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Groups oppose bid to overturn ban on importing hides of polar bears shot in Canada
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June 26, 2008 - 7:52 AM EST
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Environmental and animal rights groups are lining up to oppose a lawsuit that seeks to let American sport hunters again import hides of polar bears shot legally in Canada.The hunting group Safari Club International has filed a notice of its intent to sue to overturn the ban, which was put in place last month when U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne declared polar bears a threatened species.The group seeks...
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More rain threatens to complicate efforts to shore up fragile Mississippi River town levees
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June 26, 2008 - 7:00 AM EST
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Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early Thursday, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community.Even before the latest storms, crews had long labored to strengthen the earthen levee at Winfield from dirt slides and spots where water soaks up through the sandy soil.Lincoln County authorities on Wednesday deemed the area...
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California National Guard called in as wildfire moves closer to Big Sur; 500 homes threatened
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June 26, 2008 - 6:16 AM EST
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A lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that already burned 16 homes was moving closer Thursday to the scenic community of Big Sur, where it threatened 500 houses.The blaze was only 3 percent contained late Wednesday and had burned nearly 30 square miles near the coast about a mile south of Big Sur, officials said.Meanwhile, the National Weather Service predicted more lightning toward the end of the...
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Graffiti-like malt liquor ads on buildings draw protests in Philadelphia, a city of murals
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June 26, 2008 - 5:44 AM EST
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Graffiti-style malt liquor ads are drawing fire from parents and anti-blight advocates in a city known for its colorful murals.The ads for Colt 45 malt liquor show comic book-style characters clutching bottles and cans of booze. "Works every time," reads the slogan."I really wouldn't want my daughter looking at it," Jill Maguire said as she pushed a neighbor's baby in a stroller near one of the ads. "She might think it's cool."Jane...
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Air Force officer acquitted of rape but convicted of indecent assault at Texas base
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June 26, 2008 - 5:13 AM EST
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As the verdicts were read, a woman who had accused Col. Samuel Lofton of rape darted from the courtroom.A military jury acquitted the Air Force colonel of rape on Wednesday, but the panel of seven men and two women found him guilty of two counts of indecent assault in cases involving two other women at Sheppard Air Force Base.Lofton, the former 82nd Training Group commander at the base, also was convicted of two counts of...
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Kentucky gunman who killed 5 and himself argued with boss over cell phone, safety goggles
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June 26, 2008 - 4:34 AM EST
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It was swift and chaotic, witnesses said, as the plastics plant worker with a determined look opened fire, killing five co-workers then himself in rural western Kentucky.A man who called 911 from the plant described the violent scene early Wednesday when Wesley N. Higdon shot his supervisor outside the plant, then went inside and kept shooting. When the gunfire ended, police said, one of Higdon's co-workers was dead, four...
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Deputies can earn as little as $8 an hour despite dangers of job, wide range of duties
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June 26, 2008 - 3:49 AM EST
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Grundy County sheriff's deputy Shane Tate, a father of five, was making $10.50 an hour when he was gunned down in the line of duty.Deputies are the law in most unincorporated areas across the country, escorting prisoners, acting as courtroom bailiffs, riding patrol and investigating crime. Yet those in rural counties typically make a fraction of what state troopers and city police officers earn, often with no health insurance...
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No fishing allowed: Scientists study whether off-limits zones can help revive fish populations
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June 26, 2008 - 3:30 AM EST
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Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys.The abundance of behemoth fish attracted anglers from around the world in the early 1900s, including adventurers such as Ernest Hemingway and Zane Grey, who pulled in monsters from the clear, warm depths off Key West.But as Florida's population boomed, the attraction that drew them began to vanish. Anglers were snapping up the larger...
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Oregon doctor accused in deaths of 3 patients at Australian hospital agrees to extradition
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June 26, 2008 - 12:07 AM EST
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An Oregon doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at an Australian hospital plans to agree to extradition to stand trial.According to documents filed Wednesday in federal court, Jayant Patel is expected to sign the extradition agreement on Thursday. Patel is also expected to ask for release from jail pending his extradition, a request a judge will likely rule on at a hearing Thursday afternoon.Patel...
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