Man Suspect Captured After Freeway Chase and Grenade Standoff
In Alhambra California a man suspected of attempted kidnapping was captured after a three hour pursuit through two counties. Deputies deployed a grenade into the suspect van and a police dog dragged him from the smoke filled vehicle as armored vehicles boxed in the minivan. SWAT surrounded the van while an Interstate 10 traffic backup built up and a negotiator spoke with the distraught suspect who faced at least two weapons.
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Alhambra
Calif
California
Interstate 10
Defense argues no ties to Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Attorneys for Sameeh Hammoudeh Ghassan Baljut Hatem Fariz and Sami Al Arian contend the four men were not linked to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and offered innocent explanations for wiretapped comments. Prosecutors say the group raised money in the United States to support PL and attacks, citing conversations and financial records from 1993 1994.
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Tampa
Fla
Islamic Jihad
Sameeh Hammoudeh
Ghassan Zayed Baljut
Hatem Naji Fariz
Sami Al-Arian
University of South Florida
United States
State Department
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Farr
Furr
Colorado chosen for $50 million cosmic ray observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration selected Colorado as the site for a 50 million dollar observatory to study cosmic rays. The 40 by 40 mile array will lie in the southeastern corner of the state about 180 miles from Denver and will complement the Southern Hemisphere facility in Argentina.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Pierre Auger
Argentina
Model Tyson Beckford Injured After Truck Crash in Secaucus
In Secaucus police say model Tyson Beckford lost control of a 2004 red Dodge Ram before hitting a utility pole and igniting the vehicle. Beckford, 34, escaped with head trauma and cuts and was treated at Jersey City Medical Center then released as an outpatient.
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Secaucus
N.J
Tyson Beckford
Beckford
Thomas O'Keeffe
West New York
Jersey City Medical Center
O'Keeffe
Bill Dauster
Dauster
GM plans plant closures and 25000 job cuts to revive GM
General Motors chairman Rick Wagoner announced at the 97th annual meeting in Wilmington Delaware that GM will close plants and cut 25000 U S manufacturing jobs by 2008 to save about 25 billion dollars annually. He said the company has 20 billion in cash and will focus on profitability, brand clarity, cost cuts, and health care expense relief.
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Wilmington
Del
General Motors Corp
United States
Rick Wagoner
Delaware
Wagoner
North American
U.S
Toyota Motor Corp
Nissan Motor Co
Homa City
Pontiac
Mich
Janesville
Doraville
Cole
Lordstown
Ohio
James Dollinger
Buick
Flint
John Lauve
Lauve
Linden
N.J
Baltimore
General Motors
Talks on North Korea nuclear crisis may resume soon
The United States and four other nations expect six nation talks with North Korea to restart in Beijing in coming weeks as Washington and allies push to halt Pyongyang's nuclear program. China brokered the revival while North Korea signaled willingness to rejoin the six party process.
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Washington
Bush
North Korea
China
United Nations
Beijing
Wang Guangya
United States
Pentagon
U.N
Council
Christopher Hill
Capitol Hill
State Department
Sean McCormack
McCormack
U.S
New York
White House
Scott McClellan
Pyongyang
North
Bolivian capital convulsed as protests overwhelm government
In La Paz riots erupt as President Mesa's government falters amid demands from Bolivia's indigenous majority for power. Tear gas and rubber bullets drive crowds through old city streets. 12 hospital victims reported and one miner loses a hand to dynamite blast. Ayham al Samari gestures in Baghdad amid talks with insurgent groups.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Carlos Mesa
Naval professor who lied faces probation in Cuba trip case
Alberto Coll, Cuban-born chairman of Strategic Research at the U S Naval War College in Newport, received one year of probation after pleading guilty to lying about a 2004 Cuba visit to see his mistress. He was fined 5000 dollars and described the act as an aberration and a misjudgment by U S District Judge Ronald Lagueux.
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Providence
R.J
Cuba
Alberto Coll
U.S. Naval War College
Newport
Coll
U.S
Ronald Lagueux
Woman Fends Off Thief With Purse in Toledo Store Lot
Katherine Woodworth, 91, using a hearing aid and glasses, fought off a would be thief in a department store parking lot until the suspect fled. Police say she was confronted Sunday afternoon and a 20 year old man was arrested on charges including robbery and aggravated menacing.
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Toledo
Ohio
Katherine Woodworth
Woodworth
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