Nelson rejects ads’ take on bill, Medicare

A group seeking to influence Sen. Ben Nelson on health care legislation might want to figure out which state he represents.
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Outback Aussie town to cull invading camels

ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (AP) - State authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small town in Australia's Outback in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
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Couple slips though security to crash state dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) - Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.
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Mom befriends wife of PTSD vet charged with murder

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick - Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail.
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Activist group posting 573,000 9/11 pager messages

NEW YORK (AP) - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."
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Neb. man gets 3 years for stealing SD fire truck

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Nebraska man who told a judge he fled with his wife and children into the South Dakota wilderness to avoid Nebraska authorities has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a fire truck.
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Ga. nurse anesthetist accused of abusing patients

ATLANTA (AP) - A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.
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Paralyzed Ind. man confined to bed as men rob home

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Police say a paralyzed Indiana man was unable to leave his bed as his house was being robbed after burglars put a T-shirt over his face.
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Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ

HILLSIDE, N.J. (AP) - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid - a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.
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UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.
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