War veterans march and perilous plots frame uncertain sentencing
War veterans march months after crimes carry one count of conspiracy to commit murder with potential death or life without parole. In Colombia, France seeks Chavez help to free Ingrid Betancourt as FARC holds hostages including U S contractors. Chavez demands US and Colombia halt pursuit of Ivan Marquez before aid. In Qatar a U S B 1 bomber caught fire after landing at al Udeid base with no injuries.
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Chavez
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Bernard Kouchner
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Betancourt
United States
Ivan Marquez
Caracas
Washington
Middle East
Air Force
al-Udeid
Qatar
Storms and Tornadoes Hit South as Storms Damage Homes
A powerful storm system lashed the South tearing through Richland on U S Highway 49 after a trailer was shown to a customer. Debris flew through a front door when a transformer was knocked out. In north Alabama no injuries were reported amid scattered damage. Workers cleaned up a tornado damaged home in Cammack Village Arkansas on Friday.
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Memphis marking 40th anniversary of King's assassination
Civil rights leaders and sanitation workers march to the Lorraine Motel marking 40 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. The day includes a morning rally with original strikers and a rainy afternoon march showing unity among diverse participants.
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Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
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Moses
Leslie Moore
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Red Sea
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Public Employees Union
Lorraine Motel
Sheri Commodore
Baltimore
Baxter Leach
Leach
King
Putin and Bush Wind Down Terms Amid Tense NATO Meeting
Presidents Bush and Putin, in Bucharest with NATO, pledge no new Cold War as relations fray over security. Bush hails Croatia NATO invite as he visits Zagreb to celebrate. Demonstrations in Zagreb and a dinner in Sochi precede Putin’s May 7 retirement with Dmitry Medvedev poised to succeed him.
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Iraq
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USA
United States
Russia
Black Sea
Sochi
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev
Killer baby thief gets death
Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death by U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner for killing Robbie Jo Stinnett in Missouri and removing her unborn baby. The 40 year old from Melvern Kansas was found guilty by a federal jury in October and had claimed pregnancy to aid her crime. The case drew global media attention as investigators recovered the baby the day after the killing.
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Lisa Montgomery
Montgomery
Melvern
Kan
U.S
Gary Fenner
Robbie Jo Stinnett
Skidmore
Stinnett
Scientists link risk to risque brain study
Northwestern University finance professor Camelia Kuhnen and Stanford psychologist report a brain scan study where erotic images increased risky financial gambling in young men. The arousing photos activated the same brain region as monetary risk, suggesting evolutionarily linked drives for money and sex.
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Camelia Kuhnen
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