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5 Indian whalers sentenced for illegal whale hunt (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:10:04 +0800

AP - Five Makah Indian whalers who killed a gray whale during an illegal hunt last September have been sentenced in federal court. The sentences include jail time for two men considered the leaders of the group.

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WTC site rebuilding delayed and over budget (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:42:50 +0800

In this file photo of Friday, June 20, 2008, construction cranes work above the Freedom Tower foundations at the World Trade Center site in New York. The World Trade Center's owner on Monday, June 30, 2008, proposed scrapping the schedule and budget for the prolonged rebuilding of the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying nearly every project is delayed and over budget and that previous estimates 'are not realistic.' (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - The rebuilding of the World Trade Center site is over budget and years behind schedule — including the Sept. 11 memorial that was once expected to o! pen on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.


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California firefighters have to pick their battles (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:32:51 +0800

A helicopter flies through smoke rising in California. Exhausted firefighters in California Monday struggled to contain a spate of raging wildfires that have been burning for more than a week and now threaten the tourist attraction of Big Sur.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AP - The unprecedented number and size of wildfires burning in California this year has forced firefighters to strategically choose which ones to tackle.


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Texas man cleared of shooting suspected burglars (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:14:15 +0800

A 'No Trespassing' sign sits in the walkway of Joe Horn's house on Monday,  June 30, 2008, in Pasadena, Texas.  A Harris County grand jury decided today that Joe Horn should not be charged with a crime for shooting two suspected burglars he confronted outside his neighbor's home in Pasadena last fall. Horn, 62, shot the two men in November after he saw them crawling out the windows of a neighbor's house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena, carrying bags of the neighbor's possessions. (AP Photo/The Houston Chronicle, Karen Warren)AP - Ever since he fatally shot two men he suspected of burglarizing his next-door neig! hbor's home, 62-year-old Joe Horn has been both praised and vilified for his actions.


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Helicopter crash leaves a mother-to-be in mourning (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:38:11 +0800

A small makeshift memorial has been started by locals Monday, June 30, 2008, near the crash site of two medical helicopters on Sunday in Flagstaff, Ariz.  A total of six persons died and one victim is still critical from the mid-air collision on Sunday as one helicopter ferrying a patient with a medical emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient, Sunday east of Flagstaff Medical Center, but officials said they were unable to provide an account of what preceded the crash. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A soon-to-be father who loved being a firefighter was among six people ! killed when two medical helicopters collided in Arizona.


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San Francisco denies liability in tiger attack (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:28:54 +0800

AP - Officials said Monday the city is not liable for the death of a San Jose teenager who was attacked by an escaped tiger on Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo.

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Police killing suspect's jail death ruled homicide (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:27:20 +0800

This June 28, 2008 image provided by the Prince George's County Department of Corrections shows Ronnie White. Maryland authorities say the death of White, 19, found slumped in his prison cell, was a homicide, a day after his arrest for running over and killing a Prince George's County police officer. The Maryland Medical Examiner ruled Monday, June 30, 2008 that White died from asphyxiation and strangulation. (AP Photo/Prince George's County Department of Corrections)AP - The death of a 19-year-old found slumped in his cell a day after he was jailed on charges of running over and killing a police officer has been ruled a homicide, authorities said.


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New Conn. health plan accepting applications (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:59 +0800

AP - Mariana Luari would like to provide her 12 employees at the Town Line Diner with health insurance, but she and her husband can't afford it.

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Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:39:07 +0800

Attorney Susan Burke, lead attorney for four former Abu Ghraib detainees, poses with details of a complaint, Monday, June 30, 2008 in Boston. Three Iraqis and a Jordanian filed federal lawsuits Monday alleging they were tortured by U.S. defense contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)AP - Three Iraqis and a Jordanian filed federal lawsuits Monday alleging they were tortured by U.S. defense contractors while detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.


