NEWS
IN A FEW
State:
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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- At least six California
middle and high schools will have to drop
"Redskins" as their school mascots
if a bill passed Thursday by the state Assembly
becomes law.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former Navy Cmdr. Lloyd
"Pete" Bucher, who was commander
of the USS Pueblo when the spy ship was
captured by North Korea in 1968 and helped
his crew survive nearly a year of abuse
in captivity only to nearly face a court-martial,
has died. He was 76.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Boston real estate developer
Frank McCourt became owner of the Los Angeles
Dodgers Thursday, promising to restore the
glory days of Dodger baseball.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hispanics generally
approve of President Bush's proposal to
create a guest worker program for immigrants
now in the country illegally, though support
slips once they learn the details, according
to a new national poll of the group that
would be most affected by the reforms.
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PALM SPRINGS (AP) -- The city planning commission
approved a land-use master plan revision
by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
despite a protest by about 200 people who
said it would result in construction of
high-rise hotels and razing of homes.
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MISSION VIEJO (AP) -- The Orange County
teenager once accused in a $1 million-plus
Internet securities fraud scheme has been
charged with conspiring to steal from a
local bank.
National:
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
and backers of his $15 billion bond plan
took their campaign to Washington this week,
seeking support from California Democrats
and Republicans in Congress.
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PHOENIX (AP) -- President Bush will ask
Congress for $60 million to fund a national
cattle identification system and other mad
cow-related programs in his new budget proposal,
the U.S. agriculture secretary said Thursday.
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BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) -- A prison standoff
that stretched to 12 days Thursday could
be the lengthiest prison hostage situation
in the United States in at least 50 years,
an expert said.
International:
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LONDON (AP) -- The risk of cancer from common
X-rays and increasingly popular CT scans
ranges from less than 1 percent to about
3 percent, according to a new study.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea played
down a North Korean offer to provide missile
technology to Nigeria, saying Thursday it
was a tactic to gain leverage ahead of a
possible second round of talks on the North's
nuclear weapons programs.
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