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'Incalculable loss' US Rep. Tubbs Jones mourned (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:24:23 +0800

AP - Tributes from political allies and even one-time enemies came pouring in for Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a trailblazer whose energy and outspokenness made her one of Congress' most dynamic leaders.

FDNY: Radio training needed after deadly WTC fire (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:03:43 +0800

AP - Firefighters sent more than 30 distress calls from a burning ground zero skyscraper where two firemen died, but not all were heard in the confusion, a fire department official said.

Tropical Storm Fay expected to hit Fla. 3rd time (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:10:09 +0800

AP - Tropical Storm Fay lumbered offshore for what was likely to be a brief stay over the Atlantic Ocean's energizing waters after flooding hundreds of homes, trapping residents and leaving much of Florida a soggy mess.

NYC mayor spins back his turbine idea for city (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:09:07 +0800

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing off his suggestion to put windmills on city bridges and rooftops after newspapers mocked the idea with photo illustrations of turbines on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.

Canyon flood damaged 'most beautiful place' (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:31:35 +0800

AP - It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare as towering waterfalls cascade into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon miles west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters.

Chicago's black politicians building own dynasties (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:26:02 +0800

AP - In a city where the mayor holds the same job his father once did, politics can seem little different from the years of the legendary Democratic Machine. But the faces of political privilege long dominated by white ethnic groups have changed as powerful black politicians use their clout to build new dynasties.

China hopes to attract more US college students (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:37 +0800

AP - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP! China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004.

Oui, Montreal tops in new Monopoly game (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:40 +0800

AP - Bye bye, Boardwalk. The Quebec metropolis of Montreal snagged the most expensive spot on a new global version of Monopoly, unseating the Atlantic City fixture as the board game's most prestigious property.

Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:40:07 +0800

AP - Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities.

Man dies when bluff collapses at San Diego beach (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:28:53 +0800

AP - A tourist from Nevada was killed Wednesday when a stretch of oceanside bluff at the Torrey Pines State Beach collapses, authorities said.

$500,000 bail posted for mom of missing Fla. girl (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:12:42 +0800

AP - A bondsman posted bail Wednesday for the Florida mother of a missing toddler and said he hoped her release would help lead investigators to the girl, officials said.

Bush says New Orleans is on its way back (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:40 +0800

AP - President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the Gulf Coast region over three years after Hurricane Katrina.

More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:14 +0800

AP - California, the nation's leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn t! hat trend around three years ago with a new law aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a water break and an umbrella for shade.

Parts of Texas pounded with up to 9 inches of rain (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:17:13 +0800

AP - Heavy rains settled in across areas of North Texas for the sixth consecutive day Wednesday, weakening a bridge and forcing postponement of a homecoming parade planned Saturday for Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin.

Ruling protects Arizonan who sells anti-war shirts (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:50:20 +0800

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops killed in Iraq.

Work release for crew boss in fatal Wash. fire (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:36:30 +0800

AP - A fire crew supervisor who admitted lyin! g to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday.

Tentative $10M settlement in KC church abuse cases (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:01:52 +0800

AP - A Roman Catholic diocese has tentatively agreed to pay $10 million to settle nearly 50 sexual abuse claims against the diocese and 12 of its priests.

Amish population nearly doubles in 16 years (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:07:53 +0800

AP - The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they s! earch for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found.

Killer of train passengers gets 11 life sentences (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:05:39 +0800

AP - A man convicted of causing a deadly commuter rail crash that he blamed on an attempt to commit suicide was sentenced Wednesday to 11 consecutive life terms by a judge who denounced him as a remorseless killer.

Fla. town backs ex-principal in gay student case (AP)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:33:49 +0800

AP - When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children.

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