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Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:55
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records....
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Texas grand jury indicts polygamist sect members

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:50
ELDORADO, Texas (AP) -- A Texas grand jury indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers Tuesday on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted for failing to report child abuse....
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Dolly upgraded to hurricane, set to hit Texas coast

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:41
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks....
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Phillies rally for 6 runs in 9th to beat Mets

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:25
NEW YORK (AP) -- So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins had two-run doubles in a six-run ninth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied against the New York Mets' makeshift bullpen for an 8-6 victory Tuesday night, taking over first place in the NL East....
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R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:23
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead....
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Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony'

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:21
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday....
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Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:19
CHICAGO (AP) -- Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action....
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Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:17
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic's lawyer vowed to appeal Serbia's plan to extradite the former Bosnian Serb chief to a U.N. war crimes court....
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Prosecutor: Missing Fla. girl may have been killed

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:14
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The mother of a missing 2-year-old is a person of interest in a case that is beginning to look like a homicide, prosecutors said Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies said they still hope to find the girl alive....
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Obama begins Mideast visit, vows to work for peace

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 23:13
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Tuesday, declaring in Jordan that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace....
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A-Rod leads Yankees to 8th straight home victory

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 23:15
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer and an RBI single Monday night to help the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 12-4 for their eighth straight home win....
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Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 23:11
MONROE, Wash. (AP) -- Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in. Kyle Burress, 25, and Allen Pierce, 27, have been charged with second-degree burglary....
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Leno's last 'Tonight' is May 29; O'Brien in June 1

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 23:09
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Conan O'Brien will take over the "Tonight" show next June - and what happens to deposed host Jay Leno after that is anybody's guess....
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AP IMPACT: Big Oil profits steered to investors

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 23:03
HOUSTON (AP) -- As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?...
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Rice told embassies to limit aid for Obama, McCain

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 22:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Democrat Barack Obama began an overseas tour, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told employees at U.S. embassies to provide only minimal help to visiting presidential candidates....
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Gitmo trial begins for bin Laden's driver

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 22:56
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan....
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FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 22:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas - and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos....
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McCain insists he was right, Obama wrong on Iraq

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 22:51
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- Republican John McCain worked on Monday to wrestle the spotlight from rival Barack Obama's tour of Iraq by insisting he was right and the Democrat was wrong about the war and releasing a new critical ad blaming higher gas prices on his opponent....
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Democrat Barack Obama spends shy of $26M in June

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 00:46
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama reports spending $25.6 million in June for his presidential campaign, his lowest monthly operating costs of the year....
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Barack Obama meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Mon, 07/21/2008 - 00:13
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said....
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