Ex-prison worker sentenced in tobacco-dealing case
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A former worker at an Illinois federal lockup is now headed to federal prison for lying to investigators about a behind-bars tobacco-dealing operation that earned him $35,000.In addition to...
Veteran admits faking paralysis to avoid Iraq
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — An Army veteran faces up to 65 years in prison and $1 million in fines after admitting he plotted to bilk the U.S. government and Ford Motor Co. by faking paralysis after a rollover...
Another Ill. soldier among Fort Hood dead
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CHICAGO (AP) — A second soldier from Illinois has been identified as a victim of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.Relatives say 21-year-old Francheska Velez of Chicago is among the 13 people killed when an Army...
Driver involved in SE Ind. police shooting dies
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GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) — State police say a man involved in a police shooting in southeastern Indiana has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.Police say 27-year-old Dustin Wise of Fortville died late Thursday at...
Sheley changes mind on possible guilty plea
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GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — A man charged in a two-state killing spree now says he doesn't want to plead guilty in the first of the eight deaths to go to trial.Nicholas Sheley in late September told Knox County Judge James...
Obama pitches health overhaul as House nears vote
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President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass a proposed health care overhaul during a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday. Obama told lawmakers they have an opportunity to provide stability and security for those...
Shortage of military therapists creates strain
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Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For every physical and mental strain on service members, there's often a military therapist at their side. With the U.S. fighting wars on two fronts, an acute shortage of...
Rep. Dingell takes gavel as House debates health
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Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system. Rep. John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, was given the honor of...
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
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Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack. Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a...
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes
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Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and...
Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
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President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood. He praised those who serve or have served in uniform and...
House opens debate on historic health bill
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The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. In the...
Obama to speak to House Dems as health vote nears
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President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. The president will speak...
Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims
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The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader...
Perry says he's humbled after visiting wounded
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Texas governor Rick Perry has visited with wounded victims from the Fort Hood shooting. Perry said at a news conference on Saturday that the soldiers he visited with told him it is an honor to serve their country and...
Spat over 'terrorists' halts Conn. 9/11 memorial
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An effort to honor a Sept. 11 victim in Connecticut has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from the victim's father insisting that his son's memorial say he was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." Town...
Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean
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Tropical storm warnings were issued Saturday for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gained strength over Caribbean waters, and the storm could start affecting the U.S. Gulf Coast by Tuesday. A hurricane watch was...
Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting
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The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the...
George W. Bush visits Fort Hood, wounded soldiers
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Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, have visited wounded soldiers and their families after the mass shooting at Fort Hood. The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center...
Man sought in police killing in serious condition
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A man shot by police as he was sought in connection with the Halloween killing of a Seattle police officer was in serious condition Saturday following hours of surgery. The wounded man was in the intensive care unit at...
Lawyer: Fla. office shooting suspect mentally ill
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The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his...
Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism
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Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the...
Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached
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Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks...
Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis
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During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. But after her father died, the then-28-year-old model dove into therapy "body and soul," and has since spent...
US tourist dies 'car surfing' in Puerto Rico
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Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says...
Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears
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The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to...
To defang Taliban, some look to private schools
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The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the...
Guyana: US 'mastermind' behind arson attacks
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Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged. Jagdeo made the allegation late...
Madagascar political rivals reach government deal
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Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections following a power struggle that brought months of volatility to the country, an...
Obama appeals for health care votes
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President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Emerging...
Pelosi: Obama visit inspired Democrats
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House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation. Obama met with the Democrats behind closed doors on Saturday morning. A...
Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be
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It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent. Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less than half the savings. They spend 10 weeks longer off the job....
G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus
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Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured and committed themselves to urgent action on tackling climate change. ...
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Tropical storm warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Ida rapidly strengthens over Caribbean. ...
China offers Africa more trade, investment
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China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister...
South Korean workers protest gov't labor policy
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Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws. The government says it will begin enforcing laws next year to allow multiple...
Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote
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House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation. A vote is expected on Saturday _ after President Barack Obama makes a late morning trip to the...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week" _ Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine and Republican National Chairman Michael Steele. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.;...
Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
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A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms,...
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ ABC's "This Week" _ Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine and Republican National Chairman Michael Steele. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.;...
Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts
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The Honolulu Symphony said Friday it's canceling concerts for the rest of the year and filing for bankruptcy, citing a big drop in donations. The symphony, the oldest in the nation west of the Rocky Mountains, said it...
Rihanna: Chris Brown 'had no soul in his eyes'
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Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes." "There was no person when I...
Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies
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Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers...
NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies
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Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died. He was 85. D'Lugoff died Wednesday at a Manhattan hospital. His brother, Burt D'Lugoff, said a cause of death was not...
Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate
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Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe...
Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
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As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name. From a professor who just testified in...
House leaders to allow pro-life floor vote
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POSTED 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.WASHINGTON (BP)--Pro-lifers won a major victory Friday evening when House Democratic leaders announced they would allow a floor vote on a health care bill amendment Saturday that...
5 reasons 'gay marriage' lost in Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (BP)--If supporters of traditional marriage had their druthers, conservative writer Maggie Gallagher says, they would have picked South Carolina, and not Maine, to try and win on the issue of "gay...
FIRST-PERSON: They can't blame the Christians anymore
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--It has been put to a vote in some shape, form or fashion in 31 states. Each and every time it has failed. Its most recent defeat came in Maine. The "it" in question is "homosexual marriage."On Nov....
FIRST-PERSON: An American hero
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NEW YORK CITY (BP)--It seemed like a very normal afternoon in Lyman, S.C., a small southern town in upstate; the closest metropolis was Spartanburg, which wasn't all that much of a metropolis. Lyman was a place where...
Ark. Baptists focus on 'Generation Now'
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BENTON, Ark. (BP)--Exactly 777 messengers attended the 156th annual meeting of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention at First Baptist Church in Benton Nov. 3-4, electing new ABSC officers, adopting a $21.5 million 2010...
CULTURE DIGEST: 3-day 'Esther Fast' planned
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--An 81-year-old Georgia woman is calling on believers nationwide to participate in the "Esther Fast to Pray for Our Nation" Dec. 1-3, asking God for forgiveness and mercy and for His intervention...
In India, he shares Gospel despite dangers
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supplements Cooperative Program giving to support more than 5,600 Southern Baptist missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas. This year's offering goal is $175...
In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
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In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or...
Poll: One-third able to get swine flu vaccine
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Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday. That's true even for people who are at extra risk for severe...
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup got swine flu vaccine
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Some of New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first...
New gene therapy halts 2 boys' rare brain disease
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French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn't cause...
WHO: Swine flu virus is top strain worldwide
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The World Health Organization's flu chief said the swine flu virus has now become the predominant flu strain worldwide. In some countries, swine flu accounts for up to 70 percent of the flu viruses being sampled, said...
Family doctors group loses members over Coke deal
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Advice about soft drinks and health from one of the nation's largest doctors groups will soon be brought to you by Coke. The American Academy of Family Physicians has prompted outcry and lost members over its new...
Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism
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Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. The United...
Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat
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A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday, and it is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline. The domestic shorthaired cat was treated...
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
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With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. A...
Prized mushroom collection returns to China
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A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. ...
AT&T completes delayed Centennial acquisition
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AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. AT&T bought Wall, N.J.-based Centennial for...
Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion...
Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Thursday blocked the sites BlueBeat.com...
Mass. receives money for broadband mapping
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Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years. Gov. Deval Patrick said on Friday that the...
Report: Minn. needs significant Internet upgrades
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Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday. ...
New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
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This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last...
The nation's weather
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A strong storm in the center of the country was expected to continue bringing wintry weather to the Central Rockies and Plains on Thursday. A strong low pressure system that developed over the Rockies would continue...
The nation's weather
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Unsettlement was expected over most of the country Friday as two strong systems were forecast to continue kicking up wet weather. In the East, a strong low pressure system was expected to sweep eastward from the...
The nation's weather
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Wet weather was forecast to sweep through the Central U.S. on Thursday as a strong low pressure system pushed off the Rockies and into the Plains. The system that developed over the Great Basin and spread light...
The nation's weather
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Drier conditions were expected for the Eastern U.S., while a strong storm would continue tracking over the Rockies. A high pressure system would continue building over the East Coast as a low pressure system slowly...
The nation's weather
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Wet weather was forecast to persist in the Northeast while diminishing across the Southeast as a front pushed off the East Coast on Tuesday. A strong low pressure system would continue to track over the Great Lakes and...
The nation's weather
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Monday's main weather event was forecast to develop in the Midwest as a deepening area of low pressure in the northern Great Lakes swung a cold front through the Upper Great Lakes. Significant precipitation with...
The nation's weather
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A low-pressure system will begin Sunday over the Ohio Valley before tracking over New England into the Atlantic Ocean by the end of the day. This storm will carry a significant amount of moisture that will produce...
The nation's weather
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The Eastern U.S. will continue to see unsettled weather Saturday as a cold front lingers over the region. A low pressure system will continue tracking eastward, over the Mississippi River Valley and into the East...