Military buys rights to commercial satellites images
Washington reports the US military has secured exclusive access to Ikonos satellite imagery of Afghanistan amid ongoing operations. The contract with Space Imaging began Oct. 7 in a multimillion dollar range, providing coverage to supplement military assets and keep the war zone under tighter scrutiny.
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Washington
Afghanistan
Ikonos
Joan Mears
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Mears
Space Imaging Inc
Space Imaging
U.S
Mark Brender
Brender
Steven Aftergood
Federation of American Scientists
Aftergood
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Kandahar
High court to hear Stratton door to door permit case
The Supreme Court agreed to review Stratton Ohio town rules requiring a permit for all door to door solicitors including Jehovah's Witnesses. Voters and homeowners would see permit details. violators face misdemeanors. The case tests First Amendment balance of free speech and religious liberty.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jehovah's Witnesses
Stratton
Ohio
Paul Polidoro
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Marines Train For High Altitude Combat At Sierra Center
Marines at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport California endure 400-foot cliff rappels rugged gorges and high altitude marches. About 10 000 Marines yearly pass four week courses while advanced trainees learn to survive forage and lead troops in all seasons and conditions.
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Bridgeport
Calif
Afghanistan
U.S
Marine Corps
Here
High Sierra
Sgt
Alan Quartararo
United States
West Walker River
Marine Corps’ Remote
Fertility doctor gets seven years in New York
Park Avenue physician Niels Lauersen, known as the Dyno Gyno, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for submitting insurance claims on non covered fertility procedures. He must pay 3.2 million dollars in restitution and 17,500 dollars in fines.
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New York
Park Avenue
Celine Dion
Liv Ullmann
Niels Lauersen
Lauersen
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on arrest warrant
Supreme Court leaves in place a lower court ruling over a warrant used to arrest Cesarie Overton in Toledo Ohio for drug possession. Four justices would have reversed based on existing precedent but four declined to hear the case. Police kicked in Overton’s door in 1998 finding cocaine rocks and overruled entry.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Cesarie Overton
Overton
John Paul Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor
David Souter
Stephen Breyer
Breyer
Toledo
Ohio
Escaped Texas inmates captured after farmhouse standoff
Five inmates escaped Grayson County Jail last Thursday night. The last two on the run, Bob Leach and Gerald Gantt, were captured after Leach shot Gantt in the abdomen during a standoff at a farmhouse. Leach released hostages and helped them escape. Gantt was hospitalized in good condition.
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Montague
Texas
Bob Harold Leach
Gerald Lynn Gantt
Gantt
Irma Forrester
Leach
Grayson County
Dallas
Judge Rejects Delay in SLA Trial Amid 9 11 Aftermath
A Los Angeles judge refused to postpone Sara Jane Olson’s trial on charges of attempting to murder police officers by bombing squad cars, despite concerns about juror bias after the Sept 11 attacks. Jury selection began as defense and prosecution argued over timing and biases.
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Los Angeles
Symbionese Liberation Army
Sara Jane Olson
SLA
Superior Court
Larry Paul Fidler
Olson
J. Tony Serra
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