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Crews beat back wildfire in desert north of LA
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:21:49 GMT
 AP - Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles.
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Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:14:02 GMT
 AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.
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Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's NY wedding
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:10:32 GMT
 AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.
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LA pushing to become nation's mass transit leader
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:08:32 GMT
AP - The Los Angeles region is trying to become the nation's leader in public transportation.
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Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:14:48 GMT
 AP - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigration law until November, leaving state officials to consider other steps they might take in the meantime.
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Gore will not be charged over masseuse allegations
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:03:48 GMT
 AP - The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed.
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12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:04:57 GMT
AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her.
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Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:01:28 GMT
 AP - Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer.
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2 killed in plane crash pulled from Lake Michigan
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:57:08 GMT
 AP - State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.
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Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif.
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:11:51 GMT
 AP - A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno.
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Grizzly bear euthanized after Mont. triple mauling
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:33:07 GMT
 AP - Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear Friday after DNA tests confirmed that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.
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NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:31 GMT
 AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
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Army: Chemical weapons off Hawaii should stay put
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:41:56 GMT
AP - Chemical weapons dumped in deep water five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II should remain at the site because moving them could pose more of a threat to people and the environment, the Army said Friday.
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Moms work full-time for hikers' release from Iran
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:48:56 GMT
 AP - Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang. She picked up, then nearly hung up, thinking it was a sales call.
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Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:55:20 GMT
 AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
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Prosecutors: Smith part of conspiracy to get drugs
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:22:01 GMT
 AP - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain massive amounts of prescription drugs.
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Feds arrest Polish immigrant in NM smuggling case
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:53:56 GMT
AP - An Illinois man faces human smuggling charges after investigators say he placed an ad in a Chicago-area Polish language newspaper, offering to drive illegal immigrants to New Mexico to take advantage of the state's lax driver's license rules.
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Calif. Rep. Lungren caught speeding while on air
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:43:03 GMT
AP - California Rep. Dan Lungren was forced to cut short a radio interview when he was stopped by police in Virginia for speeding while he was live on the air.
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NJ man gets jail for Phillies game vomit-assault
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:25:29 GMT
 AP - A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.
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South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:09:22 GMT
 AP - Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.
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