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Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 10 2010 1:38AM
A revamped $1 billion construction
projects bill would give Gov. Tim Pawlenty a little more than half
the amount he sought to expand a sex offender treatment facility.
The bill approved Tuesday by a House-Senate negotiating
committee earmarks $4
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 9 2010 8:18PM
The driver of a Toyota Prius that sped
out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at
times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator.
The California Highway Patrol released audio Tuesday of two 911
calls spanning 23 mi
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| Governor: Retain parole records on sex offenders Mar 9 2010 6:26PM
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
has ordered authorities to retain all parole records on sex
offenders after learning the files of a man now charged with
killing a 17-year-old California girl had been destroyed.
The Department of Correction
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Mar 9 2010 4:27PM
Several Ramsey County jurors say reports
of sudden acceleration in Toyota Camrys have them wondering if they
sent an innocent man to prison three year ago. Koua Fong Lee was
driving a Toyota Camry when he smashed into an Oldsmobile, killing
three peo
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| $1B Minn. construction bill has Pawlenty items Mar 9 2010 3:24PM
A revamped $1 billion construction
projects bill would give Gov. Tim Pawlenty a little more than half
the amount he sought to expand a sex offender treatment facility.
The bill posted Tuesday earmarks $47.5 million for the complex
in Moose Lake.
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| Guilty plea expected...Feds probe Prius incident...Two troops dead... Mar 9 2010 12:57PM
There's word that the man accused of trying to
extort money from David Letterman is going to enter a guilty plea.
A person familiar with the case says Joe Halderman will plead
guilty this afternoon to attempted grand larceny, in exchange for a
six-
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| Hearing pushed back in Calif. teen murder case Mar 9 2010 12:29PM
A San Diego judge has postponed the preliminary
hearing for a sex offender accused of murdering 17-year-old Chelsea
King.
Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen on Tuesday rescheduled
the hearing from March 18 to Aug. 4.
The defense wante
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| Missionary freed from Haiti...Haitian president to visit... Mar 9 2010 1:59AM
Only one of ten Baptist missionaries
arrested for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the
earthquake remains in custody. The father of 24-year-old Charisa
Coulter says she went straight to a hotel after flying into Miami
late Monday, hours
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| Vigil for teen...Pushing back against Obama...Palin admission... Mar 8 2010 11:48PM
More than 1,000 people have gathered in
Escondido, Calif. to remember a 14-year-old girl whose remains were
found Saturday in a remote area north of San Diego. Authorities say
a registered sex offender charged with killing a San Diego teen is
also a
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| More than 1,000 mourners gather to remember Amber Mar 8 2010 10:59PM
More than 1,000 mourners have gathered
to remember a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found over the
weekend in a remote area north of San Diego.
Maurice Dubois (doo-BWAH') and Carrie McGonigle spoke on a
chilly Monday night before the somber
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| Murder probe widens...Abortion talks...Haiti frees missionary... Mar 8 2010 10:59PM
California authorities say a registered
sex offender charged last week with murdering a San Diego-area teen
is also a suspect in the killing of a 14-year-old girl. Her remains
were found over the weekend. FBI teams are taking part in the
probe.
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| Thanks from Haiti...Widening murder probe...Runaway Prius... Mar 8 2010 9:07PM
Haitian President Rene Preval is
heading to the U.S. to offer a personal thank you to President
Barack Obama for earthquake assistance. Preval says he will meet
with officials to discuss the next steps to rebuilding his
shattered country.
POR
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| San Diego probe...Toyota fights back...Huskies' new record... Mar 8 2010 8:04PM
Investigators in the San Diego area are
looking for any link between the registerd sex offender charged
with killing a 17-year-old girl recently and the death of a
14-year-old girl who disappeared more than a year ago. The younger
girl's remains were
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 8 2010 7:15PM
An American missionary is leaving
Haiti where just one member of her group remains behind bars.
