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Call for political displays rankles some Mormons (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:58:37 +0800

AP - Lester Leavitt has made a request of his family: oppose their church's opposition to gay marriage.

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Out-of-state crews post SC signs in wrong places (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:53:36 +0800

AP - While out-of-town for business, it always helps to ask the locals for directions. Especially if that business involves putting up street signs.

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Anglican conservatives launch liberal challenge (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:34:57 +0800

AP - Conservatives from the world's largest Anglican provinces who are angered by liberal thinking in churches in North America and elsewhere plan to create a global fellowship that challenges worldwide Anglican unity but stops short of a formal split.

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As river rushes into Mo. town, residents file out (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:00:57 +0800

A sandbag wall, built by the Missouri National Guard, was not enough to hold back the floodwaters of the Mississippi River, Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Winfield, Mo. The wall was built as a last ditch effort to save the area after the Pin Oak levee was breached Friday. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)AP - A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river.


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Smoky skies threaten health in fiery California (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:55:55 +0800

Haze from a wildfire covers a scenic view of the Pacific coastline along Highway 1 north of Big Sur, Calif., Friday, June 27, 2008. Fire crews continue to fight the Basin Complex fire, which is burning in the Los Padres National Forest near the coastal town of Big Sur. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California into an unhealthy stew of smoke and ash, forcing the cancellation of athletic events and other outdoor activities.


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SF gay pride festivities inspire wedding march (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:46:47 +0800

The gay pride flag flies at Market and Castro Streets in front of the large pink triangle, shrouded in fog, on Twin Peaks in San Francisco on Saturday, June 28, 2008. (AP Photo/The San Francisco Chronicle, Paul Chinn)AP - Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides — and grooms.


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SC teen struck, killed by Six Flags coaster in Ga. (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:44:45 +0800

In this April 30 1997 file photo, the Batman roller coaster is seen at Six Flags over Georgia in Atlanta. Authorities say a teenager was decapitated by the roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area at the amusement park. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Joey Ivansco, File)AP - A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said.


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Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:42:58 +0800

This photo released by Kelly Perkins and Serac Adventure Films, Kelly Perkins climbs Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, Calif on Saturday June 28, 2008. Heart transplant survivor Kelly Perkins has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago — a dangerous climb up a sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith. Perkins, 46, and her husband Craig, led by big-wall guide Scott Stowe, began the climb on Thursday and reached the top of the iconic, 8,842-foot-high dome on Saturday. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kelly Perkins and Serac Adventure Film! s, Michael Brown)AP - A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago — a dangerous 2 1/2-day climb up the sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park's famed granite monolith.


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Omaha residents face up to a week without power (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:35:37 +0800

Workers at a lemonade and funnel cake stand in downtown Omaha pick up the debris, after a severe storm with strong winds swept through Omaha on Friday, June 27, 2008, destroying the stand. The storm also forced swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate pools and knocked out power to large parts of the city.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Nebraska's largest city struggled Saturday to restore power to thousands of residents a day after a severe storm damaged homes, uprooted trees and killed two people in a neighboring community.


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University of Georgia mascot, bulldog Uga VI, dies (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:02:47 +0800

In this Nov. 22, 2003 file photo, Georgia mascot Uga VI sports a black jersey on the sidelines in Athens, Ga. The beloved University of Georgia mascot, has died from congestive heart failure at his home in Savanna on Friday, June 27, 2008. The bulldog's owner, Frank Seiler, said the he had the best winning record of any mascot in the school's history. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - The University of Georgia's mascot, Uga VI, has died of congestive heart failure.


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Money ruling a remarkable woman's legacy (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:29:44 +0800

Jeffrey Lovitky carries these photographs of himself and Sandra Welner, who was blind and died in 2001, with him, in Washington, on Monday, June 16, 2008. In May 2002, Lovitky sued the Treasury Department on behalf of the American Council of the Blind, arguing that its failure to design a currency that is accessible to blind people is a form of discrimination. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting — a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow.


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Supreme Court rulings won't end lawsuits (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:18:48 +0800

This bag, used in the first Texas execution by lethal injection, is shown on display at the Prison Museum Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Huntsville, Texas. For decades, the Supreme Court declined to address execution methods and whether such punishment should apply to child rapists. In its latest term, the court addressed both, but neither ruling solves capital punishment arguments. Instead, there will be even more litigation claiming lethal injection causes extreme suffering, say death penalty opponents. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - For at least a decade, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on the use of lethal injections and whether the death penalty applies to anyone who rapes a child. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment.


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Wisconsin sculptor gets cheesy, historic (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:00:20 +0800

AP - A Wisconsin sculptor's version of a historical painting is a bit cheesy.

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Texan helps document modern art looted from Iraq (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:50:43 +0800

Nada Shabout, assistant professor of art history at the University of North Texas, poses for a portrait in her office Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, in Denton, Texas. Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum. (AP Photo/D.J. Peters)AP - Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Nada Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum.


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Superintendent: Bad tenured teachers hard to fire (AP)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:43:12 +0800

AP - Few people know better than school superintendent Allan Gerstenlauer that disciplining a tenured teacher can be a long and expensive process.

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