Homeless couple steals van after Florida Christmas aid
In Clearwater a stranger who helped a homeless couple on Christmas Eve says James and Venus Dixon stole his van presents and groceries while he slept. Earnest Green aided the pair and recalls their grateful response as they left. The couple were arrested Wednesday and showed remorse.
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Clearwater
Fla
James Dixon
Venus Dixon
Earnest L. Green
Tampa
Green
Bratton Takes Over LAPD After Outsider Hire
William Bratton becomes Los Angeles police chief as Mayor Hahn frames him as outsider fit to restore morale and fight crime. New York style tactics spark debate among officers community leaders and critics about applicability to L A street culture and potential abuses. Bratton earns cautious support from City Hall and unions while facing scrutiny over gang tactics and past incidents.
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LOS Angeles
James Hahn
William Bratton
Hahn
New York City
Boston
Bratton
New York
LAPD
Jose Torres
Torres
Tom Hayden
Hayden
Abner Louima
Amadou Diallo
City Hall
Richard Riordan
David Dotson
Christmas Storm Paralysis Hits Northeast Snowbound Regions
Snowplow crews battled 5 inch per hour snowfall across cities from Albany to Cedarville as an inland nor easter left up to three feet of snow. Dozens of municipalities declared emergencies while millions endured power cuts and airport delays.
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Atlantic
Kellie Boulware
Maryland Highway Administration
Albany
N.Y
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Larry Waldron
Waldron
Little Falls
Syracuse
Cedarville
Lillian Ferguson
Greg Kuzia- Carmel
Woodstock
Franklin
Maine
Goshen
Mass
Boston
al-Qaida leaders still out of reach says government
Washington officials say many senior al-Qaida figures linked to the September 11 attacks remain at large or dead. Key names include Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, and Abu Zubaydah, among others, with some linked to Hamburg’s cell and USS Cole planning.
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Washington
U.S
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Hamburg
Germany
Mohamed Atta
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Ramzi Binalshibh
United States
Mohammed
Mustafa Ahmed al-Hisawi
Pakistan
United Arab Emirates
Ali Abdul Aziz Ali
Atta
Mohammed Atef
Atef
bin Laden
CIA
Kabul
E Tawfiq Attash Khallad
Khallad
Malaysia
Moussaoui
FBI
Zakariya Essabar
Bahaji
Ayman al-Zawahri
Administration sets new rules to replace wetlands losses
The Bush administration unveiled a 17 step plan to replace wetlands filled or drained for roads and housing, focusing on the quality of new wetlands rather than acre for acre totals. The program aims for no net loss of wetlands by weighing watershed needs and ecological gains alongside conservation goals.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Administration
America
Christie Whitman
Environmental Protection Agency
Les Brownlee
Army
Civil Works
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S
Benjamin Grumbles
EPA
Office of Water
Corps
Joe Martyak
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Gary Schroeder
Ken Scott
Norfolk Airport Authority
Federal Aviation Administration
Scott
Schroeder
Delta
Atlanta
L.A
Lifetime Mobile Home
O.J Simpson
Rodney King
Rampart
Samantha Newman
Watervliet
Alexander Morley
Rochester
Matthew Proper
Elmira
Elmira Park
LGB
Lionel
Thomas the
Thomas Furniture
Tomas
Pizza & Pasta Express
N. Division
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Pizzatrains.com
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Ray Griffith
MasterCard
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