Ten members of the Idaho based group of U.S. Baptists had been
charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti
after that countr
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Sex offender moves to Bismarck Mar 8 2010 7:08PM
A sex offender recently released from prison is making his home in Bismarck...
Elvert Mack is living at 303 Versailles Avenue.
Mack is a high risk sex offender.
He was convicted of forcing a 15 year old girl to have sex with him.
That of
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| Health reform rally...Missionary released...Toyota defends cars... Mar 8 2010 6:05PM
President Barack Obama has taken his pitch
for health care reform on the road. In suburban Philadelphia today
Obama accused insurance firms of being more concerned about profits
than policyholders. He encouraged the House and Senate to reconcile
the
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| Obama's new push...First amendment protection?...Vigil for teen... Mar 8 2010 10:58AM
President Barack Obama is turning up the
heat on the nation's health insurers as he tries to rally support
for his overhaul legislation. In a speech in suburban Philadelphia,
Obama said insurance companies have decided that they'll make money
by deny
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| Vigil planned for SoCal teen after body found Mar 8 2010 10:23AM
A candlelight vigil is planned for
14-year-old Amber Dubois, the San Diego County girl whose remains
were found more than a year after she vanished while walking to
school.
The vigil is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Escondido High
School.
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| (Following Advance for Use Friday, March 19) Mar 8 2010 9:48AM
Today in History
Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2010. There are 287
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 19, 1860, lawyer, congressman, three-time Democratic
presidential nominee and U.S. S
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| Gasoline costing more...Teen's body found...Is Gadahn in custody or... Mar 7 2010 8:53PM
Gasoline has gone up about a dime.
Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price of regular gasoline
in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to
$2.73. The average price for a gallon of mid-grade was $2.86.
Premium was at $2.
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| (Following Advance for Use Friday, March 19) Mar 7 2010 9:34AM
Today in History
Today is Friday, March 19, the 78th day of 2010. There are 287
days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 19, 1860, lawyer, congressman, three-time Democratic
presidential nominee and U.S. S
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| Toyota defends electronics...No clues to missing teen...Iraq... Mar 6 2010 5:58PM
Toyota says electronics aren't to blame for
sudden acceleration problems that have led to the recall of more
than 8 million vehicles. The automaker says it will try to debunk a
critic who claims faulty electronics, not gas pedals, have been
behind th
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| Threats and encouragement...Chile precautions...Emergency landing... Mar 6 2010 3:03PM
Insurgents in Iraq have threatened voters who
head to the polls tomorrow, but one influential voice is urging
Iraqis to turn out in large numbers. Anti-American cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr (mook-TAH'-duh ahl SAH'-dur) made a rare public appearance
in Iran
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 6 2010 1:03AM
Police near San Diego will be searching
for evidence Saturday in a lake they have drained in a park.
They're searching for a girl who vanished about a year ago in
the same region where 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared last
week.
A conv
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| Search for evidence...Nine critical...Danger in Marjah... Mar 6 2010 1:03AM
Police near San Diego will be searching
for evidence Saturday in a lake they have drained in a park.
They're searching for a girl who vanished about a year ago in the
same region where 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared last week. A
convicted sex
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| Authorities search park pond for clues to missing teen... Mar 5 2010 11:27PM
Police searching for a 14-year-old who
vanished about a year ago are draining a pond in a park north of
San Diego.
Police in Escondido (ess-kohn-DEE'-doh) are focusing on the area
after investigators located a bag near the pond that children
re
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| Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard shares home videos Mar 5 2010 3:23AM
A woman who was held captive for 18 years in a
ramshackle backyard compound in California will be seen on video
Friday.
The footage on ABC represents the first time that 29-year-old
Jaycee Dugard will be seen and heard on video since she resurfa
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Mar 5 2010 2:06AM
North Dakota school superintendent Wayne
Sanstead says competing for $4.35 billion in federal education
grant money would have cost more than $250,000 just to prepare the
paperwork. Sanstead says "Race to the Top" also favors states
with charter scho
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 5 2010 1:38AM
A bill attempting to lift the state's
1994 ban on consideration of new nuclear power plants has hit a
roadblock.
