National
- Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
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By GREG RISLING
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/21/08 12:23 AM
- Upon hearing about the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a Missouri woman ordered her business assistant and daughter to delete the Internet account they are accused of using to harass the girl, the assistant testified Thursday.
- Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
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By GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 10:43 PM
- A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job - including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks - and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice was, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
- US judge who gave to Obama won't be disciplined
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By PAUL FOY
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 10:43 PM
- Utah's chief federal judge will not be disciplined for donating money to Barack Obama's campaign.
- Obituaries in the news
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The Associated Press
Updated: 11/20/08 10:33 PM
- Matthew J. Cianciulli
- UN vote shows growing support of death penalty ban
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By JOHN HEILPRIN
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 8:28 PM
- The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee voted Thursday for the second year in a row to urge a global moratorium on the death penalty.
- Texas executes man who killed ex-girlfriend
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By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 8:18 PM
- Texas executed a killer Thursday who was on parole when authorities say he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage after beating down the door to her Dallas-area apartment nearly a decade ago.
- Men accused in Obama plot face more charges
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The Associated Press
Updated: 11/20/08 8:13 PM
- Two white supremacists accused of plotting to kill President-elect Barack Obama and dozens of others face more federal charges in Tennessee.
- Texas governor criticizes federal response to Ike
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 7:28 PM
- Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday called the federal government's efforts to help Texas recover from Hurricane Ike "underwhelming" and announced the formation of a state commission to help move the process along.
- Regional officials consider Malibu septic tank ban
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The Associated Press
Updated: 11/20/08 10:28 PM
- Water regulators have taken a step toward banning septic tanks in the heart of Malibu, Calif., after a battle over bacterial pollution at popular beaches.
- Vegas doctor convicted of using Botox substitute
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The Associated Press
Updated: 11/20/08 7:23 PM
- A doctor and his wife have been convicted of treating patients with a Botox knockoff at their Las Vegas clinic.
- Detective handcuffed to Oswald can't escape photo
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By PAUL J. WEBER
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 6:53 PM
- Retired Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle still gets letters from strangers because of that 1963 photo of him standing next to Lee Harvey Oswald.
- Court: Confession was coerced in '91 temple deaths
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By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 6:43 PM
- A federal appeals court has overturned the confession of a man convicted in the 1991 killings of nine people at a Buddhist temple in Arizona.
- Vermont legislator plans push for gay marriage
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By DAVE GRAM
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 6:13 PM
- A Vermont legislator plans to introduce a bill to allow gay marriage in the state that first approved civil unions for same-sex couples.
- Gun charges dropped against Drew Peterson
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By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer
Updated: 11/20/08 7:43 PM
- A judge dismissed felony gun charges Thursday against Drew Peterson after prosecutors refused to hand over internal documents leading to their decision to arrest the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, who is suspected in the disappearance of his wife.
- US court: Parents cannot sue to enforce 'No Child'
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The Associated Press
Updated: 11/20/08 9:08 PM
- A federal appeals court says parents cannot sue school districts to force them to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act.
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