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• Newspaper takes teaching role in Ivan's wake
  September 28, 2004
  PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) -- School may be out for another two weeks in one Florida county hard-hit by Hurricane Ivan, but a newspaper and a school district have teamed up to keep children learning at home.
• Harvard scholar acknowledges plagiarism
  September 28, 2004
  BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A Harvard law professor who represented Al Gore in his lawsuit over the 2000 election results and worked on other Democratic Party issues apologized for lifting from another scholar's work without giving proper credit.
• El Nino developing in Pacific
  September 12, 2004
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mild El Nino is developing in the Pacific Ocean, climate experts said Friday. El Ninos can affect weather in other areas, sometimes worldwide.
• Kobe Bryant: Alice-in-Wonderland Justice
  September 10, 2004
  The dismissal of rape charges against basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has triggered a lively debate how the decision will affect sexual assault cases in the future.
• Will the NASCAR Dads Tilt the Election?
  September 10, 2004
  White males represent one of the most important groups in the American electorate. Forty-five million strong, these men - dubbed NASCAR Dads by the skeptical liberal media - have been among George W. Bush's most dependable supporters.
• Sex secrets of HBO's new star
  September 6, 2004
  HBO debuts a reality series this month, about a New York bounty hunter and his family - but you won't see the star's juiciest stories on TV.
• George Washington's image to get makeover
  August 24, 2004
  MOUNT VERNON, Virginia -- Americans know George Washington as the dour founding father with white hair and ponytail depicted on U.S. currency, but most people have little idea what the nation's first president really looked like beyond this stock image.
• U.S. to Give Border Patrol New Powers to Deport Illegal Aliens
  ASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — Citing concerns about terrorists crossing the nation's land borders, the Department of Homeland Security announced today that it planned to give border patrol agents sweeping new powers to deport illegal aliens from the frontiers abutting Mexico and Canada without providing the aliens the opportunity to make their case before an immigration judge.
• Olympic ticket sales a nightmare
  August 11, 2004
  ATHENS, Greece -- The Greek Premier and head of the International Olympic Committee say Greece is ready for the games to begin. Now, they just want more people to show up.
• Court lets ex-teacher, pupil she raped, can reunite
  August 7, 2004
  SEATTLE, Washington -- A judge in Seattle on Friday lifted an order that barred contact between former school teacher and convicted rapist Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, the now 21-year-old man whom she was convicted of assaulting when he was her student at the age of 13.
• Chess legend renounces U.S. status
  August 7, 2004
  TOKYO, Japan -- Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has told U.S. authorities he wants to renounce his American citizenship.
• Judge Pretends To Resign On Live TV To End Hostage Standoff
  UPDATED: August 5, 2004
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A judge pretended to resign on live television Wednesday to end a standoff in which a man armed with a gun and claiming he had a bomb held an attorney hostage, authorities said.
• Raped Pupil: 'I Love Her.'
  Updated August 5, 2004
  GIG HARBOR, Wash. — The boy who famously had an affair with grade-school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau when he was 12 is fighting a court order saying she can't contact him as a condition of her prison release.
• Colleges selling surplus online
  Wednesday, August 5, 2004 Posted: 07:29 AM EDT
  STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Surely, there's someone out there who needs six factory-sealed, 100-pound cans of freon. Officials at Penn State University just hope that someone is on eBay.
• Filipino conjoined twins in surgery
  Updated August 4, 2004
  NEW YORK (AP) -- After tearful kisses from their mother and grandmother, 2-year-old conjoined twins from the Philippines underwent surgery Wednesday that could wind up with their separation.
• MURDER OF THE BRIDE
  Updated August 3, 2004
  A SHAKEN neighbour of murdered Chanel Taylor said yesterday she may have heard the young bride shot dead.
• Riddle of Mona Lisa is finally solved: she was the mother of five
  Updated August 2, 2004
  Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the world's most enduring symbol of feminine mystique, is actually a portrait of the virtuous wife of a family friend, who had five children including two daughters who became nuns.
• Airline bounces couple for risque T-shirt
  Updated August 2, 2004
  MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A couple returning home from a Costa Rican vacation was ejected from an American Airlines flight because the man was wearing a T-shirt depicting a bare breast.
• Victoria's Secret targets college women
  July 30, 2004
  Model Alessandra Ambrosio wears a selection from the new "Pink" line offered by Victoria's Secret.
• Miss America Competition: No Talent Required
  July 30, 2004
  The Miss America pageant is pulling the plug on its talent competition, eliminating the amateurish two-minute routines that have come to feature cheesy stunts such as tractor driving and trampoline jumping. Now the contestants can go back to what they do best - show off their long legs and nice breasts.
• Federal Court OKs Ban on Sale of Sex Toys
  Updated: Thursday, Jul. 29, 2004 - 11:21 AM
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a 1998 Alabama law banning the sale of sex toys in the state, ruling the Constitution doesn't include a right to sexual privacy.
• Sealed Kobe Evidence Posted on Web
  July 29, 2004
  DENVER — Swabs taken from Kobe Bryant during a hospital exam found DNA from the NBA star and the woman accusing him of rape, but none from an unidentified person whose DNA showed up on other evidence in the case, the judge said in a sealed filing mistakenly posted Wednesday on a court Web site. [Full Story]
• Playboy Suing UCF Fraternity Over Use Of Logo For Party
  UPDATED: 11:31 am EDT July 29, 2004
  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A party that got out of hand is now at the center of a legal battle. Playboy is suing a UCF fraternity. They say Kappa Alpha Psi had no right to use the company's logo and name when promoting a party that the police had to break up. [Full Story]
• Man complains twice, ends up in jail each time
  July 29, 2004
  Some people just never learn.Hubert Benjamin Lawrence III of Shreveport might be one of those people. [Full Story]
• Same-sex spouse denied passport under new name
  July 28, 2004
  SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- A man who married his partner of 23 years after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts is having trouble getting a new passport. [Full Story]
• 'Teacher of The Year' kills her baby, self
  Updated July 28, 2004
  ST. CLAIR SHORES, Michigan (AP) -- A woman who was honored this spring as teacher of the year killed her 5-week-old daughter and then herself after battling the type of depression that comes with childbirth, officials said. [Full Story]