Judge weighs probe into CIA video destruction
A federal judge considered whether to probe the CIA videotape destruction amid a DOJ CIA inquiry. Judge Henry Kennedy pressed for guidance as the Bush administration urged restraint while officials review possible court-order violations and mishandling of evidence from Guantanamo detainees Abu Zubaydah and Abd al Rahim al Nashiri.
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Abu Zubaydah
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri
David Remes
Guantanamo Bay
Remes
Family adopts slain son's military dog Lex
In Albany Georgia the family of Marine Cpl Dustin Lee adopts Lex a bomb sniffing dog wounded in Iraq and retired early to live with them The ceremony at the Marine base included Lee’s parents sister and brothers and marked a rare retirement for a working dog to stay with the handler’s family Lex is seen as a link to Dustin and his memory Lex and Lee were injured during a March rocket attack in Anbar Province and Karmah nearby.
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Rachael Lee
Mattie
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Quitman
Miss
Mattie Lee
North Carolina
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Caleb Eames
Karmah
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Texas imposes $5 pole tax on strip clubs nationwide
Texas requires about 150 strip clubs to charge a $5 per customer levy to fund rape crisis programs, effective New Year’s Day. Supporters praise the aid while critics warn it infringes free expression, may force closures, and links the industry to crime.
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Dallas
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Lone Star State
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Texas Stadium
Ellen Cohen
Houston
Cohen
Elle
University of Texas At Arlington
Japan suspends humpback whale hunts in Antarctic waters
Tokyo says it will suspend plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica after U S requests as talks to normalize the International Whaling Commission proceed. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura notes no change to research whaling while the IWC reforms move forward.
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