Lieutenant governor joins New Orleans mayoral race
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Louisiana's Democratic lieutenant governor says that he's going to take a third shot at becoming New Orleans' mayor. Mitch Landrieu said Tuesday that he's entering the field for the Feb. 6 primary. The announcement...
Doctor shot to death at rural Ky. medical clinic
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Police say a doctor has been shot to death at a medical clinic in rural Kentucky. A state police dispatcher says a suspect is in custody after a doctor was killed Tuesday at the Leatherwood-Blackey Medical Clinic in...
Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection
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Ohio executed a killer Tuesday by performing the nation's first lethal injection using a single drug, a supposedly less painful method than previous executions that required three drugs. Kenneth Biros was pronounced...
Hartford ex-officer cleared of manslaughter
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A now-retired Hartford police officer has been acquitted of manslaughter for an on-duty shooting in 2005. Jurors in Hartford Superior Court returned their verdict Tuesday afternoon in the case of Robert Lawlor. He had...
Attorney general changing Alaska ethics rules
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Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan plans to change the state's ethics rules to fix problems brought to light by complaints against former Gov. Sarah Palin. The Anchorage Daily News reports the changes would allow the...
New prize honors artists age 35 and under
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A new prize recognizing artists age 35 and under would provide the winner with $100,000 and help from mentors like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, the prize's creator announced Tuesday. The Future Generation Art Prize is...
Mo. teen pleads not guilty to killing neighbor, 9
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A 15-year-old Missouri girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a 9-year-old neighbor girl whom authorities say was slain because the teen wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone. Alyssa Bustamante sat...
Utah man gets Purple Heart 42 years late
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A Vietnam veteran has received a Purple Heart, more than four decades late. Allen Malo was wounded in November 1967 after his fuel truck hit a land mine. The resident of Farmington, Utah, didn't think much about not...
Suspected planner of Mumbai attack to be arraigned
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Federal prosecutors say a Chicago man charged with helping to plan the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai will appear in court on Wednesday. David Coleman Headley is due to appear before U.S. District Judge...
Big storm targets Midwest with snow, wind
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A fierce winter storm was moving into the nation's midsection Tuesday, promising to wallop the region with heavy snow and strong winds. Officials were warning residents in parts of the west and Midwest to stay close to...
Slaying suspect restrained in courtroom outburst
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A man accused of killing a police officer and her boyfriend was restrained by five deputies during an outburst in a southern Wisconsin courtroom. Deputies jumped on Andrew Wirth and pinned him to a table after he stood...
With familiarity, Letterman jokes about Woods
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David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show," joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice. Even though the CBS late-night host is only...
Victim's wife grateful for charges in India attack
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A woman whose husband and daughter were killed in the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai says she is grateful U.S. authorities brought charges against a Chicago man accused of conducting extensive...
LA council to revisit medical marijuana ordinance
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The Los Angeles City Council will revisit a proposed medical marijuana ordinance that could shutter many of the dispensaries that have cropped up. Council members last month hammered out some guidelines for the...
Trial set for man charged with working for Iraq
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A judge has set an Aug. 2 trial for a Detroit-area man charged with conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of Iraq and illegally obtaining 2 million barrels of oil. Muthanna Al-Hanooti was indicted nearly two years...
Today in History - Dec. 8
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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2009. There are 23 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan, a day...
US plan for wild horse round-up faces opposition
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A government plan to round up and relocate thousands of wild horses in the West faces opposition from advocates who say the proposal is inhumane and unnecessary. At a hearing near Reno, two dozen advocates pressed the...
Baucus girlfriend eyed US attorney post for years
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Montana Sen. Max Baucus' live-in girlfriend had eyed the state's U.S. attorney post for years before he nominated her for the job, her former colleagues said. Melodee Hanes, 53, the Democratic senator's former state...
The nation's weather
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Wet and wintry weather was expected across the Central U.S. on Tuesday as a low pressure system continued to track over the Central Rockies and into the Plains. The system was forecast to intensify over the mountains...
Gates to Afghans: US `in this thing to win'
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in...
NJ woman admits rape lie that sent man to prison
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A New Jersey woman whose false story about a gang rape sent an innocent man to prison has pleaded guilty to perjury. Biurny Peguero (BEE'-ur-nee pay-GEHR'-oh) told police she was kidnapped and raped at knifepoint in...
Police: Bonds' son arrested after arguing with mom
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Authorities say the son of home run king Barry Bonds was arrested over the weekend after an argument with his mother. Menlo Park police say 19-year-old Nikolai Bonds was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly...
Giant waves crash on Hawaii's beaches
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Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii's beaches to see the biggest waves in years crash ashore. Heavy traffic backed up for miles Monday along roads leading to Oahu's North Shore. Some of the...
Hero pilot offers hat to help 2 Calif. schools
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The pilot who guided a disabled jetliner to an emergency landing in the Hudson River is offering his pilot's hat to help two California schools. Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's hat is being offered on eBay. Allie...
Gates: Pakistan may get more help against al-Qaida
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States is prepared to give Pakistan more help fighting al-Qaida forces if its government wants it. Gates, who arrived in Afghanistan late Monday, said it is Pakistan's...
