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    5 more arrested from west Texas polygamist sect (AP)

    These photos released by the Texas Department of Public Safety show the five indicted members of a West Texas polygamist sect that turned themselves into authorities, Monday, July 28, 2008 to face child sexual abuse charges. Also pictured is Warren Jeffs, the already-jailed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. From left, top row, Raymond Merrill Jessop, 36, Allen Eugene Keate, 56, Michael George Emack, 57. Botton row,  Merrill Leroy Jessop, 33, Lloyd Hammon Barlow, 38 and Jeffs. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Public Safety)AP - Five indicted members of a West Texas polygamist sect turned themselves in to authorities Monday to face charges related to allegations of child sexual abuse.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:18:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Call for Chicago students to skip 1st school day (AP)
    AP - Community leaders on Monday called on students from poorer parts of Chicago to protest inequalities in school funding by skipping the first day of classes. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:03:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Indictment for man suspected of Ill., Mo. killings (AP)
    AP - An indictment unsealed Monday charges a man suspected of killing eight people with one of the slayings, that of a 65-year-old who was beaten in the head with a blunt instrument. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:28:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Los Angeles wants to take bite out of fast food (AP)

    Signs for fast foot restaurants are seen on a street in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. In South Los Angeles, fast food is also the easiest cuisine to find, and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol. The City Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand in hand with more fat adults and chunky children than other areas of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:12:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Fire destroys 25 homes near Yosemite National Park (AP)

    Despite the haze from smoke, tourists stop to take photos of El Capitan, background left, and the Half Dome, background right, on Monday, July 28, 2008 in Yosemite, Calif. Smoke has drifted into Yosemite from the Telegraph fires in Midpines, Calif. California has been dogged by wildfire since June, and hot, dry conditions have turned flare-ups into prolonged fire fights. While many earlier blazes were ignited by a massive lightning storm, the fire outside Yosemite was sparked by a target shooter. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Smoke had turned the sun a deep glowing red by the time Dutch tourist Trees Duipmans and her three teenage children reached a campground outside Yosemite National Park on Sunday. By Monday, they decided it was time to go.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:59:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views (AP)

    A note attached to flowers lay at the base of the church sign that's serving as a memorial at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church  Monday, July 28, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday, killing two people. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)AP - Children from the Unitarian church where authorities said an out-of-work truck driver shot and killed two people, ended a prayer vigil by singing a song from the musical the gunman interrupted.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:53:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Iowa town become flash point in immigration debate (AP)

    Bishop Jerome Hanus, of Dubuque, Iowa, directs an immigration rally march, Sunday, July 27, 2008, in Postville, Iowa.  Busloads of people from Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul and other nearby cities came to protest a federal immigration raid of the local Agriprocessors plant.  Nearly 400 people were arrested during the May raid of the plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - As the chants of 1,000 or so people roared near the center of town, Dave Hartley stood on the periphery wearing a look of wonder and bemusement.


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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:02:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans (AP)

    Pfc. Joseph Dwyer, 26, from Mt. Sinai, N.Y., carries a young Iraqi boy who was injured during a heavy battle between the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi forces in this March 25, 2003 file photo near Al Faysaliyah, Iraq. Dwyer died of an accidental overdose after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder for almost five years. (AP Photo/Warren Zinn, Army Times)AP - More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.


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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:21:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Falling rock kills climber on Oregon's Mount Hood (AP)
    AP - Officials in Oregon's Hood River County say a man who had scaled one of Mount Hood's most challenging routes has died after being hit by falling rock. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:11:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Kalamazoo police nab suspect hiding in trash can (AP)
    AP - Authorities in Kalamazoo say they only had to look in the trash to nab a suspect. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:59:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Fire destroys 12 homes near Yosemite National Park (AP)

    Orange County Firefighters Tyler Johnson, left and Mike Reinhold look at fires burning across the Briceburg mountains along side the Merced River Sunday, July 27, 2008 in Briceburg, Calif. An out-of-control wildfire burning Sunday near an entrance to Yosemite National Park has destroyed eight homes and threatened thousands more as flames forced authorities to cut power to the park. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)AP - Little relief from hot weather is expected this week as crews fight to contain a wildfire near Yosemite National Park that has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of about 200 others.


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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:34:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Man charged with killing parents held without bail (AP)
    AP - A Rhode Island man charged with killing his parents and burying their bodies in their backyard cesspool has been ordered held without bail. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:07:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    NJ lawmaker resigns amid child porn investigation (AP)

    In this Tuesday,  July 1, 2003, file photograph, New Jersey State Assemblyman Neil Cohen, D-Union, is seen as he talks about a bill at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. On Monday, July 28, 2008, New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen resigned from the Legislature, four days after it was reported that he's under investigation for suspected possession of child pornography. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price, File)AP - A New Jersey legislator resigned Monday amid reports that he's under investigation for suspected possession of child pornography.


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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:54:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Columnist Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor (AP)

    Robert Novak at a party  marking the 40th anniversary of Novak's newspaper column at the Army Navy Club in Washington, D.C. in this  June 2003 file photo. Novak says he has been issued a $50 citation after hitting a pedestrian while driving in downtown Washington. Novak tells WJLA-TV he was cited for failing to yield the right of way. He says he didn't realize what happened and continued driving until a bicyclist stopped him. David Bono, the bicyclist who witnessed the incident, told The Associated Press that the pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk and was splayed across Novak's windshield.  (AP Photo/Lauren Shay, FILE)AP - Syndicated columnist and former "Crossfire" host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.


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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:15:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    FBI searches county offices in Cleveland (AP)
    AP - FBI and IRS agents served at least 10 search warrants Monday at Cuyahoga County offices and homes as part of a public corruption investigation, authorities said. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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