Jury Deliberates in Cosby Extortion Case Involving His Alleged Daughter
A federal jury begins deliberations in the $40 million Bill Cosby extortion trial after Judge Barbara Jones rules it does not matter if the defendant is Cosby or not the television icon's daughter Autumn Jackson, 22, is accused of demanding money to prevent tabloid coverage of a purported out of wedlock daughter. Co-defendants face charges as well. Jury members were instructed for about 90 minutes and recessed for the day.
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Cypress Freeway Reopens After Expensive Repairs San Francisco
The double deck Cypress Freeway fully reopens after a billion dollar rebuilding project that made it the most costly mile of highway in America. Motorists celebrate crossing the five mile span as officials mark the quake's toll and the city resumes traffic. The 7.1 magnitude quake killed 67 in the Bay Area and left 42 dead on the freeway collapse.
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Arms deal cuts European forces in new post Cold War treaty
U S Russia and 28 European nations reached outlines for a new Europe wide convention replacing the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty. The agreement sets country by country and U S forces limits on tanks aircraft and artillery while avoiding a collective NATO cap and restricting movement into Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic. White House officials call it a step to build the post Cold War security architecture.
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Fund-raising probe targets Republicans over Hong Kong money
Democrats allege ex GOP chair Haley Barbour used the non-profit National Policy Forum to funnel Hong Kong funds to the party. Michael Baroody testified the forum should have kept distance from politics, while Barbour disputed impropriety and claimed no laws were broken.
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Inmate O'Dell Executes After Wedding in Virginia
Joseph Roger O'Dell II, 54, was executed by injection in Virginia hours after marrying Lori Urs. The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal as Gov. Allen declined clemency and DNA testing requests were denied. A death row chaplain officiated the cell wedding with witnesses.
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Pentagon boosts estimate of troops exposed to Iraqi gas
The Defense Department now cites about 98,900 U.S. troops may have faced trace amounts of Iraqi poison gases after the 1991 Gulf War, up from about 20,000. Officials say exposure was likely unrelated to Gulf War illnesses and stemmed from demolishing the Khamisiyah depot in March 1991.
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Scholar cracks codes in Dead Sea Scrolls
California scholar Stephen Pfann told an international conference that 10 of the 800 Essene scrolls found in 11 caves along the Dead Sea carry coded scripts. He said these codes reveal basic spiritual tenets a moon cycle and mildew laws, dating to the second century BC.
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