Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation
DETROIT (AP) -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment....
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Flight attendant: Osteen's wife pushed co-worker
HOUSTON (AP) -- The wife of evangelical pastor Joel Osteen got physical when her demands that a small spill on her seat be cleaned up were not immediately met, a flight attendant testified Thursday at a civil trial over the incident....
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Feds charge Keys man with lobster poaching
MIAMI (AP) -- A Florida Keys commercial fisherman could lose his boat and do federal prison time if convicted of charges announced Thursday that he illegally poached thousands of spiny lobsters with traps that damaged coral reefs and sea grasses in sensitive marine waters....
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Police raid Md. mayor's home and kill his dogs
BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) -- Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table....
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Mom: Walkie-talkie picks up trashy trucker talk
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia mother is seeking a recall of a popular walkie-talkie after her 3-year-old's toy apparently intercepted a profanity-laced conversation between truckers about drugs and strip clubs....
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Where's Caylee? Florida toddler drama grips public
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- What's captivated us are the photos - the toddler's fawnlike eyes and chubby cheeks resting in her hands....
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At least 9 die in SUV rollover on rural Ariz. road
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) -- A sport utility vehicle packed with suspected illegal immigrants flipped over on a rural highway southeast of Phoenix, killing at least nine people Thursday, authorities said....
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Remote-control warriors suffer war stress
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological stresses as their comrades on the battlefield....
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NYPD arrests club employee in woman's death
NEW YORK (AP) -- A bar worker at a popular Times Squares karaoke club was arrested Thursday after confessing to beating a woman to death with a pipe on the club's roof during an argument, police said....
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Search on for 9 victims in wildfire chopper crash
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Fire raging through rugged, dense terrain was complicating efforts Thursday to recover victims and evidence from the remote part of a Northern California forest where a firefighting helicopter crashed. Nine people were presumed dead, but four others were rescued....
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