September 03, 2010 2:47 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — Seniors amble the nursing home's halls, while children from around the world visit for biofeedback treatments. One floor down from the hospice, middle-aged workers fill its pain management clinic.
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September 03, 2010 12:56 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A nationwide civil service strike entering its third week is causing massive backlogs at courthouses, and a top South African lawyer said Friday that defendants whose legal proceedings are delayed could end up suing the government for damages.
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September 03, 2010 11:50 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey.
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September 03, 2010 10:44 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.
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September 05, 2010 4:55 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
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September 04, 2010 6:40 PM EDT
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
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September 04, 2010 10:54 AM EDT
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push.
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September 03, 2010 11:21 PM EDT
CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry. The increasing use of the mobile Internet and for-pay "apps" that run on smart phones and other gadgets might give news providers what they've been searching for: a way to charge for digital content, Wales told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.
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September 03, 2010 10:54 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
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September 03, 2010 5:41 PM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.
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September 03, 2010 10:49 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.
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September 03, 2010 8:53 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company's Internet service, according to a long-term deal with The Walt Disney Co.
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September 03, 2010 8:51 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.
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September 02, 2010 9:48 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.
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September 02, 2010 9:46 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle. It pitted two of the world's biggest technology companies against each other for control of a company that was obscure outside of technology circles and flat-out unloved on Wall Street, with a stock that was stuck around $10 for a year and a half.
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September 02, 2010 6:18 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday it won't match HP's offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par, or about $2.07 billion.
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September 02, 2010 5:12 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.
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September 02, 2010 5:11 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.
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September 02, 2010 3:00 PM EDT
MUMBAI, India (AP) — India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data.
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September 02, 2010 2:53 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.
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September 02, 2010 12:40 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N.
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September 02, 2010 10:11 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
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September 02, 2010 9:44 AM EDT
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.
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September 01, 2010 11:51 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire. On Wednesday, Apple unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of Apple TV, which connects to a high-definition television and can show rented movies and TV shows from Apple's own service, plus content from Netflix, photos on Flickr, YouTube clips and more.
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September 01, 2010 8:47 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.
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September 01, 2010 7:14 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we're not just about making copies. To hammer that home, the company is launching its biggest media blitz in decades, starting next week.
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September 01, 2010 5:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have shot down a proposal by a startup called M2Z Networks Inc. to build a free, nationwide wireless broadband network using a spare slice of airwaves.
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September 01, 2010 3:46 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are seeking public input on what rules should apply to wireless Internet access and specialized services that aren't part of the Internet but are delivered over wired broadband connections.
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September 04, 2010 11:38 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.
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September 04, 2010 8:09 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident.
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September 04, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
HAVANA (AP) — What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? If you were the protagonist of Juan de los Muertos — "Juan of the Dead" — the first zombie flick ever shot in post-revolutionary Cuba, you'd figure out how to make some cash out of the carnage.
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September 04, 2010 4:16 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol." Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been with the singing contest from the start, the last judge standing, for now.
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September 04, 2010 1:01 AM EDT
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.
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September 03, 2010 10:06 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Taylor Lautner says the "Twilight" star has settled a lawsuit with an RV dealership he claims didn't deliver a $300,000 coach in time for a movie shoot.
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September 03, 2010 9:55 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones.
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September 03, 2010 9:17 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors told him deliberations had grown hostile in the marriage fraud case of Mexican-born actress Fernanda Romero and her husband.
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September 03, 2010 8:23 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol." Fox said Friday that DioGuardi made the decision to leave the hit singing contest, which she judged with DeGeneres, Cowell and Randy Jackson — who's now the only one left on the panel.
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September 03, 2010 7:53 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A writer for Vanity Fair has acknowledged a case of mistaken identity in an unflattering article about Sarah Palin in the magazine's October issue.
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September 03, 2010 7:11 PM EDT
COLTON, Calif. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a rapper known as 40 Glocc who touted his gang member status in songs and videos is subject to a 2008 gang injunction barring him from an apartment complex in his hometown of Colton.
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September 03, 2010 7:02 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial recanted statements Friday that he saw defendant Howard K.
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September 03, 2010 6:46 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man accused of showing up at Paris Hilton's house wielding two knives has pleaded not guilty to attempted felony burglary.
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September 03, 2010 5:41 PM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.
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September 03, 2010 1:58 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday.
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September 03, 2010 1:56 PM EDT
VENICE, Italy (AP) — John Woo built his reputation with stylish Hong Kong action thrillers, then moved to Hollywood where he directed such big-budget blockbusters as "Mission Impossible II."
