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Pataki offers free college to victims' families

Pataki announced Tuesday that New York State will provide free college education for family members of victims of the World Trade Center disaster who attend schools in New York state or city.
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'Mr. Poopy Pants' and fees frustrate flyers

Take, for instance, "Mr. Poopy Pants" -- a grown man who allegedly soiled himself 10 minutes into a flight from Florida to Minnesota. And then he just sat there. "We've all had our flying hell ...
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Flood leaves boulevard of broken dreams

The flood weakened the foundation. Three estimates show it will cost $85,000 to make the needed repairs. FEMA gave the Wards ...
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State Races: Wisconsin

• Sen. Russ Feingold and Sen. Herbert Kohl, both Democrats, are up for re-election in 2004 and 2006, respectively.
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Surge or splurge in Iraq?

As /topics/George_W_Bush" class="cnnInlineTopic">President Bush said in January's State of the Union speech, "Some may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt." But some ...
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Sweeping Pentagon review expected in wake of Fort Hood

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is expected to announce a sweeping review of military procedures and policies that could help avoid another Fort Hood-type incident, a senior Pentagon official has ...
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WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp breaks silence: 'Let it be known'

It's a catalog of deaths and atrocities he says were carried out on U.S. soldiers held by Nazis at a slave labor camp during World War II -- a largely forgotten legacy of the war. Acevedo pauses when ...
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On campaign trail, Bush touts his wife's Monday night convention speech

Both Bushes practiced their speeches separately on the TelePrompTer on Sunday night before about a dozen friends at the home of William DeWitt Jr., Bush's one-time business partner. Bush will watch ...
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Andrea Yates case: Expert: Mom believed she was battling Satan

Andrea Yates' psychotic mind was like her own private battlefield in the war between good and evil, according to a defense expert who testified Thursday that Yates believed killing her five children ...
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U.S. security official quits; Iraqi says shooting victims offered cash

The State Department's chief of diplomatic security has resigned amid scrutiny of the use of private military contractors to guard the department's staff in Iraq, a spokesman said Wednesday. Richard ...
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Michael Jackson tapes reveal his soul, former adviser says

Michael Jackson feared his father so much he would faint or vomit sometimes when his father entered the room -- even when the pop singer was an adult, according to a book written by a former Jackson ...
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U.S. pilot struggled to regain control after collision

Dropping 8,000 feet after its collision with a Chinese fighter jet, the pilot struggled to regain control of the aircraft, and the Navy surveillance plane suffered much more damage than originally ...