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Auction house seeks to sell Rosa Parks collection
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York....
NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 - maybe
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe....
G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year
SAPPORO, Japan (AP) -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week....
Colombia hostage rescue sidelines Chavez
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Hugo Chavez, once a key mediator in securing hostage releases from Colombian rebels, could do little more than phone congratulations to President Alvaro Uribe after this week's bold rescue....
Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November....
Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time....
All-Williams final at Wimbledon; 1st since 2003
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match....
Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?
NEW YORK (AP) -- A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world - each a chatty bunch - buzzing with questions about the two "friends."...
As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover....
White House says ruling could free detainees in US
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen....
Prosecutors: Deception ran deep in Vt. kidnapping
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping....
Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows....
Father without baby sitter accused of caging kids
POSEN, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday....
Colombia rescue hinged on rebel disarray, payback
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over....
McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution'
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more national in scope....
Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war....
Selig: Drug program threatened by prosecutors
NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball's drug-testing program was threatened when federal prosecutors seized player records and samples four years ago, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr said in letters to Congress released Thursday....
Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe
ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns....
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83....
Former hot-dog-chomping champ hungry for new title
NEW YORK (AP) -- He's gone from hot-dog top dog to underdog. Renowned competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi is aiming to chomp his way back to the top of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating competition on Coney Island after a disappointing three-dog loss last year shattered his six-year winning streak....
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