NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Supreme Court
on Tuesday rejected a Justice Department
effort to punish doctors in California and
other states for recommending marijuana
or even discussing the drug's benefits with
their ill patients.
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) --
The Air Force said Tuesday it is set to
launch a Pentagon weather satellite aboard
the last in a series of converted intercontinental
ballistic missiles to travel to space.
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RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Rodney King, the
black motorist whose beating by Los Angeles
police was videotaped a dozen years ago,
was arrested for allegedly punching his
girlfriend, authorities said Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A driver headed the
wrong way on Interstate 5 smashed head-on
into an oncoming car early Tuesday, killing
himself and the other driver, authorities
said.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Carjackers forced
two men to drive over 100 miles from Santa
Maria to Bakersfield, where the suspects
shot and killed one man and wounded the
other, authorities said.
National:
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FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- State health officials
have shut down the only remaining brothel
in Churchill County, citing a lack of potable
water as well as concerns about the potential
for rodents and insects.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Smog checks are
now required for additional diesel-powered
vehicles, the state Department of Motor
Vehicles said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said
Tuesday it will decide whether the Pledge
of Allegiance recited by generations of
American schoolchildren is an unconstitutional
blending of church and state.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court agreed
Tuesday to decide if border officers can
randomly search gas tanks of vehicles coming
into the country, security measures the
Bush administration argued are important
in the war on drugs and terrorism.
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MINDEN, Nev. (AP) -- The owner of a Minden
aerosol can recycling plant where a deadly
explosion occurred in 2001 has been ordered
to reveal the felony judgments against him
whenever he attempts to start a new business
operation.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- A door tied open on the
stern deck is the most likely cause of the
sinking of the Arctic Rose with all hands,
the most deadly U.S. fishing boat accident
in half a century, a naval architect and
investigator has written.
International:
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Supplies of food,
gasoline and other essentials ran short
Tuesday as protesters demanding the president's
resignation blocked roads and virtually
paralyzed the capital of La Paz and the
nearby city of El Alto.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The U.S. military
has rescinded controversial ''ground rules''
for journalists that were imposed after
the arrests of two interpreters and a Muslim
chaplain who worked at the base in Guantanamo,
officials at U.S. Southern Command said
Tuesday.
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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Businessman Gyude
Bryant was sworn in Tuesday as leader of
Liberia's post-war government, taking up
a 2-year term meant to guide the devastated
country into peace after 14 years of bloodletting
by ousted warlord Charles Taylor.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and countries seeking a quick
handover of power to the Iraqis expressed
disappointment Tuesday that a new U.S. resolution
didn't give a timetable for the Americans
to relinquish sovereignty.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Although speech is
becoming harder for him, Pope John Paul
II still can carry out his mission and shows
no sign of resigning, several cardinals
said Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan president
on Tuesday hailed a U.N. vote allowing an
international peacekeeping force to expand
beyond the capital, a crucial boost for
Afghan efforts to rein in warlords and prepare
for historic elections next year.
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