NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarze-negger
used his first official visit to the state
Capitol Wednesday to name a health care
executive and former aide to Republican
former Gov. Pete Wilson as his new chief
of staff.
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EUREKA (AP) -- Thousands of chinook salmon
died in 2002 because of low water flows
in the Klamath River, according to preliminary
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oakland has become
the latest California community to ban Wal-Mart
"Supercenters" that sell discount
groceries alongside other bargain goods.
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OAKLAND (AP) -- An Alameda County judge
dismissed one of three charges against 25
people arrested during an anti-war protest
at the Port of Oakland in April.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- High temperatures helped
spur four wildfires in Southern California,
including a fast-moving arson blaze that
destroyed six homes in the Reche Canyon
area of Riverside County, officials said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A botched promotion
offer has prompted several lawsuits against
Ralphs and become another headache for the
strike-afflicted grocery chain.
National:
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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) -- As temperatures outside
set a record for a second straight day,
more than 100 of the nation's top climate
experts were inside studying mounting evidence
of global warming and its potential impact
on Western water supplies.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A scientific advisory
panel's warning about metal casks corroding
at high temperatures and releasing radioactivity
will not slow plans to build a national
nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert,
the Energy Department said Wednesday.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- Determined sandbagging
efforts paid off as the Skagit River crested
at 8.2 feet over flood stage in this northwest
Washington farm town, emergency officials
said.
International:
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A tadpole-shaped
fossil, believed to be the oldest vertebrate
ever found, has been uncovered by a farmer
in a rugged range of hills in southern Australia,
a museum paleontologist said Wednesday.
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- A man who
went over Niagara Falls head first said
Wednesday that he was driven by depression,
not a desire to become a daredevil.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II wrapped
up a grueling week of ceremonies Wednesday
to celebrate his 25th anniversary, presiding
over a final Mass with his new cardinals
but again struggling to deliver his prayers.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In a decision seen
as gauge of world opinion, the U.N. General
Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution
demanding that Israel tear down a barrier
that it says is needed to protect it from
suicide bombers, but that Palestinians call
a land grab.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea rebuffed
President Bush's proposal to give it multi-nation
security assurances if it agrees to scrap
its nuclear weapons program, saying the
offer was "not worth considering."
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