Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - A prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn't spread.
Read Elderly may fare worse on prostate cancer drugs
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them.
Read Receding floodwaters give up trove of debris
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it's in vast, desolate West Texas.
Read Texas border city actually embraces fence idea
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney and a delegation of U.S. senators joined hundreds of other mourners who paid their respects Tuesday at the funeral of former Sen. Jesse Helms, a five-term Republican who died on the Fourth of July.
Read Family, admirers lay former Sen. Helms to rest
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - Firefighters on Tuesday faced worsening weather conditions that pushed flames across firebreaks in parts of inland California and chased residents out of one small community.
Read Dry, hot weather threatens California fire gains
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - A massive cargo ship that caught fire over the weekend is smoldering in Miami.
Read Massive Haiti-bound cargo ship smolders in Miami
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms.
Read Ohio town split over teacher accused of preaching
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - The family of a woman whose death in a Brooklyn psychiatric ward was caught on surveillance footage say they intend to file a $25 million lawsuit.
Read Legal claim filed over death at NYC psych ward
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - A former assistant coroner in Augusta, Ga. has pleaded guilty to stealing gift cards from a woman who committed suicide.
Read Former Ga. deputy coroner pleads guilty to theft
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 am, Over one day old
AP - A man suspected of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Vermont-Quebec line has been arrested in Canada, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.
Read Border Patrol assault suspect in Canadian custody
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