Lonely hearts swindler guilty in multimillion theft case
A 72 year old man pleaded guilty to four counts of grand theft for swindling six elderly women out of about 1.4 million dollars via lonely hearts ads. Norman Williams faces seven years in prison at sentencing January 30 after admitting loans to victims aged 69 and older. He claimed to be a contractor needing funds for a job in Mexico Idaho or San Diego and disappeared when repayments were demanded.
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Lonely Hearts
SAN Diego
Norman Williams
Williams
Mexico
Idaho
U.S. Pushes Hebron Deal Before New Year Deadline
The United States urged Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu to finish a Hebron agreement by New Year’s Day after lower level talks failed to resolve a key issue. Palestinians demand a timetable for West Bank troop withdrawals and Hebron pullouts beyond nine months overdue.
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Jerusalem
United States
Yasser Arafat
Benjamin Netanyahu
Hebron
Israel
West Bank
Netanyahu
Police shoot accused Nazi at Kansas home in confrontation
Michael Kolnhofer, 79, accused Tuesday of being a Nazi death camp guard, fired at reporters and police outside his Kansas City, Kansas home before police wounded him in the leg. Earlier, the Justice Department sought to strip his citizenship based on alleged concealment of concentration camp ties.
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Kansas City
Kan
Justice Department
Michael Kolnhofer
Schaefer
Kolnhofer
New Grand Canyon Noise Rules Draw Mixed Reactions
Federal limits on Grand Canyon aircraft noise draw environmental criticism as inadequate and trigger lawsuits by air tour operators. Rules extend no fly zones over 80 percent of the park, set curfews before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m., and freeze flight totals at 136, affecting more than 100,000 yearly tours.
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Washington
Phoenix
Grand Canyon
Eric Howard
Grand Canyon Trust
Flagstaff
Don Elliott
U.S. Air Tour Association
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
Exercise boosts sleep and eases arthritis for seniors
CHICAGO AP A pair of studies shows light exercise helps older adults sleep longer and fall asleep faster while reducing arthritis symptoms. Stanford led trial with 43 adults 50 to 76. 16 weeks of aerobics yielded 15 minute quicker sleep onset and 45 minutes more sleep.
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Chicago
David M. Buchner
University of Washington
Today
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Stanford University
New Photos Surface in Simpson Shoe Evidence
New photographs may bolster a contested image of O J Simpson wearing the same brand of shoes as a killer. A 1993 Buffalo Bills game photo labeled by his attorneys as a fake is challenged by newly found images taken the same day by another photographer. The wrongful death trial pauses for two weeks. testimony resumes Monday with Groden, the case’s photo expert.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Buffalo Bills
E.J. Flammer
Mark Cramer
Flammer
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Robert Groden
Groden
Harry Scull
Bills
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U.S
Ist Ave
Armar
Grand Canyon Flights
Congress
Susan B. Anthony
Linn Photo
AGFA
Agfa Film
Linna We
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Heart of
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Carma Lou
House of Music
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