Ohio killer awaits fate as 1st execution on 1 drug
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A condemned killer scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death with a single drug _ in an execution that could take longer than previous procedures _ arrived Monday at the Ohio death house. Kenneth...
Doctor who attended JFK in Dallas has died
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Dr. Malcolm Oliver Perry II, who attended to President John F. Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital after he was shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, has died. He was 80. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical...
Former Mo. House speaker charged with assault
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Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton was charged with second-degree assault Monday stemming from a woman's claim that he hit her in the face several times and choked her. The 42-year-old Republican was named in a...
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship
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The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet _ with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a thrill ride into space. It's billed as the world's first commercial...
Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys
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A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction. Good Guide says it was wrong to claim in a Saturday statement that Zhu Zhu Pets robotic hamsters and...
Group corrects statement about safety of hot toys
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A consumer group that reported several of the holiday season's must-have toys are unsafe wants to make a correction. Good Guide says it was wrong to claim in a Saturday statement that Zhu Zhu Pets robotic hamsters and...
Anna Nicole Smith's doctors fight to keep licenses
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Two doctors charged with overprescribing sedatives and opiates to Anna Nicole Smith are fighting to keep their medical licenses while their trial is pending. A California Medical Board spokeswoman says the board is...
Mullen expects casualties to rise in Afghanistan
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The nation's highest-ranking military officer told soldiers and Marines on Monday that the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the last three years and he expects casualties to rise next year as additional U.S....
Feds eye unmanned drones for ocean smuggler patrol
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday took delivery of its first Predator aircraft drone to scan U.S. waters for smugglers. The Predator B is expected to begin testing in early 2010 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
Scantily-clad 'David' decked out as St. Nick
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A Texas homeowner who adorned his front lawn with Michelangelo's "David" as a scantily clad Santa got more than just jolly laughs from his neighbors. Barry McBee said he was aiming to make people chuckle by adding a...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 853
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As of Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at least 853 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....
`NOVA' looks at Pearl Harbor attack
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The PBS science series "NOVA" plans to broadcast a documentary presenting evidence that a torpedo fired from a Japanese midget submarine may have struck the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. ...
Woman's handbag caught in door of Boston train
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A woman who was pulled along the platform after her handbag got caught in the door of a Boston subway train is weighing legal action against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Betty Velasquez told WHDH-TV...
Young whale freed from entangling rope
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Officials said Monday they successfully cut loose hundreds of yards of plastic rope that had been caught in the mouth of a young humpback whale off Hawaii. Ed Lyman, the marine mammal response manager for the Hawaiian...
Wanted: Mich. bank robber with 'offensive breath'
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He could be called the "Bad Breath Bandit." Police in a Detroit suburb are looking for a bank robber who tellers say has crooked yellow teeth and particularly bad breath. The Detroit Free Press reported that Ferndale...
Police jail man for rubbing burger in wife's face
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A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested for allegedly rubbing a hamburger on his wife's face during an argument. Police said Daniel Boss and his wife got into it late Thursday night and started calling each other...
Tenn. man arrested for allegedly drunk-dialing 911
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A Middle Tennessee man was arrested after police said he drunk-dialed 911 and has called police 47 times over the last year. Murfreesboro police arrested a 57-year-old man on Thursday after police responded to an...
Tenn. man says cows licked $100 in damage to house
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A Tennessee man's homeowners insurance apparently doesn't cover "acts of cow." Jerry Lynn Davis called the Hawkins County Sheriff's office on Thursday, complaining that a neighbor's cows had been licking his house. In...
Neighbors say house still reeks even after cleanup
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Residents of a South Florida neighborhood are plagued by a horrible stench. It's coming from inside the home of their neighbor. City officials have already investigated homeowner Debra Jean Higgins, after a utility...
Pa. police: Girl, 13, led high-speed car chase
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Police say a 13-year-old girl led state troopers on a nine-mile chase in central Pennsylvania at speeds of more than 100 mph. Authorities say the pursuit started around 9:30 a.m. Monday when troopers saw a driver...
Iowa Kmart workers open tin can, find $10,000
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When employees of a Des Moines Kmart store finally opened a red tin can that had been sitting on the customer service counter for four days, they got a $10,000 surprise. The can contained $10,380 in assorted bills....
Feds seize rare sports car from CA showroom
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Federal agents have seized a rare Italian sports car they believe was illegally imported by a California man and his co-conspirators. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials alleged Monday that automotive...
Denver attorney Folsom no longer on Zazi case
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A Denver lawyer thrust into the international spotlight while representing a Colorado man accused of plotting a terrorist attack is no longer on the case. Arthur Folsom's spokeswoman, Wendy Aiello, told The Associated...
Erdogan resists US calls for Iran sanctions
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President Barack Obama failed to win immediate new pledges of support from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday for U.S. goals toward Iran and Afghanistan. At a news conference after his White House...
Witness: Suspect in Smart case stalked other girls
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The estranged wife of Brian David Mitchell said he stalked other girls in Salt Lake City before targeting 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002, a psychiatrist testified Monday. Dr. Michael Welner said in federal court...