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Gymnasts' parents 'indignant' over age questions (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:56:46 +0800

From L to R : Cheng Fei, Yang Yilin, Li Shanshan, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Deng Linlin of China celebrate as they arrive on the podium after winning the women's team artistic gymnastics gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 13, 2008.     REUTERS/Mike Blake (CHINA)AP - The parents of the Chinese gymnasts are indignant, the International Olympic Committee sounds satisfied and the Beijing Games are almost over. Yet questions persist about the ages of China's gold-medal women's gymnastics team.


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Fay soon expected out of Fla., in record books (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:51:30 +0800

Matt Finney, from Green Goods, a Fort Pierce, Fla., landscaping company, stands next to the plants he has stacked out of the flood waters, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008 in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)AP - STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay continued to bear down on Florida's Panhandle on a path that would vault the stubborn weather system into the record books.


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Brooklyn commemorates battle America lost (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:53:59 +0800

In this Aug. 18, 2001 file photo, re-enactors portraying members of the British forces during the Revolutionary War fire their rifles while standing in a 'defensive mode' during a re-enactment celebrating the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn. The Battle of Brooklyn's 232nd anniversary will be commemorated on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 with mock battles on two original sites, including Brooklyn's famed Green-Wood Cemetery. (AP Photo/Patrick M. Reed, File)AP - It was the dog days of August when the British launched a massive attack to smash the rebellion spreading through the colonies. Landing from ships on t! he Brooklyn shore, 15,000 redcoats and Hessian mercenaries outflanked and then routed Gen. George Washington's amateur army in what would be the biggest battle of the American Revolution.


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Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:28:56 +0800

AP - Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.

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Bolt goes 3-for-3, adding relay gold to 100, 200 (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:15:06 +0800

Jamaica's Asafa Powell crosses the finish line to win gold in the men's 4x100-meter relay during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium  at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Usain Bolt loves the cameras, the cameras love Usain Bolt, and when they connected during his third victory lap of these Olympics, he smiled that infectious smile and raised three fingers.


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Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:03:41 +0800

A train fire burns behind a home near Luther, Okla., Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Eight cars on the 110-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe train were involved. (AP Photo)AP - A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries.


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Md. standoff ends when police burst in on suspect (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:42:30 +0800

This undated picture provided by Maryland State Police shows James A. Prevatt III. The burglary suspect holed up in a motel with his pregnant girlfriend threatened to shoot a police robot bringing food and ignored his mother's plea to surrender, police said Friday, Aug. 22, 2008 as the standoff dragged into its third day. (AP Photo/Maryland State Police)AP - Police ended a two-day standoff with a burglary suspect holed up in a motel with his pregnant girlfriend, bursting into the room and grabbing the man after he was brought food Friday, authorities said.


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NYC, foes split over effect of gun shop lawsuits (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:50:20 +0800

AP - Managers at the Bob Moates Sport Shop were spoiling for a fight when they found out New York City was suing the Virginia store over the way it sold firearms.

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Confessed accomplice talks about serial shootings (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:48:01 +0800

AP - Two men accused of being a serial-killing team faced each other for the first time in more than a year Friday as attorneys sparred over their alleged roles in a series of random, late-night attacks during the summer of 2006.

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SC sex offender gets 25 years for gun charge (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:26:54 +0800

AP - A man acquitted last year of charges he raped two girls in an underground dungeon has been sentenced to 25 years on a federal gun charge.

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Jury: Confessed killer of Idaho boy can get death (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:12:01 +0800

In this Oct. 16, 2006 file photo, Joseph Edward Duncan III, right, is shown during a hearing at the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department Justice building in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. A federal jury on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, deemed Joseph Edward Duncan III eligible for the death penalty for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old Idaho boy. (AP Photo/Kathy Plonka, Pool, File)AP - A man who kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered a 9-year-old Idaho boy was deemed eligible for the death penalty by a jury on Friday, soon after the killer himself came close to thanking prosecutors for showing the panel sickenin! g videos of him abusing the child.


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Fired Philly TV anchor admits e-mail hacking (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:02:32 +0800

AP - A fired TV newscaster admitted in court Friday that he illegally hacked into his co-anchor's e-mail accounts and leaked private information about her to gossip columnists.

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Soldier gets 15 months in prison for desertion (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:42:03 +0800

AP - A soldier who fled to Canada rather than fight in Iraq has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty in Fort Carson, Colo., to a reduced charge of desertion.

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Immigration agency vows more enforcement (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:26:53 +0800

Marcelo Padilla, right, and Carlos Garcia hold an American flag outside the Fremont High School auditorium, in Fremont, Neb., where hundreds of people crowded Tuesday, July 29, 2008, to attend a public hearing on a plan that would outlaw renting housing to or hiring illegal immigrants in this city of 25,000.  (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Federal immigration officials vowed Friday to intensify efforts to track down illegal immigrants after scrapping a trial "self-deportation" program that attracted only eight volunteers.


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Mormon supporters of gay unions take to cyberspace (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:26:42 +0800

AP - Prompted by their church's support for a California initiative to ban gay marriage, some Mormons are voicing opposition to the proposed ban on the Internet — saying in cyberspace what they might not be able to express in church buildings.

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Teen's tough act may have had role in shooting (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:25:25 +0800

Roger McDonald, holds an undated photograph of his nephew Ryan McDonald after the 15 year old was fatally shot by another student at Central High School in Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Lisa Norman-Hudson)AP - Tough-talking Ryan McDonald grew up in a rough blue-collar neighborhood, teased as "Mr. Clean" since childhood after an ailment left him permanently bald.


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Neb. 'safe-haven' law allows abandonment of teens (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:23:45 +0800

A sign proclaiming the Alegent Health Emmanuel Medical Center a safe haven place is seen in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. State Sen. Arnie Stuthman of Platte Center helped usher LB 157, a bill that made Nebraska the last state in the nation to pass a so-called safe haven law. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19.


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College presidents spark debate on drinking age (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:22:40 +0800

A student drinks a beer through a hose as it is held by another student, March 2008 on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. US parents, politicians and educators have responded with outrage to a radical proposal by over 100 university heads that the country reduce the legal age for drinking alcohol to combat AP - The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it.


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2 Marines refuse to testify in ex-comrade's case (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:00:55 +0800

Former Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr., 28, from New York, speaks about his impending federal trial, at one of his attorney's, Joseph M. Preis', office in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. Nazario faces charges of shooting detainees during the 2004 battle of Fallujah, in Iraq. It's a precedent-setting prosecution with the possibility of a conviction that would expose all former military personnel to prosecution in civilian federal court for actions in combat.  The trial starts on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 in Riverside, Calif.  (AP Photo/Sean Dufrene)AP - A judge found two Marines in contempt of court Friday! for refusing to testify against a former squad leader accused of killing unarmed detainees in Iraq, but he rejected the prosecution's pleas to throw the men in jail immediately.


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Detroit mayor rejects plea deal in assault case (AP)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:26:11 +0800

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, talks to attorneys Juan Mateo, center, and Gerald Evelyn before being arraigned on assault charges in 3rd Circuit Court in Detroit Friday, August 22, 2008. Prosecutor Doug Baker proposed a deal for Kilpatrick, saying one of two charges would be dropped if Kilpatrick resigns.  (AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell)AP - Prosecutors made a "limited-time offer" Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of two assault charges against him. Kilpatrick rejected the deal, which a mayoral spokesman dismissed as grandstanding.


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