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September 03, 2010 1:17 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together. After T.I. was arrested in a drug case, Ne-Yo called him one of the smartest people in the music industry.
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September 03, 2010 12:32 PM EDT
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Sofia Coppola gives audiences an insider's look into two worlds she knows intimately in her latest film: hotels and Hollywood.
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September 03, 2010 10:46 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with their 1991 debut single, "Brand New Man," during the encore.
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September 03, 2010 10:03 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Rap and rock will collide once again — this time in a video game. Fans of the hit game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to Snoop Dogg.
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September 03, 2010 6:23 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury weighing whether a Mexican-born actress committed marriage fraud has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching any verdicts and has expressed discord in its ranks.
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September 03, 2010 6:01 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fishermen herded dolphins into a cove made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about the hunt but did not kill any Friday, as conservationist groups ramped up scrutiny of the annual slaughter.
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September 03, 2010 2:56 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.
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September 03, 2010 12:28 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spider-Man" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.
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September 02, 2010 9:45 PM EDT
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters.
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September 05, 2010 5:47 AM EDT
HONG KONG (AP) — A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak.
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September 04, 2010 6:35 AM EDT
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Health officials in Chad say an outbreak of cholera in the Central African nation has killed at least 41 people.
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September 02, 2010 9:56 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.
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September 02, 2010 5:17 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.
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September 02, 2010 1:48 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
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September 01, 2010 6:29 PM EDT
Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.
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September 01, 2010 6:27 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.
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August 31, 2010 8:03 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The system that automatically awards disability benefits to some veterans because of concerns about Agent Orange seems contrary to efforts to control federal spending, the Republican co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit commission said Tuesday.
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August 31, 2010 4:00 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.
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August 31, 2010 2:54 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.
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August 31, 2010 9:11 AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.
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August 30, 2010 5:18 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts.
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August 30, 2010 5:14 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S.
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August 30, 2010 1:25 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's flu-shot season already, and for the first time health authorities are urging nearly everyone to get vaccinated.
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August 30, 2010 11:37 AM EDT
MESSINA, Sicily (AP) — Italy's health minister traveled to Sicily on Monday to apologize to a woman whose delivery of a son was botched when her two doctors got into a fistfight in the operating room.
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August 30, 2010 10:35 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness.
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August 30, 2010 12:52 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.
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August 29, 2010 2:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Eating more heart-healthy omega-3 fats provided no additional benefit in a study of heart attack survivors who were already getting good care, Dutch researchers report.
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August 28, 2010 9:27 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S.
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August 27, 2010 8:24 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of the country's largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall of tainted eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,500 people.
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August 27, 2010 5:44 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that vaccines are not to blame for autism. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision last year by a special vaccine court, which concluded there's little if any evidence to support claims of a vaccine-autism link.
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August 27, 2010 5:15 PM EDT
Forget the Dow and the GDP. Here's the latest economic indicator: The U.S. birth rate has fallen to its lowest level in at least a century as many people apparently decided they couldn't afford more mouths to feed.
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August 27, 2010 4:55 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — With Johnson & Johnson's once-golden reputation tarnished by 11 recalls of medicines, contact lenses and hip implants in as many months, its chief executive says he knows the company let consumers down.
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August 27, 2010 6:58 AM EDT
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Doctors were shocked when they looked into a woman's uterus searching for an orange-size tumor but found something that resembled a giant rock instead.
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August 27, 2010 4:57 AM EDT
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug. The ministry says experts at the medical university in the southern city of Graz detected the gene, known as NDM-1, in two people, both of whom are believed to have been infected in hospitals abroad.
Sports News:
September 05, 2010 1:43 AM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — With the NCAA lurking around Chapel Hill and some of its best players sitting in the stands, North Carolina found itself in a most improbable position.
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September 05, 2010 12:43 AM EDT
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The TCU Horned Frogs realize they likely will have to be perfect again in the regular season for the chance at a BCS do-over.
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September 05, 2010 12:14 AM EDT
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Given a few extra moments to think about it, Bob Stoops made a pivotal decision about how best to stave off a surprising charge from Utah State.
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September 04, 2010 11:49 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After a tough week for the defending national champions, No. 1 Alabama enjoyed its dress rehearsal before 100,000-plus fans.
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September 04, 2010 11:14 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Maria Sharapova knows the story all too well: An unknown American kid shows up at the U.S. Open, upsets a seeded player, gains some buzz and belief, then gets a shot at Sharapova in the third round.
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September 04, 2010 9:12 PM EDT
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — On the final crazy play of a crazy game, Jacksonville State running back Calvin Middleton found himself in the middle of a mass of bodies as quarterback Coty Blanchard lofted a 2-point conversion pass toward the end zone.
