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Files show Md. police watched variety of activists (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:11 -0500

AP - Surveillance of anti-death penalty protesters and other activists by the Maryland State Police was broader and went on longer than previously disclosed, according to files that were turned over by police to dozens of activists who were improperly labeled as terrorists.by team

Grassy knoll couple recall Kennedy assassination (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:55:54 -0500

AP - It seems as if the gracious couple has told the story a thousand times how the crack of an assassin's bullet struck the president just a few feet from where they stood.

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Ex-Penn prof gets 5-10 years in wife's slaying (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:01:46 -0500

AP - A former Ivy League professor was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison Wednesday for fatally beating his wife with a chin-up bar while she wrapped Christmas presents in their kitchen.by team

Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va. (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:22:16 -0500

AP - Global poultry grower Aviagen Inc. said Wednesday it has suspended a supervisor and would investigate a video released by an animal rights group that appears to show horrific abuse of turkeys at the company's West Virginia farms.by team

Upstate NY dad drowns saving 2 sons after crash (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:13:59 -0500

AP - A man whose car slid off a snowy road and into a 12-foot-deep pond saved the two sons he had been driving home but could not save himself, police said.by team

NJ inmates vs. Princeton students: Prison chess (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:28:39 -0500

AP - David Wang is a young man who's clearly going places. The Princeton University sophomore is gifted with a brilliant mind, a movie-star smile and an understated self-confidence.by team

Drug suspect's wife charged in FBI agent's death (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:01:59 -0500

AP - An FBI agent trying to arrest a cocaine-dealing suspect at a home near Pittsburgh was killed Wednesday by the man's wife, who might have thought she was shooting an intruder, authorities said.

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Dead teen's mom testifies in cyber-bullying trial (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:26:46 -0500

AP - The grieving mother of a Missouri girl told a jury Wednesday how her daughter hanged herself with a belt after receiving cruel messages on her MySpace account, some of which were from a boy whose identity was later revealed to have been invented by a neighbor.by team

Pa. man, 82, survives 32 hours in freezing woods (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:55:59 -0500

AP - An 82-year-old Pennsylvania man was found alive and conscious by rescuers Wednesday after getting lost in the woods of a state park and spending 32 hours braving snow squalls and freezing temperatures.by team

The New Frugality: Americans return to thriftiness (AP)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:42:11 -0500

AP - Frugality is making a comeback.

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