State board rejects Miami bailout plan
A state oversight board rejected Miami's budget bailout as too optimistic and short on cash. The panel approved about 85 percent of the plan, urging the city to secure roughly 24 million more to cover a 68 million deficit. A recovery plan must be set by January end. The city's credit rating risked junk status after a federal probe, and a citizen proposal to abolish the city heads to voters later this year.
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Judge Allows Pot Club to Reopen in San Francisco
A San Francisco judge orders Cannabis Cultivators Club to reopen under Prop 215. Customers may now buy cannabis legally for the first time since the 1930s, with smokable pot priced from five to sixty dollars for 3.5 grams.
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New York Legalizes Extreme Fighting Debuts in Niagara Falls
Extreme fighting becomes legal as New York joins other states in regulating combative sports under the State Athletic Commission. Gov Pataki reluctantly signed the bill after opposition within his camp, while promoters face a new era of sanctioned brutal bouts to debut next month in Niagara Falls.
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George Pataki
State Athletic Commission
Zetia Mucha
Inaugural Fashion Advice for Hillary and Chelsea
Fashion experts urge sleek simple styles for the inauguration era with Mrs Clinton choosing Oscar de la Renta, a wool suit and simple gown options, and Chelsea eyed in a 70s inspired look. The hat is debated amid advice that Jackie Kennedy’s pill box remains the benchmark.
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Sue Ellen Lewis
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Partisan fight widens over Gingrich ethics case
Washington propels late into the ethics case as Republicans press Democrats to expose if Rep. Jim McDermott leaked a recording of a Gingrich call. McDermott sidestepped disclosure but offered to recuse himself while accusing Republicans of using ethics complaints as bartering leverage. The debate frames the January 21 sanction decision amid growing political warfare.
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Police plan arrests in photo sale
Boulder authorities expect to arrest a Photo Craft Laboratories employee and an accomplice today over the sale of JonBenet Ramsey crime scene photos to the Globe tabloid. A second participant may be arrested soon. The case involves obstruction of justice and felony theft charges tied to images from the Ramsey home.
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JonBenet Ramsey
Globe
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Boulder County
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John Ramsey
Jon Benet
Little Miss Colorado
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Local inventor preserves trolley car and builds ice remover
North Syracuse inventor Fagan mentors with Robert Henry restoring a historic trolley car from a brick barn. He also designed a new eight foot alumi nnum icicle remover with a rotating blade, pending patent, to be manufactured by Monarch Industries. The trolley car could join a movable museum by June and appear in the St Patrick s Day Parade.
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