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Rocky Mountain conservation deal tops $500 million (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:01:59 +0800

AP - Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hailed as the largest of its kind in U.S. history.

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Expert: Girl was mauled on popular grizzly trail (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:45:33 +0800

AP - A 14-year-old girl mauled by a bear as she rode in a 24-hour mountain bike race was on a city trail known to be regularly patrolled by grizzlies.

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Search for missing girl turns to uncle's property (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:20:58 +0800

Michael Stephen Jacques, 42, of Randolph Center appears Monday, June 30, 2008 in Chelsea District Court in Chelsea, Vt. for his arraignment for aggravated sexual assault on a minor. Police have named Jacques a person of interest in the investigation into the disappearance of his niece, Brooke Bennett, 12, of Braintree. (AP Photo/Pool, Times Argus, Stefan Hard)AP - The investigation of the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl zeroed in on her uncle Monday, with police searching his home while he was being arraigned on sex charges in an unrelated case.


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Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:18:00 +0800

Semi-automatic handguns and revolvers are seen on top of a glass display case at John Jovino Co. on Thursday, June 26, 2008 in New York. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled  earlier in the day that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense - the justices' first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.


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Government considering euthanizing wild horses (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:23:58 +0800

AP - Federal officials are considering euthanizing wild horses to deal with the growing population on the range and in holding facilities, authorities said Monday.

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Police: Pregnant NC soldier's death is a homicide (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:56:43 +0800

This undated photo, supplied by the U.S. Army, shows Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, whose body was found Saturday morning, June 21, 2008, in a Fayetteville, N.C., motel room. Authorities are investigating the death of Touma who was seven months pregnant after her body was found at the motel. The Fayetteville Police Department called the death suspicious. (AP Photo/US Army-Fort Bragg)AP - The Army's criminal investigations unit is joining the effort to catch the killer of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier who was found dead in the bathtub of motel room, authorities said Monday.


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Inmate with knife takes 2 hostage at Maine prison (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:43:38 +0800

AP - A knife-wielding inmate took two people hostage on Monday at Maine's state prison, state officials said.

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Experts say flood terminology misleads the public (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:30:01 +0800

AP - Fifteen years ago, after the Midwest was swamped with what was pronounced a "100-year" or even a "500-year" flood, some folks figured they would never again see such a disaster in their lifetime. Some even dropped their flood insurance.

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Fla. board OKs talks for US Sugar, Everglades deal (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:16:04 +0800

A sign is shown in Clewiston, Fla., Wednesday, June 25, 2008. U.S. Sugar has tentatively agreed to sell all its land, nearly 300 square miles, to the state of Florida for Everglades restoration. The $1.75 billion deal is set to be sealed by November. The company would then have six more years to farm before going out of business. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A historic conservation deal for Florida to acquire some 300 square miles of land for Everglades restoration moved forward Monday when water managers approved a negotiation process for the potential $1.75 billion purchase.


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Sea turtle Dylan is released back into the wild (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:46:03 +0800

Dylan, a nine-year-old the sea turtle, is examined by biologist from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Sunday June 29, 2008 in Jekyll Island, Ga. for her release on Monday. Dylan was rescued as a hatchling and has lived her life in captivity. She was fitted with a satellite transmitter so wildlife biologist can track her movement and collect data in the years to come. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)AP - A 150-pound sea turtle raised by humans returned to freedom on Monday after nine years of captivity, swimming away after the veterinarians who cared for her helped steer her toward the ocean.


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Blind Special Forces soldier: determined to serve (AP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:28:35 +0800

Capt. Ivan Castro, executive officer of the 7th Special Forces Group headquarters company salutes during formation prior to morning physical training in Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday, June 25, 2008. A mortar round fired in Iraq destroyed Castro's eyesight nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - When Capt. Ivan Castro joined the Army, he set goals: to jump out of planes, kick in doors and lead soldiers into combat. He achieved them all. Then the mortar round landed five feet away, blasting away his sight.


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