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Boo! Revelers celebrate the spookiest of holidays (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:42 AM CDT AP - Thousands of revelers dressed as everything from goblins to pizza slices turned out Friday for Greenwich Village's Halloween parade, reveling in a tradition equal parts spookiness and spoof.

SC boy shot, killed trick-or-treating; 2 injured (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 02:28 AM CDT AP - A 12-year-old boy trick-or-treating with his family in central South Carolina was shot from inside a home Friday and killed, and his father and brother were wounded by the gunfire, authorities said.

Vigilance deters Halloween eve arsons in Detroit (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 12:26 AM CDT AP - Vigilance by fire officials and volunteers appears to have kept the number of arsons low in Detroit on the night before Halloween, which had become notorious as "Devil's Night" in years past.

Boat runs aground near Miami Beach; 3 killed (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT AP - An aging, rusty boat carrying dozens of migrants ran aground early Friday east of downtown Miami, killing at least three people and sending three others to area hospitals, while an untold number are still missing.

Civil rights group renews Va. election lawsuit (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 08:16 PM CDT AP - The NAACP on Friday resumed efforts to force Virginia to put more voting machines in minority polling places, setting up a court hearing 15 hours before voters head to polls in the battleground state.

Police release report on suicide of 'DC Madam' (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 02:51 PM CDT AP - Police in Florida closed the book Friday on the suicide of the so-called "D.C. Madam," confirming that she hanged herself with a nylon rope instead of facing prison time for running an elite prostitution ring.

Michigan teen gets life for poisoning grandmother (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 11:04 PM CDT AP - A 16-year-old girl who killed her grandmother by poisoning her with morphine was sentenced Friday to life in prison with a chance for parole in 20 years.

Pathologist still has copy of lost Shepard autopsy (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:22 PM CDT AP - As Albany County officials investigate the possibility that the Matthew Shepard autopsy report may be missing, the pathologist who conducted the 1998 autopsy says he still has a copy of the original record.

Neil Armstrong donating his papers to Purdue (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2008 12:27 AM CDT AP - Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has agreed to donate personal papers dating from the start of his flight career to his alma mater, Purdue University.

New England town struggles to preserve fishing (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:21 PM CDT AP - When Arthur Sawyer was a teenager, fishing boats packed Gloucester harbor, and all you had to do to land a job on the waterfront was ask. On a late fall afternoon 40 years later, Sawyer's boat, Miss Carla, was one of the few working vessels around.

'Doonesbury' strip assumes Obama will win (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 03:48 PM CDT AP - It's not exactly "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN," but some newspaper editors are pondering how to deal with a "Doonesbury" comic strip to be published the day after the election that assumes Barack Obama will win the presidency.

Gunman arrested after Maine students held hostage (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 04:54 PM CDT AP - A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, police said.

Anxious eyes on Calif. measure over gay marriage (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 04:45 PM CDT AP - Five months and thousands of weddings after California's highest court sanctioned same-sex marriage, anxious eyes around the nation will closely follow voters Tuesday as they decide whether to turn back the clock.

Judge gives red light to green cabs in NYC (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 09:49 PM CDT AP - A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by 2012.

Mass. senator charged with bribery ends campaign (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 06:22 PM CDT AP - The Massachusetts state senator who was photographed by the FBI allegedly stuffing bribe money under her sweater ended her write-in campaign for re-election on Friday.

Stocks end Oct. with worst performance in 21 years (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 06:04 PM CDT AP - What is it about October and stocks?

State Department warns of possible identity theft (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 06:01 PM CDT AP - The State Department said Friday it has warned nearly 400 passport applicants of a security breach in its records system that may have left them open to identity theft.

Former Ill. mayor pleads guilty to kickback scheme (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2008 02:12 PM CDT AP - A longtime former mayor of suburban Niles pleaded guilty Friday to taking more than $420,000 from an insurance agency in kickbacks.

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