Multiple AP Briefs From California To Florida
Federal agents raid a marijuana farm near Santa Cruz seizing plants and weapons while arresting owners on drug charges. In Albuquerque a 14 year old boy is fatally shot by police inside a church after pointing a BB gun. In Donna Texas four women are killed in a car ambush and a fifth wounded with a sixth turning herself in later. In Athens Greece the main hit man from an extremist group surrenders to police. In Orlando Florida Tropical Storm Edouard weakens to a drizzle after landfall and moving into the Gulf.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Richard Meyer
Drug Enforcement Administration
San Francisco
Valerie
Michael Corral
U.S
Albuquerque
N.M
Dominic Montoya
Donna
Texas
Roy Quintanilha
Athens
Greece
Koufodinas
Dimitris Koufadinas
Orlando
Fla
Edouard
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Senate panel rejects Texas judge in appeals court fight
Senate Democrats defeated Bush nominee Priscilla Owen for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals amid claims she is anti abortion and pro business. Bush condemned the vote as obstruction while Daschle urged confirmation of qualified judges.
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Washington
Senate
Bush
Texas Supreme Court
Owen
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Louisville
U.S. District
Charles Pickering
Mississippi
5Th Circuit
Supreme Court
Israeli Guards Intercept Mega-Hazardous Car Bomb Near Pardes Hana
Israeli civilian guards at a back-road checkpoint halted a car described as carrying a mega-hazardous device. The Isuzu truck contained 1,300 pounds of hazardous materials, two gasoline barrels, metal shards, and a detonator via a cell phone. Authorities say attackers aimed to cause massive loss of life. target unknown. The incident followed multiple foiled large-scale plots in four months.
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Ote
Pardes Hana
Israel
Washington Post
Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
United States
Tel Aviv
West Bank
Army searches Utah depot after intruder report
In Tooele Utah officials at the Deseret Chemical Depot found no trace of an intruder after a terrorist alert. Colonel Peter Cooper said the security was never at risk and the person did not reach chemical storage areas. The intruder fled after being spotted by four soldiers during two patrols.
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Tooele
Utah
Peter Cooper
Deseret
Cooper
Bush campaigns to hold House majority and push Iraq action
President Bush rallied in Louisville and South Bend to defend GOP control of the House and press for action on Saddam Hussein. He touted fundraising for Indiana and Kentucky candidates and hinted at extending the 10 year tax cuts, while advisers debated new tax proposals.
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Louisville
Bush
House
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
United States
Indiana
Kentucky
U.S
Labor Department
Washington
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee
Arab League unites against U.S. attack on Iraq
At a Cairo meeting the Arab League issued a joint rejection of aggression toward Arab nations and Iraq. The group urged Iraq to permit UN weapons inspectors and warned war would intensify regional anger and risk. Amr Moussa warned against a conflict that could open the gates of hell in the Middle East.
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Los Angeles Times
Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Arab League
Ber
White House
United Nations
Middle East
Amr Moussa
League
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