The sponsor withdrew the bill after a Senate energy and
utilities panel voted 9-6 to add conditions she found troublesome.
The
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| Shooting outside Pentagon...Education protests...Toyota rally... Mar 4 2010 9:07PM
Two police officers and a gunman have been
wounded in a shootout at the subway entrance just outside the
Pentagon complex. The officers have non-life threatening wounds but
the suspect was critically wounded. The head of Pentagon police
says the susp
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Sex Offender Address Mar 4 2010 6:54PM
A high risk sex offender recently released from prison is making his home in Bismarck...
Travis Robinson is living at 1116 East Rosser Apartment 3.
Robinson was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition in 2006 in Nelson County.
The incident in
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| ND man gets 34 years in prison for sex with teen Mar 4 2010 6:05PM
A Fort Totten man has been ordered to serve
34 months in prison for having sex with a teen on the Spirit Lake
reservation.
Laidman Joseph Fox III was sentenced last week in U.S. District
Court in Fargo on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor. In
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| MN Dems unveil revamped $986M construction bill Mar 4 2010 5:44PM
Legislative Democrats are moving ahead
with a $986 million construction bill next week even though they
don't have a deal with Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
Sen. Keith Langseth says the bill now contains Pawlenty
priorities including $36 million
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| Health care timetable...Home sales drop...Ship quarantined... Mar 4 2010 11:05AM
House Democratic leaders are pushing for a
final vote on health care reform in the next three weeks, aiming to
answer President Barack Obama's call for swift action. House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Democrats would like to get the
bill done by
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| Chelsea King suspect investigated for other crimes Mar 4 2010 10:44AM
The convicted [[kxtopic:sex-offender:t[sex offender]:t]] charged in San Diego
with killing Chelsea King is under investigation in last year's
disappearance of a 14-year-old girl and an attack on another teen.
Escondido police say they're investig
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| Latest Wisconsin news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 4 2010 6:46AM
Minnesota lawmakers are taking up Gov.
Tim Pawlenty's proposal to double prison time for sex offenders.
A House public safety committee considers the bill Thursday.
Pawlenty's plan would set the recommended prison sentence for
those convi
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| Minn. panel takes up gov.'s sex offender proposal Mar 4 2010 5:15AM
Minnesota lawmakers are taking up Gov.
Tim Pawlenty's proposal to double prison time for sex offenders.
A House public safety committee considers the bill Thursday.
Pawlenty's plan would set the recommended prison sentence for
those convi
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| Toyota fix may not be fixed...convicted sex offender charged in... Mar 4 2010 3:09AM
Looks like the fix isn't in at least when it
comes to the problems some Toyota cars are having. More than a
dozen Toyota drivers have told U.S. safety officials their cars
have sped up on their own even after taking them in to have them
repaired un
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| Earthquake aid...Health care vote sought...Voting in Iraq... Mar 4 2010 12:07AM
Some survivors of the weekend
earthquake in Chile are relieved to see troops finally delivering
aid and providing security against looters. Helicopters are being
used to ferry aid to some small communities near Concepcion, the
largest city near the e
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| Overhaul debate...Sex offender charged...Tiger Woods' caddie angry... Mar 3 2010 9:07PM
President Barack Obama is again rejecting
calls from Republicans to draft new health care legislation from
scratch. Speaking at the White House, Obama said he doesn't see how
another year of negotiations would help. He's calling for an "up
or down vo
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 3 2010 8:04PM
President Barack Obama says it's time for
Congress to vote "up or down" on health care legislation.
He's rejecting Republican calls to start over, saying he doesn't
see "how another year of negotiations would help."
