Rose Parade pays tribute to Star Wars 1/2/2007
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A dragon atop a castle breathed fire, 200 stormtroopers menacingly marched behind Ewoks swinging in trees and the Oakridge Boys led hundreds of thousands in song Monday at the 118th Rose Parade.
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U.S. death toll in Iraq surpasses 3,000 1/1/2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops killed six people Monday during a raid on a possible safe house for al-Qaida in Iraq, the military said, while the death toll of American service members in Iraq surpassed 3,000.
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Cuba calls execution of Saddam 'illegal' 1/1/2007
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba calls the execution of Saddam Hussein an "illegal" act. And it's calling for an end to the war it says has caused the suffering of millions of innocent Iraqis.
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Search teams spot survivors from Indonesian ferry, collect scores of bodies 1/1/2007
REMBANG, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue ships collected scores of bloated bodies Monday from seas close to where a ferry sank in the Java Sea, but search teams also spotted survivors on life rafts and dropped food and water to them, officials said.
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Ark. man discovers 2.37-carat diamond 1/1/2007
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas man has found a 2.37-carat white diamond at the world's only diamond-bearing site where visitors are allowed to search for and keep the gems they find.
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Hundreds flock to see Saddam's gravesite 1/1/2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Hundreds of Iraqis flocked to the village where Saddam Hussein was born on Sunday to see the deposed leader buried in a religious compound 24 hours after his execution.
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Americans pay respects to Ford in D.C. 12/31/2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eyewitnesses to history, Americans paraded through the Capitol on Sunday to pay their final respects to Gerald R. Ford, with parents seeking to convey to their children the significance of the 38th president's short tenure.
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2 Die and 26 hurt in 6 Bangkok bombings 12/31/2006
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least six bomb blasts rocked the Thai capital late Sunday, killing at least two people and prompting the city to cancel its major New Year's Eve celebrations just as revelers had begun to gather ahead of the countdown.
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More than 150 survive Indonesia ferry sinking 12/31/2006
SEMARANG, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue boats picked up scores of exhausted survivors Sunday from an Indonesian ferry that sank in the Java Sea, but they also recovered dozens of bodies and around 400 people remained missing.
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Aussies welcome 2007 with fireworks show 12/31/2006
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Fireworks showered over Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge as a million onlookers cheered the New Year. Crowds scaled Japan's Mount Fuji for a view of the first 2007 dawn, but the Thai capital canceled its major celebration and sent thousands of people home after a series of evening bombings.
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Bush says Saddam's execution will not end violence in Iraq 12/30/2006
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush talked with his top national security adviser on Saturday about the world's reaction to the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
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Bombings kill at least 68 in Iraq 12/30/2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombings killed at least 68 people in Iraq on Saturday, including one planted on a minibus that exploded in a fish market in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad.
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Duke D.A. charged with ethics violations 12/30/2006
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - By the time the prosecutor in the Duke University lacrosse case is tried on ethics charges, the sexual assault indictment he sought against three players may have been long since dismissed.
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World's oldest mom bears twins at 67 12/30/2006
MADRID, Spain (AP) - A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest mother after she gave birth to twins in the northern city of Barcelona on Saturday, a hospital official said.
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Ice mass snaps free from Canada's Arctic 12/30/2006
TORONTO (AP) - A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a "major" reason for the event. The Ayles Ice Shelf - all 41 square miles of it - broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 500 miles south of the North Pole in the Canadian Arctic.
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Agency mistakenly puts Social Security numbers on tax form labels 12/30/2006
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin's revenue agency is alerting taxpayers after an embarrassing gaffe.
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Hundreds feared dead after ferry sinks in Indonesia 12/30/2006
SEMARANG, Indonesia (AP) - A crowded Indonesian ferry broke apart and sank in the Java Sea during a violent storm that sent towering waves over its deck, and the vast majority of the nearly 640 passengers were still missing a day later, officials said Saturday.
