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By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer 11 minutes ago
CHICAGO - "Stayin' Alive" might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed: At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopped heart. And in a small but intriguing study from the University of Illinois medical school, doctors and students maintained close to the ideal number of chest compressions doing CPR while listening to the catchy, sung-in-falsetto tune from the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever.
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By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS - Two men posing as police officers kidnapped a 6-year-old boy in a drug dispute after entering his family's home and tying up his mother and her boyfriend, police said Thursday. An Amber Alert was expanded nationwide as police searched for Cole Puffinburger, who was taken Wednesday, police said.
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By BETSY TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes ago
CLAYTON, Mo. - A packaged "incendiary device" exploded in a suburban St. Louis parking garage on Thursday, injuring the man who picked it up, rocking an office high-rise and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. The package was sitting near the 69-year-old man's assigned parking spot, but authorities wouldn't say whether he was the intended target.
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By JAY ROOT, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
AUSTIN, Texas - A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were shareholders in the firm — a possible violation of state ethics laws.
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By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer 20 minutes ago
As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day-care centers. The decision should be the parents', not the state's, they contend.
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By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
AURORA, Ill. - A medical helicopter carrying a 1-year-old patient crashed and burned in a suburban Chicago forest preserve overnight, killing all four aboard. The aircraft apparently clipped a radio tower, and authorities Thursday were investigating whether the tower's lights had been on.
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By MELANIE S. WELTE, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
DES MOINES, Iowa - Operating room nurse Pauline Taylor knows her refusal to get a flu shot is based on faulty logic. But ever since she got sick after getting a shot a few years ago, she's sworn off the vaccine. "I rarely get sick.
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By ANDALE GROSS, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Killings in Kansas City are happening at an alarming rate, and police and residents say the slayings can be traced to the same urban maladies that have plagued the city for years. With 21 homicides in August — a record for a single month — 2008 could become the deadliest year this decade for this Midwest city.
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By ERIC GORSKI, AP Religion Writer 8 minutes ago
DENVER - In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale. Shortly after the doors opened on the 27th Great American Beer Festival, a crowd congregated at the booth offering that and other pours from The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, Calif.
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10.15.2008 -
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Despite pressure from elected officials and the military, the Bush administration has yet to equip some California National Guard planes for firefighting — a delay that could have grave implications during the worst of the wildfire season.
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BY MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago
LEESBURG, Va. - A one-time top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for having sex more than a decade ago with his then-teenage daughter. The Rev. James L. Bevel, 71, a key architect of the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Ala.
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AP - Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" died Monday. He was 79.
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By ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer 10 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The U. S. has not endured a deep and prolonged recession in more than a quarter century — enough time for many Americans to forget what one feels like. But unlike the last two relatively short recessions, this one could be much longer and more severe, potentially bringing with it anxiety and job losses not seen in many years.
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By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago
BOSTON - Carla Souza was a dutiful member of the Mormon church, hosting dinner meetings at her house, taking care of children in the nursery school and going out with missionaries to spread the word about her faith. Her devotion, prosecutors said, didn't sit well with her husband.
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By SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
ATLANTA - Flying in the U. S. has been transformed since Sept. 11, with passengers forced to remove their shoes, take out their laptop computers and put liquids and gels in clear plastic bags. Yet it's perfectly legal to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint at some of the nation's biggest airports.
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By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Forgive Kerry and Desmond Lyons if they sometimes mix up their sons' names. After all, they're brand new and look alike. The rare set of identical triplets conceived without fertility treatments left a Manhattan hospital Tuesday for their suburban home.
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By OSKAR GARCIA, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was sued in federal court by a woman who claimed he made advances and threatened to rape her after having drinks at a Las Vegas restaurant just before the 2006 election. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U. S.
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By THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago
CLEVELAND - A man indicted this month on charges of setting a fire that killed a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover said he would never do anything to harm a child, and that he felt the same pain as relatives of the victims.
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By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer 35 minutes ago
ELON, N. C. - Erin O'Connell took the tour this week at Elon University, a handsome, up-and-coming college with a $31,000-a-year price tag. That's hefty — but $20,000 less than some "uppity" schools she may have to cross off her list.
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By MATT REED, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago
LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane. Richard Cooey, 41, had argued in numerous legal challenges that his weight problem would make it difficult for prison staff to find suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that delayed previous executions in the state.
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