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(AP) International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said Tuesday.The United Nations sent a letter to Chinese authorities informing them that a team of experts is ready should China want aid, said Elisabeth ...
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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton says she's more determined than ever to press ahead with her campaign.The New York senator welcomed her big West Virginia victory Tuesday night as an "overwhelming vote of confidence" in her Democratic presidential campaign.Even so, her effort remains a distinct long shot, as Barack Obama moves ever ...
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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination."I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone ...
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(AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination."I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone ...
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(AP) Delaware officials say evacuations are in progress in flooded coastal communities.Allen Metheny, assistant director of emergency management in Kent County, says rescuers are evacuating as many of the coastal communities as they can. High tides and heavy rains have flooded roads, requiring the assistance of the Delaware National Guard and ...
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(AP) Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in ...
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(AP) On the first day of his child pornography trial in Chicago, a suit-clad R. Kelly faced nearly 150 Cook County residents, bowed his head slightly, smiled and said, "Hello."It probably behooved the R&B superstar to make as good a first impression as possible with these particular men and women: A ...
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(AP) Tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least five people, mangling buildings and trapping people in the rubble of their homes in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather.At least four people died in southwestern Missouri after storms plowed through, the National Weather Service ...
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(AP) A man convicted of killing a Texas sheriff's deputy in a shootout at his house was sentenced to death Tuesday, just days after he was found guilty of capital murder.Randall Wayne Mays, 48, was convicted Friday of killing Henderson County deputy Tony Price Ogburn after a neighbor called to report ...
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(AP) Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache.A tornado ripped through a 20-block swath of Picher late Saturday afternoon, killing at least seven people. The same storm system then moved into southwest Missouri where tornadoes ...
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(AP) A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 16 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region.At least 10 people were killed after severe storms spawned tornadoes and high winds across sections ...
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(AP) A South Carolina grandmother has become a sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women around the globe by sending the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye dolls.Not that soldiers, Marines and airmen are doing much cuddling with her hand-stitched, foot-tall playthings. Carol Davis' "Dang-it-Dolls" are built to take punishment ...
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(AP) Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business _ if you run a bike shop.Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers _ or buying new ones _ to cope with rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say."Everyone that comes in the shop is talking about the gas prices," said Barry ...
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(AP) A mother taken from a polygamist sect and being held as a minor in state custody gave birth Monday to a baby boy who was immediately taken into child-protective custody.State officials acknowledged the mother may be an adult, and said they were trying to determine her true age. Since state ...
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(AP) No government money will be awarded for rebuilding any of the 100 homes leveled by a deadly tornado that tore through one of the nation's most polluted areas, state and federal officials said Tuesday on a tour of the region.Saturday's tornado was responsible for seven deaths in Picher. The severe ...
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(AP) A woman who left her newborn son alone for about two weeks to die, then put his body in a suitcase and placed it in a ditch near her home, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.Dana Deegan, 35, pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder. She admitted abandoning ...
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(AP) As a boy, Michael Conner Humphreys made a splash on the silver screen as "Young Forrest Gump." As an adult, he somewhat mirrored the life of his movie character: He joined the Army and fought in an unpopular war.Humphreys' enlistment ends June 4 and Hollywood is already calling. He's landed ...
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(AP) Authorities say at least 10 people are dead in Missouri and Oklahoma after severe weather that included tornadoes.Oklahoma Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten says six people died Saturday in Picher. She says the death toll could go higher.She says the tornado caused major damage in a 20-block area.The National Weather ...
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(AP) Exxon Mobil Corp. asked Monday that Alaska pay $800 million in damages, claiming the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil field.The Irving, Texas-based company also filed a separate request for reconsideration of a gas field development proposal that was rejected ...
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(AP) Prosecutors said Monday they will not seek the death penalty against four people charged with murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor because the accused shooter was a minor when the crime was committed.The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that people cannot be executed for crimes committed when they're under 18, ...
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(AP) Even after death, Joe Egan wanted to keep fighting Yucca Mountain.In an obituary he wrote to be posted on his law firm's Web site, the anti-nuclear lawyer said he made plans for his ashes to be scattered at the site of the proposed federal nuclear waste dump with the eulogy: ...
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(AP) The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund site.The tornado was one of several that combined to kill 22 people in the Midwest and the South over the ...
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(AP) The Ohio Democratic Party no longer considers scandal-plagued Attorney General Marc Dann one of its own, voting Saturday to strip an officeholder of his endorsement for the first time in the organization's history.Members of the state party's executive committee moved quickly with a voice vote after little discussion. Only one ...
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(AP) A small-time New Jersey actor accused of traveling to Thailand to have sex with underage boys was denied bail on Monday.U.S. District Court Judge Michael A. Schipp ordered Wayne Nelson Corliss of Union City to remain in jail, saying that he was a flight risk and a danger to the ...
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(AP) A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 16 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region.At least 10 people were killed after severe storms spawned tornadoes and high winds across sections ...
