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 USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories 14 May 2008 at 9:31pm More than a dozen cities have proposals to remove highways from downtowns. Analysis: Poor fire training cited in S.C. fire deaths 15 May 2008 at 12:00pm A new analysis of the furniture store fire that killed nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters last year says the department inadequately ... Teen who lost feet on Ky. ride speaks out 15 May 2008 at 11:49am A 14-year-old Louisville girl whose feet were severed by an amusement park ride last summer says the accident has changed her ... Severe storms batter Louisiana 15 May 2008 at 11:37am A line of drenching thunderstorms moved across the state from west to east Thursday after record rainfall caused flooding in ... YouTube video nets man 6 years in prison 15 May 2008 at 10:04am A reputed street gang leader was sentenced to more than six years in prison after posting an Internet video threatening police ... Pa. woman, brother to reunite after Holocaust 15 May 2008 at 10:33am A Holocaust survivor who lives in Philadelphia is preparing for a reunion with a brother she hasn't seen in 66 years. Calif. top court to rule on gay marriage 15 May 2008 at 7:47am Both sides in the gay marriage debate will be watching California's highest court Thursday to see if the nation's biggest state ... Firefighters get upper hand on Florida wildfire 15 May 2008 at 6:57am Firefighters made major gains against a wildfire that has charred thousands of acres along the Atlantic coast as police questioned ... HIV-positive man spits at cop, gets jail time 15 May 2008 at 5:53am An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in ... Woman charged in scam after stealing $18M 14 May 2008 at 9:09pm A California woman is facing criminal and civil charges in connection to a real estate scam that targeted black investors in ...  FOXNews.com 14 May 2008 at 12:36pm With the end of another school year approaching, 10-year-old college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. Florida Arson Suspect: I May Have Tossed a Cigarette 15 May 2008 at 1:09pm As officials announced they'd made gains in the wildfires ravaging Florida's Atlantic coast, a suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail said Thursday that he may have accidentally sparked a f... Severe Weather Plagues Already Waterlogged Louisiana 15 May 2008 at 11:05am Portions of northern Louisiana expected a third day of rain Thursday, threatening to overwhelm drainage systems. Tensions Rise After Gunfights on California Reservation 15 May 2008 at 10:48am Tensions on a Southern California reservation are high after police killed three people this week in gunbattles. Siblings Separated by Nazis to Reunite 15 May 2008 at 11:31am A Pennsylvania woman separated from her family by the Nazis is preparing for a reunion with a brother she hasn't seen in 66 years. 1 of 5 Sean Taylor Murder Suspects Pleads Guilty 15 May 2008 at 11:26am One of five suspects charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and burglary. Surveillance Footage Shows Cruise Passenger Falling 14 May 2008 at 1:00pm A missing New Jersey woman thought to have fallen overboard Sunday from a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was caught by ship surveillance cameras alone in her room when the incident happened, the cruise... Pa. Post Office Discovers Giant Beetles in Package 14 May 2008 at 8:43am Custom agents seize beetles, some the size of a human hand, that placed inside a mail package received at a Pennsylvania Post Office from Taiwan. Ex-Cop Admits Covering Up Elderly Woman's Death 14 May 2008 at 12:34pm Former Atlanta officer said he helped cover-up botched raid that led to shooting death of elderly woman because he felt threatened by colleagues. Utah Man Presses Suit for Cut of Howard Hughes' Will 14 May 2008 at 9:45am The attorney for Melvin Dummar says he deserves the money allegedly promised to him by Howard Hughes after the he saved the billionaire from a ditch in the Nevada desert in 1967.  CNN.com - U.S. 15 May 2008 at 11:27am The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. Polar bear now listed as 'threatened' species 14 May 2008 at 8:32pm Polar bears will be listed as " threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. California to get ruling on same-sex marriage 15 May 2008 at 10:46am A ruling on whether California should legalize same-sex marriage is expected Thursday from the state's Supreme Court. More are scooting to save gas 15 May 2008 at 10:51am Read full story for latest details. McCain predicts Iraq war won by 2013 15 May 2008 at 11:03am Sen. John McCain thinks the Iraq War will be won but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won't yet be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will be captured or killed, by 2013. Edwards endorses Obama, praises Clinton 15 May 2008 at 2:18am Former Democratic presidential nominee John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama Wednesday at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to Obama's campaign.  