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Investigation finds gas pumps cheated drivers traveling in Texas
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas drivers who recently bought gas at hundreds of Sunmart stations probably were shortchanged, according to results of a state investigation released Tuesday
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reality TV villain Omarosa sparred with talk show host Wendy Williams on Monday in a spat that at one point turned physical
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Regents want 7 percent cut from state universities
TOPEKA (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents wants the state’s universities and community colleges to tighten their belts, and the provost of the University of Kansas says any cuts will be felt by stu...
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PAL WONDERS IF FRIEND SHOULD TELL WIFE AFTER ENDING AFFAIR Dear AmyDEAR AMY: Can a man who has been involved in a 12-year affair resolve to give that up and devote himself to being a good husband a...
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008 Newly Arrived Pet Hints Dear Readers: We thought we would share some pet hintsPET HINTSthat have come into Heloise Central
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Celebrities
MONTREAL (AP) — Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday “to smoke the pipes of peace” over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city’s 400th anniversary
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Choi to the world: K.J. atop British Open board
SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Tiger Woods on crutches was supposed to be a chance for someone else to seize the spotlight at the British Open
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Medal of Honor recipient memorialized
Pennsylvania soldier sacrificed his life to save others in 2006 John Milburn Associated Press Writer FORT RILEY (AP) — The 1st Infantry Division paid homage Thursday to a Pennsylvania soldier who r...
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READERS’ IDEAS ON WHAT PARENTS CAN EXPECT FROM ADULT CHILDREN Dear ReadersDEAR READERS: I receive many letters from older parents who are disappointed by the lack of attention from their adult chil...
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World Briefly
Ex-AG Ashcroft says he relied on Justice lawyers to decide how harshly to question terrorists WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday disavowed the now-defunct legal rea...
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Legislature says no money for Eldon Ray
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Associated Press Writer TOPEKA (AP) — A couple of years ago, 84-year-old Eldon Ray was fined $500 by a state regulatory board after he oversaw construction of a rural church
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Eric Idle adds an orchestra to Monty Python comedy LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Eric Idle’s world, a leaf blower is part of the orchestra
Rapist gets 48 years in prison for Lawrence crimes
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LAWRENCE (AP) — A Douglas County judge has sentenced a convicted serial rapist to 48 years in prison for his assaults on women during the 1990s
Oddities
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Kentucky boy checks drivers’ speed with toy radar gun LOUISVILLE, Ky
Tribal secretary pleads guilty in Indian immigration plot
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WICHITA (AP) — The secretary of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe pleads guilty in a scheme to defraud immigrants by promising them that tribal membership conferred U
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FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008 A Cure for the Summertime Reds Dear Heloise: Help! I love strawberriesSTRAWBERRIES, but got them on my shorts
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From left, Los Fresnos city workers Max Villanueva and Carlos Barbosa and Los Fresnos police officers Gilbert Rodriguez and Modesto Coronada struggle to remove debris clogging a storm drain during Hurricane Dolly, Wednesday, July 23, 2008, in Los Fresnos, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.


Wed Jul 23 19:14:20 -0700 2008

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 23,2008, to discuss President Bush's decision to support the housing bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


Wed Jul 23 18:18:12 -0700 2008

Sara Loughran, a 24-year-old graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, talks on her cell phone while waiting for a bus on campus in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. The head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute released a memo advising faculty and staff to limit cell phone use because of 'the growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use' to cancer and other possible health problems. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.


Wed Jul 23 18:11:07 -0700 2008