Chinese immigrant couple face deportation over child hitting case
A Chinese immigrant couple in Chicago are charged with domestic battery after slapping their eight year old daughter for lying. The girl could also face deportation, prosecutors rejected plea offers, trial set for Monday. Child welfare advocates say prosecutors overreacted and that slapping children is common but not a basis for prosecution.
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Patrick Murphy
Cook County
Democrats weigh choice in Indiana campaign
INDIANAPOLIS AP Bob Kern a 34 year old former gas station attendant and convicted felon carries the Democratic banner in a congressional race against Rep Dan Burton. Party leaders face a tough call between backing Kern whom they tried to keep off the ballot or conceding to a Republican rival in the Nov 3 contest. Kern was convicted of theft forgery and resisting arrest in 1994 and acquitted of prostitution.
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Clinton
Congress
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Bobby Scott Hidalgo
Gray questions Clinton lawyers on White House budget
Former White House counsel C. Boyden Gray told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that Clinton era legal affairs required less than half the current taxpayer funded staff and asked what those people are doing. He said President Bush's legal team needed fewer aides.
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White House
C. Boyden Gray
Bush
Gray
Senate Appropriations
Vonnegut to Deliver Rice Graduation Address
Author Kurt Vonnegut will give Rice University graduation remarks in Houston on Saturday. The trip comes after a misattributed sunscreen joke in an email-era rumor. even his wife Jill Krementz believed he gave the speech.
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Houston
Kurt Vonnegut
Rice University
Vonnegut
Jill Krementz
Italy mudslides kill at least 55 near Naples
In a 35 mile swath between Naples and Salerno torrential rains sent mudflows that claimed 55 lives and left about 1,600 homeless. Rescue crews faced brutal conditions as 3,000 firefighters police and soldiers searched debris with dogs and helicopters. Rescue efforts continued amid mounting missing persons counts and harrowing personal tales from Sarno and nearby towns.
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Salerno
RAI
Civil Protection Ministry
Andrea _ Todisco
Italy
Salvator
Episcopio
Mount
Sarno
Clinton pushes Ross to press Mideast troop withdrawals
President Clinton rushes envoy Dennis Ross to Israel to push for a breakthrough on West Bank troop withdrawals as the peace process stalls. Hillary Clinton backs a Palestinian state while clarifying the president’s stance. Republicans accuse the White House of pressuring Israel. the administration defends its approach.
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Clinton
Mideast
Dennis Ross
Israel
West Bank
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mike McCurry
Yasser Arafat
United States
Wash
East Room
Middle East
Clinton bypasses Northern Ireland visit in push for peace accord
President Clinton will not travel to Belfast to campaign for the May 22 referendum on the Irish peace accord, choosing instead to keep focus on leaders and communities debating the agreement. White House officials said his presence could disrupt the process, though he may visit after the vote.
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Clinton
Northern Ireland
White House
Belfast
Birmingham
England
Mike McCurry
McCurry
U.S
George Mitchell
Ulster Unionists
Irish Republic
Gloves donated to Yad Vashem linked to Eichmann capture
Israeli agent Zvi Malchin wore brown suede gloves to avoid touching Eichmann during capture in Argentina in 1960. The gloves were donated by Gabriel Adam, who lost 186 relatives in the Holocaust. The museum noted Eichmann was executed in 1962 after a 1960 trial.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Yad Vashem
Eichmann
Argentina
Zvi Malchin
Mossad
Bulgarian company defends tiny gun that evades security
Sofia Bulgaria AP reports a Bulgarian firm denies US concerns over a small gas pistol named Osa or Wasp that resembles a key ring and may evade airport security. The 3 inch by 1 inch device can fire two .32 caliber rounds and costs about $20.
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Sofia. Bulgaria
Osa
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