| EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 15:43:36 GMT |
AP - The Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to conduct air and soil tests to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through Picher, a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund site.
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| Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 09:05:27 GMT |
AP - Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland. But the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that oversees levees, lacks an inventory of thousands of them and has no idea of their condition, the corps' chief levee expert told The Associated Press.
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| Mid-Atlantic rain prompts evacuations, outages
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:07 GMT |
| AP - Heavy rain drenched the mid-Atlantic region Monday, knocking out power to more than 70,000 customers, flooding roads and forcing evacuations. |
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| Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 10:26:06 GMT |
| AP - The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience. |
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| AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 07:57:23 GMT |
AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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| President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 01:19:05 GMT |
AP - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
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| Medical helicopter crash in Wis. kills doctor, nurse, pilot
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 02:28:15 GMT |
AP - A medical helicopter dropped off a patient and then crashed shortly after it took off on its return flight to Madison, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot on board, officials said Sunday.
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| Stubborn wildfires force evacuations in Florida
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-- Mon, 12 May 2008 12:35:50 GMT |
| AP - Wildfires in central Florida have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes. |
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| Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 17:02:01 GMT |
| AP - Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business — if you run a bike shop. |
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| Scientists probe recent coyote attacks in California
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 17:02:59 GMT |
| AP - The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park — but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the wild animal. |
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| College prof no walkover for Franken in Minn. Senate run
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 17:00:11 GMT |
| AP - On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration. |
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| 2008 valedictorian is different kind of 'Morehouse Man'
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 16:18:45 GMT |
| AP - From his first day at Morehouse College — the country's only institution of higher learning dedicated to the education of black men — Joshua Packwood has been a standout. |
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| Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 16:55:11 GMT |
AP - The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon — pregnant, hanging and otherwise.
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| Ex-Ill. sergeant accused of rape to go on trial
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 16:58:44 GMT |
| AP - Four times between the winters of 2002 and 2005, a blue-eyed man wearing a ski mask and dark clothes crept quietly into the bedrooms of women in Bloomington, Ill., and raped them. |
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| Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 15:48:03 GMT |
AP - On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.
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| Emily, Jacob again top list of most popular baby names
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 06:01:05 GMT |
AP - Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names last year, registering as No. 1 for the 12th straight time. Jacob led among names for boys for the ninth year in a row.
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| Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 02:53:19 GMT |
AP - Jenna Bush picked "You Are So Beautiful," the ballad made famous by Joe Cocker, for the father-daughter dance with President Bush at her wedding reception Saturday night in Texas, the band leader said.
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| Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 14:54:41 GMT |
AP - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds.
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| 5 bodies, including 3 children, found in northeast Houston
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-- Sun, 11 May 2008 02:57:44 GMT |
AP - The bodies of five people, including three young children, were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structures in northeast Houston, police said.
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| AP Exclusive: Ex-manager says OJ Simpson confessed
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-- Sat, 10 May 2008 16:54:45 GMT |
AP - A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted.
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