DC area relives terror as sniper's execution nears
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When James D. Martin was shot dead on an early October evening seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in Wheaton, a northern Washington suburb, it got little attention on the nightly news. Early the next...
UC Berkeley students roll a giant serpent of sushi
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It was the roll of a lifetime. Hundreds of amateur sushi chefs at the University of California, Berkeley got their hands fishy Sunday as they assembled a 330-foot California roll. A university spokeswoman says...
Hurricane warnings for US Gulf Coast for Ida
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Hurricane Ida chugged toward the Gulf Coast, and despite warnings extending more than 200 miles across several states, residents seemed to take the first Atlantic hurricane to target the U.S. this season in stride. ...
Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return
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Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving him eager for...
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US National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ida weakens to Category 1 with 90 mph winds. ...
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 several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to...
Formal charges expected in Seattle police killing
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The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more Monday about why they believe the suspect is a domestic terrorist who held a...
Philadelphia transit system running as strike ends
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Representatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days. "The strike is over,"...
Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast
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Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded early Monday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. A hurricane warning...
Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves
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It is the British empire of the dead. Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the...
Today in History - Nov. 9
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Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2009. There are 52 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to...
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Hurricane warning for Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida; New Orleans under watch for Ida. ...
Police: 3 women gunned down while in car with kids
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Investigators on Sunday captured a man they believe opened fire on a car parked at a gas station, killing three women, including an acquaintance of the suspect, state investigators said. Children inside the...
Tornado damages homes in northwestern Oregon
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The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon, damaging about a dozen homes. The Friday night tornado packed winds that reached 85...
Utah girl's pierced nose: US-Indian culture clash
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To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah's school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension. To other Indians, the incident was emblematic...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 833
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As of Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department....
Investigator: Utah explosion caused by burst pipe
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A refinery explosion that severely damaged 10 homes this week was caused by a burst pipe that sprayed hydrogen gas onto a nearby heater, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's lead investigator said. Donald Holmstrom said...
AP News in Brief
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Democrat senators divided on government health insurance, so House's bill has nowhere to go WASHINGTON (AP) _ The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized...
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 several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to...
Philly transit strike in 6th day; no new talks
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Commuters in the City of Brotherly Love have been told to gear up to begin a second week of finding other ways to work following the collapse of a proposed deal to end a six-day-old strike by about 5,000 bus drivers,...
Onlookers flock to site of Cleveland killings
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Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode...
Earthquake measuring 6.7 reported near Indonesia
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A strong earthquake was reported in the ocean off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake measured a magnitude of 6.7, the survey reported. It hit at 3:41 a.m. local time (1941 GMT) It struck...
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declares state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Ida in Gulf. ...
Suspect in Vail bar shooting faces murder charge
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A 63-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one person and wounding three others in a Vail bar has been arrested in what authorities say was an apparently random shooting. Longtime Vail resident Richard Moreau is...
Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?
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Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the...
Army: Shooting suspect is critical, but stable
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A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition. Spokesman Col. John Rossi told reporters on Sunday at Fort Hood that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan...
Ill. prosecutors seek journalism students' grades
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A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put...
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US National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ida strengthens to Category 2 with 100 mph winds. ...
Killings remain unsolved as sniper execution nears
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It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo: If you murdered my son, please confess, she wrote. She got no reply....
Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves
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It is the British empire of the dead. Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the...
Suspect identified in Seattle police killing
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Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle policeman as a "lone domestic terrorist" and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles. At a news conference, Seattle Assistant Police...
Correction: Immigrant Hate Crimes story
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In a Nov. 7 story about the racial issues in a New York community a year after the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of one of the defendants charged in the...
Police: 1 killed, 3 injured in shooting near Vail
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Gunfire erupted inside a bar near the ski town of Vail Saturday night, leaving one man dead and three others wounded, police said. A 63-year-old suspect was quickly arrested. Police said the shooting began about 7:30...
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 several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to...
Murder case a glimpse into stresses of caretaking
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The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been...
Funeral services held for slain New Mexico nun
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A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday for her passion for the poor at funeral services. A tearful, standing-room only crowd attended a funeral Mass for...
Ida grows into hurricane near Mexico's Carib coast
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Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats as Ida strengthened into a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun. The...
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Ida strengthens to hurricane with winds of 75 mph over Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico. ...
Today in History - Nov. 8
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Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2009. There are 53 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 8, 1909, the original Boston Opera House first opened with a performance of "La Gioconda" by...
Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial in Pa.
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With the words "Let's roll" _ the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt _ U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of...
Talks in Philadelphia transit strike break off
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Negotiations aimed at ending a transit strike in Philadelphia broke off Saturday night over disagreement on pensions and the impact of possible national health care overhaul, and Pennsylvania's governor walked away from...
Va. Tech advises Army on Texas shootings response
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Virginia Tech administrators have been advising Pentagon officials on how to respond to the mass shootings at Fort Hood. University spokesman Mark Owczarski (oh-ZAR-skee) says the school's president and about a dozen...
Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers
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Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them _ most by strangulation _ and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard. Such brazenness...
After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse
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The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping." "Jose, Kevin and I started popping and Jose punched him so hard he knocked him out," Anthony Hartford told...
Officer describes firefight that downed Hasan
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One of two police officers who confronted the alleged Fort Hood killer says he shot Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan before kicking the man's weapon away, handcuffing him and ending the nation's worst killing spree on a military...
Army: Officer shot at Fort Hood in good condition
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Authorities say one of the officers who has been hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood massacre has had a second surgery and is grateful for all the good wishes. Sgt. Kimberly Munley was injured during the shooting rampage...
Army: Shooting suspect taken off ventilator
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A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital. Spokesman Col. John Rossi told...
Office shooting suspect's life spiraled downward
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Jason Rodriguez's marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. It was a "stress overload" for the man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at...
AP News in Brief
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Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a...
Mass. father of boy in cancer case dies
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The father of an autistic Massachusetts boy who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication has died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. Eric Fraser died Thursday after being taken off life...