Instead, the president is
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| Obama in charge...Chile's military distributes aid...Sex offender... Mar 3 2010 7:57PM
President Barack Obama is taking command of
one final attempt by Democrats to enact health care legislation.
He's calling for an "up or down vote" within weeks under rules
denying Republicans the filibuster. Senate GOP leader Mitch
McConnell says s
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| State says Chelsea King suspect found through DNA Mar 3 2010 6:33PM
California law enforcement officials say a
convicted sex offender was linked to the death of Chelsea King
through DNA matching of semen found in the victim's clothing.
State Department of Justice spokeswoman Christine Gasparac told
The Associate
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| Republicans resist...Rangel steps aside...Charges in teen killing... Mar 3 2010 6:05PM
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
says the public won't like it if Democrats block Republicans from
filibustering health care reform legislation. But President Barack
Obama says he doesn't see how another year of negotiations with the
GOP
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| Obama says plan is 'right'...More Toyota concerns...Charges... Mar 3 2010 11:54AM
President Barack Obama says he does not know
how his plan to overhaul health care will play politically, but he
says he's sure "it's right." Obama is urging Congress to act on
his latest proposal, updated with a handful of Republican ideas.
The Whi
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| Sex offender to be charged in Chelsea King case Mar 3 2010 11:12AM
Prosecutors say criminal charges will be filed
against a convicted sex offender suspected of murdering a
17-year-old San Diego County girl.
District attorney's spokesman Paul Levikow says charges against
John Albert Gardner III will be revealed
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Mar 3 2010 8:03AM
The Federal Aviation Administration is
investigating whether a child directed planes from Kennedy
Airport's air traffic control tower.
A child's voice can be heard on a tape making five transmissions
to pilots preparing for takeoff on Feb. 17. T
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| Child in control?...Gay couples get licenses...Obama's new plan... Mar 3 2010 7:56AM
Air traffic control may not be child's play
but the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether a
child directed planes from Kennedy Airport's control tower. A
child's voice can be heard on tape making five transmissions to
pilots prepa
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| Arraignment for suspect today in teen's disappearance... Mar 3 2010 6:53AM
A registered sex offender is due in a
California courtroom today to be arraigned in the case of a
17-year-old who disappeared after going for a jog.
A body believed to be that of Chelsea King was discovered in a
shallow grave two days after John
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| New health plan...Bomber in ambulance...Greek spending cuts... Mar 3 2010 6:04AM
He's including Republican ideas, but President
Barack Obama isn't winning Republican support for the revised
health care reform plan he's unveiling today. Instead, the move may
help shore-up support for Democratic moderates like Sen. Mark Pryor
of Ar
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| Furloughed federal workers, jobless, benefit from new bill...Iraq... Mar 3 2010 2:55AM
Furloughed federal workers will have their
jobs back and the jobless who had been counting on an unemployment
extension will have it now that the Senate has passed a $10 billion
measure. President Barack Obama signed it last night. It had been
held u
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| Missing teen believed found...Jobless benefits restored... Mar 3 2010 12:49AM
The body of a California teen whose
disappearance led to the arrest of a registered sex offender may
have been found. The body, discovered in a shallow grave Tuesday,
is believed to be 17-year-old Chelsea King. The remains were found
buried in a park
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| Tearful vigil...Jobless benefits approved...Aid promised to Chile... Mar 3 2010 12:00AM
Several thousand people have attended a
tearful, candlelight vigil at a suburban San Diego church for a
teen who disappeared last week. It's believed a body found in a
shallow grave near a park is that of 17-year-old Chelsea King.
Police are holdin
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| Jobless, highway funds OK'd....Vigil for teen...Nissan recall... Mar 2 2010 10:52PM
President Barack Obama has quickly signed a
bill into law that means 2,000 furloughed Transportation Department
workers can go back to work Wednesday. The Senate passed a $10
billion measure tonight that also maintains unemployment benefits
for the l
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| Thousands attend vigil for missing California teen Mar 2 2010 10:10PM
Thousands of people are at a vigil in a San
Diego suburb for a 17-year-old girl whose body is believed to have
been found five days after she went to a park for a jog.
