U S allies buildup amid Iraqi pullback near Kuwait
Washington pressed a major force deployment in the Persian Gulf as Iraq showed signs of withdrawing from the Kuwaiti border. General John Shalikashvili said movement was broad but not complete with 80,000 Iraqis still in the area and allied troops and aircraft mounting a high alert posture.
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Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
United States
Persian Gulf
Washington
Gulf
U.S
Kuwaiti
John Shalikashvili
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Shalikashvili
Baghdad
Basra
Cyprus
Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf
Sahhaf
Iraq
Saddam
Madeleine Albright
United Nations
Clinton
Tripoli
George Washington
Red Sea
Murder charge filed in Benton County case
Four Missouri youths age 15 to 16 are charged with first degree murder and robbery in a random killing of Rebecca Jean Hauser 32 found shot and stabbed in her car on County Road E-18 near Liscomb Union County. Court papers describe entrance wounds and a bullet hole in the rear of the car windshield.
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Dave Goschaazette
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Rebecca Jean Hauser
Missouri
Hauser
Burr Oak
North Winneshiek High School
Liscomb
Burt
Derek Smith
Jayson Speaks
Blake Privitt
Smith Brothers
Kirksville
Privitt
Green City
Tecklenburg
Judge may bar DNA tests on bloody glove in Simpson case
Los Angeles AP Judge Lance Ito threatened to suppress crucial DNA tests including those on a bloody glove from Simpson's estate if results arrive after opening statements. He aims to rule Friday on whether late testing taints the trial set to begin mid November.
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Los Angeles
Ito
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Goldin pleads guilty in federal court in money laundering case
Steven Goldin age 50, former Lisbon mayor and businessman, pleaded guilty in U S District Court Cedar Rapids to a money laundering charge. He faces sentencing February 10 and remains free under federal probation and state supervision on multiple bribery charges. He described being overwhelmed and facing jail and cited health concerns during the plea.
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Dick Hogan
Lisbon
Steven Goldin
Goldin
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Michael Melloy
Federal
State Department of Correctional Services
Linn County
Steve Swift
the Gazette
Swift
Melloy
St. Luke’s Hospital Mental Health Unit
U.S
Stephen Rapp
Mayor urges amnesty for city's petty thieves
Mayor Larry Serbousek proposes amnesty for city workers who return stolen items in a conscience clearing move. Linn County Attorney Den ver Dillard disclosed widespread petty theft tied to sewer solvent purchases, noting shovels as the most common item and suggesting most thefts were unintentional amid a few offending employees.
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Lonnie Zingula
Rapids
Larry Serbousek
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Cedar Rapids
Dillard
Serbousek
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