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- Bush will attend opening ceremonies of Olympics
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing, the White House said Thursday. The announcement quashed any talk of a presidential boycott over China's violent crackdown after anti-government riots and protests in Tibet.
- Details emerge in capture of killing spree suspect
CHICAGO (AP) - As the hunt wound down for the man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead in two states, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway restaurant in suburban St. Louis, asked to use the phone and called his lawyer - all but ensuring his capture.
- US: It flew 3,600 flights looking for hostages
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003.
- White House says ruling could free detainees in US
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanomo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. in the wake of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights.
- Judge in NY scolds hedge fund scammer who ran away
NEW YORK (AP) - A hedge fund cheat who tried to fake his own death and spent nearly a month as a fugitive told a judge Thursday that he really did try to commit suicide while on the run, saying he thought it would be better to do himself in than turn himself in.
- Rep. Young taps campaign to pay aide's lawyers
WASHINGTON (AP) - With an election-year corruption investigation looming, Rep. Don Young has tapped his campaign war chest to pay not only his own million-dollar legal tab but also to hire lawyers for his campaign manager, who is also under FBI scrutiny.
- SC child slaying suspect was close family friend
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Relatives of an 8-year-old girl found raped and slain in an abandoned home said Thursday that the young teenager accused of the crime was like a member of the family.
- Feds indict 2 alleged munitions dealers in Miami
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Miami have indicted two men on charges of illegally providing U.S.-made military aircraft parts to Iranian buyers.
- Texas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother's embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man.
- Detainee asks judge to delay 1st Guantanamo trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Osama bin Laden's former driver asked a civilian judge Thursday to delay his military trial.
- Man suspected of caging daughters to control them
POSEN, Ill. (AP) - Police say a father in suburban Chicago has admitted to locking his two young daughters in a cage in his pickup truck.
- Former Olympian pleads guilty to heroin charges
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Former track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed ``the world's fastest man,'' pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing heroin, averting a trial set for next week.
- NYC crane inspector pleads not guilty to lying
NEW YORK (AP) - A former city building department inspector pleaded not guilty Thursday to lying about examining a huge construction crane that collapsed days later, killing seven people.
- Feds: Pa. trooper tipped off hooker probe suspects
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state trooper who was investigating prostitution at a truck stop near Harrisburg, Pa., was accused of tipping off the suspects.
- Former track star pleads guilty to heroin charge
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Former track star Tim Montgomery has pleaded guilty to a federal heroin distribution charge days before he was set to go to trial in Virginia.
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- Former top Cleveland church accountant convicted
CLEVELAND (AP) - A federal jury on Thursday convicted the former top accountant at the Cleveland Catholic Diocese of tax charges and acquitted him of more serious charges related to alleged kickbacks.
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- Hedge fund scammer tells NY judge he tried suicide
NEW YORK (AP) - The hedge fund cheat who faked his death before going on the lam told a Manhattan judge Thursday that he tried to kill himself with a drug overdose before he surrendered in Massachusetts.
- Suspect in two-state killing spree transferred
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people in two states dead is being transferred to a county where he's charged in one of the slayings.
- NYC crane inspector pleads not guilty
NEW YORK (AP) - A former inspector accused of lying about examining a crane that later collapsed in midtown Manhattan and killed seven people has pleaded not guilty in a New York City court.
- Dallas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison
DALLAS (AP) - A man sent to prison more than 15 years ago has been freed after DNA testing concluded he was innocent.
- 2 jailed in upstate NY college student's beating
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - Two men charged in the beating of an New York college student that has gained international attention are now in jail.
- Former mayor to march in R.I. July 4th parade
BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) - Vincent ``Buddy'' Cianci may not be mayor of Providence anymore, but he's resuming one of the public duties he lost when he was sent to prison in 2002 for corruption.
- Police: Woman pulled knife, gun from baby stroller
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a woman out for a walk with her baby and another child in Utica, N.Y., was packing more than diapers in her stroller.
- Indiana gas price protester to plead guilty
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A man who was arrested for climbing to the roof of a gas station to sing a song protesting high gasoline prices says he will plead guilty to a trespassing charge.
- Fishing boat captain convicted in fatal smuggling
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A federal jury found a Bahamian fishing boat captain guilty of second-degree murder in the drowning of three illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the United States.
- Court proceedings begin for killing-spree suspect
CHICAGO (AP) - Now that the multistate manhunt has ended, legal wrangling has begun over an ex-convict suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead in Illinois and Missouri.
- Judge tosses wiretapping lawsuit by Islamic group
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit by an Islamic organization that accused the Bush administration of illegally wiretapping its telephones without warrants.
- Bomb threat disrupts LAX, no explosive found
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Several flights were grounded at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday after a man claimed to be a terrorist and made a bomb threat, police said.
- Judge tosses lawsuit against federal wiretapping
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge has tossed out a lawsuit by an Islamic organization that accused the Bush administration of illegally wiretapping its telephones without warrants.
- Handcuffed informant jumps from Washington bridge
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A woman working as a police informant during an attempted drug bust jumped from a bridge into the Wenatchee River while six officers were nearby, and hasn't been seen since.
- Texas man gets 4,060 years in prison for sex abuse
WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - A man was sentenced to more than 4,000 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting three teenage girls over two years.
- Neb. teacher pleads guilty to sex with student, 13
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A former teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to fleeing to Mexico with a 13-year-old student so she could have sex with him. Her plea was part of a deal to ensure she'll spend less than a decade in federal prison.
- Hedge fund scammer surrenders in Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison rode his scooter to a small-town police station in Massachusetts on Wednesday and turned himself in while talking to his mother on his cell phone.
- Marine sniper says he shot Syrians to save his men
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine sniper charged in the shooting deaths of two Syrians told a military court Wednesday he believed he was protecting his troops from a roadside bomb.
- Chicago police officer fatally shot with own gun
CHICAGO (AP) - A veteran Chicago police officer was killed Wednesday by a woman who grabbed his gun during a struggle and shot him in the head, authorities said.
- Man found guilty of killing wife with antifreeze
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) - A former Missouri radio reporter was convicted Wednesday of killing his wife by poisoning her Gatorade with antifreeze and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- Jail for Illinois man who stole, drugged puppy
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A judge has ordered a 60-day jail sentence for an Illinois man accused of stealing a $1,500 Pomeranian puppy and blowing marijuana smoke into its face until it passed out.
- Pentagon's top investigator to resign
WASHINGTON (AP)- The Pentagon's inspector general is resigning after just over a year in the job and at a time when defense spending has skyrocketed but personnel shortfalls in the oversight office have strained its ability to probe allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.
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