NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- In a striking
example of how discipline is changing at
the Air Force Academy in the wake of its
sexual assault scandal, a cadet may be expelled
after turning herself in for taking a single
sip of whiskey.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man known as ''fund-raiser
to the stars'' pleaded guilty Tuesday in
federal court to one count each of mail
and wire fraud for bilking more than $1
million from wealthy donors who thought
they were contributing to charities.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two Holocaust survivors
were reunited Tuesday for the first time
since they were children and one carried
the other to safety on their way to a concentration
camp.
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VISALIA (AP) -- A former printing business
employee slipped into a side door at the
plant Tuesday morning and shot one worker
to death before killing himself, police
said.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Assembly Democrats, initially
encouraged by signs from Gov. Arnold Schwarze-negger
that he wanted to agree on a proposed spending
cap, said Tuesday the proposal they received
from the governor was more restrictive than
the plan legislators rejected last week.
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VISALIA (AP) -- A former printing business
employee slipped into a side door at the
plant Tuesday morning and shot one worker
to death before killing himself, police
said.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 10-page summary report
on the death of a California firefighter
in October's Cedar fire found that the four-man
crew had little time to escape the wind-whipped
flames that surrounded them as they fought
to save a mountain home.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) -- Weekend storms
have filled Lake Tahoe back up to its rim,
which sits 6,223 feet above sea level.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- NASA plans to dispatch
a hulking nuclear-powered spacecraft to
determine whether three of Jupiter's icy,
planet-sized moons have the potential to
harbor life.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
has abandoned a pledge to investigate claims
that he groped women, arguing any probe
would be used as political fodder, his spokesman
said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An inmate was beaten
by two cellmates at the downtown Men's Central
Jail and was near death in a hospital, authorities
said Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The vehicle-financing
arm of Detroit automotive giant General
Motors engaged in unlawful collection activities
and must refund millions of dollars to customers,
a California court has ruled.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two Union Pacific freight
trains collided Monday in the railroad's
switching yard, sending a brakeman to the
hospital for an ankle injury, a fire official
said.
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SANTA ANA (AP) -- A gas station employee
was sentenced to 14 years in prison for
stealing customers' credit card information
and using it to create counterfeit cards
and make hundreds of purchases.
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CHINO HILLS (AP) -- The coroner's office
on Monday identified a Norco man and his
elderly Michigan mother as the victims of
a plane crash in Chino Hills State Park.
National:
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WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- The owners of the
nightclub where 100 people were killed in
a fire last February were indicted on involuntary
manslaughter charges Tuesday along with
the tour manager for the Los Angeles-based
heavy metal band whose pyrotechnics ignited
the blaze.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge set
a $150,000 bond for a Hells Angels motorcycle
club member from Spokane accused of involvement
in a deadly 2002 brawl in Laughlin, Nev.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The Las Vegas monorail
project stands to get $20 million out of
the massive $373 billion spending bill approved
by the House and pending before the Senate.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Al Gore's backing of
Howard Dean for president is a ''really
big endorsement'' that could help propel
the former governor of Vermont to the Democratic
nomination, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said
Tuesday.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Max Baer Jr. has
gone to court in efforts to build his proposed
$54 million Beverly Hillbillies Mansion
& Casino in a shopping center he shares
with The Glenbrook Co. and J.C. Penney.
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FAIRFIELD, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho teenager
has been sentenced to 355 days in jail for
shooting at a passing vehicle and paralyzing
a California man.
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DENVER (AP) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant
case on Tuesday rejected a motion by the
prosecution to seal any court filing related
to evidence in the high-profile sexual assault
case.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Washoe County School
District officials say a stricter state
attendance policy may be prompting some
sick students to show up for class when
they should be staying at home.
International:
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea announced
Tuesday it would freeze its nuclear weapons
projects in return for energy aid and being
removed from Washington's list of countries
that sponsor terrorism. The White House
reacted coolly, but did not reject the offer
outright.
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MOSCOW (AP) -- A suicide bomber who may
have intended to attack Russia's parliament
blew herself up outside a nearby upscale
hotel across from Red Square on Tuesday,
killing five people and sparking fears of
a new wave of terror attacks in the Russian
capital.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The largest U.S.
military offensive in two years, launched
this week, aims to knock Taliban insurgents
off balance and keep them from attacking
a historic constitutional council, the American
ambassador said Tuesday.
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MERIDA, Mexico (AP) -- Top officials from
around the globe gathered Tuesday to adopt
the first worldwide anti-corruption treaty,
a move that may open banks in money-havens
to more scrutiny and allow some poor countries
to recover billions of looted dollars.
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