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September 04, 2010 8:57 PM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The Ducks didn't need LaMichael James against New Mexico, and they certainly didn't miss Jeremiah Masoli. Kenjon Barner and Darron Thomas seamlessly filled the roles of running back and quarterback for No.
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September 04, 2010 8:07 PM EDT
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — About the only thing fun for Jason Day was being atop the leaderboard in the Deutsche Bank Championship. One day after he opened with a 63 in conditions so calm he might as well have been playing indoors, Day found out quickly what he was up against Saturday in tree-shaking wind on the TPC at Boston.
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September 04, 2010 7:46 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have released Matt Leinart, parting ways with the former Heisman Trophy winner who was supposed to be the team's franchise quarterback but couldn't escape the backup role.
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September 04, 2010 7:37 PM EDT
NORTON, Mass. (AP) — This FedEx Cup might be remembered as much for the winners as who didn't get to play. One week after Jim Furyk was knocked out of a tournament for oversleeping and missing his pro-am time, Chad Campbell was disqualified Saturday at the Deutsche Bank Championship when officials realized he never registered for the tournament.
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September 04, 2010 7:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer remembers how it felt when he was trying to complete the career Grand Slam, when every trip to Roland Garros was more than merely big, but a chance to make history.
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September 04, 2010 7:09 PM EDT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie left-hander Travis Wood hit his first homer and allowed one unearned run over seven innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-1 win over St.
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September 04, 2010 6:09 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 34 years, a Florida State football season started without Bobby Bowden on the sideline.
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September 04, 2010 5:53 PM EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Just minutes after Florida's season opener ended, even before players and coaches walked off the field, the scoreboards went blank.
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September 04, 2010 5:21 PM EDT
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Aaron Murray loves to flash his athleticism. Georgia coach Mark Richt just wants his quarterback to stay healthy.
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September 04, 2010 4:55 PM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — After one lackluster victory during pool play, Mike Krzyzewski encountered some feistier competition in his news conference than the U.S.
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September 04, 2010 4:19 PM EDT
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi slipped to the turf and limped to the sidelines, seemingly carrying the Hawkeyes hopes with him.
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September 04, 2010 3:44 PM EDT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils did more than sign Ilya Kovalchuk to a $100 million contract. A byproduct of the revised 15-year deal was that the Devils helped the NHL and its players union reach an agreement on long-term contracts that will define how much money will count toward salary caps.
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September 04, 2010 3:34 PM EDT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No. 1 overall draft pick Sam Bradford will start at quarterback in the regular-season opener at home against Arizona next weekend.
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September 04, 2010 3:20 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — With his dreadlocks still flowing, Manny Ramirez ran to first base with a single on his first at-bat Saturday in his return to Fenway Park.
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September 04, 2010 1:40 PM EDT
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady cheered from the sideline as his undrafted teammate sped by for a 52-yard gain. Coach Bill Belichick and several players stood nearby, expressionless.
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September 04, 2010 1:20 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Injured stars Alex Rodriguez and Andy Pettitte are getting closer to rejoining the New York Yankees. Pettitte threw 50 pitches in a simulated game Saturday morning at Yankee Stadium and said he had no problems with the strained left groin that's kept him out since July 19.
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September 04, 2010 1:16 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic has been upset by 31st-seeded Kaia Kanepi in the third round of the U.S. Open. Jankovic struggled with the wind at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, at one point hitting a serve so badly the ball flew straight up into the air.
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September 04, 2010 4:13 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say.
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September 03, 2010 11:59 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Elvis Dumervil's season is officially sacked. The Denver Broncos had been holding out hope the league's top sacker would make a quicker than anticipated recovery from a torn chest muscle and return to action in December.
September 05, 2010 6:23 AM EDT
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
September 05, 2010 5:41 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S.
September 05, 2010 12:47 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head.
September 05, 2010 12:02 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.
September 04, 2010 11:43 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes there's no going back. JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater — who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand.
September 04, 2010 9:41 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix. An Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman says a car slowed on Interstate 10 on Saturday afternoon to look at a minor collision and cut off a minivan, which braked to avoid a crash.
September 04, 2010 6:40 PM EDT
Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
September 04, 2010 5:39 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges — they pleaded guilty — but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison.
September 04, 2010 2:37 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.
September 04, 2010 1:27 PM EDT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S.
September 04, 2010 4:13 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say.
September 04, 2010 3:17 AM EDT
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.
September 04, 2010 2:37 AM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A security guard who called 911 after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper."
September 04, 2010 12:33 AM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S.
September 04, 2010 12:27 AM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month.
