California Woman Defeats Jeopardy Champion Jennings
California real estate agent Nancy Zerg ended Ken Jennings 74 game winning streak on Jeopardy. Zerg trailed Jennings at $10,000 to $14,400 but answered Final Jeopardy correctly with What is H and R Block earning $14,001 to Jennings's $8,799. The September 7 Culver City taping halted the star’s record run.
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Mother's plea drama as Laci Peterson's mother testifies
Laci Peterson's mother Shar on Rocha testified in the penalty phase of Scott Peterson's murder trial rising from her seat and shouting that divorce was an option not murder as jurors weighed execution or life without parole for the 2002 killings. Photographs of Laci and family were shown and the day featured a brief juror chatterSafe.
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Cuban dissident writer Raul Rivera released from prison
Cuban authorities freed dissident writer Raul Rivera on medical parole after a prison hospital checkup for emphysema and kidney cysts. The 59 year old, a prominent figure among 75 dissidents rounded up in 2003, said the move aimed to improve relations with the European Union.
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Palestinian leader orders end to anti Israel media incitement
Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered government media to halt incitement against Israel. Radwan Abu Ayyash said department heads were instructed at Abbas's request not to broadcast material that could be considered incitement as part of ongoing goodwill after Yasser Arafat's death.
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