NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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BAKER (AP) -- Sixteen people were injured
in what appeared to be a racially motivated
riot at a private minimum-security prison,
a state prison spokeswoman said Wednesday
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- After refusing any changes
to his budget plan, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
is engaged in a major rewrite of his proposed
spending cap measure in an effort to gain
support among lawmakers before Friday's
deadline, legislators and lobbyists said
Wednesday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Federal agents raided
Hells Angels motorcycle gang hangouts across
the West Wednesday and made 38 arrests after
a two-year undercover investigation into
alleged violations of gun and drug laws.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan praised city leaders Wednesday
for endorsing the United Nations' long-term
global development goals.
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BERKELEY (AP) -- A strike looming over finals
week at the University of California was
averted when graduate student instructors
and administrators reached a tentative agreement.
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SAN JOSE (AP) -- Two teenagers were charged
with felony arson for the fire at Pioneer
High School just one day after officials
announced the fire had been the result of
an accident.
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SANTA ROSA (AP) -- The Geyers wastewater
project, this city's largest-ever public
works project, officially began operations
Wednesday -- nearly two decades after a
huge raw sewage spill led to a search for
new ways to dispose of the city's treated
effluent.
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MODESTO (AP) -- A trial has been set Jan.
26 for Scott Peterson, who pleaded innocent
Wednesday to charges of murdering his wife
and their unborn son nearly a year after
her disappearance played out on a national
stage.
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SANTA MONICA (AP) -- Officials have concluded
their investigation into a farmers market
accident that killed 10 and injured 69 and
will announce whether charges will be filed
within the next two weeks, a police spokesman
said.
National:
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- Habitat for Humanity
ordered the destruction of a prairie dog
colony this week, saying it needed to start
building homes and had tried long enough
to relocate the animals.
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- State wildlife officials
expect to issue hunting tags for bison next
summer, and to resume a controversial hunt
on the edge of Yellowstone National Park
next winter, an agency spokesman said.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- UNLV has overhauled its
general education requirements for next
semester, putting Community College of Southern
Nevada students in a situation where they
could lose credits toward graduation.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The Reno City Council
approved a new ordinance on Wednesday to
reduce the number of stores selling packaged
liquor in the downtown redevelopment area.
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DENVER (AP) -- A federal judge has rejected
a murder suspect's request to suppress statements
he made to an American Indian medicine man,
saying the spiritual leader has the same
privilege rights as other clergy but they
don't apply in this case.
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KIOWA, Colo. (AP) -- It took an hour and
10 minutes for a sheriff's deputy to reach
the farm where a man had called 911, pleading
for help after three pit bulls attacked
and killed his partner, authorities said
Wednesday.
International:
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LONDON (AP) -- A British man arrested last
week in southwestern England was charged
Wednesday with conspiring with convicted
''shoe-bomber'' Richard Reid in an explosives
plot, police said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The head of the Iraqi
Governing Council renewed his demand Wednesday
that a proposed transitional legislature
be elected by Iraqi voters, a move opposed
by U.S. occupation officials.
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DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) -- European space
officials on Wednesday showed off the first
pictures of Mars sent back by the Mars Express
spacecraft as it heads for a Christmas rendezvous
with the Red Planet.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel reacted with disappointment
Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell confirmed he will meet with
organizers of an informal Israeli-Palestinian
peace treaty.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suspected
member of the Taliban threw a grenade at
an U.S. military vehicle, wounding two American
soldiers in the southern city of Kandahar
on Wednesday.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel reacted with disappointment
Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell confirmed he will meet with
organizers of an informal Israeli-Palestinian
peace treaty.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- U.N. judges,
handing down a tough 27-year sentence against
a Bosnian Serb who pleaded guilty, raised
a fundamental question: Are plea bargains
appropriate for heinous war crimes?
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