September 03, 2010 9:46 PM EDT
CAMPO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost.
September 03, 2010 9:22 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana health officials suspended an abortion clinic's license Friday, the first time the state has used its new authority to shut down such a facility over health and safety concerns.
September 03, 2010 8:51 PM EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.
September 03, 2010 8:38 PM EDT
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
September 03, 2010 8:30 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state.
September 03, 2010 8:23 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol." Fox said Friday that DioGuardi made the decision to leave the hit singing contest, which she judged with DeGeneres, Cowell and Randy Jackson — who's now the only one left on the panel.
September 03, 2010 8:16 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Dan Maes likes to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee.
September 03, 2010 7:37 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.
September 03, 2010 7:05 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
September 03, 2010 5:35 PM EDT
LEAVENWORTH, Kan (AP) — As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn't forget their sons.
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September 05, 2010 8:25 AM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants detonated a car bomb at a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and then tried to shoot their way into the building, killing eight people and wounding 29 in a brazen morning attack, Iraqi officials said.
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September 05, 2010 7:18 AM EDT
MADRID (AP) — The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease fire in a video statement issued on Sunday. The video showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque.
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September 05, 2010 6:59 AM EDT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he has warned Israel's prime minister that he'll quit peace talks unless Israel extends a curb on settlement construction.
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September 05, 2010 6:53 AM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coalition service member was killed in fighting in Afghanistan's turbulent south Sunday, while a political rival of President Hamid Karzai questioned his approach to pending talks with Taliban who might be having doubts about the insurgency.
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September 05, 2010 6:47 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese journalist who was abducted by apparent Taliban militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been freed by his captors, reports said Sunday.
International News:
September 05, 2010 6:34 AM EDT
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said.
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September 05, 2010 6:10 AM EDT
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new fault line in the Earth's surface, a geologist said Sunday.
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September 05, 2010 5:18 AM EDT
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police commandos killed an Abu Sayyaf commander linked to last year's kidnapping of Red Cross workers and gunned down two other militants in a clash in the south, officials said Sunday.
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September 05, 2010 2:57 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
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September 05, 2010 1:12 AM EDT
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Investigators expressed confidence Sunday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing four Europeans and five New Zealanders.
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September 04, 2010 9:15 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe.
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September 04, 2010 8:31 PM EDT
DAIRA DINPANAH, Pakistan (AP) — Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.
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September 04, 2010 8:22 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said.
International News:
September 04, 2010 8:16 PM EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday.
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September 04, 2010 6:25 PM EDT
SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong.
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September 04, 2010 3:45 PM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Paris and around France on Saturday to protest expulsions of Gypsies and other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
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September 04, 2010 3:41 PM EDT
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Robbers set a clothing store ablaze, killing at least six people in the normally peaceful capital of Barbados, police said Saturday.
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September 04, 2010 2:09 PM EDT
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose to 65 Saturday as critically wounded people died in hospitals, while a suspected U.S.
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September 04, 2010 1:41 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized-crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday.
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September 04, 2010 1:32 PM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and the other Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war.
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September 04, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
HAVANA (AP) — What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? If you were the protagonist of Juan de los Muertos — "Juan of the Dead" — the first zombie flick ever shot in post-revolutionary Cuba, you'd figure out how to make some cash out of the carnage.
International News:
September 04, 2010 12:09 PM EDT
DUBLIN (AP) — Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital.
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September 04, 2010 6:51 AM EDT
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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September 04, 2010 2:02 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on.
Political News:
September 05, 2010 4:51 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head. But the perpetually tanned, chain-smoking Ohioan might be the next House speaker and a huge force in national politics, trying to manage an increasingly libertarian-leaning Republican caucus while leading the opposition to President Barack Obama.
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September 05, 2010 12:02 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.
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September 04, 2010 10:06 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.
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September 04, 2010 7:26 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips.
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September 04, 2010 7:01 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal campaign finance report shows embattled New York Rep. Charles Rangel has spent more than $111,000 on legal bills since July.
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September 04, 2010 6:47 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A strong economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class, not just a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said in paying tribute to the American worker.
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September 04, 2010 6:17 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported.
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September 04, 2010 5:22 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada's budget crisis. Nonpartisan candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone believes people would pay for the privilege to drive up to 90 mph on designated highways — and fill the state's depleted coffers.
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September 04, 2010 4:08 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid.
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September 04, 2010 2:37 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.
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September 04, 2010 4:13 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.
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September 03, 2010 11:21 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
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September 03, 2010 8:16 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Dan Maes likes to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee.
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September 03, 2010 4:53 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.
