NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actor Tom Sizemore was
sentenced Monday to six months in jail and
three years of probation for abusing ex-girlfriend
and former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Many of those who died
in the wildfires ravaging Southern California
ignored evacuation orders and were caught
by flames because they waited until the
last minute to flee, Sheriff Bill Kolender
said Monday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The fires burning across
Southern California have left millions with
a scratching in their throats and a burning
in their eyes -- telltale signs of the significant
health risks the smoke and soot clouding
the entire region can pose, officials said
Monday.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A grocery store strike
in Los Angeles that has idled 70,000 workers
and inconvenienced millions of shoppers
could be the precursor to similar strikes
throughout the state in the coming year,
union representatives say.
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SAN JOSE, (AP) -- A 22-year-old woman was
killed and three other people were injured
during a shooting early Sunday in a residential
neighborhood, police said.
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CAMARILLO (AP) -- Retail gasoline prices
have fallen two cents in the past two weeks,
contributing to a price decrease of more
than 16 cents since September 12, according
to a national industry report Sunday.
National:
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MIAMI (AP) -- Strangers hugged, horns honked
and one-time disbelievers sang ''We are
the champions'' Saturday night after the
Florida Marlins beat the New York Yankees
2-0 to win baseball's World Series championship.
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DALLAS (AP) -- The conditions of Egyptian
twins Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim were upgraded
from serious to guarded Sunday as they continued
to recover from surgery two weeks ago to
separate them.
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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Arthur
G. Barnett, a lawyer who fought for nearly
five decades to win compensation for Japanese
Americans who were interned during World
War II, died Thursday following a stroke.
He was 96.
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BOSTON (AP) -- Bank of America Corp., the
nation's third-largest bank, has agreed
to buy FleetBoston Financial Corp, in a
$47 billion deal that will create one of
the biggest banking companies in the world,
the banks announced Monday.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- A cousin of
sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad testified
Monday that Muhammad was looking for rifle
bullets during a visit to Baton Rouge, La.,
before last year's killing spree.
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FALLON, Nev. (AP) -- A man who skipped town
before his trial on involuntary manslaughter
charges two years ago is back in Fallon
following his arrest in San Francisco.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Former lightweight champion
Paul Spadafora was arrested Sunday night
on a warrant accusing him of shooting and
critically injuring a woman.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- California Gov.-elect
Arnold Schwarzenegger showed he still has
a soft spot for body building, popping in
unexpectedly at the Mr. Olympia contest
to congratulate its winner.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- California Gov.-elect
Arnold Schwarzenegger and key staffers met
over the weekend with Nevada Gov. Kenny
Guinn's chief of staff to talk about the
economy, Indian gambling, energy, Lake Tahoe
and other ''border'' issues that link the
neighboring states.
International:
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Suicide bombers struck
the Red Cross headquarters and three police
stations across Baghdad on Monday, killing
about 40 people and injuring more than 200
in a coordinated terror spree that stunned
the Iraqi capital on the first day of the
Islamic holy month of fasting, Ramadan.
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BEIJING (AP) -- A naturalized U.S. citizen
who received a five-year prison term last
year after his conviction for obtaining
state secrets and giving bribes was deported
Monday after serving 1 1/2 years, the government
said.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said for the first time Monday that Israel
would not kill Yasser Arafat, as defense
officials confirmed plans to begin providing
services to eight settlement outposts in
the West Bank.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Residents of Colombia's
sprawling capital elected a former Communist
union leader as their mayor in municipal
elections, giving a major boost to embattled
left-wing politicians who have long been
the target of intimidation and assassination
attempts.
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MOSCOW (AP) -- The dramatic arrest and jailing
of the head of Russia's largest oil company
could seriously impede the sprawling country's
efforts to restore its economy, the U.S.
ambassador and a prominent economist said
Sunday.
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BEIJING (AP) -- The central government sent
cold-weather tents, seismological teams
and cash Sunday to an earthquake-prone patch
of remote northwestern China where powerful
twin tremors, minutes apart, killed nine
people and leveled houses in their wake.
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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A children's choir
and a military band greeted the return Sunday
of a what scholars believe is a royal mummy
-- possibly Ramses I -- that was looted
from a tomb and smuggled out of Egypt by
a Canadian doctor nearly 150 years ago.
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) -- Thousands of
Jamaicans rioted near Montego Bay's airport
Saturday, burning buses and blocking roads
to protest the killings of two elderly men
by police in an alleged shootout.
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