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Zoo holds emotional memorial for Jocko, the slain spider monkey
Tears were flowing when Greater Vancouver Zoo staff held a memorial service on Sunday for Jocko, a spider monkey that was killed after someone broke into an enclosure overnight Tuesday.
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Brush fires force home evacuations in Florida
MALABAR, Fla. -- Brush fires forced residents to flee more than 500 homes in central Florida on Sunday and closed a major interstate, authorities said.
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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
SENECA, Mo. -- Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
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Medical helicopter crash in Wis. kills doctor, nurse, pilot
MADISON, Wis. -- A medical helicopter dropped off a patient and then crashed shortly after it took off on its return flight to Madison, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot on board, officials said Sunday.
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Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
WASHINGTON -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.
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President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
WACO, Texas -- President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
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Hacker leaks 6m Chileans' records
A computer hacker in Chile posts confidential data belonging to six million people on the internet.
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Cablevision near deal to buy Newsday: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tribune Co is close to an agreement to sell its Newsday newspaper to Cablevision Systems Corp and an announcement could come as early as Monday, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Tornadoes kill 21, injure hundreds in U.S
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.
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Jazz hold off Lakers in overtime to level series
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Utah Jazz held off the Los Angeles Lakers for a 123-115 overtime victory to tie up their Western Conference semi-final series at 2-2 on Sunday.
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Air Methods helicopter crashed in Wisconsin
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Air medical transport company Air Methods Corp said on Sunday one of its helicopters suffered a fatal crash in Wisconin on Saturday, killing the pilot, flight doctor and nurse on board.
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Dennis Farina arrested at L.A. airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said.
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President Bush calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
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Michael Jackson says ranch foreclosure averted
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Entertainer Michael Jackson said on Sunday a foreclosure sale on his Neverland Ranch set for this week was averted after a loan on the California property was sold to Colony Capital, a large real estate investment firm.
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Police identify woman who died on Via train
A woman whose death on a Via Rail train set off a health scare on Friday in northern Ontario was identified Sunday by police as a 43-year-old from South Africa.
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Michael Jackson says ranch foreclosure averted
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Entertainer Michael Jackson said on Sunday that a foreclosure sale on his Neverland Ranch property in California has been canceled by Colony Capital LLC, which acquired the loan on the ranch from Fortress Investment Group and is negotiating a deal.
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EnCana splits into separate oil, gas companies
Calgary-based EnCana Corporation, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, is splitting into two corporate entities.
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AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
WASHINGTON -- Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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Calgary tower project to break Canadian record
Crews in Calgary were busy on the weekend with the country's largest continuous concrete pour of a building foundation.
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Air Canada surcharge a blow to tourism: N.L. consumer advocate
Air Canada's move to add a fuel surcharge flights could prove disastrous for the country's tourism industry, said consumer advocate George Murphy.
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Jenna Bush weds Virginia politician's son
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family members and close friends.
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California man losing nine homes in mortgage mess
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real estate market.
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Scientists probe recent coyote attacks in California
LOS ANGELES -- The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park - but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the wild animal.
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Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop.
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College prof no walkover for Franken in Minn. Senate run
ALBERT LEA, Minn. -- On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
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Confusing ballot designs still plague elections
The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon - pregnant, hanging and otherwise.
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22 dead in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia after new round of storms
Crews and search dogs hunted today for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.
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Families will make case for vaccine link to autism
WASHINGTON -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court.
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2008 valedictorian is different kind of 'Morehouse Man'
ATLANTA -- From his first day at Morehouse College - the country's only institution of higher learning dedicated to the education of black men - Joshua Packwood has been a standout.
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Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary
GRAFTON, W.Va. -- On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.
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Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
INDIANAPOLIS -- Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds.
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Murdoch quits US newspaper fight
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation withdraws a $580m bid to buy the US newspaper Newsday.
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AP Exclusive: Ex-manager says O.J. Simpson confessed
LOS ANGELES -- A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted.
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Rapper on animal, drugs charges
US rapper DMX is arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and drug possession following a raid on his home, police say.
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Tornado wrecks central US towns
Tornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, severely damaging two towns and killing at least 21 people.
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