Westland shootout after botched robbery at convenience store
In Westland Michigan a man and his girlfriend opened fire during a botched robbery at a convenience store, killing four people and wounding two before fleeing in a Corvette. The pair crashed, he killed himself, she was arrested in a yard as officers closed in.
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Westland
Mich
Dan Pfannes
Schofield
Feras Yousif
Conrad Hasper
Pfannes
James Kuebler
Fuad Abuali
Kenneth Littlefield
Keith Gaddis
Inmates sue over pepper spray use in Florida prisons
Twenty two inmates filed a federal lawsuit in Fort Myers against Florida alleging prison guards sprayed them with pepper spray and tear gas in their cells. They say chemical agents have surged and violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Corrections Secretary James Crosby supported the practice as an accepted method upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Fort Myers
Department of Corrections
James Crosby
U.S. Supreme Court
Beatles' record company sues Apple Computer in London High Court
Apple Corps Ltd. claims Apple Computer violated a 1991 agreement by entering the music business with iTunes. The suit seeks an injunction to enforce the name and logos terms and damages for breach. The case was filed in the High Court in London.
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San Jose
Calif
Apple Computer Inc
Fab Four
Apple Corps Ltd
Apple Computer
iTunes
Steve Jobs
Apple
High
London
Israel vows to remove Arafat amid global reaction
Israeli leaders defended their plan to remove Yasser Arafat as world condemnation grew. The move sparked pro Arafat marches in the West Bank and Gaza while the United States and European nations urged restraint. Arafat urged resistance as crowds gathered, and militants staged tents as potential human shields. Israel pulled back from immediate action and warned of political consequences. Powell spoke with Israeli and Palestinian ministers to oppose exile. White House said removal would worsen the situation.
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Jerusalem
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Arafat
West Bank
Gaza Strip
European Union
United Nations
United States
Silvan Shalom
Ramallah
Palestine
Colin Powell
Shalom
Fallujah Shooting Kills Iraqi Police Officers
In Fallujah near Baghdad, U S troops opened fire on Iraqi police chasing bandits at night killing eight officers and a Jordanian guard and wounding nine others. A separate dawn raid in Ramadi killed two U S soldiers and left seven wounded.
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Fallujah
Iraq
U.S
Baghdad
Ramadi
Saddam Hussein
Arkan Adnan Ahmed
Colin Powell
Jordan
Mohammed
Jordanian
Ahmed
Sud
Boston area furniture ads feature Martha Stewart line
Two Jordan's Furniture salesmen Barry and Eliot Tatelman enlist Martha Stewart to promote a new furniture line despite her legal troubles. They defend her talents and emphasize they still operate the stores after selling to Berkshire Hathaway in 1999.
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Boston
Martha Stewart
Barry
Eliot Tatelman
Jordan’s Furniture
Stewart
Eliot
Barry Tatelman
Jordan's
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway
Tatelman
Boston Globe
Corrections officer sentenced for boot camp toilet scrubbing
Manuel Vera, a former corrections officer, was found guilty of misdemeanor official oppression for mistreating a probationer and dunking his head in a toilet. A judge ordered two years probation, a $1,000 fine, and 10 weekends of toilet-scrubbing at Harris County boot camp.
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Texas Democrats
Austin
Texas
Senate
Laredo
New Mexico
Rick Perry
Neil
Beatles’ Record Company
White House
Scott McClel
Lan
Kelly Ripa
Tavistock
N.J
Camden County
Democratic Party
Ripa
Live With
Regis & Kelly
Joe Ripa
Transit Union
Board of Freeholders
Mark Consuelos
Linda
Regis Philbin
Faith Ford
Alec Baldwin
Don King
Deerfield Beach
Ricardo Mayorga
Mosul
101St Airborne Division
King
Oshkosh
Wis
Patrick Flanigan
Namiah Tribolin
Mark Powers
Peter Buxman
St. Paul
Maple Street School
Contoocook
N.H
Warren, Pa
Warren County
Ed Yaegle
Rhonda Hoover
Warren County Historical Society
Yaegle
Warren
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Hoover
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