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Obama, Clinton praise each other at Manhattan fundraiser

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:43:00 -0400

Obama focuses on women's issues

California becomes first state to ban restaurants from using trans fats

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:43:00 -0400

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus.

Detective says Detroit mayor assaulted him when he tried serving subpoena; judge scolds mayor

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:56:00 -0400

DETROIT (AP) _ A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena.

Mo. funeral home accused of mixing up bodies, putting 1 body in coffin with another's organs

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:18:00 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Missouri's attorney general on Friday accused a funeral home of improperly handling bodies, including one that was stored in an electrical room for 10 months without being embalmed or refrigerated.

Coast Guard suspends search for Rhode Island fishing boat captain missing off NJ coast

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:48:00 -0400

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) _ The Coast Guard has stopped searching for the owner and captain of a Rhode Island fishing boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey.

Grandmother of missing Florida toddler argues with daughter in telephone call from jail

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:37:00 -0400

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The mother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl told family that she didn't know the whereabouts of her child in a contentious telephone call from jail released Friday.

Tiny Montana town lays to rest 4 teenagers killed in wreck, and their athletic hopes

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:48:00 -0400

DENTON, Mont. (AP) _ Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not.