Canadian Woman Tied to Algerians in Smuggling Case
Federal records link Canadian Lucia Garofalo to Algerians Abdel Ghani and Ahmed Ressam in a case involving attempts to smuggle explosives into the United States. Ressam had recent motel and border-crossing activity near Seattle and Vermont, with Ghani and Garofalo connected through newly filed court documents.
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Vermont
United States
Lucia Garofalo
Abdel Ghani
Ahmed Ressam
Ressam
Seattle
Space Needle
Garofalo
Beecher Falls
Washington State
Ghani
New York City
Sex harassment confuses Czechs
Ten years after communism, Czechs confront sexual harassment once dismissed as a Western idea. Eastern male dominance fades as women scrutinize behavior. A poll shows up to 45 percent of Czech women report improper approaches by superiors at work.
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Prague
Czech Republic
Israel pushes to keep settlers on Golan Heights in talks
In peace talks with Syria, Israeli negotiators pressed to allow Jewish settlers to remain on the Golan Heights after any troop withdrawal and did not promise a full pullback from the plateau. A U.S. document summarized by an Israeli paper calls it preliminary and nonbinding. Prime Minister Barak cautioned that a framework could emerge in two months though progress remained limited. He said there are cracks in Syrian rigidity offering cautious optimism.
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Syria
Teens charged in wide cyber scam using stolen card data
Four teenage boys aged 14 to 16 are charged in an Internet fraud case in Galloway Township New Jersey. Police say they tricked AOL and EarthLink subscribers into sharing account data, obtaining passwords addresses and credit card numbers across New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Ohio Florida Nebraska Texas and more. They allegedly used the numbers to run about $8 000 in purchases, delivering goods to unoccupied homes.
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Galloway Township
N.J
America Online
Earthlink
Jay Davies
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
Nebraska
Texas
Russians comb for Chechen rebels near Grozny
Federal troops swept Chechnya for hidden rebels in Argun Shall and two eastern villages near Dagestan. Lt. Col. Konstantin Kukharenko said identity checks were conducted as rebels struck two towns over the weekend. Thirteen people were detained on suspicion of militant activity.
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Russia
Chechnya
Konstantin Kukharenko
Argun
Shall
Grozny
Khati-Ara
Baitarki
Dagestan
Kukharenko
Daly emceed Miss USA pageant in Branson next month
MTV VJ Carson Daly was chosen to host the Miss USA Pageant to be broadcast live February 4 from Branson Missouri's Grand Palace. Miss Universe Organization president Maureen Reidy praised Daly after his Miss Teen USA host duties and noted his professionalism.
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Branson
Carson
MTV
Shreveport
CBS
Grand Palace
Maureen Reidy
Miss Universe Organization
New York
Candidates court voters on the fringe in California clash
Attorney Charlie Spiegel notes donors from the homosexual community funded candidates after Democrats opposed a California anti gay marriage proposal. Spiegel cites checks to Al Gore and Bill Bradley. Bradley and Gore push to let gays serve openly in the military as Republicans court conservatives on abortion and tax cuts. Iowa seen as key for coalition building among voter groups. Veteran labor leader Chuck Gifford recalls past power broker dynamics in constituency politics. Gore clarified his Joint Chiefs stance after suggesting open service.
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Charlie Spiegel
California
Iowa
Chuck Gifford
Gore
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Carolina leaders argue over education funding clash
In Columbia lawmakers prepare for a high stakes education fight as Democrats push a spending heavy agenda tied to Gov Hodges 1998 school programs while Republicans seek a trimmed budget and tax focus. Each side vows to challenge the other on taxes and accountability in a politically polarized session.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Statehouse
Jim Hodges
Senate
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Moore
Could Martians seed Earth with life via rocks
A study by international scientists suggests microbes could theoretically travel from Mars to Earth aboard rock fragments blasted by asteroids. The team found Earth might contain traces of Martian material, though the chance of microbes arriving from outside the solar system is very low.
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Atlanta
Mars
Mauri Valtonen
Turku Observatory
Turku
Finland
The
American Astronomical Society
Ted
Earth
Red Planet
Curt Mileikowsky
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm
Arth
State briefs on med mal fund reserves and abuse case
AP. South Carolina audit finds the Medical Malpractice Patients' Compensation Fund underreserves and violating state law. Report urges General Assembly review of fund necessity. fund contends discontinuation would raise private insurance costs. Reserve deficiency at least 30 million. Ex Citadel cadet sentenced to 18 years for raping a 9 year old. first SC sexual predator classification. confinement to Mental Health facility with periodic release petitions.
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Solumbia
South Carolina Legislative Audit Council
General Assembly
Insurance Department
Council
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Citadel
Dorchester
Ira Deveaux Singleton Jr
Charleston
Dorchster County
Singleton
South Carolina
Mental Health Department
Georgia man convicted in N. Augusta death
A Superior Court jury in Augusta found Sajid Leslie guilty of murder and arson in the April 22 burning death of his ex girlfriend Lori Joe Hastings. Hastings, 30, was found in the driver seat of a burning car in North Augusta South Carolina. Leslie faces a mandatory life sentence for murder and up to 20 years for arson. Judge Carl C Brown Jr has not set a sentencing date.
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Georgia
N. Augustan
Augusta
Hephaibah
Sajid Leslie
Lori Joe Hastings
Ms. Hastings
North Augusta
S.C
Carl C. Brown Jr
Leslie
Wacky Warning Label Contest honors odd iron warning
SOUTHFIELD Mich. Bonnie Hay of Plano Texas won first prize in the third annual Wacky Warning Label Contest by submitting Never iron clothes while they are being worn found on an iron. She receives 500 and a copy of The Death of Common Sense. Second place went to a Traverse City man for Not for highway use from a 13inch wheelbarrow tire. Third place went to another Texas entrant for This product is not to be used in bathrooms from a bathroom heater.
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Mich
Michigan
Bonnie Hay
Plano
Texas
America
Philip K. Howard
Traverse City
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