Lee's release delayed as plea talks continue
Wen Ho Lee’s scheduled court hearing was postponed as prosecutors and his defense negotiate a plea deal. Judge James Parker offered no reason for the delay while discussions focus on one count of unlawful gathering of national defense information and potential tailored testimony. Lee, born in Taiwan, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and the case has drawn scrutiny over alleged ethnic targeting.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Wen Ho Lee
Lee
Los Alamos
James Parker
Alberta
Sylvia
Parker
Justice Department
Washington
Tar
Energy
Bill Richardson
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak
Ridge, Tenn
U.S
Taiwan
Crane topples at Machu Picchu damaged sacred Intihuatana sundial
A 1000 pound crane used to film a beer commercial toppled at Machu Picchu, chipping a ballpoint pen length from the Intihuatana sundial. Peruvian archaeologist Federico Kaufmann Doig decried the damage to heritage. The stone served in Inca astronomy and agriculture.
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Machu Picchu
Lima
Peru
Federico Kaufmann Doig
Spacewalk at ISS advances cabin work and docking plans
NASA astronauts Edward Lu and Yuri Malenchenko completed a six hour spacewalk to hook up cables install a navigation tool and free a jammed component. Atlantis crew planned to enter the ISS late Monday to move inside and unload supplies ahead of a four month stay beginning in November.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
International Space Station
Space Station
Milt Heflin
Atlantis
Yuri Malenchenko
Edward Lu
Atlantis’ Cargo Bay
Firestone tire flaws traced to 1996 in Arizona
Arizona records show Bridgestone/Firestone inspected tread separations and blowouts as early as 1996. Officials note light trucks like Game and Fish vehicles faced frequent failures and a nickname Death Hawks for Firestone Firehawk ATX tires. The company blamed driver error while some agencies sought alternative brands before the 1996 recall.
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Phoenix
Bridgestone/Firestone
Arizona
Game and Fish Department
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Nextel Online
Nextel
Motorola
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Nextel.com
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Sherman Rd
Hiawatha
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Radford
Nova Communicati
Nextel Communications, Inc
Nextel Direct Connect
Motorola, Inc
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Unicom Wireless
S. Gilbert St
Lowa City
Carpenter
Second Avenue
Iowa
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