Former CIA executive sentenced to prison
Kansas City police and medical examiners ruled the death of Anthony Crockett a homicide after his embalmed body showed two bullet wounds to the head. The Kansas City Star notes investigators did not inspect Crockett’s home and a paramedic had earlier deemed the death natural due to high prescription counts.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Anthony Crockett
Funeral
Jackson County
Crockett
Factory where sit-ins held sold to reopen by California firm
The Republic Windows and Doors plant in Chicago, scene of a major sit-in by about 200 of 240 laid-off workers, was sold to Serious Materials of Sunnyvale California. A bankruptcy judge approved the sale as the new owner plans to rehire workers and reopen within about a month.
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California
Republic Windows and Doors
Sunnyvale
Calif
Republic
Obama budget foresees 1.75 trillion dollar deficit this year
President Obama unveiled a 3.55 trillion dollar fiscal 2010 budget projecting a 1.75 trillion dollar deficit for 2009. He calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, health care funding, and permanent tax credits while aiming to curb mortgage and charitable deductions and trim defense and Medicare costs amid a deep recession. The plan forecasts deficits easing to 533 billion by year five, with economy growth projected at 3.2 percent next year.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Congress
Obama
Wall Street
Nantengo
McClatchy
House Gop
John Boehner
Ohio
George W. Bush
Pentagon
Robert Reischauer
The
Urban Institute
Senate Budget Committee
Kent Conrad
Eyeeee
White House
Calderon Defends Mexico as State Failure Fears Grow
Mexico faces warnings from President Calderon and Attorney General Medina Mora that drug violence risks state failure if unchecked. They cite 2006 tolls, 6,290 killed last year, and 1,000+ deaths this year, with cartel turf wars intensifying and U.S. efforts cited for cross border crackdowns and weapons prosecutions.
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Ralse
Mexico
U.S
Pentagon
Pakistan
Eduardo Medina Mora
The
Medina Mora
United States
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Sinaloa Cartel
Calderon
Tijuana
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Texas
13000-Year-Old Clovis Tool Cache Found in Boulder Yard
In a Boulder front yard a dig to install a pond uncovered a cache of more than 83 Clovis era tools dating 13 000 years. Biochemical tests show the implements were used to butcher camels horses sheep and bears, revealing a broader ancient diet.
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Denver
Boulder
Clovis
Patrick Mahaffy
University of Colorado-Boulder
Douglas Bamforth
North America
Bamforth
Mahaffy
Colorado
California State University
Bakersfield
Pharmion Corp
Celgene Corp
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