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Kaine says he'll limit time spent as party leader
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday he will manage a Virginia budget crisis $3 billion and growing and head the Democratic National Committee in his spare time, largely as "an electronic gig."...
Judge reinstates Islamic group's wiretapping suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday reinstated an Islamic charity's lawsuit challenging a Bush administration surveillance program....
Timber company drops road deal with Forest Service
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The nation's largest owner of timberland disclosed Monday that it will no longer pursue changes in agreements governing its use of U.S. Forest Service roads - changes that critics complained could transform forests into housing subdivisions....
Lung Association's Northwest chapter is deflated
SEATTLE (AP) -- A judge essentially put the Northwest chapter of the American Lung Association out of business Monday after the national group challenged the chapter for giving its Seattle headquarters and $600,000 to a different, newly created charity....
US appeals court: Detainee IDs can be secret
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government can keep secret the identities of detainees who claim they've been abused at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
Phone exec says Pa. senator listed $50M in demands
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The former president of Verizon Pennsylvania testified Monday that a powerful state lawmaker gave him a list of demands worth $50 million during negotiations over phone-industry deregulation....
Kids alone for days, parents dead in locked room
MADRAS, Ore. (AP) -- A couple who hadn't been seen for three days were found dead in their locked bedroom with their crying 9-month-old daughter in an apparent murder-suicide. Three older children had been left out on their own....
5 homeless shelter residents killed in Texas fire
PARIS, Texas (AP) -- A fire fueled by donated clothes ripped through a homeless shelter in northeastern Texas early Monday, killing five residents as some tried dousing the blaze with pans of water....
Records reveal anguish of anthrax suspect's wife
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Anthrax mailing suspect Bruce Ivins tormented his wife with rudeness and behaved erratically in the weeks before the Army scientist took his own life by overdosing on Tylenol, according to documents released Monday....
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