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U.S. fails to treat vets with brain injuries
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many Iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so, Veterans Affairs Department investigators say. "Significant needs remain unmet," according to the report released today by the VA's inspector general. It is the first to examine the Bush administration's long-term efforts in supporting veterans ...
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Fossett leaves funds for new planetary lab
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Known for his record-setting accomplishments on and above the earth, adventurer Steve Fossett's legacy will include work to better understand mysteries of the solar system. The self-made businessman, known for setting balloon, jet and glider records, was declared legally dead by an Illinois judge in February, about five months after his small plane vanished after he took off from a Nevada airstrip on a pleasure flight. He wa...
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Johnson fired after Mavs flop
DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Mavericks fired coach Avery Johnson, the first of what's likely to be many offseason moves after the team with the league's highest payroll again flopped in the first round of the playoffs. Johnson leaves with an impressive resume after three-plus seasons, but Mavs owner Mark Cuban couldn't tolerate two straight years of first-round exits -- or the fact that Dallas has gone 3-12 in the playoffs since taking a 2-0 lea...
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National Hockey League Playoffs By The Associated Press CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday's Games Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2, Philadelphia leads series 3-1 San Jose 2, Dallas 1, Dallas leads series 3-1 Today's Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m., Pittsburgh leads series 3-0 Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m., Detroit leads series 3-0 Friday's Game Dallas at San Jose, 9 p.m. Saturday's Games Colorado at Detroit,...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.270 per lb., London Metal Exch. today. Copper -$3.9965 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.9340 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. Lead - $2521.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $1.0330 per lb., delivered. Gold - $853.00 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $862.80 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. Silver - $16.160 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver...
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River floods Maine
FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- The rain-swollen St. John River crested early today after hitting a new record high, forcing residents to flee to higher ground as more than 100 homes flooded. Rain and melting snow raised the St. John to more than 30 feet -- about 5 feet above flood stage -- causing widespread flooding. But the community dodged a bullet because the water never topped a levee that protects downtown, said Bruce Fitzgerald, spokesman fo...
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Man dies in SEK shooting
COFFEYVILLE (AP) -- Police are looking for suspects in the drive-by shooting death of a man in Coffeyville. Commander Mike Brown of the Coffeyville Police Department said in a news release that 47-year-old Floyd Johnson was gunned down shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in front of a home. Police said one or more people in a passing car had opened fire at the house. Brown said the gunfire followed an earlier altercation between members of Johnson'...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets said the money lost by their ownership group in Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scam will not affect team operations and that the team is not for sale
Mets won't sell NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets said the money lost by their ownership group in Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scam will not affect team operations and that the team is not for sale. Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said the family's holdings are diversified and that the loss will not affect operations of the high-spending team, whose $138 million opening-day payroll was third in Major League Baseball. Sterling Equi...
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Mormons to build temple in Peru
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Top leaders of the Mormon church have announced plans to build a temple in Trujillo, Peru. The temple is the third in South America in the planning and construction phases, along with others set to be built in Manaus, Brazil, and Cordoba, Argentina. Once completed, there will be 17 Mormon temples in South America. Worldwide, the Trujillo temple will be the 146th for the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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on Sebelius staying as Kansas governor Topeka Capital-Journal Gov
on Sebelius staying as Kansas governor Topeka Capital-Journal Gov. Kathleen Sebelius apparently will spend the next two years where she belongs, in the Kansas governor's office. We don't know exactly how high or low Sebelius' name was on the lists of potential candidates for cabinet secretary positions under President-elect Barack Obama when she said she wasn't heading east, and we don't really care at this point. She has a job here th...
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Bradford's flip a Heisman moment?
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- When Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham saw Sam Bradford go hurtling end over end in an all-out effort to score a touchdown, his first thought wasn't a good one. "I thought it was a gangling deer got hit by a car or something," Gresham said. "All I saw was his legs go in the air." Because the key loss that knocked the Sooners out of the national championship race a season earlier also came when Bradford was injured, ...
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No winner in Kansas Cash
TOPEKA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Kansas Lottery: SUPER KANSAS CASH: 7-8-17-19-32; the Super Cashball was 21; there was no winner of the jackpot worth an estimated $570,000; no player matched five of the first set, with each ticket worth $2,000; six players matched four plus the Super Cashball, with each ticket worth $250; 99 players matched four of the first set, with each ticket worth $25; 109 players match...
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No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 2-4-21-36-40
No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 2-4-21-36-40. The Powerball was 41. The Power Play was 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $25 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $32 million for Wednesday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $2...
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No winner in Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 10-17-33-51-52. The Powerball was 5. The Power Play was 3. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $42.2 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $52 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,000 each, and there w...
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No winner in Kansas Cash
TOPEKA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Kansas Lottery: SUPER KANSAS CASH: 1-3-7-23-32; the Super Cashball was 3; there was no winner of the jackpot worth an estimated $160,000; one player matched five of the first set, with each ticket worth $2,000; one player matched four plus the Super Cashball, with each ticket worth $250; 72 players matched four of the first set, with each ticket worth $25; 80 players matched ...
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No winner in Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 3-13-32-38-48. The Powerball was 13. The Power Play sas 4. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $12.7 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $32 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and ther...
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No winner in Kansas Cash
TOPEKA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Kansas Lottery: SUPER KANSAS CASH: 8-10-18-26-29; the Super Cashball was 1; there was no winner of the jackpot worth an estimated $130,000; no player matched five of the first set, with each ticket worth $2,000; one player matched four plus the Super Cashball, with each ticket worth $250; 66 players matched four of the first set, with each ticket worth $25; 61 players matched t...
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No winner in Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 2-12-17-48-54. The Powerball was 2. The Power Play was 4. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $15 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $20 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,000 each, and there wer...
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No winner in Kansas Cash
TOPEKA (AP) -- Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Kansas Lottery: SUPER KANSAS CASH: 2-20-28-30-31; the Super Cashball was 25. No one won the $100,000 jackpot. No player matched five of the first set, with each ticket worth $2,000; four players matched four plus the Super Cashball, with each ticket worth $250; 51 players matched four of the first set, with each ticket worth $25; 74 players matched three plus the Super Cashball...
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