The father of Chelsea King addressed the crowd at St. Michael's
Church in Pow
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| Senate clog overcome...Pledge to Chile...Teen's body believed... Mar 2 2010 9:14PM
The Senate has approved extended unemployment
benefits and stopgap highway finding that had been held up by a
Republican senator. Kentucky's Jim Bunning relented after
widespread criticism, even from a few Republicans. Bunning says he
was seeking fin
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| Grim discovery...Senator's roadblock ends...Toyota sales drop... Mar 2 2010 6:54PM
The San Diego County sheriff says a body found
in a shallow grave is believed to be that of a teen who disappeared
last week. A small army of searchers had scoured a rugged park
where 17-year-old Chelsea King had been jogging. Police are
questioning
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| Man in Calif. teen case linked to other assault Mar 2 2010 5:23PM
Police say a registered sex offender suspected
in the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl in San Diego likely
assaulted a jogger in the same park in December.
San Diego police Capt. Jim Collins said Tuesday that John Albert
Gardner III is believ
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| Man held in Calif. teen case got light sentence Mar 2 2010 12:50PM
Court documents say a sex offender suspected in
the disappearance of Chelsea King served only five years in prison
for molesting a girl a decade ago after prosecutors rejected a
psychiatrist's advice to seek a stiffer punishment.
Prosecutors sai
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| Search resumes for missing California teenager Mar 2 2010 11:19AM
Authorities have resumed the search for
17-year-old Chelsea King in Southern California.
King's father, Brent King, told "The Early Show" on CBS
Tuesday that he will keep hoping for her safe return.
The girl vanished after visiting a San Di
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| Aid to Chile...Questions for Toyota...GM recall Mar 2 2010 12:49AM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton says she's taking 20 satellite phones and a
technician with her when she visits earthquake-damaged Chile.
Clinton has rearranged her Latin American trip to visit Santiago.
The State Department says C
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| Responding to Chile...Obama dropout proposal...GM recall... Mar 1 2010 10:03PM
Its neighbors and the international
community are responding to Chile's request for assistance
following Saturday's powerful earthquake. Argentina says it's
sending a field hospital, doctors and water treatment plants.
Brazil said it's sending a fi
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| Parents of missing Calif. teen plead for help Mar 1 2010 4:20PM
The parents of a missing 17-year-old girl who
failed to come home after a run in the park are pleading for people
to come forward with information about her whereabouts.
Brent King of the San Diego suburb of Poway told The Associated
Press Monda
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| Chile will take international quake aid...Clinton to visit Santiago... Mar 1 2010 2:55AM
Chile's president says the country will
accept some of the offers of earthquake aid that have poured in
from around the world. President Michelle Bachelet (bah-cheh-LET'),
who leaves office on March 11, has also signed a decree giving the
military co
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| Soldiers told to curb looting in Chile...Federal workers... Mar 1 2010 1:59AM
Looting is so bad in the earthquake
ravaged Chilean city of Concepcion (kohn-sehp-SYOHN') that the
government has sent soldiers to the city and ordered a nighttime
curfew. President Michelle Bachelet (bah-cheh-LET') says Chile is
facing "a catastroph
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| Clinton to visit Chile...Curfew in Chilean city...Arrest in SoCal... Mar 1 2010 12:00AM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton will briefly visit Chile's capital Tuesday morning to show
U.S. support for rescue and recovery operations there. The country
was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake early Saturday. Clinton left
[[kxtopic:washi
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| Chile wants help...Clinton going to Latin America...France hit by... Feb 28 2010 10:45PM
Chile's president says her
earthquake-ravaged country will accept some of the offers of aid
that have poured in from around the world. President Michele
Bachelet (bah-cheh-LET') says Chile has suffered "a catastrophe of
such unthinkable magnitude tha
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| Chile to accept international aid...Chilean military told to quell... Feb 28 2010 9:49PM
Chile's president says the massive 8.8
magnitude earthquake created "a catastrophe of such unthinkable
magnitude that it will require a giant effort" to recover.
