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(AP) The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.Columbia University has a collection of playing cards that is among the world's largest, a trove of 6,356 decks that the Ivy League institution painstakingly catalogued this spring after they were ...

Balloon pilots somber at NM festival after death

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(AP) Pilots of hot air balloons on Saturday mourned the loss of one of their own in a fiery crash at Albuquerque's famous festival, even as they said another pilot fighting for his life after the accident would want them to keep flying.Saturday's weather failed to cooperate. Windy, stormy weather grounded ...

All is forgiven; McCain returning to Letterman

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(AP) David Letterman and Sen. John McCain will get a chance to make up.The Republican presidential candidate is scheduled to appear on Letterman's "Late Show" on Thursday.It will be McCain's 13th visit to the CBS program but his first since he angered Letterman by canceling last month.Letterman was unhappy when McCain ...

Fire burns 500 acres northeast of Los Angeles

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(AP) A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said.The blaze began about 2 a.m. in a rugged area about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, fire officials said. About 400 firefighters were on the scene ...

Residents get OK to return after Pa. chemical leak

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(AP) About 2,500 people who fled when a corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant and evaporated were allowed to return home Sunday after authorities determined that no toxins remained in the air.A material called oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, leaked from a tank at the Indspec Chemical ...

Chief says Chicago police are supported, motivated

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(AP) Chicago's police superintendent is denying a news report that officers in his command are working the streets less aggressively out of fear of being second-guessed by him.Jody Weis (WEES) told reporters Saturday that despite what some people may say, he sees officers who are well supported by their superiors and ...

Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico

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(AP) The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.Dick McNeil says 21-year-old Cpl. Cesar Laurean has filed an extradition appeal in a Mexican court.In September, North Carolina officials said a Mexican court approved returning Laurean to the U.S.Laurean ...

Wildfire destroys home, barn in Napa Valley

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(AP) Authorities say a rock struck by a car ignited a wildfire in California's Napa Valley that destroyed a home and a barn and threatened several wineries.The car's driver tried to extinguish the fire when it broke out Friday afternoon, but strong wind in the hills near the town of St. ...

About 2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.

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(AP) A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 people to flee. At least three residents were believed to suffer respiratory problems.A material called oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, ...

Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico

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About 2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.

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(AP) About 2,500 people have fled a toxic cloud after a corrosive material was leaked at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania.Indspec Chemical Corp. in Petrolia says a material similar to sulfuric acid overflowed from a tank Saturday and evaporated. No injuries were reported at the plant.A state environmental official says ...

Balloon pilots somber at NM festival after death

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(AP) Pilots of hot air balloon pilots on Saturday mourned the loss of one of their own in a fiery crash at Albuquerque's famous balloon festival, even as they say another pilot fighting for his life after the accident would want them to keep flying.Saturday's weather failed to cooperate. Windy, stormy ...

Murder case ends blocks from where it began in LA

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(AP) A strange cold case murder story that stretched halfway around the globe and back over a span of nearly 30 years ended this weekend a few blocks from where it began, with the shocking suicide of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura in a downtown jail cell."None of this makes any sense," ...

Billy Graham released from NC hospital after fall

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(AP) Evangelist Billy Graham was released from the hospital Saturday, sore and bruised but not seriously injured, after he tripped and fell over one of his dogs at his North Carolina home, hospital officials said.The 89-year-old Graham stayed overnight at Mission Hospital in Asheville with discomfort and bruising. X-rays showed no ...

Faulty eyewitnesses doomed Dallas County suspects

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(AP) Faulty eyewitness testimony that helped secure wrongful convictions in Dallas County, which leads the nation in DNA exonerations, sent the innocent to prison as police and prosecutors ignored safeguards and built cases with flimsy corroboration, according to a newspaper investigation.Victims pressured to pick suspects, the use of suggestive lineup procedures ...