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    Scandal-plagued attorney general of Ohio resigns

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair....

    Va., Del. death row inmates challenge lethal injections

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Attorneys for death row inmates in Virginia and Delaware argued Wednesday that their states' lethal injection procedures need changing despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the most widely used method of execution....

    Colombian paramilitaries appear in US courts

    MIAMI (AP) -- Fourteen warlords from far-right paramilitary militias suspected in Colombia of thousands of atrocities began court appearances Wednesday around the United States on drug trafficking charges....

    911 operator fired for cursing after report

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfriend was threatening her....

    Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman accused of booking johns for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down "Client No. 9," former Gov. Eliot Spitzer....

    A personality test for your cat

    It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone's looks... but then he's not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he's a cat....

    Arrest made in string of Florida wildfires

    PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities arrested a man they say was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods Wednesday in this Atlantic coast town, where several homes have been gutted by wildfires this week....

    Chicago overturns ban on foie gras in restaurants

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago has repealed a two-year-old ban on foie gras (fwah-GRAH')....

    Gay ex-governor says he has no money for alimony in divorce

    ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- The nation's first openly gay governor tried to convince the judge in his divorce case Wednesday that he's too poor to pay alimony, saying he's been financially crippled by his resignation and marital troubles....

    Non-profit group Teach for America sees big growth

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak - and for some, the needs closer to home are too great. More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top college students for teaching jobs....

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