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Thousands pay final respects to former President Gerald Ford in California church 12/30/2006
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Waiting in line up to three hours, thousands paid their final respects to former President Gerald R. Ford, filing through the church where the man many credit with healing a troubled nation had prayed since retiring from public life.
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Wis. man named 'World Champion Liar' 12/30/2006
BURLINGTON, Wis. (AP) - A bit of funny math helped James Wilberg win the title of top liar. His winning quip: "There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who are good at math, and those who are not."
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Events in the life of Saddam Hussein 12/29/2006
KUSA - A glance at the life of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein:
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Search at World Trade Center site to expand after more remains found 12/29/2006
NEW YORK (AP) - The search for human remains at the World Trade Center site will be expanded, a city official said Friday, hours before searchers found what may be more bone fragments at the site.
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Bush seeks safety during tornado weather alert 12/29/2006
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch Friday when a tornado warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said.
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National mourning for Ford begins at California church 12/29/2006
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Six days of national mourning have begun for President Gerald Ford.
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Woman stuck in elevator for 3 days 12/29/2006
PARIS (AP) - A 19-year-old woman who disappeared was found stuck in an elevator in a suburban Paris housing project for three days, the French press reported Friday.
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Pentagon: U.S. forces ready for any surge in violence in Iraq 12/29/2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon pictured U.S. forces in Iraq Friday as braced for any violence following Saddam Hussein's execution even as the condemned former Iraqi president waged an 11th-hour appeal in American courts to spare him.
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Somalia's prime minister promises peace after 15 years of war 12/29/2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's prime minister promised thousands of war-weary Somalis peace and stability Friday as he formally took control of the battle-scarred capital for the first time since his government was formed two years ago.
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Saddam seeks court order blocking execution 12/29/2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Saddam Hussein have asked a U.S. judge to block his transfer to the custody of Iraqi officials poised to carry out his execution.
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Judge: Saddam to be executed by Saturday 12/29/2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein will be executed no later than Saturday, said an Iraqi judge authorized to attend his hanging.
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Mike Tyson arrested in Arizona on DUI, drug possession charges 12/29/2006
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Mike Tyson was arrested for driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him leaving a Scottsdale nightclub early Friday.
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2 arrested in deaths of Indian children 12/29/2006
NOIDA, India (AP) - The decomposing bodies of several children were found buried on Friday behind a house outside New Delhi, and a domestic servant confessed to sexually abusing and killing at least seven children, officials said.
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S. Korea report calls N. Korea a threat 12/29/2006
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea is believed to have about 110 pounds of plutonium, enough to produce up to seven nuclear weapons.
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Thousands greet Somalia's prime minister in capital 12/29/2006
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's prime minister entered the capital Friday, a day after an Islamic movement's fighters retreated ahead of his Ethiopian-backed troops, and was welcomed by thousands of cheering residents of the battle-scarred city.
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Officials: Saddam still in U.S. custody 12/29/2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.
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Study: Many kids too fat by preschool 12/29/2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Far too many kids are fat by preschool, and Hispanic youngsters are most at risk, says new research that's among the first to focus on children growing up in poverty.
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7 officers indicted in post-Katrina shootings that killed 2 in New Orleans 12/28/2006
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Seven police officers were indicted Thursday on murder or attempted murder charges in a pair of shootings on a bridge that left two people dead during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Carjacker crashes, gets lost, calls cops 12/28/2006
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - A carjacker called 911 and turned himself in to police after he crashed a stolen SUV twice and got lost during his escape from the crime scene.
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Gunmen kill Colombian paramilitary leader 12/28/2006
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Gunmen shot and killed a paramilitary leader as he was dining at a restaurant in the western Colombian city of Medellin, police said Thursday.
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Bush says more consultation needed before crafting new U.S. plan in Iraq 12/28/2006
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft the plan he'll announce in the new year.
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Bus collides with cargo train in central Mexico; 21 killed 12/28/2006
CUAUTITLAN, Mexico (AP) - A freight train slammed into a passenger bus and dragged it down the tracks in central Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 10 others, police said.
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