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Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape. (Updated 10:31 a.m. PT)
Police seek arsonist as crews fight Fla. wildfires
PALM BAY, Fla. -- Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists believed to have started nine wildfires that have destroyed or damaged about 100 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast, and crews continued to battle the blazes. (Updated 10:27 a.m. PT)
Judge dismisses case of woman who says veil cost her claim
DETROIT -- A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed the case of a Muslim woman who sued a judge for demanding she remove her veil in court. (Updated 10:08 a.m. PT)
Detroit council takes step toward mayor's ouster
DETROIT -- The Detroit City Council has taken the first step toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick over a scandal involving explicit text messages to his former aide. (Updated 10:06 a.m. PT)
Another twister reported in tornado-damaged Mo.
SENECA, Mo. -- Another round of storms moved Tuesday into tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters. (Updated 9:40 a.m. PT)
Deputies kill 2 in shootout near SoCal casino
SAN JACINTO, Calif. -- Deputies shot and killed two people who had opened fire near an Indian casino in Southern California and had fired at a sheriff's helicopter as officers chased them into the hills of the reservation. (Updated 8:38 a.m. PT)
Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg dies in Fla. at 82
TAMPA, Fla. -- Artist Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him regard as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, a his gallery representative said Tuesday. He was 82. (Updated 8:18 a.m. PT)
Survivors remain linked by drunken driving tragedy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- One earned a football scholarship years after burns and lung damage kept him in the hospital for two months. Another poured her grief into preventing other alcohol-fueled crashes and became president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. A third began speaking publicly about the tragedy only after two decades of staring at scars in the mirror. (Updated 7:52 a.m. PT)
Victims say Swiss bank funded Iran terror
NEW YORK -- American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $500 million from UBS AG, saying the Swiss bank made it possible for Iran to fund the terrorists. (Updated 7:09 a.m. PT)
No injuries reported in collapsed N.C. parking deck
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Authorities say it appears no one was injured when a small section of a four-story parking deck in Charlotte, N.C., collapsed. (Updated 6:55 a.m. PT)
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- Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma
- Obituaries in the news
- Shipping containers could become condos in Detroit
- Arizona police hunting for a serial predator
- Fashion students at Va. university design abayas
 | MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008 |
- N.Y. farmers fear a shortage of skilled workers
- Lawyer: 2 will admit fraud fueled luxury lifestyle
- Exxon seeks $800M from Alaska over gas, oil leases
- Gay rights groups launch hospital rating system
- Helicopter that crashed lacked some safety gear
- S. Ill. hospital resumes some outpatient surgeries
- Prosecutor wraps up case in Ill. fundraiser trial
- FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town
- Missouri lawmakers advance 2nd voter photo ID bill
- Networks, AP sue in South Dakota over exit polling
- Man, woman indicted in sale of child for sex acts
- Pat Tillman's mother recalls journey for facts in new book
- Woman sentenced to 10 years in ND infant's death
- Deadly mob beating unnerves Cleveland neighborhood
- Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations
- Thailand museum director indicted in federal probe
- Hundreds arrested in Iowa immigration raid
- Texas teen with bullet in head pleads guilty
- Companies agree to $30M settlement in RI club fire
- Dos and don'ts when a tornado is approaching
- Divorce talks for dueling McGreeveys break down
- Mo. biologists to study snake movement, mortality
- Scientists probe recent coyote attacks in California
- No bail for N.J. man in Thailand child porn case
- 4 Sean Taylor murder suspects won't face death penalty
- Fla. man sentenced to die for teen's fire death
- Man convicted in beheading gets life in prison
- Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations
- Prosecutors drop charges against former N.J. mayor
- David Byrne to make music with NYC building
- Evacuations in progress in coastal Delaware
- Army Corps says Condition of many levees a mystery
- AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
- Anti-stress dolls made in SC cheer deployed troops
- Chicago's new top cop shaking things up
| SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 |
- 53 illegal immigrants held against will in Phoenix
- Minivan flips on western Pennsylvania interstate; 6 killed
- Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
- Ex-Ill. sergeant accused of rape to go on trial
- Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
- 2008 valedictorian is different kind of 'Morehouse Man'
- Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary
- Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
- AP Exclusive: Ex-manager says O.J. Simpson confessed
| SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008 |
- More 'virtual fencing' in cards for Arizona, Michigan
- 5 bodies, including 3 children, found in northeast Houston
- Jenna Bush picks 'You Are So Beautiful' for dance with Dad
- Diving pelican slams into swimmer's face in Gulf off Florida
- Human smuggler gets life in prison for wreck that killed 10
- Actor injured in long fall before 'Mermaid' show on Broadway
- Governor tours NC tornado damage areas
- Journalist facing fines urges press to protect 1st Amendment
- NYPD disciplines white officer who stopped black commander
- Ohio Dems strip embattled attorney general of endorsement
- Maine shipyard christens destroyer named for Vietnam POW
- Supporting cast dominates Verdi's 'Macbeth' at Met
- Mother's Day holiday celebrates 100th anniversary
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