Blagojevich jurors reach verdict on two counts
Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial say they have agreed on two of 24 counts and have not begun discussions on 11 counts involving wire fraud. The jurors declined to reveal which two counts they reached, and no witnesses were called by the defense. Blagojevich did not comment after the hearing.
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Chicago
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
FBI
Blagojevich
Barack Obama
Senate
Pea Sprouts in Man's Lungs Shock Boston Doctors
Boston doctors report a 75 year old Massachusetts man named Ron Sweden with emphysema and a collapsed lung who developed pneumonia after a pea sprouted in his lung. Dr Jeff Spillane used a scope to remove the encrusted mass that had rooted from inhaled pea, and the patient recovered.
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Massachusetts
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Sweden
Jeff Spillane
Spillane
Large marijuana grow suspected in northeastern Wisconsin forest
Authorities estimate at least 50 000 marijuana plants seized in a forest sweep near Green Bay. The count is contested with 10 000 plants cited by the attorney general as investigators continue counting. Over 200 officers conducted the operation, eight men were charged in federal court on Wednesday and four more on Thursday afternoon.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin National Forest
Oconto County
Mike Jansen
Wisconsin
J.B. van Hollen
Wisconsin Forest
Utah raffle to fund police dog halted by anti gambling law
In Salt Lake City organizers halted a raffle for a Lone Peak Police Department drug sniffing dog after Utah anti gambling laws were found to prohibit offering something of value for a chance at receiving something of value. About $3,500 of a $10,000 goal had been raised when tickets were pulled.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Lone Peak
Judge pauses California gay marriage ruling for six days
Federal Judge Vaughn Walker extended the stay on gay marriages in California to August 18 at 5 p.m. to await a ruling from the 9th U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Supporters cheered outside City Hall as couples hoped to wed. the decision keeps Proposition 8 arguments in play.
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California
Vaughn Walker
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Walker
Supreme Court
Federal Courthouse
Charles J. Cooper
Counsl
9Th Circuit
Appeals Court
Robert Huddleston
Chris Heller
WikiLeaks to Release More Afghan War Files
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the group will publish the rest of the Afghan war documents. The Pentagon says about 15,000 classified files remain and would be even more damaging to the military than the 76,000 already released. Assange spoke by videolink to the Frontline Club in London and offered no release timeline.
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WikiLeaks
Julian Assange
Pentagon
U.S
Taliban
Assange
Man arrested at Atlanta airport in stabbing spree
Elias Abuelazam, 33, charged with assault with intent to murder in a string of 20 stabbings across three states. He was arrested at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he attempted to board a Delta flight to Tel Aviv. Five people were killed in the attacks that began in Flint, Michigan, in late May.
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Atlanta
Israel
Flint
Mich
Elias Abuelazam
Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International
Michigan
Abuelazam
Delta Air Lines
Tel Aviv
Home computers aid in discovery of neutron star
Ordinary home computers in Ames, Iowa and Mainz, Germany helped identify a fast rotating pulsar named PSR J2007 2722. The Einstein at Home project, backed by 250 000 volunteers in 192 countries, analyzed data from the Arecibo radio telescope and confirmed the pulsar via volunteers Chris and Helen Colvin and Daniel Gebhardt, who did not know they contributed until told by Bruce Allen.
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Ames
Mainz
Germany
Bruce Allen
Arecibo Observatory
Puerto Rico
Cornell Center For Advanced Computing
Albert Einstein Institute
Hannover
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Einstein
Chris and
Helen Colvin
Daniel Gebhardt
Colvins
Gebhardt
University of Mainz
Allen
U.S. National Science Foundation
Max Planck Institute
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