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SIU: Student drinking age should stay put
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
AP CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University won't be joining other schools in a push to lower the drinking age. About 100 university leaders across the country have signed what's called the Amethyst Initiative.
College leaders hope to renew debate on a lower drinking age Los Angeles Times
College officials: Let's rethink the drinking age Minneapolis Star Tribune
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American expands inflight Internet service
USA Today - 3 hours ago
By Roger Yu, USA TODAY American Airlines said Tuesday it's expanding its inflight Internet service to the rest of its 767-200 fleet, or the 15 planes that fly primarily transcontinental flights.
American now offers Aircell broadband service Bizjournals.com
American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes The Associated Press
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Voice of America

`Fickle Fay' Loses Strength, Hurricane Watch Dropped (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Brian K. Sullivan Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay probably won't strengthen into a hurricane as it moves along Florida's east coast before heading back inland across the northern part of the state, forecasters say.
Video: 'Boomerang' Fay Strengthens Over Florida AssociatedPress

Tropical Storm Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast The Associated Press
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CBS News

Report: Rep. Tubbs Jones On Life Support
CBS News - 1 hour ago
In this May 8, 2006 file photo, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, questions the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections during a meeting in Cleveland.
Tubbs Jones Unconscious in Cleveland Hospital FOXNews
US Rep. Tubbs Jones hospitalized near Cleveland The Associated Press
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Corporal punishment seen rife in US schools
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Ed Stoddard DALLAS (Reuters) - More than 200000 children were hit as punishment in US schools last year and in the South more blacks than whites are struck, two human rights groups said in a report released on Wednesday.
Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled The Associated Press
Corporal punishment is used frequently in schools in 13 states ... CNN
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ABC News

Jets grounded after inspector grabs sensitive equipment
CNN - 55 minutes ago
(CNN) -- American Airlines grounded nine of its American Eagle jets, delaying about 40 flights, after it learned that a Transportation Security Administration inspector had boarded at least one plane by grabbing hold of a sensitive instrument used to ...
Report: TSA inspector damages nine planes in Chicago USA Today
TSA Snafu Damages Nine Planes at O'Hare Field ABC News
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One Protest, 52 Arrests and a $2 Million Payout
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By JIM DWYER The city has agreed to pay $2007000 to end a lawsuit brought by 52 people who were swept up in a mass arrest along a Midtown sidewalk during a protest against the invasion of Iraq.
$2M settlement is a cop wakeup call New York Daily News
New York settles suit with antiwar activists for $2M Newsday
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New York Daily News

The Search for Baby Hope's Mother
ABC News - 44 minutes ago
By SARAH NETTER Police are searching for the mother of an abandoned baby girl who was found in a gym bag on a Long Island, NY, street corner.
Information sought on baby abandoned in Hempstead Newsday
Baby Hope on LI streetcorner New York Daily News
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ABC News

Texas Panel Won't Halt Execution of Accomplice
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By SCOTT MICHELS The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has unanimously rejected a clemency petition from a man who is set to be executed for the murder of a store clerk, even though he was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder happened.
Lawyers try to block execution set for Thursday Houston Chronicle
Lawyers try to block execution set for Thursday NewsWest9.com
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Ohio college athlete killed in Pa. van crash
The Associated Press - 50 minutes ago
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say an Ohio college athlete was killed when a van carrying her cross-county team crashed in Pennsylvania.
Franciscan University Campus In Shock Over Student's Death WTOV9.com
Ohio athlete killed in Pa. crash after practice Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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Only 6 eligible fugitives in US use 'self-deport' program
Houston Chronicle - 4 hours ago
By SUSAN CARROLL In the weeks since Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Julie Myers revealed in a TV interview that officials were planning to offer a new "self-deportation" program, the story has been picked up by media outlets worldwide.
The Threatening "Silliness" of US Customs and Immigration Enforcement Huffington Post
Foreign nationals arrested; gang ties suspected Salt Lake Tribune
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WNCT

Still No Jail Release for Caylee Anthony's Mom
FOXNews - 1 hour ago
The mother of missing Orlando toddler Caylee Anthony must spend yet another night in the slammer, FOX News has learned. Though Casey Anthony has reportedly been close to getting out of jail all week thanks to a well-known bail bondsman, ...
Bondsman fails in attempts to release Casey Anthony MyFoxOrlando.com
Casey Anthony Still Awaiting Bond Central Florida News 13|
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Washington Post

Loudoun man breaks world travel record
Loudoun Times - 1 hour ago
By Holly Hobbs Scott Kasprowicz, of Middleburg, set out to break a 17-day world travel record by three days. Instead he and co-pilot Steve Sheik, of Baltimore, beat the previous record set by a helicopter pilot by six days.
Chopper pilots claim record with round-the-world flight USA Today
Washington area pilots circle globe by helicopter Examiner.com
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Jury finds ranch negligent in 10-death landslide
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A jury has ruled that a ranch company's negligence helped lead to the huge 2005 landslide that crushed part of a seaside community and killed 10 people.
Jury finds ranch was negligent in deadly landslide San Jose Mercury News
Ranch company faulted in slide Ventura County Star
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CBC.ca

Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a US Missile System in ...
New York Times - 13 hours ago
By ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON - As the Bush administration speeds ahead with plans to construct a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, some Democrats in Congress want to put on the brakes, saying it has not been adequately tested.
Sticking US taxpayers for Europe's defense Atlanta Journal Constitution
Pentagon considers next moves to counter Russia: analysts AFP
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Search suspended for plane with Alaska official
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a small plane carrying an Alaska state official and his son. Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Brian Andrews and his 24-year-old son, Brandon, have been missing since Aug. 9.
Coast Guard calls off search for deputy commissioner, son Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Search suspended for missing Juneau men Juneau Empire (subscription)
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New York Daily News

History of Problems at Site of Elevator Death
WNYC - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, NY August 20, 2008 —Residents of a Brooklyn building where a 5-year-old boy fell to his death yesterday, say they had complained for years about the building's faulty elevator.
Brooklyn Boy, 5, Falls 10 Stories to His Death After Public ... New York Times
Elevator in boy's fatal fall was subject of complaints Newsday
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Fla. man pleads not guilty to Bush, Obama threat
The Associated Press - 41 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) - A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Lawyers return to court over 1993 Ark. slayings
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - It took a jury 13 days to convict and sentence Damien Echols to death for the 1993 slayings of three second-graders.

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