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    Islanders who insisted on staying died in Ike (AP)
    AP - The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell. -- read full article
    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:58:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look (AP)

    SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders) volunteer Gigi Stoll, right,  helps Frank Carter straighten out a wheel chair order during her weekly visit,  Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 in New York. America's estimated 2.5 million gay seniors are twice as likely to live alone, four times less likely to have adult children to help them, and far more fearful of discrimination from health care workers.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.


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    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:48:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    O.J. Simpson's attorney: This was payback (AP)

    O.J. Simpson is handcuffed after a verdict of guilty on all counts was read following his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The verdict comes 13 years to the day after Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Photo/Steve Marcus, Pool)AP - Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.


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    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:40:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Driver Castroneves pleads not guilty in tax case (AP)

    In this May 15, 2005, file photo, IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, celebrates with his sister, Kati, after he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 auto race with an average speed of 227.077 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Helio Castroneves is facing federal tax charges in Miami. Castroneves is charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion from 1999 through 2004. Also indicted in were Constroneves' sister and business manager, and his attorney. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, File)AP - Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:52:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    US appeals NJ Muslim cleric immigration case (AP)

    In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Imam Mohammad Qatanani, center, walks out of the Peter W. Rodino Jr. Federal Building in Newark, N.J., with supporters, after an immigration judge ruled that Qatanani can remain in the United States. U.S. authorities had sought to link Qatanani, a 44-year-old Palestinian who is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson, N.J., to the terrorist group Hamas. Federal immigration officials said Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, they are appealing the  judge's decision to allow Qatanani to remain in the U.S. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)AP - In a case that could erode hard-won trust between Muslims and law enforcement, the government is appealing the case of a Muslim leader who won his fight to remain in the United States.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:49:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Police: Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants (AP)

    This undated photo submitted by the Montgomery County District Attorney's office shows Thomas Daley, 45, of Phoenixville, Pa. Daley, a suburban Philadelphia landlord, was charged on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008 with secretly videotaping female tenants with cameras hidden in their apartments. (AP Photo/Montgomery County District Attorney)AP - A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:09:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Jury: Fatal Wis. blast was manufacturer's fault (AP)
    AP - A civil jury on Friday ruled against a manufacturer that claimed a contractor was to blame for a plant explosion that killed three workers and injured 48. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:19:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike (AP)

    Birds fly around as others sit on a pier damaged by Hurricane Ike Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008  in Gilchrist, Texas. One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.  (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:08:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Wells Fargo, Citi battle for Wachovia (AP)

    A Wachovia bank, foreground, is shown across the street from a Wells Fargo Bank, background, in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. A battle broke out for control of Wachovia Friday as Wells Fargo signed a $15.1 billion agreement to buy the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, while Citigroup and the federal regulators backing its earlier deal insisted that Citi's takeover bid go forward. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A battle broke out Friday for control of Wachovia, as Wells Fargo agreed to pay $14.8 billion for the struggling bank, while Citigroup and federal regulators insisted that Citi's earlier and lower-priced takeover offer go forward.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:06:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Driver dead after car crashes into RI high school (AP)

    A burned car is loaded onto a tow truck after it was driven into the side of Lincoln High School in Lincoln, R.I. and burst into flames, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The driver was killed in the crash. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - A car crashed through an entrance at a Rhode Island high school and burst into flames, killing the driver, police and witnesses said. No students were hurt.


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    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:30:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Arrests on Arizona-Mexico border drop for 2nd year (AP)
    AP - Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday. -- read full article
    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:34:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Jury acquits SC trooper charged with striking man (AP)

    In this photo combination image rendered from video and released by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, suspect Marvin Grant is seen running from a patrol car in a June 24, 2007, viewed from Lance Cpl. Steven Garren's  South Carolina Highway Patrol cruiser dashboard cam. Garren is accused of deliberately running down Grant with his cruiser. He is charged with using unreasonable force and depriving suspect Marvin Grant of his civil rights, and has been on trial this week in federal court in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/South Carolina Highway Patrol)AP - A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision that was captured on video tape.


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    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:50:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    7 killed in fiery Ala. collision on rural road (AP)
    AP - A collision between an 18-wheeler and a state van Friday left a fiery, mangled heap on a rural highway and killed six applicants for prison jobs and their driver, authorities said. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:26:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Calif. reps' brother among 2 missing boaters (AP)
    AP - The brother of Congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sanchez and his girlfriend were missing Friday after their boat was apparently destroyed, possibly in a collision with a barge outside the nation's largest port complex. -- read full article
    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:13:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
    Effort against LA-area taco trucks loses its bite (AP)
    AP - The great Taco Truck Wars of 2008 appear to have come to a close. -- read full article
    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:18:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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