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September 03, 2010 3:45 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, likely including tax cuts and targeted spending, to spark job growth.
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September 03, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry's "excellent safety record" when it opposed a proposed federal rule last year that would require offshore oil and gas operators to have safety systems aimed at reducing workers' mistakes.
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September 03, 2010 2:07 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and the Palestinians have set a goal of reaching a final peace settlement within one year, a highly ambitious aim given past failures and future obstacles.
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September 03, 2010 9:49 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government official said Friday that a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.
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September 03, 2010 9:02 AM EDT
COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S.
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September 03, 2010 4:28 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is likening the federal government to a drug dealer. In an interview Thursday with Fox News' "Your World With Neil Cavuto," Pawlenty defended his order that seeks to limit his state's participation in the new health care overhaul law that makes available funds for states to try new medical models.
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September 03, 2010 3:34 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.
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September 02, 2010 10:00 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep.
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September 02, 2010 9:39 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.
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September 02, 2010 8:47 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory. Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled and stammered through her opening statement during a televised debate Wednesday night, suffering through an embarrassing, cringe-eliciting pause that lasted more than 10 seconds.
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September 02, 2010 4:39 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept.
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September 04, 2010 5:22 PM EDT
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One Nevada gubernatorial hopeful sees a speedy fix to Nevada's budget crisis. Nonpartisan candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone believes people would pay for the privilege to drive up to 90 mph on designated highways — and fill the state's depleted coffers.
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September 03, 2010 3:13 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Just in case it wasn't clear: Weapons and drugs don't make good charitable donations. Albuquerque police briefly evacuated a Goodwill store Thursday after someone left a pistol, ammunition, a grenade and some marijuana in a collection box.
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September 03, 2010 2:25 PM EDT
BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) — A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator.
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September 03, 2010 1:34 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent a message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, saying "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?" A detective pretending to be the dealer organized a meeting at a time when the boy knew he and another teen would be at a particular store.
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September 03, 2010 1:32 PM EDT
BETHEL, Ohio (AP) — For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.
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September 03, 2010 11:38 AM EDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Diane Buckalew said she felt sick when she woke up and realized two rings she'd left on the bathroom counter the night before were gone.
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September 03, 2010 11:05 AM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A "D+" campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni.
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September 03, 2010 8:21 AM EDT
NORTH EAST, Pa. (AP) — Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute.
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September 03, 2010 8:17 AM EDT
FARSON, Wyo. (AP) — The powdery substance that Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers found in a zip-close bag during a recent traffic stop didn't turn out to be drugs after all.
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September 03, 2010 6:38 AM EDT
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit. Footage of 2-year-old Aldi Rizal — who smoked up to two packs a day — puffing away circulated the Internet in May and sparked an international outcry.
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September 03, 2010 12:21 AM EDT
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday.
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September 02, 2010 3:59 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe.
Strange News:
September 02, 2010 9:05 AM EDT
BETHEL, Ohio (AP) — For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.
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September 02, 2010 1:22 AM EDT
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
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September 01, 2010 3:24 PM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police said a 37-year-old man driving a dump truck led them on an hour-long chase over roads, rails and yards in the Syracuse area that ended with the suspect being shot.
Strange News:
September 01, 2010 3:21 PM EDT
RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police investigating a home burglary in Russellville found a surprising clue — a cell phone that got left behind.
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September 01, 2010 3:16 PM EDT
DARIEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say a man fell out of his car onto Interstate 95 and watched his vehicle drive on for about two-tenths of a mile before it crashed into a pole.
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September 01, 2010 4:57 AM EDT
RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers.
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August 31, 2010 10:03 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded.
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August 31, 2010 7:37 PM EDT
MEXICO, Mo. (AP) — A wandering Missouri goat whose exploits have been chronicled on a popular Facebook page has been captured. KXEO reported that a man named Mervin Beechy noticed the goat Tuesday afternoon while he was driving around the eastern Missouri town of Mexico.
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August 31, 2010 3:53 PM EDT
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A man who bought a cell phone online, only to find it was the same one that was stolen from his car, tipped off California sheriff's deputies, who arrested a man they believe broke into dozens of vehices.
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August 31, 2010 3:30 PM EDT
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a handgun in his back pocket. The Chelan County sheriff's office said the 52-year-old Snohomish man had moved his .40-caliber handgun from its holster to his back pocket Saturday to see if that position would be more comfortable.
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August 31, 2010 3:26 PM EDT
GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota sheriff said two Minnesota men are lucky to be alive after they drove underneath a stalled semi truck towing a flatbed.
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August 31, 2010 3:20 PM EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest.
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August 31, 2010 12:50 PM EDT
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California.
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