Neb. lawmakers consider revising ’safe-haven’ law
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AP - When Nebraska lawmakers passed a unique “safe-haven” law that allowed parents to abandon children as old as 19, they never seriously thought such dropoffs would become common. But their worst fears have come true: At least 16 children, some of them teenagers, have been abandoned since the law took effect in July.
Ind. school bus crash kills 4, including children
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AP - A school bus carrying special-needs students collided with two dump trucks in rural northern Indiana on Friday and killed four of the five people aboard, including children, police said.
2 weeks after Ike, kids are still not in school
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AP - Since Hurricane Ike knocked out power at their elementary school two weeks ago, Jakin and Jared Cordova have been playing a lot of video games.
Japanese man can’t be tried in LA for murder
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AP - A Japanese businessman cannot be tried for murder in the 1981 shooting death of his wife, but said prosecutors may proceed with a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a judge ruled Friday.
New weather balloons aim for better hurricane data
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AP - A fleet of special balloons may soon help hurricane forecasters better predict the path of storms. But at a cost of up to $2,000 a pop, these aren’t your average birthday party decorations.
Evangelist Tony Alamo agrees to return to Arkansas
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AP - Evangelist and convicted tax evader Tony Alamo has waived his right to fight extradition to Arkansas after his arrest on charges that he took minors across state lines for sexual purposes.
Court: Philly can’t enact tougher its own gun laws
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AP - Philadelphia officials cannot enact gun laws tougher than Pennsylvania’s law, a state appeals court ruled Friday in throwing out city ordinances that included limiting gun purchases to one a month and banning assault weapons.
2 Iraqi researchers sue Texas A&M, alleging bias
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AP - Two former Texas A&M University researchers allege colleagues threw animal feces and urine on their prayer rug and routinely mocked and mistreated them because they are Muslims from Iraq, according to a federal lawsuit.
Chinese woman sentenced in sensor smuggling case
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AP - A Chinese woman was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison for seeking to buy military equipment, used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions, for export to China.
Fresh from prison, ex-aide attacks Rudy Giuliani
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AP - A former aide to Rudy Giuliani is out of prison and attacking the ex-mayor’s ethics, saying he was ordered to help Giuliani’s then-girlfriend get a below-market rent apartment.
AP - Top congressional and White House officials, stunned when the House rejected a massive rescue plan for the nation’s economy, scrambled to structure a new bailout proposal that would attract reluctant lawmakers and still soothe the unnerved financial markets.
AP - Most Asian stock markets fell Tuesday in stunned dismay over U.S. lawmakers’ rejection of a $700 billion bank rescue plan aimed at stabilizing the U.S. financial system. European markets opened mixed.
AP - At least 125 people were killed and 50 injured when thousands of pilgrims stampeded Tuesday at a Hindu temple in the historic town of Jodhpur in western India, officials said.
