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Man gets 2 years for flying stolen plane to US
ST. LOUIS - A Turkish-Canadian man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.
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Police: 4 more bodies found at Ohio rapist's home
Remains of four more people were unearthed from the backyard of a rapist's home Tuesday, raising to 10 the number of bodies found in and near the house, as police also searched boarded-up homes in the neighborhood where residents complained for years of a stench that one even said "smelle…
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:45 pm
Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond
Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep that was pulled from a pond two days after the women disappeared.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:40 pm
Appointment-only H1N1 clinic Friday in Alma
ALMA, WI - Buffalo County Public Health will hold a by-appointment-only clinic on Friday, November 6, to distribute H1N1 flu vaccine.
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3 suspects arrested in Halloween attack in Calif.
San Jose police say they have arrested three teens in the shooting of a 12-year-old boy and the stabbing of his 13-year-old friend while they were trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:25 pm
AP: La. justice quits after interracial wed flap
A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday, after weeks of refusing to step down despite calls for his ouster from officials including the governor.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:25 pm
Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India
A Chicago man charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed a possible attack against a military college in India and advised a member of a Pakistan-based terrorist group on how to slip people into the U.S., prosecutors said Tuesday.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:20 pm
Police: 3 missing North Dakota college softball players found dead in vehicle pulled from pond
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:10 pm
NM boy charged with murder in father's death
An 11-year-old New Mexico boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the August shooting death of his father.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:10 pm
Anthropology giant Claude Levi-Strauss dead at 100
After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned a young Parisian scholar into a founder of modern anthropology.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:10 pm
Police: Pair stole up to 1k bags at Ariz. airport
Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.
Nov 03, 2009 | 6:05 pm
Obama visits state in midst of education debate
MADISON - President Barack Obama's visit to Wisconsin on Wednesday comes as state lawmakers are considering a proposal to allow the mayor of Milwaukee to take over control of that city's struggling school district.
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Mayor chooses deputy chief to head LA police
A respected Los Angeles Police Department veteran credited with cleaning up a devastating corruption scandal was picked by the mayor Tuesday to become the next police chief of the nation's second-largest city.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:55 pm
Hallelujah for Handel's `Messiah'
Carl Drews still remembers the first time he heard the "Hallelujah" chorus. His parents had taken him to see "The Greatest Story Ever Told," the movie about the life of Jesus with a soundtrack including the famous chorus from Handel's "Messiah." It made the little boy feel that heaven was…
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:50 pm
Gay marriage is put to a vote in Maine
Gay marriage was put to a vote in Maine on Tuesday in a closely watched referendum that gay-rights activists across the country hoped would prove that public opinion is turning in their favor.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:45 pm
Czech president signs EU reform treaty
A charter designed to transform the 27 countries and half a billion people of the European Union into a more unified and powerful global player has passed its last major hurdle and looks set to become law within weeks.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:40 pm
AP News in Brief
Governor races in Virginia, New Jersey test Obama clout; Maine votes on same-sex marriage
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:35 pm
Mich. looks at worst-case 20 percent budget cuts
Michigan's governor warned Tuesday of a possible 20 percent cut in state spending next year, a draconian step after billions in cuts since 2003 have already dented police and fire services, pushed schools toward insolvency and reduced oversight of prison inmates.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:15 pm
Records show Oakland mayor owes IRS back taxes
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife owe more than $200,000 in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, property records indicate.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:15 pm
3 get prison time for Idaho hate crime beating
A federal judge says three Idaho men convicted of hate crimes for beating a black man outside a Nampa Wal-Mart will serve time in prison.
Nov 03, 2009 | 5:05 pm
