NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SAN JOSE (AP) -- Meeting in a rare public
session aimed at easing tensions among Vietnamese
immigrants, a grand jury opened an investigation
Tuesday into the fatal police shooting of
a mentally disturbed Vietnamese woman who
was waving a kitchen tool.
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SANTA ANA (AP) -- A California appeals court
Tuesday postponed a hearing to determine
whether Orange County's district attorney
has jurisdiction to try the man accused
of the Los Angeles area murders of racing
legend Mickey
Thompson and his wife.
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SANTA CRUZ (AP) -- A handcuffed man arrested
for crashing his own car Tuesday morning
surprised a California Highway Patrol officer
by climbing into his squad car and driving
away.
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SOLEDAD (AP) -- Convicted child molester
Brian DeVries will leave his trailer on
prison grounds Tuesday and head into town
to register at the police department.
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PASADENA (AP) -- A man accused of running
over a woman outside a radio station where
a crowd was gathered to see singer Justin
Timberlake has pleaded no contest to gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated,
prosecutors said.
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SANTA CLARITA (AP) -- The centuries-old
oak tree that became the center of attention
for environmentalists last year will be
moved by a huge trailer likely by mid-January,
a representative for the developer said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One of two lawyers charged
with looting a total of $1.5 million from
their clients was sentenced to four years
in state prison.
National:
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GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- A Westerner who helped
draft the federal energy bill is forming
a group to lobby for increased natural gas
drilling in the Rockies.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Gambling giant MGM Mirage
Inc. reported a 32 percent drop in third-quarter
profits, blaming the dip on lucky gamblers
and redevelopment costs, the company announced
Tuesday.
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VAIL, Colo. (AP) -- With competition heating
up between ski resorts and airlines serving
Colorado, Frontier Airlines and Vail Resorts
have announced a partnership to give some
fliers unlimited round-trip flights and
skiing for one lump sum.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the struggle over
postwar funding in Iraq largely over, Democrats
said Tuesday they hope to emphasize differences
with Republicans on the economy and other
domestic issues for the rest of the year
under a slogan of Operation Homefront.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A planned move
by a Mercedes car dealership and service
center onto Reno-Sparks Indian Colony land
has caused concern about loss of tax revenue
both for the state and local government.
International:
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In a poignant ceremony,
an ailing Pope John Paul II installed 30
new cardinals from 22 countries Tuesday,
assuring significant worldwide representation
in the body that will produce his successor.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) -- A day
billed as a breakthrough for Northern Ireland
peacemaking descended into a diplomatic
shambles Tuesday as Protestant leaders rejected
the Irish Republican Army's biggest-ever
disarmament move as too secretive.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran agreed Tuesday
to suspend uranium enrichment and give inspectors
unrestricted access to its nuclear facilities
as demanded by the U.N. watchdog agency,
a step that could ease the standoff over
fears Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- A man who
went over Niagara Falls with only the clothes
on his back and survived will be charged
with illegally performing a stunt, Niagara
Parks Police said Tuesday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Tying the terror
fight to economic growth, Pacific Rim leaders
closed out an annual summit clouded by worries
about the North Korean nuclear crisis --
and at least one missile test by the North.
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