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Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires

By TRAVIS REED — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36:18 GMT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses....

Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:39:29 GMT

SENECA, Mo. (AP) -- More than a third of the 23 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who say vehicles are one of the worst places to be during a twister....

Efforts to remove Detroit mayor to go to vote

By COREY WILLIAMS — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:20:00 GMT

DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit City Council has spent weeks debating what to do with scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: force his ouster or slap him on the wrist....

Man, woman indicted in sale of child for sex acts

By BRIAN CHARLTON — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:47 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Monday accusing a man and woman of training the woman's child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and photographing some of the acts....

Lawyer: 2 will admit fraud fueled luxury lifestyle

By MARYCLAIRE DALE — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:43:08 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Presumably, she didn't fleece Prince Charles. But a couple of young jet-setters plan to admit in court that other people who crossed their paths unwittingly financed their luxury lifestyle....

FEMA, EPA visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town

By MURRAY EVANS — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:38:20 GMT

PICHER, Okla. (AP) -- The reason most residents of Picher won't be able to rebuild their homes following a massive tornado is plainly visible from most parts of town....

Pat Tillman's mother recalls journey for facts in new book

By SCOTT LINDLAW and MARTHA MENDOZA — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:44:48 GMT

The mother of former NFL player Pat Tillman suspects the military's account of how fellow Army Ranger comrades shot and killed her son in Afghanistan is still not the true story, four years later, according to her new book....

Companies agree to $30M settlement in RI club fire

By ERIC TUCKER — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:36:49 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Several foam manufacturers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court papers filed Monday....

Deadly mob beating unnerves Cleveland neighborhood

By THOMAS J. SHEERAN — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:30 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Even by tough, urban-crime standards it was a grisly attack: Up to 15 people chased a man, then kicked and beat him to death on the street. Before police arrived, one attacker urinated on the victim's head....

Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations

By RANDALL CHASE — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:56:46 GMT

LITTLE CREEK, Del. (AP) -- A wet, gusty storm that lashed the mid-Atlantic states Monday forced evacuations, flooded roads, fanned the flames of a deadly New Jersey fire and wrecked a research vessel off the Delaware coast, killing a crew member....