President Michele Bachelet (bah-cheh-LET'), who leaves office on
March 11, says the co
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| Arrest made in case of missing California girl Feb 28 2010 9:49PM
Authorities say a registered sex offender has
been arrested in the disappearance of a missing suburban San Diego
teenager.
San Diego County Sheriff William Gore tells The Associated Press
that 30-year-old John Albert Gardner of Riverside County
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 27 2010 1:45AM
A 27-year-old man charged with violently
murdering his stepmother four years ago has been found not guilty
by reason of mental illness.
Dakota County District Judge Kathryn Messerich found Thursday
that Stephen Miles did not know right from wron
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| Minn. session has risks for 7 wouldbe governors Feb 26 2010 11:40AM
The annual clash of ideas at the Capitol
carries risks for seven lawmakers seeking [[kxtopic:minnesota:t[Minnesota]:t]]'s top office.
They have to take tough votes and tie their success to
initiatives that might fail, while facing criticism from
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High Risk Sex Offender Arrested Feb 25 2010 7:15PM
A Wishek man who is a registered high-risk sex offender faces six felony charges for allegedly trying to rape a girl younger than 6 years old, fighting with a deputy and pointing a loaded shotgun at three people.
Bond has been set at 500-thousand dollar
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Sex Offender Addresses Feb 25 2010 7:01PM
Bismarck Police want you to know about two sex offenders who have moved in town...
Tracy Brosseau is a moderate risk offender.
He's living at 1008 Portand Avenue number 7.
Brosseau pleaded guilty in 2004 to charges he coerced a girl to hav
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 25 2010 4:13PM
The North Dakota Supreme Court says the
Morton County Commission can allow a large cattle feedlot northwest
of Mandan.
The commission's decision had been challenged by a couple who
said the feedlot would be too close to a spot where they had
ea
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| Registered highrisk sex offender faces 6 felonies Feb 25 2010 11:40AM
A [[kxtopic:wishek-nd:t[Wishek]:t]] man who is a registered high-risk
sex offender faces six felony charges for allegedly trying to rape
a girl younger than 6 years old, fighting with a deputy and
pointing a loaded shotgun at three people.
Bond
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 25 2010 2:13AM
Otter Tail Power Co. wants to increase a
monthly charge that its North Dakota customers pay for wind power.
An average Otter Tail residential customer who uses 750
kilowatt-hours of electricity each month now pays a $2.77 charge
for wind-generat
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Bond Set for Owen Clair Adams Feb 24 2010 7:08PM
Bail is set at a half million dollars for a rural Wishek man accused of multiple crimes.
24-year-old Owen Clair Adams is charged with five counts in McIntosh County.
Chief Deputy Sheriff of McIntosh County Gerard Zlotkowski says Adams alledgedly
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 24 2010 4:20PM
State regulators say a coal drying plant
in southwestern North Dakota doesn't need a coal mining permit.
Today, the North Dakota Public Service Commission threw out a
complaint filed by the Dakota Resource Council environmental group
and six landow
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| Fargo group to try again for sex offenders home Feb 24 2010 1:39PM
An attorney is appealing a Fargo Planning
Commission decision to reject a proposal for a group home in a
downtown Fargo neighborhood that would serve sex offenders.
Project spokesman Craig Ritchie says he expects the matter to go
before the City
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| Toyota apologies...winter double whammy...6 Haiti orphans to meet... Feb 24 2010 2:06AM
Toyota's president is expected to apologize for his
company's slew of safety problems when he appears on Capitol Hill
Wednesday. On Tuesday the automaker's U.S. sales chief told
lawmakers that the recall of 8.5 million Toyotas worldwide may
"not tota
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