NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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ANAHEIM (AP) -- The gun that killed outlaw
Jesse James sold at auction for $350,000.
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OAKHURST (AP) -- A trial date has been set
for a teenage boy arrested for his alleged
involvement in the rape of an unconscious
15-year-old Oakhurst girl.• SONOMA,
Calif. (AP) -- A small group of North Bay
Indians has given a local environmental
group the option to buy nearly 2,000 acres
of wetlands originally slated for a casino.
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REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) -- One of two friends
charged with killing a Redlands teen described
the incident as a practical joke gone wrong,
in which she fired a gun after her friend
accidentally shot first, according to court
records.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) -- A suspected
car thief died after he was shot by a sheriff's
deputy and, after dragging the deputy with
his vehicle, drove into a power pole, authorities
said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police officials are
reviewing the tactics of a unit that tracks
repeat criminals and often tries to catch
them in the act.
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SAN JOSE (AP) -- An unusually high number
of fall flu cases in Northern California
has some doctors and public officials worried
that a particularly nasty influenza bug
is preparing to make plenty of people sick
come winter.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A large collection of
Charles Dickens memorabilia, including personal
letters written by the celebrated novelist,
was put on display at California State University,
Northridge.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A small Hispanic organization
and a conservative legal group have teamed
up to block a new law granting drivers'
licenses to California's undocumented immigrants
from taking effect in January.
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SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) -- A Tujunga man
was charged with molesting boys as young
as 9 inside a San Fernando Valley Kmart
store and a local library, authorities said
Monday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Van Nuys painter pleaded
innocent Monday to charges that he kidnapped
a 13-year-old girl as she walked to school
and raped her.
National:
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Democratic lawmakers
from three upper Missouri River states are
calling for an investigation into the Bush
administration's decision to replace a team
of scientists in charge of evaluating Missouri
River management.
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YUMA, Ariz. (AP) -- A 23-year-old Marine
was being held Tuesday in the San Diego
County jail on suspicion of murder in the
death of an elderly Yuma man
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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Eccentric New York
millionaire Robert Durst, who said he accidentally
killed a hot-tempered neighbor in self-defense
and then dismembered the body in a panic,
was found innocent Tuesday of murder
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- More than $63 million
from a federal land sale last week in Las
Vegas will go toward developing Sloan Canyon
as a national conservation area, Bureau
of Land Management officials said.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Energy Secretary Spencer
Abraham said it won't be easy, but the Department
of Energy will file a license application
for a Nevada nuclear waste repository by
its goal of next December.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A congressional panel
has reclassified uranium mill tailings in
Fernald, Ohio, the first necessary step
for Utah hazardous waste companies that
want to import and store 30 million pounds
of highly concentrated radioactive waste.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- At age 105, Reuben
Law credits ''good heart genes'' and a life
of outdoor activity for his apparent status
as Nevada's last remaining veteran of World
War I.
International:
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- The former mayor
of Guatemala's capital and a center-left
candidate will face each other in a run-off
election while former dictator Efrain Rios
Montt failed in his bid to become president,
according to election results Tuesday.
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