Asteroid 2004 XP14 to pass Earth at 269000 miles
Scientists say the asteroid 2004 XP14 will pass about 269000 miles from Earth with no impact risk. The flyby should be visible to North American sky watchers as a small moving dot using telescopes, with best viewing early Monday after the West Coast close approach around 11:25 p.m. CDT Sunday.
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Congress weighs detainee justice overhaul after Supreme Court ruling
Lawmakers scramble to draft a military justice process for Guantanamo detainees after the Supreme Court struck down the Bush era commissions. Senate Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter says the court has told Congress to act and hearings are set for July. The House Armed Services Committee also plans hearings this month.
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Newspaper retracts claim on NSA phone data program
Washington acknowledges it cannot prove key elements of a May 11 report alleging telecom firms supplied customer phone records to the National Security Agency. It named AT&T Verizon and BellSouth as cooperators but now says it cannot confirm BellSouth or Verizon contracted with the NSA.
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Kerik pleads guilty to gifts in New York case
Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in the Bronx after admitting he accepted 165000 in gifts from a company seeking city business. The plea deal lets him continue his security consulting career in the Middle East.
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Judge voids racketeering verdicts in mob corruption case
A federal judge in New York tossed out racketeering convictions against former detectives Louis Eppolito and Steven Caracappa claiming the statute of limitations had expired on the most serious charges. He would not grant an end to the murder findings but ordered new trials on related counts. In Tennessee a bond hearing revealed Mary Winkler admitted shooting her husband Matthew Winkler amid a finances dispute, telling authorities I am sorry as he died.
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