NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apartment rents crept
up through most of the western United States
during the first quarter despite lackluster
demand tied to the economy's meager job
growth, according to industry data released
Thursday.
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PASADENA (AP) -- A man who was released
after spending 24 years in prison for a
murder conviction that was later dismissed
filed a claim Wednesday against the city
of Long Beach and Los Angeles County.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A California lawmaker
has introduced bills to ban the sale of
some performance-enhancing substances to
minors and to mandate steroid testing of
high school kids by 2006-2007. But finding
the money to make testing a reality will
be difficult in the cash-strapped state.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal appeals
court on Tuesday blocked a federal plan
for Yosemite Valley, heeding critics who
said the plan had more to do with development
than restoration in the national park.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A couple who allegedly
videotaped themselves having sex with a
preschool-age girl during a two-year period
were ordered to stand trial on 88 counts
each in a child molestation and kidnapping
case.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A national accrediting
council has refused to drop its ''unfavorable''
rating of physician-training programs at
Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center
despite an appeal from the institution.
National:
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- California Indian leaders
told lawmakers Wednesday that they want
the authority to cut trees, shore up hillsides
and undertake other projects on nearby federal
lands in order to keep disasters like wildfires
and mudslides off their reservations.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Hundreds of Japanese-Americans
held in Arkansas internment camps during
World War II will revisit their turbulent
past at a planned September conference.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 53-year-old man remained
in federal custody Wednesday after he was
charged with sending an e-mail threatening
presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry.
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DENVER (AP) -- The judge in the Kobe Bryant
case dealt a blow to the defense Wednesday,
barring access to the medical records of
the 19-year-old woman accusing the NBA star
of rape.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The company that operates
the Web site for music retailer Tower Records
has settled complaints by U.S. regulators
that it allowed hackers in 2002 to steal
personal information about thousands of
its online customers.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Gov. Kenny Guinn said
Wednesday the state will build and open
a 150-bed psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas
by 2006.
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UTICA, Ill. (AP) -- Searchers pulled eight
bodies from the rubble of a tornado-flattened
tavern Wednesday, a day after dozens of
twisters tore through the Midwest.
International:
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Thousands
of plants imported from California have
been destroyed or quarantined after they
were found to be infected with sudden oak
death, authorities said.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A suicide attacker
bombed a security police building in the
Saudi capital Wednesday, killing at least
four people and wounding 148. The attack
had the hallmark of an al-Qaida operation,
officials said.
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BEIJING (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim
Jong Il said during a visit to Beijing that
he wants to end the standoff over the North's
nuclear program though dialogue and is committed
to a ''nuclear weapon-free goal,'' China
announced Wednesday.
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KOROLYOV, Russia (AP) -- A Russian spacecraft
delivered a Russian-American-Dutch crew
to the international space station on Wednesday,
as U.S. and Russian space officials on the
ground squabbled over the conditions for
future missions.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) --
The Dominican Republic will pull its troops
out of Iraq early, in the next few weeks,
following the lead of Spain and Honduras,
Gen. Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez said Tuesday.
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