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School Newspaper Apologizes for Caption
AP - A newspaper apologized and fired a copy editor for posting an online photo of a girls' soccer team that suggested one of the players was a lesbian.
N.H. Town Wants Taxes From Artist Colony
AP - At the MacDowell Colony, where isolation spurs inspiration, artists emerge from their cottages at midday to find picnic baskets left quietly on their doorsteps. But when it comes to property taxes, the town insists there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Son of Late Crime Figure Bonanno Dies
AP - Joseph Bonanno Jr., younger son and namesake of the late crime chieftain who headed one of New York City's five original crime families, has died. He was 60.
Donors Give Scholarships to Mich. Students
AP - In one of the biggest and boldest such programs in the nation, an anonymous group of benefactors is offering college scholarships for at least the next 13 years to nearly all of Kalamazoo's high school graduates.
Coast Guard Repatriates 34 Cubans
AP - The Coast Guard repatriated 34 Cubans who were rescued from a speedboat that capsized during an alleged immigrant smuggling operation.
Wis. Mom Accused in Breast-Feeding Death
AP - A 4-month-old girl died when her inebriated mother fell asleep on top of her while breast-feeding, prosecutors said.
A search for scattered dead in Louisiana
BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana (Reuters) - In Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans, the living mostly escaped Hurricane Katrina. Those already dead and buried were not so lucky.
Bush calls drug benefit greatest advance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Saturday the new Medicare prescription drug benefit that begins enrollment next week was 'the greatest advance' in health care for the elderly, and urged seniors to learn more about it.
Boater Rescued From Sharks Off Fla. Coast
AP - A man whose boat capsized in rough seas off the Florida coast treaded water for six hours, watching his friend die, while two boaters refused to pick him up apparently thinking he was an illegal immigrant from Haiti.
Hundreds Mourn School Shooting Victim
AP - Several hundred people attended a funeral Mass on Saturday for an assistant principal who was killed as administrators tried to wrestle a gun away from a student.
Families Observe Flt. 587 Crash Anniv.
AP - Scores of families gathered in a seaside neighborhood Saturday to observe the fourth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest airline disasters.
Gay Priests Struggle With Vatican's Rules
AP - The Rev. Fred Daley, a gay, Roman Catholic priest, had grown increasingly disturbed by Vatican pronouncements over the years that homosexuals were unfit for the clergy.
Flight 587 Crash Victims Remembered in NYC
AP - Scores of families gathered in a seaside neighborhood Saturday to observe the fourth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest airline disasters.
Lawsuits Stall Sale of BTK Killer's Home
AP - The sale of the home of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader is stalled until the courts determine whether the money can be seized to pay for his defense or awards in civil cases.
Police Shoot Man Who Drove Into Courthouse
AP - A man crashed his car into a courthouse Saturday, then fired at police before officers shot him.
2 Walking on Tracks Killed by Amtrak Train
AP - Two people walking along railroad tracks just south of Milwaukee were struck and killed by an Amtrak train bound for Chicago on Saturday, authorities said.
Tutoring for Toddlers Grows in Popularity
AP - While Jacob Hall intently pronounces the words on his flashcards, Neha Gulrajani sits nearby working with a numbers board and Jillian Sommerauer talks to her teacher about the picture book she wants to take home.
Thousands Sign Up for Teflon Health Test
AP - Ted Johnson worked 35 years for a DuPont Co. chemical plant and believed what company officials said about the safety of the operation. Now, he's not so sure. Johnson and his wife, Barbara, are among more than 43,000 people in the mid-Ohio Valley who have signed up for tests to find out if a chemical used to make Teflon might harm their health.
Tornadoes Chase Fans Out of Iowa Stadium
AP - Tornadoes swept across central Iowa on Saturday, damaging homes and buildings and forcing college football fans to take shelter in a nearby basketball arena.
Attorney Says Yates Wants to Avoid Retrial
AP - Andrea Yates, the Houston mother accused of drowning her five young children in the family bathtub in 2001, doesn't want to face another trial if it can be avoided, her attorney said Saturday after visiting her in prison.
Hundreds Mourn Slain Tenn. Administrator
AP - Teachers lined the streets of this mountain community Saturday to honor an assistant principal who was killed as administrators tried to wrestle a gun away from a student.
Rookie Taxi Driver Delivers Baby in Car
AP - Nedal Haddad of Chicago understood his new job as a cab driver entailed delivery — taking passengers from one point to another, that is. He couldn't have imagined it involved delivering babies.
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