Pier owners to stand trial in fatal Philadelphia pier collapse
In Philadelphia, Pier 34 owner Michael Asbell and Heat nightclub operator Eli Karetny were ordered to stand trial on charges including involuntary manslaughter, risking a catastrophe, and 43 counts of reckless endangerment after a pier collapse killed three women and injured many. Prosecutors say they ignored warnings and opened the club. defense says no warning was given.
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Philadelphia
Commons Pleas
Eric Lilian
Michael Asbell
Eli Karetny
Asbell
Karetny
Two Pensacola youths plead innocent to arson and murder
Derek and Alex King, ages 13 and 12, entered written innocent pleas to adult charges of arson and premeditated first degree murder. They did not appear at a brief arraignment as Circuit Judge Linda Nobles set a March 11 trial date.
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Pensacola
Fila
Derek
Alex King
Linda Nobles
Former postal worker pleads guilty to assaulting federal staff
James M. Beal, 62, admitted splattering porcupine feces and worms on co workers after firing for poor performance. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids to four counts of assaulting or impeding a federal worker and faces three to 12 years in prison at sentencing in March. A separate item notes a $10 million prototype booster rocket veered off course at Vandenberg AFB and was destroyed remotely during a test of a mock missile interceptor.
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James M. Beal
U.S. District Court
Grand Rapids
Mich
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Bush invokes executive privilege to block Congress
President Bush used executive privilege to withhold prosecutors memos from Congress angering lawmakers worried about access to sensitive information. He argued sharing documents could chill private deliberations. Republicans threaten court action while Democrats push for oversight amid broader disputes over terrorism trials and energy policy deliberations.
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Congress
Nixon
Clinton
John Ashcroft
Republican House
Dan Burton
R-Ind
House
Government Reform Committee
Boston
White House
Alberto Gonzalez
Bush White House
Dick Cheney
Congress OKs defense bill with largest pay raise in 20 years
Congress approved a 343 billion defense authorization bill boosting military pay at least 5 percent starting Jan 1 with some 10 percent raises, funding missile defense, anti-terrorism funds, and base-closings. Senate and House votes cleared the measure, now sent to President Bush for signature.
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Senate
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Defense Department
Energy Department
White House
Bob Stump
Armed Services Committee
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