Former Tulsa undercover agent on trial for perjury
Tom Coleman, a former undercover agent tied to the Tulsa drug busts, goes on trial in Lubbock for three counts of aggravated perjury from a 2003 hearing about arrests in the late 1990s. He faces up to 10 years and a $10,000 fine per count if convicted. No drugs or money were found at the time.
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Lubbock
Texas
Tulsa
Tom Coleman
Coleman
Panhandle
Bryant accuser seeks swift public airing of lawsuit
L. Lin Wood, attorney for the woman accusing Kobe Bryant, says she wants the federal lawsuit in Denver to go to trial promptly. She seeks unspecified damages for pain and humiliation from an encounter at a Vail area resort in June 2003.
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Denver
Los Angeles Lakers
Kobe Bryant
L. Lin Wood
California
Wood
Bryant
Vail-area
Two arrested in hospital shooting in Meridian
Meridian police say two people were arrested Sunday in a fatal hospital shooting possibly linked to an earlier murder suicide. One suspect was taken at Rush Foundation Hospital and the other surrendered. The victim was the son of a man who allegedly shot himself and a woman at a Meridian home earlier that day.
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Meridian, Miss
Rush Foundation Hospital
Meridian
Benny Dubose
Dubose
Sinkhole destroys home and displaces residents in Florida
A large 110-foot sinkhole in Orange City, Florida destroyed one house, damaged a second, and forced 11 evacuations while a woman fled with her baby before their home sank to the roof. No injuries were reported as Volusia County spokesman Dave Byron described the event, noting the hole also damaged a road and was the county's second major sinkhole in under two months.
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Orange City
Fla
Volusia County
Dave Byron
Deltona Road
Biosphere 2 Center Sells Property Near Tucson
Biosphere 2 Center, a 3.1 acre glass facility built to mimic Earth’s environment, is up for sale along with 70 other buildings on the 140 acre campus 16 miles north of Tucson. Ed Bass led Decisions Investment Corp, the Dallas firm behind the project, which invested over 200 million dollars in the 1980s to create a space colony prototype.
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Tucson, Ariz
Tucson
Christopher Bannon
Decisions Investment Corp
Fort Worth
Texas
Ed Bass
Decisions Investment
Heart expert wary of tasers and ventricular fibrillation
Cardiologist Dr. Zian Tseng warns Tasers may trigger dangerous ventricular fibrillation if shocks hit the heart at a vulnerable moment. Tseng implants defibrillators that pause the heart to test their function, noting timing during the T wave is critical and repeated shocks resemble Russian roulette for the heart.
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Zian Tseng
University of California
Tseng
Dick Cheney
Women's movement faces tough times amid Bush era shifts
The APS report notes fierce debate between NOW and critics over Bush policies seen as harming women. Leaders insist the next four years demand greater toughness while highlighting GOP gains, pro corporate tax priorities, and anti feminist rhetoric. Greenberger warns legislation matters more than tone as women advance in police, academia, and medicine while wage gaps persist.
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New York
America
National Organization For Women
Kim Gandy
Feminist Majority Foundation
Bush
Washington
Jerry Falwell
National Order of Witches
Marcia Greenberger
National Women’s Law Center
Greenberger
Gandy
U.S
The
Times
Christina Hoff Sommers
American Enterprise Institute
Judge bars divorce while pregnancy in domestic case
Spokane Washington. Shawnna Hughes sought a divorce from Carlos Hughes while seven months pregnant. Superior Court Judge Paul Bastine denied the divorce until after birth, citing the lack of notice to the husband and unestablished paternity. Advocates call the ruling troubling for abused women seeking exit.
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Spokane
Wash
Shawnna Hughes
Superior Court
Paul Bastine
Hughes
Carlos Hughes
Montana
Bastine
Terri Sloyer
Ameri
Can Civil Liberties Union
Doug Honig
Sawnna Hughes
Most snowfall hits Sierra raising flood and closure risks
The Sierra Nevada and Reno area endure record snow, with up to 19 feet above 7,000 feet since Dec 28 and 61 feet lower, stranding an Amtrak train, closing Reno airport and major highways. Seven weekend deaths are blamed on the storms. I-80 and US-50 reopen after closures. Rescue crews aid stranded motorists and a Zephyr derails without injuries.
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Nev
Sierra Nevada
Amtrak
Reno-Lake Tahoe
Peter Valenta
Stateline
Lake Tahoe
California
Arizona
Utah
Donner Summit
U.S. 50
Echo Summit
Sacramento
Calif
Jane Dulaney
Rainbow Lodge
National Guard
U.S. Highway 395
Nevada Highway Patrol
Jeff Bowers
Bowers
Marc Magliari
California Zephyr
Oakland
Chicago
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