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May 14, 2008 5:51 PM: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University's faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.
The nonbinding resolution, approved 565-39 with 11 abstentions, came during a rare special meeting open to all faculty.
Last week, the 114-member Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly to demand Garrison resign. Garrison has refused, and Gov.
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May 14, 2008 5:51 PM: McClatchy Newspapers
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MIAMI - Struggling to protect a tiny endangered bird, firefighters battled a sprawling East Everglades wildfire on Wednesday from the air and the ground.
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May 14, 2008 5:49 PM: Chicago Tribune
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No new jurors were selected in the R. Kelly case Wednesday, leaving the count at eight - four white and four black.
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May 14, 2008 5:47 PM: As of Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at least 4,077 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,325 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is two lower than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
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May 14, 2008 5:29 PM: CAMPAIGN:TB-
Former Sen. John Edwards endorsed Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday.
Obama was campaigning in Michigan while Hillary Clinton met with her finance committee.
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May 14, 2008 5:24 PM: DETROIT (AP) - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.
Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn, plans to travel to Europe with her troop with the proceeds from her feat.
''It's always been one of those goals I wanted to accomplish,'' Sharpe said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2008 5:20 PM: McClatchy Newspapers
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The youngest supernova found in our galaxy to date has been discovered by a team of scientists led by an N.C. State University astrophysicist, the university announced Wednesday.
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May 14, 2008 5:04 PM: CHICAGO (AP) - Dining on foie gras - a delicacy made of duck and goose liver - will soon be legal again in Chicago.
The City Council on Wednesday repealed its two-year-old ban on the gourmet dish, drawing dissent from animal rights activists who consider foie gras cruel because the birds are force-fed to make their livers bigger.
But there were no worries in chef Didier Durand's restaurant, Cyrano's Bistrot.
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May 14, 2008 5:00 PM: ATLANTA (AP) - A former Atlanta police officer on trial for a botched drug raid that led to the death of a 92-year-old woman said Wednesday he went along with a cover-up because he felt threatened by his fellow officers.
Kathryn Johnston was shot 39 times as plainclothes narcotics officers busted into her house using a ''no-knock'' warrant on Nov. 26, 2006. During nearly eight hours of testimony, More»
May 14, 2008 4:45 PM: McClatchy Newspapers
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MIAMI - The chief judge of the Guantanamo Bay war court has set June 5 for the first court appearances of reputed 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators.
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