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Holocaust scholar testifies about hotel attack
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Holocaust survivor and scholar Elie Wiesel told jurors Tuesday that he was shocked to learn the man accused of accosting him was linked to a movement that denies millions of Jews were killed during World War II.
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Wildfires push some from homes; some allowed back
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Firefighters pushed back a blaze threatening this small coastal community just enough to allow hundreds of people to check on their homes Tuesday as a separate fire 300 miles north forced residents of other towns to evacuate.
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Iowa patient dies after being trapped in elevator
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A woman being taken from a hospital’s emergency room to intensive care was trapped in an elevator for about three hours and later died.
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Family, admirers lay former Sen. Helms to rest
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Mourners who gathered to remember former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms on Tuesday celebrated both sides of his conflicting persona: the cantankerous conservative who reveled in political confrontation and the Southern gentleman who would do anything to lend a hand.
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2nd Mount McKinley climber dies in a week
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A 20-year-old climber died shortly after reaching the top of North America’s highest peak, just days after another adventurer became the first known person to die at the summit, park officials said Tuesday.
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Drugs suspected in treats given to Texas police
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A teenager is suspected of delivering baskets of drug-laced treats to about a dozen police departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to police who charged him Tuesday with LSD possession. At least three officers have gotten sick.
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No charges for SC grandma in accidental shooting
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Officials in South Carolina say they won’t file charges against a woman whose 4-year-old granddaughter grabbed her gun and accidentally shot herself in a Sam’s Club store last month.
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American Airlines flight makes emergency landing
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An American Airlines flight heading to Dallas made an emergency landing Tuesday in Little Rock after a pilot saw smoke in the cockpit, authorities said.
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U of Iowa: Floods caused more than $230M in damage
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University of Iowa officials on Tuesday more than tripled their estimated cost for flood damage at the campus, with the tab now expected to exceed $231 million.
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Wolverine advocates give notice of intent to sue
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Nine environmental groups said Tuesday they plan to sue the federal government if wolverines aren’t granted protection under the Endangered Species Act within 60 days.
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Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged
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Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration’s decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the northwestern Alaska coast.
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ND tornado victims get lots of volunteer help
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Scores of volunteers Tuesday helped tornado-damaged communities in northern North Dakota clear away debris from a storm that destroyed six homes and seriously injured one man.
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Man gets 35 years for Houston stinky feet slaying
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A man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for stabbing his roommate to death after an argument in their Houston apartment about stinky feet.
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Police ID remains as software programmer’s wife
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Police have confirmed that a body software programmer Hans Reiser led them to is that of the estranged wife he is convicted of killing.
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Mount Shasta glaciers growing, despite warming
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Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but the seven tongues of ice creeping down Mount Shasta’s flanks are a rare exception: They are the only long-established glaciers in the lower 48 states that are growing.
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Legal claim filed over death at NYC psych ward
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The daughter of a woman who died unnoticed on the floor of a hospital psychiatric unit called Tuesday for criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help her.
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Judge dismisses Condit suit against Dunne
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Congressman Gary Condit claiming author Dominick Dunne slandered him over the death of a young female intern.
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FAA says bird not to blame for dent in plane nose
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Federal officials say a bird did not cause a large dent in the nose of a Northwest Airlines plane that landed in Tampa.
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Man takes plea deal in Caesars Palace shooting
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A Nevada man has pleaded guilty to shooting two people in a casino elevator lobby on the Las Vegas Strip and avoided trial on charges that could have gotten him life in prison.
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NJ man suspected in YMCA shooting caught in NYC
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A man suspected of fatally shooting his estranged wife nearly two weeks ago in front of their daughter at a New Jersey YMCA center was arrested Tuesday in New York.
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NY man charged after dad dies in sweltering car
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A man who police say left his elderly, infirm parents in a sweltering car while he drove a bus route for three hours was charged with reckless endangerment Tuesday. His father died, but his mother made it out of the vehicle.
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No charges planned in death of ignored LA patient
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Los Angeles prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against the medical staff of a hospital where a woman died after being ignored while screaming in pain.
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Hurricane Bertha weakens to Category 1 storm
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Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 1 storm.
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Golden Gate suicide barrier would cost up to $50M
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A new report says installing a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge would alter the view and cost as much as $50 million.
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Army medic made famous in Iraq photo dies
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A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war in March 2003 has died of an apparent overdose, police said.
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