Traficant faces charges over racketeering and influence
Prosecutors allege James Traficant engaged in evasion obstruction of justice and racketeering related to dealings with Bucheit and Cafaro. He pleads innocent, while documents claim he lobbied with State and Congress and accepted payments tied to projects and contracts.
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Traficant
Youngstown
Washington
Buchell
Bucheit
Saudi Arabia
State Department
Madeleine Albright
Congress
Gaza
Gore
U.S. State Department
Overseas Private Investment Corp
Albright
J.J. Cafaro
Cafaro
U.S. Aerospace Group
U.S. Aerospace
Federal Aviation Administration
Jane Garvey
Overseas ballots in Gore counties show higher acceptance
The Times found 680 flawed overseas ballots with 344 lacking evidence of mailing on or before Election Day in Gore counties versus 183 with postmarks. Bush counties accepted six in ten such ballots and were four times as likely to count ballots missing witness signatures.
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Gore
Bush
White House
Ari Fleischer
the Times
Florida
Democratic Party
Jennifer Palmieri
Associated Press
United States
Florida Department of State
Benjamin L. Ginsberg
Anne Kaylor
Polk County
Kaylor
Postal Service
Pentagon
Ginsberg
Defense
William S. Cohen
Clinton
The
Times
Bush Campaign
Blood shortage complicates hospitals strained by donors
Hospitals struggle as nursing shortages and blood supply gaps grow. Donor declines worsen nonemergency surgeries, with New York and Southern California relying on imports. Experts call for a sustained national response and more minority outreach.
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New York
California
Red Cross
Portland
Ore
Boise
Idaho
National Blood Data Resource Center
Ellen Klapper
Cedars-Sinai Blood Bank
Arthur Caplan
Caplan
University of Pennsylvania
Intercept Test At Kwajalein Aims For Hit To Kill
The launch from Kwajalein Atoll aimed a kill vehicle at a mock Minuteman II warhead 144 miles above Earth. The test follows a failed intercept that influenced national missile defense questions and politics between Clinton and Bush era plans.
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Kwajalein Atoll
Pacific
Kwajalein
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Clinton
Bush
Russia
Detained Chinese double agent Li faces expulsion after trial
Li, convicted in a closed Beijing court of spying for Taiwan and harming Chinese security, was reported by Xinhua to have a large amount of confirmed evidence. His wife denies the charges, and the U S Embassy observed the trial but declines details. Officials say Li confessed and await expulsion without a prison term guidance.
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United States
Beijing No. 1
Intermediate People's Court
Xinhua
Taiwan
Beijing
U.S
China
Rochester boy burns from magazine fire at home
An eight year old boy suffered burns to both legs when a pile of magazines was lit at his Bursley Road home. He was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland in stable condition. authorities are unsure how the fire started.
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Rochester
Bursley Road
Rochester Fire Department
Devin Wood
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland
Otto Geist
Devin
Geist
Wellington
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