Reuters: U.S. 15 May 2008 at 12:05pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixty nine percent of Americans see gasoline prices as a serious problem for their families but only 41 percent favor a temporary repeal of the gasoline tax as proposed by pres... U.S. recommends shingles vaccine for age 60 and up 15 May 2008 at 12:11pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended that people ages 60 and above should get Merck & Co Inc's vaccine Zostavax to protect against shin... Memorial Day travel hit by high fuel costs: AAA 15 May 2008 at 12:05pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record-high fuel prices and a slowing economy will shrink travel in the United States over the coming Memorial Day holiday for the first time since 2002, auto and travel group ... Accused September 11 planners set for court 14 May 2008 at 8:46pm MIAMI (Reuters) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks, is tentatively due to appear before a U.S. war court judge at Guantanamo Bay for the first time on June ... Tyson sees less. but more expensive, chicken 15 May 2008 at 9:22am CHICAGO (Reuters) - Meat company Tyson Foods Inc said Thursday there will be less, but more expensive, chicken on supermarket shelves this summer as higher feed prices are passed onto consumers. Cargill sees new sweetener on market in '08 15 May 2008 at 11:49am NEW YORK (Reuters) - Agribusiness and commodity trading group Cargill Inc said on Thursday that it expects its no-calorie sweetener made from a South American shrub to be on the U.S. market by the ... Suspect in Spitzer prostitution ring pleads guilty 14 May 2008 at 6:15pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A booking agent at a prostitution ring that counted former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer among its clients pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy relating to prostitution and ... Alaska first state to hit $4 a gallon gasoline: AAA 15 May 2008 at 7:30am LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alaska hit a milestone on Wednesday that could be a sign of things to come around the United States this summer -- it became the first state where the average price for regu... Polar bears listed as U.S. threatened species 15 May 2008 at 6:25am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away. Bacon painting sets postwar auction record 15 May 2008 at 7:55am NEW YORK (Reuters) - Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" sold for $86 million at Sotheby's contemporary sale on Wednesday, setting a record for postwar art and contributing to the auction house's best... AP Top U.S. News At 11:03 a.m. EDT More rain, thunderstorms hitting soggy Louisiana15 May 2008 at 9:44am SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) -- A line of drenching thunderstorms moved across the state from west to east Thursday after record rainfall caused flooding in water-logged parts of Louisiana.... Pa. woman, brother separated by Nazis to reconnect 15 May 2008 at 10:16am PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia woman separated from her family by the Nazis is preparing for a reunion with a brother she hasn't seen in 66 years.... Firefighters get upper hand on Florida wildfire 15 May 2008 at 12:08pm PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- A man accused of lobbing a Molotov cocktail into woods that are among the thousands of acres that have burned along Florida's Atlantic coast conceded Thursday that he may hav... Immigrant workers in New Orleans start leaving 15 May 2008 at 4:33am NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Josue Vega was one of thousands of immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans in 2005 in hopes of finding a rebuilding job in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.... California's top court to rule on gay marriage 15 May 2008 at 4:45am SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Both sides in the gay marriage debate will be watching California's highest court Thursday to see if the nation's biggest state goes the way of Massachusetts and legalizes sam... NY prosecutor wins big with Spitzer investigation 15 May 2008 at 6:29am NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Garcia's predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unn... HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer 15 May 2008 at 6:32am DALLAS (AP) -- An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.... Scandal-plagued Ohio attorney general resigns 15 May 2008 at 2:17am COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.... IHT editor Oreskes named AP editor for US news 15 May 2008 at 9:01am NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Oreskes, editor of the International Herald Tribune and a longtime news executive for The New York Times, has been named by The Associated Press to the new position of mana... [CaRP] XML error: mismatched tag at line 151 - This appears to be an HTML webpage, not a feed. |