NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SANTA BARBARA (AP) -- Michael Jackson was
being sought Wednesday on an arrest warrant
alleging multiple counts of child molestation
and authorities were negotiating with the
pop star's legal representatives to arrange
a surrender.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- One sailor was killed
and two others wounded early Wednesday after
a brawl outside a Navy base nightclub apparently
spilled over to the parking lot of a nearby
restaurant, police said. A civilian woman
also was wounded.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Republican Rep. David
Dreier opted out of a bid for the U.S. Senate
race Wednesday, despite pressure from top
GOP officials in Washington and Sacramento
who viewed him as the candidate best positioned
to take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara
Boxer next fall.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Cocaine and alcohol
were found in the system of the pilot whose
plane plunged nose-first into an apartment
building here in June, killing him and four
others, coroner's officials said.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Senate leader John Burton
charged that attempts to overturn a new
law allowing undocumented immigrants to
obtain drivers' licenses were being fueled
by racism, but he stopped short of saying
that was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's motivation.
National:
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Interior Department
is not requiring companies to pay fair market
value for the use of public lands and resources,
according to a federal judge who ordered
the Bush administration to revisit its mining
rules.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday
passed legislation intended to help control
the exotic animal trade by banning interstate
sale and transport of lions, tigers and
other big cats.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The weapons incinerator
at the Deseret Chemical Depot near Salt
Lake City has destroyed all rockets in the
Utah stockpile that carried GB or VX nerve
agent, eliminating what base officials said
was the greatest threat to people living
or commuting nearby.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- While the energy bill
nearing passage in Congress favors gas,
oil and coal producers, it includes provisions
for geothermal energy, which Nevada possesses
in a nearly unlimited supply.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Foes of Nevada's
record $836 million tax increase filed a
federal lawsuit Wednesday aimed at helping
their efforts to hold down state spending.
The legal move followed petition filings
to block all but $362 million of the tax
increase.
International:
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) -- The streets
of what was once Saigon were again teeming
with American sailors on Wednesday following
the arrival of the first U.S. Navy ship
since the Vietnam War.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A gunman opened
fire on tourists entering Israel on Wednesday,
wounding five Ecuadorean pilgrims, in a
rare attack on the border with Jordan. The
shooting came as an Egyptian mediator and
the Palestinian prime minister tried to
persuade Islamic militants to call a truce
with Israel.
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LONDON (AP) -- Welcomed to Britain with
royal pageantry and a smattering of anti-war
protesters, President Bush on Wednesday
defended the war in Iraq, saying military
might must at times be used to confront
the continuing, global danger of terrorism.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The purported
new military chief of a Southeast Asian
terror group is among a handful of Indonesians
in direct contact with al-Qaida and is now
considered the most lethal terrorist in
Asia, plotting fresh attacks in the region,
officials told The Associated Press.
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